SoCon Announces 2023-24 Postseason Awards

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The UNC Greensboro (UNCG) men's tennis standouts Tymofiy Khrystyuk and Tejas Wall have earned a spot on The Southern Conference (SoCon) postseason awards list, the conference announced Wednesday.
 
Khrystyuk has been tabbed to the 2024 All-SoCon First Team after his performance this season. The Poltava, Ukraine native, concluded the regular season with an 9-10 overall singles record and 3-4 in conference. Khrystyuk has went 5-5 in doubles with Luke Thomson and 2-5 with Christopher Johns this season. Two of Khrystyuk's conference wins put UNCG on the board in the match, keeping the opposing team from clinching. 
 
Wall was selected to the 2024 All-SoCon Freshman Team. Wall posted a 4-12 record in singles and 3-4 in conference action on the season. Two out of three conference matches that Wall won this season gave the Spartans the first point in singles action. 
 
The last time the Spartans earned a spot on the postseason awards was in the 2022 season when Nico Grewe and Roger Rogowski were named to the All-SoCon First Team. The last time a Spartan was named to the SoCon All-Freshman team was in the 2019 season when Hugh Knapp achieved the recognition. 

2024 Southern Conference Player of the Year
Dimitri Badra, R-Sr., ETSU
 
2024 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga
 
2024 Southern Conference Coach of the Year
Ricky Rojas, ETSU
 
2024 Southern Conference Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award
Victor Putter, Gr., Mercer

2024 All-Southern Conference Men's Tennis
First team
Singles
Dimitri Badra, ETSU
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga
Elijah Poritzky, Furman
Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford
Maxwell Giddens, Samford
Tymofiy Khrystyuk, UNCG

Doubles
Jakub Jupa/Peyton Gatti, Chattanooga
Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss, Samford
Hayden Shoemake/Sebastian Kamieniecki, The Citadel
 
Second team
Singles
Hayden Shoemake, The Citadel
Thomas Kennedy, Furman
Nemanja Stefanovic, Mercer
Robbie Young, Wofford
Gabriel Castillo Sanchez, Chattanooga
Marceau Fouilhoux, Mercer

Doubles
Milledge Cossu/Francisco Lamas, ETSU
Elijah Poritzky/ Thomas Kennedy, Furman
Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure, Chattanooga
 
All-Freshman Team
Jakub Jupa, Chattanooga
Walker Allen, Furman
Alberto Garcia, ETSU
Sebastian Harrison, Samford
Tejas Wall, UNCG
Ethan Carr, Chattanooga

No. 8 UNCG will begin the 2024 SoCon Tournament by facing No. 1 ETSU in the quarterfinals on Thursday, April 18 at 1 p.m. in Chattanooga, Tenn. at the Champions Club.