GREENVILLE – Greenville’s Dennis Kiser was named the American League boys tennis coach of the year for the 2017 season by the Greater Western Ohio Conference.
Also, three Greenville boys tennis players were named first team all-American League by the GWOC. Senior Noah Haupt was named to the American League’s first team as a singles player while seniors Austin Grote and Josh Smith made the American League’s first team as a doubles pair.
Senior Craig Manges was named second team all-American League.
Freshman Branson Leigeber was named to the American League special mention team.
Troy’s Shane Essick was named the GWOC North boys tennis player of the year.
Troy won the GWOC North boys tennis championship with a 10-0 conference record, Greenville finished second with a 9-1 record, Sidney and Vandalia-Butler tied for third at 7-3, Tippecanoe finished fifth at 6-4, and Piqua finished fifth at 3-7.
GWOC boys tennis
Name School Play Team
Jack Diehl – Senior Springboro Singles First team
Joshua Giambattista – Junior Centerville Singles First team
Zachary Holbrook – Senior Centerville Doubles First team
Ryan Murphy – Junior Centerville Doubles First team
Rohan Krishnan – Junior Springboro Doubles First team
Ethan Post – Junior Springboro Doubles First team
Murad Nawaz – Sophomore Fairmont Singles First team
American League team
Name School Play Team
Noah Blake – Junior
Ian Stewart – Sophomore Tippecanoe Doubles First team
Prem Dev – Freshman Sidney Singles First team
Shane Essick – Junior Troy Singles First team
Austin Grote – Senior Greenville Doubles First team
Josh Smith – Senior Greenville Doubles First team
Noah Haupt – Senior Greenville Singles First team
Jack Johnson – Senior Troy Doubles First team
Nick Prus – Senior Troy Doubles First team
Brandon Kreger – Freshman Butler Singles First team
Kobe Vinegar – Senior Trotwood-Madison Singles First team
Colin Achterberg – Sophomore Tippecanoe Singles Second team
Chris Brodsky – Senior Xenia Doubles Second team
Michael Graham – Senior Xenia Doubles Second team
Ross Fike – Junior Butler Doubles Second team
Leland Skapik – Junior Butler Doubles Second team
Nathan Kleptz – Freshman Troy Doubles Second team
Jack Goodall, Anoop Patel – Freshman Troy Doubles Second team
Troy Luken – Junior Butler Singles Second team
Andrew Magoteaux – Junior Troy Singles Second team
Craig Manges – Senior Greenville Singles Second team
Elijah Sadler – Junior Troy Singles Second team
Diachi Urata – Sophomore Sidney Singles Second team
Christian Blake – Sophomore Tippecanoe Doubles Special mention
Levi Berning – Sophomore Tippecanoe Doubles Special mention
Zane Cukovecki – Senior Xenia Singles Special mention
Riley Dunaway – Junior Butler Singles Special mention
Michael Ferree – Junior Sidney Doubles Special mention
Logan Searcy – Junior Sidney Doubles Special mention
Houston Fine – Sophomore West Carrollton Singles Special mention
Sean Hatke – Junior Piqua Singles Special mention
Branson Leigeber – Freshman Greenville Singles Special mention
Brad McPherson – Senior Piqua Singles Special mention
Logan Searcy – Junior Sidney Singles Special mention
Riley Timbrook – Senior Stebbins Singles Special mention
Spencer Titus – Senior Xenia Doubles Special mention
Aaron Harrison – Senior Xenia Doubles Special mention
North Division awards
Athlete of the year: Shane Essick, Troy
Coach of the year: Dennis Kiser, Greenville
South Division awards
Athlete of the year: Kobe Vinegar, Trotwood-Madison
Coach of the year: Steve Cukovecki, Xenia
American League team
Name School Play Team
Jack Diehl – Senior Springboro Singles First team
Joshua Giambattista – Junior Centerville Singles First team
Curtis Guthrie – Junior Beavercreek Doubles First team
Vinodh Enukonda – Junior Beavercreek Doubles First team
Zachary Holbrook – Senior Centerville Doubles First team
Ryan Murphy – Junior Centerville Doubles First team
Rohan Krishnan – Junior Springboro Doubles First team
Ethan Post – Junior Springboro Doubles First team
Murad Nawaz – Sophomore Fairmont Singles First team
Austin Staiger – Freshman Beavercreek Singles First team
Brandon Valley – Senior Centerville Singles First team
Jaewoo Choi – Senior Centerville Doubles Second team
Rishi Appalaneni – Freshman Centerville Doubles Second team
Austin Chong – Sophomore Beavercreek Singles Second team
Aman Dhingra – Junior Springfield Singles Second team
Jake Haas – Senior Fairmont Singles Second team
Raj Jagu – Senior Fairmont Doubles Second team
Aidan Robillard – Junior Fairmont Doubles Second team
Austin Lucas – Senior Northmont Doubles Second team
Cameron Daniel – Junior Northmont Doubles Second team
Heidi Orloff – Freshman Beavercreek Singles Second team
Matt Satter – Sophomore Springboro Doubles Second team
Vincent Lyons – Freshman Springboro Doubles Second team
Samith Venkatesh – Junior Centerville Singles Second team
Sidney Bailey – Junior Wayne Singles Special mention
Ethan Cundiff – Freshman Springfield Singles Special mention
Garrett Danner – Senior Northmont Doubles Special mention
Justin Bauser – Junior Northmont Doubles Special mention
Evan Doughman – Sophomore Lebanon Singles Special mention
Josiah Franer – Junior Lebanon Singles Special mention
Kareem Ghumrawi – Junior Miamisburg Singles Special mention
Chase Hill – Senior Wayne Doubles Special mention
Luke Curtin – Junior Wayne Doubles Special mention
Greg Howard Smoot – Senior Springfield Singles Special mention
Tyler Juhasz – Freshman Fairmont Singles Special mention
Trey Singleton – Junior Miamisburg Singles Special mention
East Division awards
Athlete of the year: Murad Nawaz, Fairmont
Coach of the year: Eric Cusick, Beavercreek
West Division awards
Athlete of the year: Jack Diehl, Springboro
Coach of the year: Ken Bartley, Springboro; Tom Zsembik Lebanon
