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Four Wesleyan tennis players earn MEC All-Conference honors

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference on Friday announced its 2025 Men’s and Women’s Tennis award winners and all-conference teams, following a vote of the league’s head coaches.

For the Bobcats, Dominique Jansen van Vuuren took All-MEC Second Team honors on the women’s side while Takuya Kobayashi and Ricardo Starosta took All-MEC Second Team honors on the men’s side. Picking up All-MEC First Team honors for the men was Mika Kreisel.

All award winners are:

2025 MEC Women’s Tennis Awards
Player of the Year: Sara Martinez, Charleston
Freshman of the Year: Lilly Wentzler, Davis & Elkins
Coach of the Year: Alec Foote, Charleston

All-MEC First Team
Hope Backx, Fairmont State
Maria Fonseca, Fairmont State
Harriett Glaves, Charleston
Sofiia Krasikova, Charleston
Filippa Larsson, Charleston
Sara Martinez, Charleston
Evelina Martirosyan, West Liberty
Amanda Menendez-Thomasson, West Virginia State

All-MEC Second Team
Omolade Aderemi, West Liberty
Patricia Castejon, Frostburg State
Michelle Connor, Charleston
Stephanie Gopar, West Virginia State
Riva Hondiashivili, Charleston
Dominique Jansen van Vuuren, West Virginia Wesleyan
Fabienne Lahn, Davis & Elkins
Laura Maciel, Fairmont State
Liebe Oosthusizen, Davis & Elkins
Lara Smith, Fairmont State

2025 MEC Men’s Tennis Awards
Player of the Year: Jorge Perez, Charleston
Freshman of the Year: Louay Makke, Charleston
Coach of the Year: Alec Foote, Charleston

All-MEC First Team
Cole Alcala, Frostburg State
Omar Elsamahy, Charleston
Mika Kreisel, West Virginia Wesleyan
Forkane Ledbi, West Virginia State
Gabriel Masu, Fairmont State
Jorge Perez, Charleston
Marcelo Pinto, Charleston
Viktor Yanev, Davis & Elkins

All-MEC Second Team
Jules Alias, Charleston
German Diaz, Frostburg State
Vicente Garcia, Charleston
Takuya Kobayashi, West Virginia Wesleyan
Haruto Kusunoki, Fairmont State
Louay Makke, Charleston
Mohamed Moens, Fairmont State
Ricardo Starosta, West Virginia Wesleyan

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