St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis players Odysseas Papaioannou and Ludovico Truffelli were name the ECC Co-Player and Co-Rookie of the Year, respectively on Thursday, as the league revealed their annual awards, voted on by the conference's coaches. In addition, teammates Maximilian Kendler and Lennart Lehmann were named as an All-Conference selections, along with Papaioannou and Truffelli.
Papaioannou (Thessaloniki, Greece) currently boasts a 14-3 record in singles and a 12-6 mark in doubles. He excelled in ECC play, finishing with a perfect 5-0 record in singles with his wins split between the No. 3, 4, and 5 positions. Papaioannou also finished with a 4-2 record in ECC doubles play.
Truffelli (Bologna, Italy) heads into postseason play with records of 15-6 in singles and 18-6 in doubles. He especially excelled in doubles during his debut season, finishing with a 6-0 record at No. 1 in ECC play. Truffelli also teamed with Lennart Lehmann to advance to the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) East Region Championship during the fall portion of the Spartans’ schedule.
Kendler (Kortenhoef, Netherlands) compiled records of 9-11 in singles action and 10-7 in doubles play, while Lehmann (Dusseldorf, Germany) posted a 17-6 singles mark and an 8-5 doubles record. Both Spartans were a major part of the program's #2 seed in the ECC Men's Tennis Tournament, helping to achieve a 15-7 overall record and a 4-2 conference mark, along with rankings in both the NCAA Division II East Region (Currently #6) ITA National (Currently #55) polls.
2022 ECC Men’s Tennis All-Conference
Mariano Bibiloni, Queens
Moritz Borges, Queens
Maximilian Kendler, St. Thomas Aquinas
Lennart Lehmann, St. Thomas Aquinas
Odysseas Papaioannou, St. Thomas Aquinas
Kareem Rashad, Queens
Ludovico Truffelli, St. Thomas Aquinas
* Seven players on the All-Conference team due to tie in the voting
Co-Player of the Year: Odysseas Papaioannou, St. Thomas Aquinas
Co-Player of the Year: Kareem Rashad, Queens
Co-Rookie of the Year: Ludovico Truffelli, St. Thomas Aquinas
Co-Rookie of the Year: Philipp Uhde, Queens
Coach of the Year: Somadi Druker, Queens