TCU’s FABRIZIO SESTINI has been named Conference USA Player of the Year, while Tulane head coach ROBERT KLEIN earned the league’s Coach of the Year honors for the third straight season after directing the Green Wave to a third consecutive C-USA championship on April 24 in Louisville. Charlotte’s ROY SICHEL has been named C-USA Freshman of the Year. The awards were selected in a vote of the league’s 12 head coaches.

A three-time second team All-Conference honoree, Sestini compiled a 20-13 overall record playing No. 1 singles for the Horned Frogs. He is currently the top-ranked singles player in the league at No. 29. He has also been ranked in doubles this season at No. 13, with teammate RAFAEL ABREU, who earned third team honors.

In his 12th season as head coach at Tulane, Klein guided the Wave to their fifth conference crown, defeating Louisville in the title match. Tulane has enjoyed seven appearances in the C-USA championship finals, earning a total of five titles (2005, 2004, 2003, 2001 and 1997). Klein was recently named the league’s Coach of the Decade for C-USA men’s tennis. The Green Wave will make its ninth straight appearance in the NCAA Championship.

Sichel, playing at No. 1 singles for Charlotte, posted a 14-4 record on the season. He was also named to the All-Conference second team.

Sestini is joined on the first team All-Conference USA by: DAVID CANUDAS, Southern Miss; DAVID GOULET and JACOBO HERNANDEZ, Tulane; DAMAR JOHNSON, Louisville and ULI KIENDL, USF.

Named second team All-Conference USA along with Sichel are: TED ANGELINOS and DMITRIY KOCH, Tulane; ALEX BUCEWICZ, Memphis; SEBASTIAN FALK, UAB and SLAVKO RADMAN, Louisville.

Abreu received third team All-Conference USA honors along with: PAULO BAUMER, East Carolina; Jakob Gustafsson, Louisville; MARK HENDERSON, DePaul; ALBERTO SOTTOCORNO, Tulane and JAMES SPENCE, Memphis.

Hernandez and Angelinos were also voted Doubles Team of the Championship, while Radman earned Singles Player of the Championship honors.

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2005 C-USA MEN’S TENNIS
POSTSEASON AWARDS

First Team All-Conference
David Canudas, USM
David Goulet, TUL
Jacobo Hernandez, TUL
Damar Johnson, LOU
*Uli Kiendl, USF
*Fabrizio Sestini, TCU

Second Team All-Conference
Ted Angelinos, TUL
Alex Bucewicz, MEM
Sebastian Falk, UAB
Dmitriy Koch, TUL
Slavko Radman, LOU
Roy Sichel, CHA

Third Team All-Conference
Rafael Abreu, TCU
Paulo Baumer, ECU
Jakob Gustafsson, LOU
Mark Henderson, DPU
Alberto Sottocorno, TUL
James Spence, MEM

Player of the Year
Fabrizio Sestini, TCU

Freshman of the Year
Roy Sichel, CHA

Coach of the Year
Robert Klein, TUL

Singles Player of the Championship
Slavko Radman, LOU

Doubles Team of the Championship
Jacobo Hernandez/Ted Angelinos, TUL

*Indicates top two C-USA players in the ITA Individual Rankings at time of awards selection

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