5/2/2001 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
May 2, 2001
LAS VEGAS - UNLV tennis senior Nenad Zivkovic earned First Team All-Mountain West Conference honors in both singles and doubles as part of the annual awards announced by the league Wednesday.
Zivkovic, 17-9 playing at No. 1 singles, is ranked 87th nationally and will look to earn his first singles bid into the NCAA Championships later this week. Joining the Belgrade, Serbia, native on the team was No. 2 singles player Thomas Schneiter (11-8), who excelled as a junior after transferring from the University of Oregon.
In doubles, Zivkovic and Skorin (11-10), who were once the nation's top-ranked doubles team in 1999, were the only men's duo named first team all-conference for the second consecutive season.
Conference champion BYU, which downed UNLV in last weekend's final, boasted both the MWC Coach of the Year in Jim Osborne and Freshman of the Year in Eric Nyman. San Diego State's Oliver Maiberger was named the league's Player of the Year.
The 49th-ranked Rebels (13-11) will learn if they are invited to the NCAA team tournament on Thursday.
2001 ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS TEAM
SINGLES DOUBLES
NAME CL SCHOOL NAME SCHOOLEric Pittman SO Air Force Chris Zielinski/Greg Zielinksi Air ForceCarlos Lozano* SO BYU Gert Vilms/Carlos Lozano BYUGert Vilms* JR BYU Takeshi Itoh/Bart Scott New MexicoTakeshi Itoh SR New Mexico Oliver Maiberger/Adam Webster San Diego St.Michael Polasek JR New Mexico Travis Hasson/Matt Bere San Diego St.Bart Scott SO New Mexico Nenad Zivkovic/Gregor Skorin* UNLVOliver Maiberger* SO San Diego StateValentino Pest SO San Diego StateAdam Webster SR San Diego StateThomas Schneiter JR UNLVNenad Zivkovic SR UNLVDavid Mercier* JR Utah
*Repeat Honoree
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Oliver Maiberger San Diego State
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jim Osborne BYU
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Eric Nyman BYU
