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2011 All-MIAA Men's Tennis Team Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Three singles players and two doubles duos from 2011 MIAA men's tennis regular season and tournament champion Northwest Missouri were named All-MIAA First Team to highlight the all-conference team released Wednesday by the league office. The selections were made by the league's six head coaches, and coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
Northwest Missouri senior Malcolm Harrison is the unanimous choice for MIAA Player of the Year after a season in which he went 20-2 at No. 1 singles and 16-1 at No. 2 doubles. The Kansas City, Mo., product was also a unanimous selection for All-MIAA First Team at No. 1 singles as well as No. 2 doubles.
Washburn's Arkadiusz Kozaczuk was named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. The Warsaw, Poland native went 3-2 at No. 1 singles and 3-2 at No. 1 doubles in conference play. Kozaczuk was also an All-MIAA Honorable Mention selection at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
Northwest Missouri head coach Mark Rosewell was selected as the MIAA Coach of the Year for the eighth time in men's tennis after guiding the Bearcats to an unblemished 4-0 league record (19-5 overall) and the conference regular season and tournament championships.
Northwest Missouri senior Giovanni Auricchio was voted as the Sportsmanship Award winner in addition to being a unanimous pick for All-MIAA First Team at both No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles.
Southwest Baptist had the second-most first team selections with four (two singles players, one doubles team), followed by Washburn with one (singles player).
2011 ALL-MIAA MEN'S TENNIS TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Malcolm Harrison, Sr., Northwest Missouri
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Arkadiusz Kozaczuk, Washburn
COACH OF THE YEAR
Mark Rosewell, Northwest Missouri
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Giovanni Auricchio, Sr., Northwest Missouri
FIRST TEAM
1S: Malcolm Harrison, Sr., Northwest Missouri**
2S: Jorge Margiotta, Jr., Southwest Baptist**
3S: Vijit Sehgal, Sr., Northwest Missouri
4S: Daniel Cardona, Fr., Southwest Baptist
5S: Bobby Florence, Fr., Washburn
6S: Giovanni Auricchio, Sr., Northwest Missouri** [r1]
1D: Domingos Carissimo (So.)/Jorge Margiotta (Jr.), Southwest Baptist**
2D: Malcolm Harrison (Sr.)/Daniel Quesada (Sr.), Northwest Missouri**
3D: Philip Hultquist (Fr.)/Giovanni Auricchio (Sr.), Northwest Missouri**
**Unanimous Selection
[r1] - Repeat first team selection from last season
SECOND TEAM
1S: Domingos Carissimo, So., Southwest Baptist
2S: Calvin Patterson, Jr., Northwest Missouri
3S: Jorge Palacios, Jr., Southwest Baptist
4S: Philip Hultquist, Fr., Northwest Missouri
5S: Daniel Quesada, Sr., Northwest Missouri
6S: Juan Estepa, Fr., Southwest Baptist
1D: Vijit Sehgal (Sr.)/ Calvin Patterson (Jr.), Northwest Missouri
2D: Bobby Florence (Fr.)/Matthew Leffler (Fr.), Washburn
3D: Daniel Cardona (Fr.)/Juan Estepa (Fr.), Southwest Baptist
HONORABLE MENTION
Emporia State: Nathan Wehrman, Fr., 5S.
Nebraska Omaha: Andrew Lescelius, So., 5S; Eric McKnight, So., 2D; Anthony Forcucci, Fr., 2D.
Southwest Baptist: Tyler Welch, Sr., 5S/2D; Jorge Palacios, Jr., 2D.
Truman: Joe Murphy-Baum, Fr., 6S/3D; Mike Merchant, Fr., 3D.
Washburn: Arkadiusz Kozaczuk, Fr., 1S/1D; Pascal Laucht, Fr., 2S/1D; Steven Fletcher, Fr., 3S/3D; Matthew Leffler, Fr., 4S; Samir Haikal, Jr., 6S/3D.
