Air Force Academy

April 25, 2007

The Mountain West Conference announced its 2006-07 All-Conference team and individual awards for men's tennis today. The MWC awards are selected by the league's seven head coaches. Air Force senior Robby Alexander was selected to the singles team after posting a 13-20 overall record and a 9-15 mark at No. 1 singles this season.

San Diego State senior Markus Dickhardt was named MWC Player of the Year after posting a 25-7 mark this season, including a 5-1 record in MWC matches and a 7-3 record against ranked opponents. Currently ranked 38th nationally, Dickhardt owns a 15-3 record at the No. 1 position this season and has won 17 of his last 19 matches.

San Diego State's Achim Ceban earned Freshman of the Year honors after posting a 21-12 record in singles play at the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 5 positions. He was 5-1 in MWC matches this season.

San Diego State head coach Gene Carswell garnered MWC Coach of the Year accolades. Now in his fourth year with the Aztecs, Carswell guided 47th-ranked San Diego State to its third straight MWC regular-season title with a perfect 6-0 record in league matches and a 16-7 overall mark.

BYU, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU and Utah each had a league-high two singles players on the all-MWC team, followed by Air Force and UNLV with one apiece. Six of the seven programs were represented on the all-MWC team with one doubles team each.

2006-07 Men's Tennis All-MWC Team

Singles
Robby Alexander, Sr., Air Force
*Dominik Kaufhold, Sr., BYU
*James Ludlow, Sr., BYU
*Max Jones, Jr., New Mexico
*Johnny Parkes, So., New Mexico
*Markus Dickhardt, Sr., San Diego State
*Christian Groh, Sr., San Diego State
Christopher Biro, Grad., TCU
Cosmin Cotet, Jr., TCU
Elliot Wronski, So., UNLV
*Zach Ganger, Jr., Utah
Miron Mann, Jr., Utah

Doubles
*Dominik Kaufhold/James Ludlow, BYU
*Max Jones/Kamil Pajkowski, New Mexico
Markus Dickhardt/Christian Groh, San Diego State
Kriegler Brink/Cosmin Cotet, TCU
Brett Hunter/Elliot Wronski, UNLV
Zach Ganger/Miron Mann, Utah

Player of the Year: Markus Dickhardt, San Diego State
Freshman of the Year: Achim Ceban, San Diego State
Coach of the Year: Gene Carswell, San Diego State