POCATELLO, Idaho – Six members of the Idaho State Men's Tennis team have earned All-Conference honors. The Bengals will head into the Big Sky Tournament as the #3 seed after going 13-9 overall and 5-3 in conference play.
Leading the way for Idaho State was
Valentino De Pellegrin. The sophomore out of Neuquen, Argentina was named to the All-Big Sky Singles First Team as well as All-Big Sky Doubles First Team with teammate,
Victor Sklenka.
Andreas Kramer and
Wikus Robbertse were both called to the All-Big Sky Singles Second Team and rounding out the awards for the squad,
Ege Cankus and
Hiroki Fujita would be named to the All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team.
Valentino De Pellegrin has been selected to the All-Big Sky Singles First Team after a 13-8 overall record this season and a 5-3 record in conference play, going 7-4 in the #1 and 5-2 in the #2 singles spot for the Bengals this year. De Pellegrin is Idaho State's first Big Sky Singles First Team selection since Patrik Thrac in the 2021-22 season.
Andreas Kramer, a senior out of Schmida, Austria, would finish this year being named to the All-Big Sky Singles Second Team. As Kramer would end this season with a 12-7 overall record and 4-3 record in Big Sky play, going 10-5 in the #3 singles position for Idaho State this year.
Wikus Robbertse would join his doubles partner on the Second Team list, as Robbertse, a senior from Stellenbosch, South Africa would also earn All-Big Sky Singles Second Team honors. Robbertse would end his senior campaign with a 17-3 overall record and 7-1 record in Big Sky play. Robbertse would end this season 8-1 in the #5 singles position and 8-1 in the #6 singles position for the Bengals.
Valentino De Pellegrin and teammate,
Victor Sklenka, junior out of Prague, Czech Republic, have been named to the All-Big Sky Doubles First Team. The duo would end the season with a 9-8 overall record and 4-4 record in Big Sky play as the Bengal tandem would play in the #1 doubles spot the entire season for Idaho State.
Ege Cankus, senior from Izmir, Turkey, and
Hiroki Fujita, senior from Ryugasaki, Ibaraki, Japan, have been named to the All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team following an 11-6 record on the season and 4-3 record in Big Sky play. The Bengal duo would end their year going 9-5 in the #3 doubles spot for ISU.
Attention now turns to Phoenix, as the 2024 Big Sky Women's Tennis Championship starts on April 25
th-27
th at the Phoenix Tennis Center. More info on the tournament can be found
here.
2024 Big Sky Men's Tennis Award Winners
MVP: Mark Keki, Sacramento State*
Freshman of the Year: Sebastian Medica, Idaho
Coach of the Year: Kevin Kurtz, Sacramento State
* - unanimous selection
All-Big Sky Singles First Team
Mark Keki, Sacramento State*
Tom Bittner, Montana*
Dani Torres, Northern Arizona*
Mate Voros, Sacramento State*
Valentino De Pellegrin, Idaho State
Jan Silva, Sacramento State
Maikel De Boes, Northern Arizona
* - unanimous first-team selection
All-Big Sky Doubles First Team
Mark Keki/Mate Voros, Sacramento State*
Dominik Buzonics/ Jakub Prachar, Northern Arizona*
Maciej Ziomber/Dani Torres, Northern Arizona
Victor Sklenka/
Valentino De Pellegrin, Idaho State
* - unanimous first-team selection
All-Big Sky Singles Second Team
Andreas Kramer, Idaho State
Wikus Robbertse, Idaho State
Guillermo Martin, Montana
Francisco Gay, Idaho
Tristan Sarap, Weber State
Max Relic, Montana State
Adam Chodur, Sacramento State
All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team
Moritz Stoeger/Baltazar Wiger-Nordas, Montana
Hayden Rand/Adam Chodur, Sacramento State
Elyes Marouani/ Tristan Sarap, Weber State
Ege Cankus/
Hiroki Fujita, Idaho State
All-Big Sky Singles Honorable Mention
Rudolfs Aksenoks, Sacramento State
Andras Necz, Montana State
Dominik Buzonics, Northern Arizona
Maciej Ziomber, Northern Arizona
Ken Minh, Weber State
All-Big Sky Doubles Honorable Mention
Max Relic/ Andras Necz, Montana State
Ken Minh/ Matteo Savio, Weber State
Alex Asenov/Sebastian Medica, Idaho
