Trang Huynh Earns Player of the Year, Six Other From Troy Tennis Named All-Sun Belt

NEW ORLEANS – Troy women's tennis junior Trang Huynh was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year and six other Troy student-athletes earned All-Sun Belt honors, the league office announced on Thursday night.

In addition to being named the Player of the Year, Huynh also earned first team All-Sun Belt singles honors. She and doubles partner junior Anja Cosovic earned first team All-Sun Belt doubles honors.

The Troy men's tennis team had five student-athletes earn all-conference honors, including senior Gabriel Dias and sophomore Hassan Ndayishimye who both earned first team All-Sun Belt singles honors. Freshman Andy Lau and junior Giovani Samaha were named second team All-Sun Belt singles while Lau and sophomore Pablo Moreno earned second team All-Sun Belt doubles honors.

Huynh is the first Troy women's tennis player in the program's Division I history to be named conference player of the year. She posted a 15-3 singles record this season, including a current streak of 12 straight matches, all on court No. 1. The Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, native also posted a 14-2 record in doubles play. Huynh's first team All-Sun Belt singles award is her second in as many seasons.

Huynh and Cosovic went 11-1 together in doubles play and earned first team All-Sun Belt doubles honors for the second straight season.

After an 8-17 record last season, the Troy men's tennis team made a quick turn around and posted a 23-6 this season, led by five players who earned their way onto the All-Sun Belt team.

Dias and Ndayishimye both led the way with first team All-Sun Belt singles honors. Dias posted a 14-5 record, including a 10-4 mark at No. 1, and won seven straight matches to close the regular season. The first team All-Sun Belt singles selection is the second straight for Dias. Ndayishimye posted a 20-5 record, including a 14-3 mark at No. 2, and was the only Sun Belt player to win 20 singles matches this spring.

Two newcomers in Lau and Samaha both earned second team All-Sun Belt singles honors. Lau posted a 13-13 record, including a 12-8 mark at No. 3, as a freshman. Samaha went 17-3, including a 10-2 mark at No. 5, and enters the Sun Belt Championships having won 10 straight matches.

Lau and Moreno earned second team All-Sun Belt doubles after posting a 5-6 mark that including a 4-5 record at No. 1 doubles.

Both teams open play at the Sun Belt Championships this weekend at City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center in New Orleans. The Troy women, the tournament's No. 6 seed, first take on UT Arlington at 11:30 a.m. on Friday. The Troy men, the tournament's No. 1 seed, received a bye into Saturday's semifinal and will take on either Georgia Southern or UL Lafayette at 3 p.m.

MEN
Player of the Year
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)

Freshman of the Year
Scott Webster (Appalachian State)

Sun Belt All-Conference Singles First Team
Ristomatti Lanne (Georgia Southern)
Jannis Koeke (Georgia State)
Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Tim Srkala (South Alabama)
Gabriel Dias (Troy)
Hassan Ndayishimye (Troy)

Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles First Team
Gerhard Gruindelingh/Daniel Leitner (South Alabama)
Damian Farinola/Edgar Lopez (UL Lafayette)
Coleman Wahlborg/Jarred Wynan (UL Lafayette)

Sun Belt All-Conference Singles Second Team

Olivier Casey (Appalachian State)
Albert Codina Sala (Georgia Southern)
Andy Lau (Troy)
Tuki Jacobs (South Alabama)
Giovani Samaha (Troy)
Mario Muniesa (UT Arlington)

Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles Second Team

Andy Lau/Pablo Moreno (Troy)
Jack Maddocks/Scott Webster (Appalachian State)
Olivier Casey/Trey Morris (Appalachian State)

WOMEN
Player of the Year
Trang Huynh (Troy)

Freshman of the Year
Anne Kurzweil (Georgia Southern)

Sun Belt All-Conference Singles First Team
Tamara Slijepcevic (Arkansas State)
Petra Horakova (UL Monroe)
Monica Mitta (South Alabama)
Laura Valkova (South Alabama)
Elizabeth Thoms (UT Arlington)
Trang Huynh (Troy)

Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles First Team
Emily Newton/Laura Valkova (South Alabama)
Angeles de los Rios/Elizabeth Thoms (UT Arlington)
Anja Cosovic/Trang Huynh (Troy)

Sun Belt All-Conference Singles Second Team
Clare Cox (Appalachian State)
Anne Kurzweil (Georgia Southern)
Linn Timmermann (Georgia State)
Emily Newton (South Alabama)
Astrid Gehre (UT Arlington)
Angeles de los Rios (UT Arlington)

Sun Belt All-Conference Doubles Second Team
Tarani Kamoe/Linn Timmermann (Georgia State)
Niri Rasolomalala/Kristin Rehse (Georgia State)
Petra Horakova/Sophie Rufyikiri (UL Monroe)

Players Mentioned

Anja Cosovic

Gabriel Dias

Trang Huynh

Andy Lau

Pablo Moreno

Hassan Ndayishimiye

Giovani Samaha