Drake Men’s Tennis History
Missouri Valley Conference Team Champions 1992 • 1993 • 2004 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 (2006, 2007, 2008 tournament) 1990 1991 1992 1992 1992 1992 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1993 1994 1994 1994 1994 1995 1996 1997 1997 1997 1997 1998 2000 2002 2003 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2009 2009 2010 2010
MVC Individual Champions Marcus Mabo Adam Denton Marcus Mabo Johan Hesser Atle Willems Ross Nwachukwu Martin Dionne Ross Nwachukwu Johan Hesser Atle Willems Marcus Mabo Michael Nisell Marcus Mabo Atle Willems Steve Nash Olle Pierrou Robert Novotny Robert Novotny Robert Novotny Rene Novotny Rodney LeServe Marcus Vicente Tim Miller Oggie Kolev Kirk Schuler Jonathan Tishler Jonathan Tishler Dalibor Pavic Sergi Vila Maor Zirkin Dalibor Pavic Guilherme Marsiglia Maor Zirkin Dalibor Pavic Ivan Mendoza Halvar Dil Ricardo Lau Konrad Kamizelich Maor Zirkin Mauricio Ballivian Guilherme Marsiglia Guilherme Marsiglia James McKie
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All-MVC Team — Singles Johan Hesser Marcus Mabo Atle Willems Ross Nwachukwu Robert Novotny Atle Willems Steve Nash Olle Pierrou Robert Novotny Rene Novotny Rodney LeServe Enrique Garcilazo Marcos Vicente Rene Novotny Tim Miller Oggie Kolev Stephen Killian Oggie Kolev Stephen Killian Jack Frankowicz Sergi Vila Jonathan Tishler Sergi Vila Jonathan Tishler Maor Zirkin Dalibor Pavic Maor Zirkin Sergi Vila Dalibor Pavic Bokang Setshogo Ivan Mendoza Dalibor Pavic Maor Zirkin Mauricio Ballivian Ivan Mendoza Maor Zirkin Mauricio Ballivian Ricardo Lau Ivan Mendoza
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NCAA Qualifying Teams 1992 1994 2006 2007 2008
MVC Individuals Doubles Champions 1930 Frank Brody/Max Everett 1931 Frank Brody/Erling Jensen 1934 Paul Annear/Francis Reith 1990 Michael Nisell/Doug Faila No. 1 1992 Martin Dionne/Michael Nisell No. 1 1993 Marcus Mabo/Ross Nwachukwu No. 2 1993 Atle Willems/Johan Hesser No. 3 1994 Steve Nash/Ross Nwachukwu No. 2 1997 Robert Novotny/Rodney LeServe No. 1 1997 Rene Novotny/Stephen Doig No. 2 2000 Tim Miller/Aaron Endress-Fox No. 2 2003 Jonathan Tishler/Jack Frankowicz No. 3 2007 Maor Zirkin/Dalibor Pavic No. 1 2009 Maor Zirkin/Evgeny Silitski No. 1 2009 Guilherme Marsiglia/Ricardo Lau No. 2 2009 Ivan Mendoza/Mauricio Ballivian No. 3
NCAA Tournament Qualifiers Martin Dionne (1992-93) Danny Isaak (1992) Ross Nwachukwu (1994) Robert Novotny (1995, 97) Dalibor Pavic (2008) *
All-MVC Team — Doubles Martin Dionne/Michael Nisell Stephen Doig/Rene Novotny Robert Novotny/Rodney LeServe Stephen Doig/Enrique Garcilazo Felipe Montenegro/Sergi Vila Jack Frankowicz/Jonathan Tishler Maor Zirkin/Dalibor Pavic Bokang Setshogo/Guilherme Marsiglia Maor Zirkin/Dalibor Pavic Bokang Setshogo/Ricardo Lau Cesar Bracho/Maor Zirkin Mauricio Ballivian/Ivan Mendoza
ITA Academic All-Americans Enrique Garcilazo (1997-98)
1993 1996 1997 1997 2004 2004 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009
ITA Region V Team Championships 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1998
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MVC Scholar-Athletes Johan Hesser......................... first team (1995) Michael Nisell......................... first team (1993) Olle Pierrou............................ first team (1995) Robert Novotny................. first team (1995-97) Rene Novotny............................ HM (1996, 98) Rene Novotny......................... first team (1997) Enrique Garcilazo.............. first team (1997-98) Stephen Doig.............................. HM (1997-98) Aaron Endress-Fox........... first team (2000-02) Bryan Endress-Fox.............. first team (2000-02) Kirk Schuler....................... first team (2002-03) Felipe Montenegro.......................... HM (2003) Felipe Montenegro................. first team (2004) Matt McClure.......................... first team (2004) Jack Frankowicz..................... first team (2004) Chris Leuth............................. first team (2006) Maor Zirkin.............................. first team (2007) Ivan Mendoza.................................. HM (2007) Maor Zirkin.............................. first team (2008) Ivan Mendoza......................... first team (2008) Maor Zirkin.............................. first team (2009) Ivan Mendoza.................................. HM (2009) Guilherme Marsiglia ..................... HM (2009)
Region V Player of the Year Ross Nwachukwu (1994) Robert Novotny (1997) ITA Central Region Senior Player of the Year Dalibor Pavic (2008) Drake Top Ten Career Wins 1. Maor Zirkin (2005-09) 228 2. Dalibor Pavic (2004-08) 206 Robert Novotny (1993-97) 206 4. Sergi Vila (2003-07) 194 5. Ross Nwachukwu (1990-94) 183 6. Jonathan Tishler (2001-06) 177 7. Ivan Mendoza (2005-09) 176 8. Michael Nisell (1989-93) 172 9. Marcus Mabo (1989-94) 168 10. Bryan Endress-Fox (1998-2002) 159 ** Mauricio Ballivian (2008-present) 99 ** Guilherme Marsiglia (2007-present) 91 (includes singles and doubles) * **
qualified but didn’t compete entering 2010 spring campaign
MVC Freshman of the Year Anthony Perkins....................................... 2001 Sergi Vila.................................................. 2004 Maor Zirkin................................................ 2006 Bokang Setshogo..................................... 2007 Mauricio Ballivian................................... 2008 MVC Player of the Year Maor Zirkin...................................... 2007, 2009 Dalibor Pavic............................................ 2008 MVC Coach of the Year Chase Hodges...................... 2007, 2008, 2009 ITA Academic All-American Enrique Garcilazo................................ 1997-98 MVC All-Select Team Rene Novotny........................................... 1998 Stephen Killian......................................... 2001 Bryan Endress-Fox................................... 2002 Anthony Perkins.................................. 2003-04 Felipe Montenegro................................... 2004 Dalibor Pavic............................................ 2005 Sergi Vila.................................................. 2006
Bold Italic = current players
Dalibor Pavic ranks second in career victories at Drake with 206 and was named as the ITA Central Regional Senior Player of the Year in 2008.
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