Remi Boutillier and Marianne Jodoin were each named WAC Player of the Year and Jay Udwadia and Simon Thibodeau were named WAC Coach of the Year, respectively.
April 27, 2012
LAS CRUCES, N.M. -
The 2012 Western Athletic Conference announced the men's women's tennis award winners, as selected by the league's head coaches, Thursday night at the WAC Tennis Tournament banquet.
For the women Fresno State's Marianne Jodoin was named WAC Player of the Year, Hawai`i's Jamie Pawid was named Freshman of the Year and Fresno State's Simon Thibodeau earned Coach of the Year honors.
Jodoin, who is currently ranked No. 41 nationally, went 27-8 overall on the season. She posted a perfect 3-0 mark vs. WAC opponents and is 3-4 on the season vs. ranked opponents. She was named WAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week six times this season and WAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Month for October. Jodoin also teamed with Laura Pola at No. 1 doubles to earn second team all-WAC honors this season. Jodoin was named WAC Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year last season. Pawid went 16-6 overall record during the season, including a perfect 4-0 mark vs. WAC opponents. She earned first team all-WAC honors in doubles play, along with teammate Barbara Pinterova, and was named WAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Month for November.
In his ninth season at the helm, Thibodeau led the Bulldogs to a 13-8 mark, including a 3-0 record against WAC opponents. With a national ranking of No. 51, Fresno State is the top seed in this week's WAC Tournament. This is the sixth time he has earned the award.
For the men, Fresno State's Remi Boutillier was named WAC Player of the Year, Nevada's Moez Echargui was named Freshman of the Year and Fresno State's head coach Jay Udwadia earned Coach of the Year honors.
Boutillier, who is currently ranked No. 26 in the nation, went 25-6 overall on the season and 4-1 in WAC play. He was named WAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Month in October and November, and was the WAC Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week on four occasions. Going into the WAC Tournament, he currently has 96 singles wins and 100 doubles wins in his career.
In his eighth season at the helm, Udwadia led the Bulldogs to an 18-4 mark, including a 5-0 record against WAC opponents. With a national ranking of No. 33, Fresno State is the top seed in this week's WAC Tournament. This is Udwadia's second consecutive WAC Coach of the Year honor.
2012 WAC Women's Tennis Award Winners
Women's First Team All-WAC Singles
Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
Barbara Pinterova, Hawai`i
Katarina Poljakova, Hawai`i
Victoria Lozano, Idaho
Michelle Okhremchuk, Nevada
Sabastiani Leon Chao, San Jose State
Women's First Team All-WAC Doubles
Jamie Pawid/Barbara Pinterova, Hawai`i
Victoria Lozano/Almudena Sanz, Idaho
Michelle Okhremchuk/Emma Verberne, Nevada
Women's Second Team All-WAC Singles
Aishwarya Agrawal, Fresno State
Jamie Pawid, Hawai`i
Almudena Sanz, Idaho
Emma Verberne, Nevada
Manon Sylvain, New Mexico State
McKenzie Davis, Utah State
Women's Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Marianne Jodoin/Laura Pola, Fresno State
Sabastiani Leon Chao/Erica Medlin, San Jose State
McKenzie Davis/Jaci West, Utah State
WAC Player of the Year: Marianne Jodoin, Fresno State
WAC Freshman of the Year: Jamie Pawid, Hawai'i
WAC Coach of the Year: Simon Thibodeau, Fresno State
2012 WAC Men's Tennis Award Winners
Men's First Team All-WAC Singles
Remi Boutillier, Fresno State
Jean-Charles Diame, Fresno State
Francis Casey Alcantara, Fresno State
Jonathan Brooklyn, Hawai'i
Wessim Derbel, Nevada
Matej Stakne, New Mexico State
Men's First Team All-WAC Doubles
Francis Alcantara and Remi Boutillier, Fresno State
Jonathan Brooklyn and Dmytro Kovalyov, Hawai'i
Jose Bendeck and Cristobal Ramos Salazar, Idaho
Men's Second Team All-WAC Singles
David Ayoun, Fresno State
Dmytro Kovalyov, Hawai'i
Marius Cirstea, Idaho
Abid Akbar, Idaho
Victor Ouvrard, Nevada
Sven Poslusny, Utah State
Men's Second Team All-WAC Doubles
David Ayoun and Zach Leslie, Fresno State
Wessim Derbel and Fernando Sunago, Nevada
Marc Westgate and Luis Ramirez, New Mexico State
WAC Player of the Year: Remi Boutillier, Fresno State
WAC Freshman of the Year: Moez Echargui, Nevada
WAC Coach of the Year: Jay Udwadia, Fresno State
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