PAC-12 FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Samir Banerjee, Stanford
PAC-12 DOUBLES TEAM OF THE YEAR: Stefan Dostanic/Bradley Frye, USC
PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Roeland Brateanu, Utah
SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 announced today postseason honors and all-conference teams for the 2023 men's tennis season, as determined by a polling of the league's coaches. Stanford's Arthur Fery was voted Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, Stanford's Samir Banerjee was tabbed Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, USC's Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frye earned Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year accolades and Utah head coach Roeland Brateanu was selected by his peers as Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
PAC-12 SINGLES PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Arthur Fery, Jr., Stanford (Wimbledon, United Kingdom)
The No. 3 ranked singles player in the country, Fery went 15-4 at No. 1 singles this season and was undefeated in regular-season Conference action (6-0). He has nine ranked wins this season, including three over top-eight national seeds in this month's NCAA Tournament and earned the No. 3 national seed in the NCAA singles bracket. Fery is Stanford's first Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year since Tom Fawcett in 2017 and 20th overall.
PAC-12 FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Samir Banerjee, Fr., Stanford (Basking Ridge, N.J.)
Banerjee is Stanford's first Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year since Fawcett won the honor in 2015, and the third since 2009, joining former NCAA champion Bradley Klahn. He has tallied a 14-6 record as a freshman, including a 13-4 dual mark, and has been ranked as high as No. 49 this season. Banerjee has spent the dual season largely at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, and he has six wins over ranked opposition.
PAC-12 DOUBLES TEAM OF THE YEAR: Stefan Dostanic, Jr. (Irvine, Calif.) & Bradley Frye, GR., (Overland Park, Kansas), USC
Dostanic and Frye are the Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year for the second consecutive season, the first back-to-back winners of the award since UCLA's Evan Zhu and Martin Redlicki in 2017 and 2018. The league's top doubles duo at No. 13, who have been as high as No. 2 in September, they carry a 12-9 overall record into NCAA play. They are just the fourth duo to earn the award in back-to-back years since it began in 2000. They're the second Trojan pair to do so, Robert Farah and Steve Johnson in 2009-10.
PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Roeland Brateanu, Utah
The first from Utah men's tennis to win a major Pac-12 postseason award, Brateanu has led the Utes to a 23-5 record this season and a share of the first regular-season Conference title in program history. Currently ranked No. 17 nationally, the Utes also made a run to the final at the Pac-12 Tournament in Ojai for the first time. The Utes are in the NCAA field for the fourth time in the last five seasons, their 16th appearance overall and second at-large selection since 2019.
2023 PAC-12 MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM (13 student-athletes due to a tie in voting)
Name | School | Year | Hometown |
Samir Banerjee | Stanford | Fr. | Basking Ridge, N.J. |
Max Basing | Stanford | So. | Oxshott, United Kingdom |
Franco Capalbo | Utah | Jr. | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Murphy Cassone | Arizona State | So. | Overland Park, Kan. |
Stefan Dostanic | USC | Sr. | Irvine, Calif. |
Geronimo Espin Busleiman | Utah | Jr. | La Rioja, Argentina |
Arthur Fery | Stanford | Jr. | Wimbledon, United Kingdom |
Yuta Kikuchi | California | Gr. | Yahaba, Japan |
Peter Makk | USC | So. | Budapest, Hungary |
Wojtek Marek | USC | So. | Bytom, Poland |
Colton Smith | Arizona | So. | Tenino, Wash. |
Gustaf Strom | Arizona | Jr. | Stockholm, Sweden |
Jonas Ziverts | Arizona | 5th | Solna, Sweden |
SECOND TEAM
Name | School | Year | Hometown |
Nishesh Basavareddy | Stanford | Fr. | Carmel, Ind. |
Francisco Bastias | Utah | Sr. | Mendoza, Argentina |
Cesar Bouchelaghem | Washington | So. | Pallud, France |
Joshua Charlton | Oregon | Sr. | Traralgon, Victoria, Australia |
Herman Hoeyeraal | Arizona | Jr. | Oslo, Norway |
Han-Chih Lin | Washington | Jr. | Chiayi, Taiwan |
Max McKennon | Arizona State | Jr. | Newport Beach, Calif. |
Giacomo Revelli | UCLA | So. | London, England |
Quinn Vandecasteele | Oregon | So. | Murray, Utah |
Patrick Zahraj | UCLA | R-Sr. | Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Dzianis Zharyn | Washington | So. | Gomel, Belarus |
HONORABLE MENTION (received at least one vote): Jacob Bullard, ASU; Bradley Frye, USC; Philip Hjorth, CAL; Learner Tien, USC; Lodewijk Weststrate, USC.