Two Canes on 2015 All-ACC Academic Team
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Two University of Miami student-athletes – Wilfredo Gonzalez and Kevin Bondar – were named to the 2015 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team, as announced today by the conference office.
Gonzalez will graduate in December with a double major in economics and sports administration, and Bondar, who is studying biology, just finished his freshman year.
Gonzalez tied for a team-high nine wins in singles play this season, including his last collegiate win, a 6-2, 6-2 victory over No. 77 Collin Altamirano of Virginia, the eventual 2015 NCAA championship team. The native of Guatemala City, Guatemala, recorded four-straight wins over opponents from Liberty, Kennesaw State, Pepperdine and George Washington this year. He also notched a team-best 10 doubles wins.
Bondar, from Calabasas, Calif., posted a pair of singles victories in his first season as a Hurricane, with a win at No. 4 and at No. 6, and was second on the team with a 9-6 doubles record.
The Miami duo paired up to open the spring season 5-0 in doubles, then improved on to 7-1 through March 10. They posted nine wins overall together, including two ACC doubles wins, defeating Notre Dame’s No. 22 duo at the No. 2 spot, and downing Boston College’s No. 1 pair.
Twelve ACC schools are represented on this year’s All-ACC Academic Team, led by Virginia with five honorees. Florida State and Louisville had three representatives each, while Clemson, Duke, Miami, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest had two members apiece. Georgia Tech, North Carolina and NC State rounded out the field with one each.
Two student-athletes, Duke’s Raphael Hemmeler and NC State’s Austin Powell were named to the All-ACC Academic Team for the fourth time.
Louisville senior Sebastian Stiefelmeyer has been named the 2015 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Tennis Scholar Athlete of the Year. A business-economics major from Vienna, Austria, Stiefelmeyer was a first team All-ACC selection and was an ITA All-American in singles play. Stiefelmeyer completed the season ranked No. 9 nationally in singles play, posting a school record 42 wins. Additionally, Stiefelmeyer was named the ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award winner and a Red & Black Scholar for Spring 2015. During the fall season, the senior won the USTA/ITA All-American Singles Championship.
The ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards were established in September 2007 to be awarded annually to the top junior or senior student-athlete in their respective sports. Candidates for the awards must have maintained a 3.0 grade point average for their career as well as a 3.0 for each of the last two semesters.
To be eligible for consideration for the All-ACC Academic Team, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.00 grade point average for the previous semester and maintained a 3.00 cumulative average during her academic career.
2015 ACC Men’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Louisville
2015 All-ACC Academic Men’s Tennis Team
Hunter Harrington (2), Sr., Clemson, Management & Financial Management
Alejandro Augusto, Jr., Clemson, Economics
Nico Alvarez, Fr., Duke, Undeclared
Raphael Hemmeler (4), Sr., Duke, Economics
Cristian Gonzalez-Mendez (2), Sr. Florida State, Public Relations
Marco Nunez, Jr., Florida State, Finance
Ben Lock, Jr., Florida State, Finance
Eduardo Segura, Sr., Georgia Tech, Business Administration
Alex Gornet, Jr., Louisville, Chemistry
Sebastian Stiefelmeyer, Sr., Louisville, Economics
Albert Wagner, Sr., Louisville, Economics
Kevin Bondar, Fr., Miami, Biology
Wilfredo Gonzalez, Sr., Miami, Economics & Sports Administration
Ronnie Schneider (2), Jr., North Carolina, Undecided
Austin Powell (4), Sr., NC State, Business Administration
Douglas Barnard, Sr., Notre Dame, Theology
Quentin Monaghan (2), Jr., Notre Dame, Management Consulting
J.C. Aragone, So., Virginia, Undeclared
Mitchell Frank (4), Sr., Virginia, Foreign Affairs
Luca Corinteli, So., Virginia, Undeclared
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (2), So., Virginia, Undeclared
Mac Styslinger (3), Jr., Virginia, Economics
Isaac Koontz (3), Sr., Virginia Tech, Finance/Accounting
Andreas Bjerrehus (3), Jr., Virginia Tech, Management
Romain Bogaerts (2), Jr., Wake Forest, Business & Enterprise Management
Skander Mansouri, Fr., Wake Forest, Undeclared
**Numbers in parentheses indicate times selected during career**
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