ROCK HILL, SC – The Winthrop men's tennis team received nine awards, including player of the year, during the 2011 Big South hConference Awards Banquet held Wednesday night..

Eagle senior Sergey Belov was voted the Player of the Year as he finished the season undefeated in Conference singles play. Joining Belov in the list of honors was Guy Kubi who received the Scholar Athlete of the Year Award. Kubi finished the season with a17-12 overall record in singles, while playing in the No. 4 position. He is a three-time Winthrop Dean's List recipient and was a Big South Conference Presidential Scholar in 2010. He currently holds a 3.95 GPA and is majoring in Business Administration. Kubi also made the Big South All-Academic Team.

In the flight winner category, Belov took No. 1 singles. Joining him were sophomore Liran Levy in the No. 3 position and freshman Yuta Hirokawa at the No. 6 spot.

Belov and junior Dejon Bivens were named to the All-Conference Singles Team, as Belov and Levy were named to the All-Conference Doubles Team.

With the award ceremony coming to a close, the 2011 Big South Men's Tennis Championships have begun. The action starts Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Memorial Courts in Rock Hill.

Men's Tennis Post Season Awards

All-Academic Team
Guy Kubi, Winthrop

Andrew Carter, Gardner-Webb

Giancarlo Lemmi, Liberty

Yusuke Kusuda, Coastal Carolina

Thomas Rees, UNC Asheville

Igor Ogrizek, Radford

Andrew Brigham, Presbyterian College 

Men's Tennis Flight Winners 

No. 2 Singles – Yusuke Kusuda, Coastal Carolina                                        

No. 4 Singles – Igor Ogrizek, Radford                                                             

No. 5 Singles – Stijn Meulemans, Radford

No. 6 Singles – Yuta Hirokawa, Winthrop                                                       

No. 1 Doubles – Ivan Salec/Thomas Dehaen, Radford                

No. 2 Doubles – Stijn Meulemans/Igor Ogrizek, Radford                            

No. 3 Doubles – Korhan Ates/Adam Knutsson-Sunblad, Gardner-Webb

All-Conference Singles

Ivan Salec, Radford

Matt Gordon, Coastal Carolina

Siim Tuus, Liberty

Nicholas Sayer, Radford

Julien Belair, Gardner-Webb

Matt Waissen, UNC Asheville

Adrian Langeard, UNC Asheville (tie)

All-Conference Doubles

Ivan Salec/Thomas Dehaen, Radford

Matt Gordon/Peter Billingham, Coastal Carolina

Igor Ogrizek, Stijn Meulemans, Radford

Player of the Year

Sergey Belov, Winthrop

Freshman of the Year

Nicholas Sayer, Radford

Scholar Athlete of the Year

Mike Anderson, Radford