UNCW's Huens Headlines 2024 CAA Men's Tennis Postseason Awards

5/8/2024 10:00:00 AM

Rob Washburn

RICHMOND, Va. (May 8, 2024) – UNCW junior Harold Huens was selected as the 2024 CAA Men’s Tennis Player of the Year, headlining the group of postseason award winners voted on by the league’s head coaches.

William & Mary freshman Oliver Hague was chosen as the CAA Rookie of the Year and UNCW’s Mait DuBois received CAA Coach of the Year accolades for the 10^th time.

Huens compiled an 11-5 record competing at the No. 1 singles spot for UNCW and was ranked 61^st nationally in doubles with partner Reece Falck after putting together a 16-4 mark. The junior was a perfect 2-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles at the CAA Tournament and was named the event’s Most Outstanding Player. Huens, who finished the season on a four-match singles winning streak, is UNCW’s first CAA Player of the Year since Bruno Caula in 2021.

Hague registered an impressive 24-9 record in singles for William & Mary, including going 15-5 in dual matches. The freshman competed at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles for the Tribe and closed the season on a five-match winning streak. He also excelled in doubles with partner Satchel Benn, finishing the year on a 14-match winning streak and registering a 19-5 overall record. Hague is W&M’s first Rookie of the Year since 2015.

DuBois earned his fourth consecutive Coach of the Year award after guiding UNCW to a 17-6 overall record and its fourth straight CAA title and 10^th overall after defeating Elon, 4-1 in the finals. The Seahawks, who are ranked No. 57 nationally, advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 11^th time in 16 seasons. They put together a 12-match winning streak before falling to No. 14 NC State in the NCAA’s. DuBois’ 10 CAA Coach of the Year honors is tied with VCU’s Paul Kostin for the most in league history.

Joining Huens on the All-CAA singles first team were Monmouth junior Mateo Bivol, Hofstra graduate student Ostap Kovalenko, Elon sophomore Veljko Krstic, Delaware junior Karol Malirz and Campbell junior Damien Nezar.

Making the All-CAA doubles first team were the UNCW tandem of Huens and senior Reece Falck, the Delaware duo of Malirz and grad student Javier Ruiz, and the Campbell pair of Benjamin Maes and Nezar.

2024 CAA MEN’S TENNIS POSTSEASON AWARDS
CAA Player of the Year: Harold Huens, Jr., UNCW
CAA Rookie of the Year: Oliver Hague, Fr., William & Mary
CAA Coach of the Year: Mait DuBois, UNCW

First Team All-CAA Singles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Mateo Bivol, Monmouth Jr.                          Cestas, France
Harold Huens, UNCW                                   Jr.                          Waterloo, Belgium
Ostap Kovalenko, Hofstra                             Gr.                         Bashkortostan, Russia
Veljko Krstic, Elon So.                         Belgrade, Serbia
Karol Malirz, Delaware                                  Jr.                          Katowice, Poland
Damien Nezar, Campbell                              Jr.                          Eden, South Africa

First Team All-CAA Doubles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Reece Falck, UNCW Sr. Christchurch, New Zealand
Harold Huens, UNCW                                   Jr.                          Waterloo, Belgium
Benjamin Maes, Campbell Sr.                          Geel, Belgium
Damien Nezar, Campbell                              Jr.                          Eden, South Africa
Karol Malirz, Delaware                                  Jr.                          Katowice, Poland
Javier Ruiz, Delaware Gr.                         Nyon, Switzerland

Second Team All-CAA Singles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Reece Falck, UNCW Sr.                          Christchurch, New Zealand
Alan Jesudason, Drexel Jr. Berwyn, Pa.
Alexandre Leblanc, William & Mary Gr. Montreal, Canada
Esteban Lopez, North Carolina A&T Gr. Bogota, Colombia
Benjamin Maes, Campbell                           Sr.                          Geel, Belgium
Javier Ruiz, Delaware Gr. Nyon, Switzerland

Second Team All-CAA Doubles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Satchel Benn, William & Mary Gr.                         Wellington, New Zealand
Oliver Hague, William & Mary Fr.                          Manchester, England
Alex De Sousa, Drexel Sr. Canterbury, United Kingdom
Alan Jesudason, Drexel Jr.                          Berwyn, Pa.
Juan Sengariz, Elon Jr.                          Santander, Spain
Ben Zipay, Elon Sr.                          Osprey, Fla.

Third Team All-CAA Singles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Oskar Antinheimo, Elon                                So.                         Helsinki, Finland
Mattia Bernardi, Charleston Jr.                          Trento, Italy
Hussein El Tawil, Drexel Jr.                          Cairo, Egypt
Adam Hillerby, Monmouth Gr.                         Leeds, United Kingdom
Gabriel Hurtado, UNCW                               Sr.                          Bogota, Colombia
Daniel Martin, Elon Sr.                          Letchworth, United Kingdom

Third Team All-CAA Doubles
Name, School Class                     Hometown
Mattia Bernardi, Charleston Jr. Trento, Italy
Eddie Vo, Charleston So. Croydon Park, Australia
Bill Duo, William & Mary Gr.                         Portage, Mich.
Konstantinos Raptis, William & Mary Gr.                         Athens, Greece
Dylan Heap, Elon Gr.                         Christchurch, New Zealand
Veljko Krstic, Elon So.                         Belgrade, Serbia