Harper earns All-ACC First Team honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech men's tennis junior Mitch Harper has been named to the 2018 All-ACC First Team as voted on by the league's head coaches and announced Thursday.

This marks Harper's first nod to the all-conference team after putting together an impressive 2017-18 campaign capped by an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championships.

The Brisbane, Australia native, has been strong for the Hokies all season and is currently ranked 28th in the ITA singles standings as released today. He has tallied a 14-6 record at the one this spring, including a notable 9-2 record over the final weeks of dual play. Harper has posted 13 wins over opponents ranked in the ITA, including three ranked 30th or higher.

Harper will be back on the court Friday, May 11 in Columbus, Ohio as the Hokies face Kentucky in the opening round of the 2018 NCAA Men's Tennis Championship.

2018 All-ACC Men's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year
William Blumberg, SO, North Carolina

Freshman of the Year
Benjamin Sigouin, North Carolina

Coach of the Year
Dwayne Hultquist, Florida State

2018 All-ACC Men's Tennis Teams
First Team
Nicolas Alvarez***, R-JR, Duke
Aziz Dougaz**, JR, Florida State
William Blumberg**, SO, North Carolina
Benjamin Sigouin, FR, North Carolina
Alexis Galarneau**, SO, NC State
Carl Söderlund**, SO, Virginia
Mitch Harper, JR, Virginia Tech
Petros Chrysochos***, JR, Wake Forest
Borna Gojo**, SO, Wake Forest

Second Team
Simon Baudry, SO, Clemson
Guy Iradukunda**, SR, Florida State
Lucas Poullain**, R-SR, Florida State
Carlos Divar, SO, Georgia Tech
Christopher Morin-Kougoucheff**, JR, Louisville
Adria Soriano, FR, Miami
Alex Lebedev, JR, Notre Dame
Aswin Lizen, JR, Virginia
Skander Mansouri***, SR, Wake Forest

Third Team
Nick Stachowiak, SO, Duke
Parker Wynn**, SO, Louisville
Bojan Jankulovski, FR, Miami
Christian Langmo, SR, Miami
Blaine Boyden, JR, North Carolina
Robert Kelly***, SR, North Carolina
Tadas Babelis, FR, NC State
Richard Ciamarra, FR, Notre Dame
Bar Botzer, Fr, Wake Forest

* - denotes number of All-ACC honors