Foroughian and Florez named 1st-team All-Conference

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Huntingdon junior Bobby Foroughian and sophomore Sebastian Riveros Florez both earned first-team All-Conference honors with the release of the USA South All-Conference men's tennis team on Thursday.

This is the second straight year Foroughian has been named a first-team selection. Florez was a second-team selection last season.

Foroughian is 9-2 at No. 1 singles this season and won eight straight matches at one point. He is 8-3 at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. In dual matches, Foroughian is 35-10 in singles and 35-11 in doubles during his three-year career.

Florez, who won 10 straight matches during one stretch this season, is 12-3 at No. 1 and No. 2 singles this season. He is 10-1 at No. 2 singles. He is 12-3 at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles. Florez has won 45 singles and doubles matches the past two springs.

Junior Aaron Triplett was named to the USA South All-Sportsmanship team.

Huntingdon (11-5) closed the regular season with an 11-5 record and is the No. 3 seed entering the USA South Athletic Conference Tournament in Rocky Mount, N.C. The Hawks will play Covenant on Friday at 9 a.m.

North Carolina Wesleyan swept Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors. The Battling Bishops' Robert Kjellberg was named Player of the Year and Sebastian Sikh was named Rookie of the Year. Covenant's John Hirte was named Coach of the Year.

The complete All-Conference awards are listed below.

USA South All-Conference Men's Tennis Awards

Player of the Year: Robert Kjellberg, N.C. Wesleyan

Rookie of the Year: Sebastian Sikh, N.C. Wesleyan          

Coach of the Year: John Hirte, Covenant

First Team

R.J. Clement, Methodist
Sebastian Florez, Huntingdon
Bobby Foroughian, Huntingdon
Matthew Harvie, Covenant
Robert Kjellberg, N.C. Wesleyan
Sebastian Sikh, N.C. Wesleyan

Second Team

Taylor Buchholz, Methodist
Chris Cox, Covenant
Nathan Metzger, Piedmont
Fabio Pereira, N.C. Wesleyan
Daniel Silva, Maryville
Alexander Terentiev, Averett 

Honorable Mention

Andres Gomez, N.C. Wesleyan
Matthew Metzger, Piedmont
James Wright, Averett

Sportsmanship

Carlos Lora, Averett
Chris Cox, Covenant
William Sharp, Ferrum
Ian Weiner, Greensboro
Aaron Triplett, Huntingdon
Alex Glass, LaGrange
Dakota McMahan, Maryville
Teal Howard, Methodist
Fernando Nardelli, N.C. Wesleyan
Mason Riza, Piedmont