Boitan Wins Big 12 PotY while Tennis Team Cleans Up Postseason Awards
IRVING, Texas – No. 3 Baylor men’s tennis earned a multitude of All-Conference postseason awards, announced by the Big 12 on Thursday.
Headlining the awards announcement was Adrian Boitan, who earned Big 12 Player of the Year. The junior from Romania was also named a first-teamer for singles and individual season champion for court one. In addition, he and Paroulek were named individual season champions for doubles court three.
The All-Big 12 First Team singles players for Baylor were Boitan and senior Matias Soto, while Sven Lah and Paroulek were named to the Second Team.
The individual season champions for Baylor were Boitan, Paroulek on court five, and Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi on court six.
For All-Big 12 doubles, Finn Bass and Lah were named to the First Team, while Soto and Grassi Mazzuchi were named to the Second Team. Soto and Grassi Mazzuchi were also named individual season champions for court two in doubles.
In the Big 12 regular season, Boitan went 4-0 on the singles courts, with Paroulek at 4-1 and Grassi Mazzuchi going 5-0. In doubles conference play, Grassi Mazzuchi and Soto were 5-0, while Boitan and Paroulek were 3-1.
For the spring as a whole through the Big 12 Championships in singles, Boitan was 17-1, Lah 15-6, Soto 13-8, Paroulek 13-2 and Grassi Mazzuchi 23-3. In doubles, Bass and Lah went 14-6, Grassi Mazzuchi and Soto were 19-5, while Boitan and Paroulek were 13-4.
NEXT UP
The Bears await their seeding in the NCAA Tournament, to be announced via live stream on NCAA.com on Monday, May 2, at 6 p.m. CT. More information will be forthcoming.
To stay up to date throughout the season on all things Baylor men’s tennis, follow the team on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @BaylorMTennis.
2022 BIG 12 MEN’S TENNIS POSTSEASON AWARDS
- Player of the Year: Adrian Boitan, Baylor
- Freshman of the Year: Pierre-Yves Bailly, Texas
- Co-Newcomer of the Year: Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU
- Co-Newcomer of the Year: Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State
- Coach of the Year: David Roditi, TCU
All-Big 12 First Team Singles
- Adrian Boitan, Baylor
- Matias Soto, Baylor
- Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU
- Luc Fomba, TCU
- Sander Jong, TCU
- Micah Braswell, Texas
All-Big 12 Second Team Singles
- Sven Lah, Baylor
- Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor
- Mason Beiler, Oklahoma
- Jake Fearnley, TCU
- Pierre-Yves Bailly, Texas
- Eliot Spizzirri, Texas
All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
- Finn Bass/Sven Lah, Baylor
- Luc Fomba/Jake Fearnley, TCU
- Cleeve Harper/Richard Ciamarra, Texas
All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles
- Matias Soto/Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Baylor
- Sander Jong/Lui Maxted, TCU
- Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas
Individual Season Champions By Position
Singles
- No. 1 Singles: Adrian Boitan, Baylor (4-0)
- No. 2 Singles: Juan Carlos Aguilar, TCU (4-0)
- No. 3 Singles: Sander Jong, TCU (4-0)
- No. 4 Singles: Jake Fearnley, TCU (3-0)
- No. 5 Singles: Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor (4-1)
- No. 6 Singles: Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi, Baylor (5-0)
Doubles
- No. 1 Doubles: Richard Ciamarra & Cleeve Harper, Texas (3-0)
- No. 2 Doubles: Juan Pablo Grassi Mazzuchi & Matias Soto, Baylor (5-0)
- No. 3 Doubles: Juan Carlos Aguilar & Pedro Vives, TCU (3-1)
- Adrian Boitan & Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor (3-1)
- Mason Beiler & Nathan Han, Oklahoma (3-1)