FARMINGTON, Utah (April 24, 2024) – The Big Sky Conference office announced its 2024 Big Sky Men's Tennis All-Conference Teams and individual award winners on Wednesday, as Sacramento State headlined the release.
The all-conference awards and teams are voted on by the league's head coaches. Head coaches could not vote for their own student-athletes.
Sacramento State's Mark Keki was named the league's Most Valuable Player, while the Hornets' Kevin Kurtz was voted the Coach of the Year and Idaho's Sebastian Medica won the Freshman of the Year honor.
Keki went 15-2 on the year in singles action and a perfect 8-0 in conference play, with all of his time coming at the No. 1 spot in the lineup. Coach Kurtz, whose Hornets won a share of the regular-season title, won the honor for first time in his career.
Medica won the honor after a stellar first year for the Vandals, giving Idaho two of the last three Freshman of the Year awards as he joins Francisco Gay who won in 2022.
Attention now turns to Phoenix, as the 2024 Big Sky Men's Tennis Championship starts on April 25-27 at the Phoenix Tennis Center. More info on the tournament can be found
here.
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2024 Big Sky Men’s Tennis Award Winners
MVP: Mark Keki, Sacramento State*
Freshman of the Year: Sebastian Medica, Idaho
Coach of the Year: Kevin Kurtz, Sacramento State
* - unanimous selection
All-Big Sky Singles First Team
Mark Keki, Sacramento State*
Tom Bittner, Montana*
Dani Torres, Northern Arizona*
Mate Voros, Sacramento State*
Valentino De Pellegrin, Idaho State
Jan Silva, Sacramento State
Maikel De Boes, Northern Arizona
* - unanimous first-team selection
All-Big Sky Doubles First Team
Mark Keki/Mate Voros, Sacramento State*
Dominik Buzonics/Jakub Prachar, Northern Arizona*
Maciej Ziomber/Dani Torres, Northern Arizona
Victor Sklenka/Valentino De Pellegrin, Idaho State
* - unanimous first-team selection
All-Big Sky Singles Second Team
Andreas Kramer, Idaho State
Wikus Robbertse, Idaho State
Guillermo Martin, Montana
Francisco Gay, Idaho
Tristan Sarap, Weber State
Max Relic, Montana State
Adam Chodur, Sacramento State
All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team
Moritz Stoeger/Baltazar Wiger-Nordas, Montana
Hayden Rand/Adam Chodur, Sacramento State
Elyes Marouani/Tristan Sarap, Weber State
Ege Cankus/Hiroki Fujita, Idaho State
All-Big Sky Singles Honorable Mention
Rudolfs Aksenoks, Sacramento State
Andras Necz, Montana State
Dominik Buzonics, Northern Arizona
Maciej Ziomber, Northern Arizona
Ken Minh, Weber State
All-Big Sky Doubles Honorable Mention
Max Relic/Andras Necz, Montana State
Ken Minh/Matteo Savio, Weber State
Alex Asenov/Sebastian Medica, Idaho