WINTHROP, Mass. – The Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) announced its 2024 Men’s Tennis All-Conference Team and major award winners on Wednesday (May 1) afternoon. Eastern Nazarene had four student-athletes recognized marking the most among the group.

Voting was conducted by the league’s five men’s tennis head coaches following the regular season and did not take postseason play into account.

Eastern Nazarene was led all year by first-year student-athlete Dmitrii Semenov who was named both Player and Rookie of the Year. Colby-Sawyer head coach Barry Schoonmaker was selected as the Coach of the Year and Albertus Magnus won the Institutional Sportsmanship award.

The full list of All-Conference honorees and the representatives on the All-Sportsmanship Team can be viewed below.

PLAYER/ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Dmitrii Semenov, Eastern Nazarene Semenov established himself as Eastern Nazarene’s ace this year, playing primarily in the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles spots for the Lions. In singles play, he collected a 11-5 overall record, including a 3-0 mark in conference play during the regular season. In his 11 singles victories, Semenov only went to a third set once and had six matches in which he dropped two of fewer games in total. He also carried a 9-8 record in doubles play and went 3-0 in GNAC action. He picked up Rookie of the Week honors in the weeks ending March 17, March 24, and April 14.

COACH OF THE YEAR Barry Schoonmaker, Colby-Sawyer Schoonmaker put together another strong season for Colby-Sawyer, leading the Chargers to a 10-10 season in the regular season and a 3-1 mark in GNAC Play. Among CSC’s 10 wins were five clean sweeps as the Chargers defeated their opponents in all nine matches. Two of those 9-0 decisions came in conference play.

2024 Men's Tennis All-GNAC Teams

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM SINGLES

Daniel Gonzalez, Fr., Eastern Nazarene
Zsombor Homonnay, So., Colby-Sawyer
Ashton Meuse, So., Colby-Sawyer
Peyton Meuse, So., Colby-Sawyer
Franco Milivinti, Sr., Eastern Nazarene
Dmitrii Semenov, Fr., Eastern Nazarene

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM DOUBLES

Dmitrii Semenov (Fr.)/Carlos Gallardo (Sr.), Eastern Nazarene

MAJOR AWARDS

Player/Rookie of the Year - Dmitrii Semenov, Eastern Nazarene
Coach of the Year - Barry Schoonmaker, Colby-Sawyer
Institutional Sportsmanship - Albertus Magnus

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM

Rockenson Charles, Albertus Magnus
Cohl Schusler, Colby-Sawyer
Iker Rodriguez, Eastern Nazarene
Sophia Sevi, Norwich
Jonathan Huot, University of Saint Joseph (Conn.)

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