Islanders’ Lorieul headlines Southland Men’s Tennis All-Academic teams
Islanders’ Lorieul headlines Southland Men’s Tennis All-Academic teams
FRISCO, Texas – Pascal Lorieul of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi was named the 2023 Southland Conference Men’s Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year, as the annual All-Academic Team was announced Thursday.
Lorieul carries a 3.94 grade point average while majoring in biomedical science. He clinched the conference tournament to send the Islanders to the NCAA Tournament in a 4-3 victory over New Orleans in the finals. He was named to the All-Conference First Team doubles after going 18-6 overall and 4-1 in conference, and won all three doubles matches in the conference tournament. Lorieul posted non-conference singles wins over Southern Miss, UL-Lafayette, BYU, UT Arlington and UTRGV. He helped men’s tennis win its 22nd conference championship.
Tournament champion A&M-Corpus Christi and regular season champion New Orleans each had four all-academic selections, while Bryant, Lamar, NJIT, and Nicholls had one selection each.
The all-academic teams are voted on by a head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.
Student-Athlete of the Year: Pascal Lorieul, A&M-Corpus Christi
First Team
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Max Amling * | Lamar | So. | Neustadt, Germany | 3.73 | General Business |
| Matthew Armbruster | New Orleans | Jr. | New Orleans, La. | 4.00 | Biology |
| Luke Joujan * | New Orleans | Jr. | Hamburg, Germany | 3.91 | Business Administration |
| Espen Lagarde * | New Orleans | Sr. | Chavenay, France | 3.58 | Business Administration |
| Pascal Lorieul | A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | Cormeilles-en-Parisis, France | 3.94 | Biomedical Science |
| Nathan Schwartz | A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | L’isle sur Sorgue, France | 3.91 | Management |
Second Team
| Name | School | Yr. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Ulysse Bertrand | A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | La Roche-sur-Yon, France | 3.52 | Environmental Science |
| Amine El Kholti | NJIT | Sr. | Fez, Morocco | 3.98 | Business |
| Max Heinzel | New Orleans | Sr. | Augsburg, Germany | 3.97 | Business Administration |
| Nick Lorenz | Bryant | Sr. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | 4.00 | Biology: Pre-Health Track |
| Matthieu Peres | A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | Antony, France | 3.64 | Finance |
| Antonio Sasso | Nicholls | Jr. | Porto Alegre, Brazil | 3.75 | Business Administration |
* All-Conference First Team singles, Automatic Selection
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