AAC Places 7 on NAIA Men's Tennis All-America Team
June 5, 2026
(Story provided by NAIA Athletic Communications)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2026 UTR NAIA Men's Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes were chosen to comprise the first and second teams. The third team is made up of 18 student-athletes.
In all, the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) landed seven student-athletes on the squad. Lucas Grana of Tennessee Wesleyan and Lennart Kleeberg of Johnson made the first team; Joewyn Pascua of SCAD Atlanta, Nicolas Cortes of Tennessee Wesleyan, Lucas Perez of Tennessee Wesleyan, and Asier Pascual of Tennessee Wesleyan made the second team; and Maximo Nagele of SCAD Atlanta collected third-team honors.
First Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Lucas Grana | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Mar del plata, Argentina, State | Sophomore |
| Lennart Kleeberg | Johnson University (Tenn.) | Berlin, Germany | Freshman |
| Santiago Villarruel | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Benito Juarez, Argentina | Senior |
| Luis Francisco Sampedro | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Mallorca, Spain | Senior |
| Ching Wah Wai | Holy Cross College (Ind.) | Hong Kong | Junior |
| Matheus Lima | Indiana Wesleyan University (Ind.) | Curitiba, Brazil | Junior |
| Marcos Menendez | Morningside University (Iowa) | Pozuelo de Alarcon, Spain | Sophomore |
| Lev Sholosh | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Lviv, Ukraine | Junior |
| Nereo Suarez | Xavier University - (La.) | Sante Fe, Argentina | Senior |
| Alberto Hasenkof | St. Thomas University (Fla.) | Germany | Freshman |
| Didrik Liljekvist | Keiser University (Fla.) | Stockholm, Sweden | Senior |
| Yerassyl Yerdilda | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Astana, Kazakhstan | Freshman |
| Facundo Grasso | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Freshman |
| Christian Sanchez | Xavier University - (LA) | Bogata. Columbia | Freshman |
| Shaheed Alam | Keiser University (Fla.) | Singapore | Senior |
| Javier Gallego | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Malaga | Graduate School |
Second Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Joewyn Pascua | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Iloilo, Philippines | Sophomore |
| Andreas Polichronopoulos | Grace College (Ind.) | Porto Rafti, Greece | Sophomore |
| Julian Tantera | Huntington University (Ind.) | Cordoba, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Hugo Abril | Arizona Christian University (Ariz.) | Barcelona, Spain | Senior |
| Luca Ebenriter | Missouri Baptist University (Mo.) | Florianopolis, Brazil | Senior |
| Piero Fernandez | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Santiago, Chile | Junior |
| Alexis Diaz | Morningside University (Iowa) | Bassens, France | Senior |
| Nicolass Cortes | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Bogota, Colombia | Sophomore |
| Francisco Perez Esnaola | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Mar Del Plata, Argentina | Senior |
| Juan Carlos Garcia Garcia | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Elche, Spain | Senior |
| Mateo Larrea | Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.) | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Freshman |
| Lucas Perez | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | General Roca, Argentina | Senior |
| Asier Pascual | Tennessee Wesleyan University (Tenn.) | Madrid, Spain | Senior |
| Matthew Dubas | Keiser University (Fla.) | Vancouver, Canada | Sophomore |
| Gonzalo Fernandez | Southeastern University (Fla.) | Gijon, Spain | Sophomore |
| Benjamin Rahine | Grace College (Ind.) | Rivière-Salée, France | Sophomore |
Third Team
| Name | Institution | Hometown | Class |
| Duarte Melo | William Woods University (Mo.) | Portugal | 5th Year |
| Arthur Nardy | McPherson College (Kan.) | Eauze, France | Senior |
| Jorge Batista | Bethel College (Kan.) | Maracay, Venezuela | Sophomore |
| Roman Gonzales-Leeks | Oklahoma Wesleyan University (Okla.) | Soissons, France | Sophomore |
| Jose Andres Perez Perez | Oakland City University - (IN) | Guanajaunto, Mexico | Senior |
| Vinh Nguyen | William Carey University (Miss.) | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | Junior |
| Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana | The University of Tennessee Southern (Tenn.) | Salvador, Brazil | Senior |
| Maximo Nagele | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Tenerife, Spain | Freshman |
| Martin Capdevilla | Huntington University (Ind.) | Mendoza, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Nick Velders | Concordia University (Neb.) | Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands | Senior |
| Lennert Lemahieu | Arizona Christian University (Ariz.) | Geluwe, Belgium | Senior |
| Noah Burton | William Woods University (Mo.) | Chichester, England | 5th Year |
| Petr Kollar | Bethel College (Kan.) | Tepliche, Czechia | Senior |
| Islam Orynbassar | William Carey University (Miss.) | Astana, Kazakhstan | Junior |
| Santiago Sarudianksy | Huntington University (Ind.) | Unquillo, Argentina | Graduate School |
| Mathys Arnold | Morningside University (Iowa) | Charmey, Switzerland | Sophomore |
| Gian Durrer | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Bad Ragaz, Switzerland | Sophomore |
| Kanan Gasimov | Georgia Gwinnett College (Ga.) | Baku, Azerbaijan | Freshman |