Ouellette Named SEC Men's Tennis Player of the Year; Lacroix Named to Second Team
Thursday, April 17, 2008 | Men's Tennis
University of Florida senior Greg Ouellette garnered Southeastern Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year honors as the league announced the 2008 yearly awards Wednesday evening. In addition, freshman Alex Lacroix was named to the All-SEC Second-team.
Ouellette, who is currently ranked No. 2 in the nation in the ITA singles poll, is the first Gator player under seventh-year head coach Andy Jackson to be named the player of the year. He joins Mark Merklein (1994), Jeff Morrison (1999) and Justin O'Neal (2000), previous Gator winners of the honor. Prior to coming to Gainesville, Coach Jackson produced a pair of SEC Players of the Year at Mississippi State in Marco Baron (2001) and Thomas Dupre (1997).
Ouellette defeated 16 ranked opponents in 2007-08. In addition to Ouellette's achievement, Lacroix was named to the second team. Lacroix posted a 7-4 record against SEC opponents in dual matches in 2008 and went 11-8 overall.
A complete list of the awards follows.
Coach of the Year: Sam Winterbotham, Tennessee
Player of the Year: Greg Ouellette, Florida
Freshman of the Year: J.P. Smith, Tennessee
Co-Scholar Ahtletes of the Year: Blake Strode, Arkansas / Kevin Dessauer, LSU
All-SEC First Team
Alexey Tsyrenov, Auburn
Greg Ouellette, Florida
Travis Helgeson, Georgia
Nate Schnugg, Georgia
Bruno Agostinelli, Kentucky
Michael Venus, LSU
Erling Tveit, Ole Miss
Jonas Berg, Ole Miss
Matthias Wllerman, Ole Miss
Ivan Bjelica, Mississippi State
J.P. Smith, Tennessee
Ryan Preston, Vanderbilt
All-SEC Second Team
Mat Thibaudeau, Alabama
Tim Puetz, Auburn
Alex Lacroix, Florida
Luis Flores, Georgia
Jamie Hunt, Georgia
Javier Garrapiz, Georgia
Kevin Dessauer, LSU
Robbye Poole, Ole Miss
Kalle Norberg, Ole Miss
Phillippe Frayssinoux, Mississippi State
Boris Conkic, Tennessee
Kaden Hensel, Tennessee
All-Freshman Team
Tim Puetz, Auburn
Javier Garrapiz, Georgia
Matteo Fago, Tennessee
Boris Conkic, Tennessee
J.P. Smith, Tennessee
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