Men's Tennis 4/25/2018 11:51:00 AM MSU Athletic Communications

MSU Tennis Places Six on the 2018 MEAC All-Academic Team

NORFOLK, Va. (April 15, 2018) –The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference announced Wednesday the selections of Morgan State's Lucas Krusinski, Arjun Ramakrishnan, Nihit Rawal, Peggy Rooke, Dana Santiago and Oriane Yehounou to the 2018 MEAC All-Academic Tennis Team. They are six of 96 student-athletes from the conference's 13 institutions who achieved academic success during the spring 2017 and fall 2017 semesters.

MEAC sophomore, junior and senior student-athletes with a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average (GPA), as well as transfer student-athletes who have been in residence at the institution for at least one year, are eligible for All-Academic accolades.

"I would like to felicitate our men's and women's tennis student-athletes who have maintained a 3.0 or better grade point average during this academic school year," said Commissioner Dr. Dennis E. Thomas. "In addition to recognizing the student-athletes' achievements, I also commend the academic support staffs, coaches and parents for their support in the success of these student-athletes, both on the court and in the classroom."

Listed below are the 2018 Tennis All-Academic honorees (by institution):

Bethune-Cookman (8)
Victor Bravo
David Ocampo
Jose Plazas
Matea Roki
Karen Romero
Phatsimo Ruele
Juan Diego Ruiz
Alejandra Vidal

Coppin State (10)
Brittanie Cahua
Andres Diaz
Gabriel Franca
Ajla Hrnjic
Gavin Lewis
Tanna Nita
Zaipo Oula
Jorge Rodriguez Rey
Precious Udofe
Igor Zapparoli de Souza

Delaware State (5)
Yelyzaveta Bessonova
Aayushi Chouhan
Elvira Galieva
Milan Graves
Sofia Rachi

Florida A&M (6)
Samer Hosona
Karen Machisa
Lebelo Mosehle
Frederico Nani
Mialinianina Rakotondrazafy
Illya Skoromnyy

Hampton (13)
Anthony Acholonu
Julia D'Auvergne
Matthew Foster-Estwick
Charles Hudson
Mariam Mitaishvili
Haley Mullins
Peter Odegbami
Basil Post
Anastasiia Romanova
Fedor Shirin
Cherise Slocombe
Luke Thompson
Kiah Turner

Howard (10)
Devaughn Blackburn
Sajela Harlow
Nicole Hutchison
Christina Joynes
Kyle Martin
Kindha Nasef
Aria Ragas
Sagar Raju
Karim Shokeir
Benjamin Tyus

Maryland Eastern Shore (1)
Melanie Copey

Morgan State (6)
Lucas Krusinski
Arjun Ramakrishnan
Nihit Rawal
Peggy Rooke
Dana Santiago
Oriane Yehounou

Norfolk State (9)
Andres Alcaraz
Agustin Carrizo
Aubrey Conrad
Vinicius de Silva
Dan Dumitrascu
Paula Fortuno
Bruna Goncalves
Ignacio Guevel
Makayla Peterson

North Carolina A&T State (8)
Nicholas Ardu
Adair Bartra
Kanisha Chawla
Jordan Lawrence
Angelica Martinez
Fabiana Ramirez
Renata Ruiz-Rabadan
John Wilson IV

North Carolina Central (10)
Gary Campbell
Frida Cnossen
Gabriel Cucalon
Pablo Juez Torres
Maksym Konovalov
Theofanis Kontopoulos
Lauren Mullis
Emily Pena
Jamie Rogers
Dillon Strepay

Savannah State (2)
Rachida el Kateb
Sansriti Ranjan

South Carolina State (8)
Edgar Diaz
Luiza Duarte
Andjela Mihajlovic
Cyprian Owczarz
Claudia Roca
Aleksander Stupar
Jakub Vitek
Vladyslav Yanchenko

About Morgan
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified doctoral research institution offering more than 100 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.

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Players Mentioned

Lucas Krusinski: 6' 1"; Senior

Peggy Rooke: 5' 11"; Senior

Arjun Ramakrishnan: 5' 10"; Senior

Dana Santiago: 5' 1"; Senior

Nihit Rawal: 5' 8"; Senior

Players Mentioned

Lucas Krusinski
: 6' 1"; Senior

Peggy Rooke
: 5' 11"; Senior

Arjun Ramakrishnan
: 5' 10"; Senior

Dana Santiago
: 5' 1"; Senior

Nihit Rawal
: 5' 8"; Senior