BATON ROUGE, La. – The Southeastern Conference office announced Thursday the winners of their yearly awards which included sophomore Jordan Daigle as a member of the First-Team All-SEC and senior Chris Simpson as a member of the Second-Team All-SEC.
Daigle, who is ranked No. 75 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association,played most of the season on court one for the Tigers where he amassed an 11-7 record including four wins over players ranked in the top 125 by the ITA. Daigle also paired up with junior Boris Arias on the doubles court this season where they have earned a top-15 ranking.
Simpson is tied for second on the team this season in wins with a 24-13 record while playing on both courts one and two for the Tigers. This is his third All-SEC selection. The lone LSU senior was also named to the SEC All-Freshman team in 2012.
The Tigers are waiting for their NCAA Tournament opponent to be announced on Tuesday, April 28 on the NCAA.com Tennis Selection Show. First and second round NCAA tournament action will take place at campus sits the weekend of May 8-10.
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2015 SEC Men’s Tennis Awards
Player of the Year: Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
Freshman of the Year: Wayne Montgomery, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Kyle Koch, South Carolina
Coach of the Year: Steve Denton, Texas A&M
First Team All-SEC
Lukas Ollert, Auburn
Diego Hidalgo, Florida
Ben Wagland, Georgia
Austin Smith, Georgia
Nathan Pasha, Georgia
Wayne Montgomery, Georgia
Jordan Daigle, LSU
Stefan Lindmark, Ole Miss
Nik Scholtz, Ole Miss
Florian Lakat, Mississippi State
Mikelis Libietis, Tennessee
Jeremy Efferding, Texas A&M
Gonzales Austin, Vanderbilt
Second Team All-SEC
Giammarco Micolani, Arkansas
Elliott Orkin, Florida
Beck Pennington, Kentucky
Chris Simpson, LSU
Gustav Hansson, Ole Miss
Rishab Agarwal, Mississippi State
Mate Cutura, Mississippi State
Juan Cruz Estevarena, Mississippi State
Kyle Koch, South Carolina
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M
Shane Vinsant, Texas A&M
Daniel Valent, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman
Korey Lovett, Alabama
Chase Perez-Blanco, Florida
Wayne Montgomery, Georgia
Gustav Hansson, Ole Miss
Juan Cruz Estevarena, Mississippi State
AJ Catanzariti, Texas A&M
Arthur Rinderknech, Texas A&M
Daniel Valent, Vanderbilt