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Aggie Men’s Tennis Leads NCAA with Five All-Americans
Jun 07, 2018 | Men's Tennis
COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M led the nation in men's tennis All-America selections this spring with five Aggies earning the honor. Twenty teams had at least one player honored in singles or doubles for 2018, but Texas A&M was the only school to put five different players on the list. UCLA, Florida and USC were second with four, and Memphis, Mississippi State, North Carolina, Ohio State and Tennessee had three each.
The five different players earning All-American honors this season bested Texas A&M's previous high of three set in the 2003, 2014 and 2015 season.
The Maroon & White trio of Arthur Rinderknech, Valentin Vacherot and Patrick Kypson earned All-American honors in singles action. Rinderknech and Kypson earned a national seed at the NCAA Singles Championship last month in Winston-Salem, while Vacherot advanced to the singles Round of 16 to earn the honor. Rinderknech became the Aggies first-ever three-time singles All-American, while the honor was the first for both Kypson and Vacherot.
Jordi Arconada and Juan Carlos Aguilar became the 15th All-American duo in Texas A&M history after earning the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship. The honor marked the sixth straight season that an Aggies doubles team have earned All-American designation and 10th under the direction of head coach Steve Denton, prior to Denton's arrival in College Station Texas A&M had produced just five All-American doubles tandems.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2018 Division I All-Americans
Men's Singles
Martin Redlicki, UCLA
Tom Fawcett, Stanford University
Patrick Kypson, Texas A&M University
Mazen Osama University of Alabama
Petros Chrysochos, Wake Forest University
Constantin Schmitz, Tulane University
Mikael Torpegaard, The Ohio State University
Brandon Holt, USC
Timo Stodder, University of Tennessee
Ryotaro Matsumura, University of Kentucky
Alfredo Perez, University of Florida
Nuno Borges, Mississippi State University
Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M University
Borna Gojo, Wake Forest University
Alex Knight, University of Michigan
William Blumberg, University of North Carolina
Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State University
Runhao Hua, University of Michigan
Ryan Peniston, University of Memphis
Jose Salazar, University of Arkansas
Cameron Klinger, Vanderbilt University
Aleks Vukic, University of Illinois
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M University
Men's Doubles
Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic, Mississippi State University
Korey Lovett/Eero Vasa, UCF
Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez, University of Florida
Preston Touliatos/Luis Valero, University of Tennessee
Guillermo Nuñez/Alex Rybakov, TCU
Jordi Arconada/Juan Carlos Aguilar, Texas A&M University
Jack Jaede/Laurens Verboven, USC
William Blumberg/Robert Kelly, University of North Carolina
Martin Redlicki/Evan Zhu, UCLA
Ryan Peniston/Andrew Watson, University of Memphis
McClain Kessler/Duarte Vale, University of Florida
Martin Joyce/Mikael Torpegaard, The Ohio State University
Austin Rapp/Keegan Smith, UCLA
Brandon Holt/Riley Smith, USC
2018 Division I ITA All-American Selection Criteria
Singles
Top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Championship; reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championship; finish in the Top 20 of final Oracle/ITA National Singles Rankings.
Doubles
Top eight seed in NCAA Doubles Championship; reach quarterfinals in NCAA Doubles Championship; finish in the Top 10 of final Oracle/ITA National Doubles Rankings.
The five different players earning All-American honors this season bested Texas A&M's previous high of three set in the 2003, 2014 and 2015 season.
The Maroon & White trio of Arthur Rinderknech, Valentin Vacherot and Patrick Kypson earned All-American honors in singles action. Rinderknech and Kypson earned a national seed at the NCAA Singles Championship last month in Winston-Salem, while Vacherot advanced to the singles Round of 16 to earn the honor. Rinderknech became the Aggies first-ever three-time singles All-American, while the honor was the first for both Kypson and Vacherot.
Jordi Arconada and Juan Carlos Aguilar became the 15th All-American duo in Texas A&M history after earning the No. 3 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship. The honor marked the sixth straight season that an Aggies doubles team have earned All-American designation and 10th under the direction of head coach Steve Denton, prior to Denton's arrival in College Station Texas A&M had produced just five All-American doubles tandems.
Visit 12thMan.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Aggie fans also can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN or on Facebook at Facebook.com/AggieMensTennis.
2018 Division I All-Americans
Men's Singles
Martin Redlicki, UCLA
Tom Fawcett, Stanford University
Patrick Kypson, Texas A&M University
Mazen Osama University of Alabama
Petros Chrysochos, Wake Forest University
Constantin Schmitz, Tulane University
Mikael Torpegaard, The Ohio State University
Brandon Holt, USC
Timo Stodder, University of Tennessee
Ryotaro Matsumura, University of Kentucky
Alfredo Perez, University of Florida
Nuno Borges, Mississippi State University
Valentin Vacherot, Texas A&M University
Borna Gojo, Wake Forest University
Alex Knight, University of Michigan
William Blumberg, University of North Carolina
Giovanni Oradini, Mississippi State University
Runhao Hua, University of Michigan
Ryan Peniston, University of Memphis
Jose Salazar, University of Arkansas
Cameron Klinger, Vanderbilt University
Aleks Vukic, University of Illinois
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M University
Men's Doubles
Nuno Borges/Strahinja Rakic, Mississippi State University
Korey Lovett/Eero Vasa, UCF
Johannes Ingildsen/Alfredo Perez, University of Florida
Preston Touliatos/Luis Valero, University of Tennessee
Guillermo Nuñez/Alex Rybakov, TCU
Jordi Arconada/Juan Carlos Aguilar, Texas A&M University
Jack Jaede/Laurens Verboven, USC
William Blumberg/Robert Kelly, University of North Carolina
Martin Redlicki/Evan Zhu, UCLA
Ryan Peniston/Andrew Watson, University of Memphis
McClain Kessler/Duarte Vale, University of Florida
Martin Joyce/Mikael Torpegaard, The Ohio State University
Austin Rapp/Keegan Smith, UCLA
Brandon Holt/Riley Smith, USC
2018 Division I ITA All-American Selection Criteria
Singles
Top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Championship; reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championship; finish in the Top 20 of final Oracle/ITA National Singles Rankings.
Doubles
Top eight seed in NCAA Doubles Championship; reach quarterfinals in NCAA Doubles Championship; finish in the Top 10 of final Oracle/ITA National Doubles Rankings.
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