GREENSBORO, N.C. – Virginia Tech men's tennis graduate student Mitch Harper was named second-team All-ACC on Thursday afternoon, as determined by a vote from the league's head coaches.
Playing Court 1 for the Hokies, Harper began the season ranked No. 38 in the country and started 2-0 before missing time due to injury. In total, he went 7-4 on the season from the number-one spot while battling a nagging injury, including straight-set wins against No. 92 Garrett Johns (Duke) and No. 65 Benjamin Sigouin (UNC).
This marks Harper's second all-conference honor in his illustrious career at Tech. In 2018, the Australian was named first-team All-ACC, along with qualifying for the NCAA singles championship, finishing ranked No. 27 in the country, and being named the VaSID Player of the Year.
Virginia Tech (12-9, 6-6 ACC) awaits its NCAA postseason fate following a strong showing in the ACC Championship, in which it defeated Clemson (9-14, 2-10) then went down to the wire with eventual finalist North Carolina (18-3, 9-2). The NCAA DI Men's Tennis Championship field will be announced on Monday, May 3.
2021 ACC Men's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year – Carl Söderlund, Gr., Virginia
Freshman of the Year – Henri Squire, Wake Forest
Coach of the Year – Andres Pedroso, Virginia
First Team All-ACC
Marcus McDaniel, Fr., Georgia Tech
Adria Soriano Barrera***, Sr., Miami
William Blumberg****, Sr., North Carolina
Rinky Hijikata, Fr., North Carolina
Alexis Galarneau****, Sr., NC State
Axel Nefve**, Jr., Notre Dame
Carl Söderlund****, Gr., Virginia
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, Fr., Virginia
Henri Squire, Fr., Wake Forest
Second Team All-ACC
Garrett Johns, Fr., Duke
Loris Pourroy, Fr., Florida State
Andres Martin, Fr., Georgia Tech
Fabien Salle, Jr., Louisville
Brian Cernoch**, Jr., North Carolina
Richard Ciamarra***, Sr., Notre Dame
Inaki Montes de la Torre, Fr., Virginia
Mitch Harper**, Gr., Virginia Tech
Eduardo Nava, Gr., Wake Forest
Third Team All-ACC
Sean Sculley, Sr., Duke
Andrew Zhang, So., Duke
Sergio Hernandez, Jr., Louisville
Bojan Jankulovski**, Sr., Miami
Benjamin Sigouin***, Sr., North Carolina
Tadas Babelis**, Sr., NC State
Tristan McCormick, Sr., Notre Dame
Taha Baadi, R-Fr., Wake Forest
Rrezart Cungu, Jr., Wake Forest
*denotes number of career All-ACC honors