April 23, 2008

FORT WORTH, Texas - Junior standout Elliot Wronski, sophomore Luca Barlocchi and senior David Campbell were UNLV's representatives on the 2008 All-Mountain West Conference tennis team as the league's awards were announced on Wednesday on the eve of the championship tournament on the campus of TCU.

Wronski, a native of Cheltenham, England, was named all-league in both singles and doubles for the second straight year. Currently ranked 87th as an individual, Wronski is 16-12 overall and 12-8 in dual matches. Barlocchi, out of Zurich, Switzerland, leads the squad in overall singles wins with a 19-7 mark.

Campbell (Queensland, Australia), who was named all-league in doubles with Wronski as his partner, earned his third career All-MWC doubles honor.

The trio will lead 74th-ranked UNLV into the MWC championship tournament as the fourth-seeded Rebels (10-11) begin defense of their 2007 title by facing fifth-seeded BYU (14-11) in a quarterfinal matchup on Thursday slated to begin at 2 p.m. PT in Fort Worth.

Determined by a vote of the MWC head coaches, the annual awards also included TCU's Cosmin Cotet and Utah's Zach Ganger being named MWC Co-Players of the Year, BYU's Thomas Shubert Freshman of the Year and New Mexico's Alan Dils Coach of the Year.

2008 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS AWARDSCO-PLAYERS OF THE YEAR:Cosmin Cotet, TCU & Zach Ganger, UtahFRESHMAN OF THE YEAR:Thomas Shubert, BYUCOACH OF THE YEAR:Alan Dils, New Mexico
2008 ALL-MWC SINGLESMax Jones, New MexicoGraeme Kassautzki, New MexicoJohnny Parkes, New MexicoBartosz Golas, San Diego StateMatan Shitrit, San Diego StateEmanu Brighiu, TCUKriegler Brink, TCUCosmin Cotet, TCULuca Barlocchi, UNLVElliot Wronski, UNLVZach Ganger, UtahMiron Mann, Utah
2008 ALL-MWC DOUBLESMax Jones/Kamil Pajkowski, New MexicoChris Parkes/Johnny Parkes, New MexicoBartosz Golas/Juan Gomez, San Diego StateCosmin Cotet/Kriegler Brink, TCUElliot Wronski/David Campbell, UNLVMiron Mann/Zach Ganger, Utah