Tuesday, April 18, 2006

PRESBYTERIAN DOMINATES 2006 SOUTH ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS AWARDS

PC’s Hector Rincon named SAC Player & Scholar-Athlete of the Year

ROCK HILL, SC – Presbyterian College senior Hector Rincon (London, England), who went undefeated in conference play (5-0) and 11-5 overall at No. 1 singles, was named the South Atlantic Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Year for the second time in his career, the league announced today. Rincon also received the Men’s Tennis Scholar Athlete Award, winning for the second year in a row.

Presbyterian head coach Patric Hynes was named SAC Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year after leading the Blue Hose to their sixth regular season title. He wins the award for the first time in his career.

Conference champion Presbyterian led the way with four All-Conference selections, including three on the First Team. Joining Rincon on the first team were fellow Blue Hose seniors Kshitij Dwivedi and Nick Osborne.

Dwivedi, a native of New Delhi, India, compiled a 13-5 overall record (5-0 SAC) in singles and teamed with Osborne at No. 2 doubles to post 16-1 mark (5-0 SAC). He earned SAC Player of the Week honors twice during the year.
	Osborne, a native of Hutton Rudby, England, went 14-2 overall (5-0 SAC) at No. 3 singles and earned SAC Player of the Week honors twice this season.
PC’s representative on the second team is freshman Aaron Chapman. Chapman, a native of Perth, Australia made an immediate impact for the Blue Hose this season after compiling a 13-5 overall record (4-1 SAC) in singles at the No. 4 flight and teamed with Rincon at No. 1 doubles to post a 14-1 mark (5-0 SAC).
	Rincon also was named SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second year in a row. Rincon has a 3.85 grade point average as a dual major in business administration and math. He was the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2003 and the Player of the Year in 2004 and a four-time First Team All-Conference selection. In four years, he has not lost a singles match in conference play.

He is a two-time ITA Academic All-American and has been on the Presbyterian College’s President’s List (4.0 GPA) for three semesters and Dean’s List (3.3 GPA) for four. He is the recipient of the Bailey Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the business department and the Whitelaw Scholarship for outstanding achievement in the math department.

In the community, Rincon serves as a math tutor for middle and high school students and is a member of the Presbyterian College Student-Athlete Advisory Council.

2006 SOUTH ATLANTIC CONFERENCE MEN’S TENNIS AWARD WINNERS
FIRST TEAM	SECOND TEAM
Ricardo Gutierrez, Carson-Newman	Rafael Soares, Carson-Newman
Jose Velazquez, Catawba	Preston Sneed, Carson-Newman
Diego Rodriguez, Mars Hill	Sean Soltan, Catawba
Hector Rincon, Presbyterian	John Allen, Mars Hill
Kshitij Dwivedi, Presbyterian	Daryl Van Vuuren, Newberry
Nick Osborne, Presbyterian	Aaron Chapman, Presbyterian
Sergio Espinosa, Tusculum	Antonio Oliver, Tusculum
Carlos Garcia, Tusculum	Brandon Thornton, Wingate