MTEN | Kesaris, Watt, and Reckow Earn All-WCC Honors
5/6/2021 2:01:00 PM | Men's Tennis
SAN MATEO, Calif. — The West Coast Conference announced their All-WCC honors today with Saint Mary's picking up two awards. Highlighting the awards was Damon Kesaris' First Team selection in singles.
Kesaris picked up his third career First Team nod for singles after going 10-4 as the team's No. 1 singles player this spring. The senior ended the season on a four-match win streak and seven of his 10 wins came in straight sets. Kesaris was also ranked among the top-25 players in the nation to begin the season at No. 23.
Kesaris also earned First Team distinctions in 2017 and 2018 during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Last season, the South Africa native topped out at No. 9 in the ITA rankings and was named the ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year.
Saint Mary's other all-conference selection was an honorable mention for the team's doubles tandem of James Watt and Boris Reckow. The duo competed in all but one match as SMC's top grouping and posted an 8-9 record during the spring. Watt and Reckow began the season with a win over No. 36 Paul Barretto/Can Kaya from California and also posted a five-match win streak early in the schedule.
The award for Watt is his second all-conference honor after earning a singles honorable mention during his freshman season in 2019. It was the first All-WCC selection for Reckow who is also a junior.
A complete list of the all-conference awards can be seen below.
2020-21 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS HONORS
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Kesaris picked up his third career First Team nod for singles after going 10-4 as the team's No. 1 singles player this spring. The senior ended the season on a four-match win streak and seven of his 10 wins came in straight sets. Kesaris was also ranked among the top-25 players in the nation to begin the season at No. 23.
Kesaris also earned First Team distinctions in 2017 and 2018 during his freshman and sophomore seasons. Last season, the South Africa native topped out at No. 9 in the ITA rankings and was named the ITA Northwest Region Senior Player of the Year.
Saint Mary's other all-conference selection was an honorable mention for the team's doubles tandem of James Watt and Boris Reckow. The duo competed in all but one match as SMC's top grouping and posted an 8-9 record during the spring. Watt and Reckow began the season with a win over No. 36 Paul Barretto/Can Kaya from California and also posted a five-match win streak early in the schedule.
The award for Watt is his second all-conference honor after earning a singles honorable mention during his freshman season in 2019. It was the first All-WCC selection for Reckow who is also a junior.
A complete list of the all-conference awards can be seen below.
2020-21 WEST COAST CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS HONORS
| 2021 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year | ||||
| Adam Schaechterle, Pepperdine | ||||
| 2021 West Coast Conference Player of the Year | ||||
| August Holmgren, University of San Diego | ||||
| 2021 West Coast Conference Freshman of the Year | ||||
| Guy Den Ouden, Pepperdine | ||||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis First Team Singles | ||||
| Name | Year | School | ||
| Guy Den Ouden | Fr. | Pepperdine | ||
| Sean Hill | Gr. | BYU | ||
| August Holmgren | Jr. | San Diego | ||
| Damon Kesaris | Gr. | Saint Mary's | ||
| Adrian Oetzbach | Gr. | Pepperdine | ||
| Sema Pankin | Jr. | Portland | ||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis Second Team Singles | ||||
| Name | Year | School | ||
| Jack Barnett | So. | BYU | ||
| Dominic Barretto | Gr. | Santa Clara | ||
| Nico Borter | Sr. | San Diego | ||
| Daniel DeJonge | Jr. | Pepperdine | ||
| Lefteris Neos | Jr. | Portland | ||
| David Norfeldt | Jr. | San Diego | ||
| Nitzan Ricklis | So. | San Francisco | ||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis Singles Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | Year | School | ||
| Ben Gajardo | Sr. | BYU | ||
| Matthew Hollingworth | So. | Gonzaga | ||
| Mann Shah | So. | Santa Clara | ||
| Tim Zeitvogel | Jr. | Pepperdine | ||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis First Team Doubles | ||||
| Name | School | |||
| Jack Barnett and Ben Gajardo | BYU | |||
| Adrian Oetzbach and Guy Den Ouden | Pepperdine | |||
| August Holmgren and David Norfeldt | San Diego | |||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis Second Team Doubles | ||||
| Name | School | |||
| Daniel Moreno and Diego Nava | LMU | |||
| Eleftherios Neos and Issa Yoshida | Portland | |||
| Arthur Neuhaus and Vasileios Iliopoulos | Santa Clara | |||
| 2021 All-WCC Men's Tennis Doubles Honorable Mention | ||||
| Name | School | |||
| Corrado Summaria and Tim Zeitvogel | Pepperdine | |||
| Sema Pankin and Nikolas Tvedt | Portland | |||
| James Watt and Boris Reckow | Saint Mary's | |||
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