The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its men's tennis post-season awards on Tuesday. Wheaton College led the way with nine selections including Athlete of the Year accolades going to senior Payum Payman. MIT, the conference regular season and tournament champion, collected eight awards with head coach Dave Hagymas being named the Coach of the Year for the second straight season. Springfield College rounded out the All-Conference Team with two honors as Trevor Romanzi was tabbed the Rookie of the Year, marking the second consecutive selection for the Pride. The U.S. Coast Guard Academy was the recipient of the inaugural Sportsmanship Award as voted upon by the student-athletes.

Payman was joined on the first team singles squad by teammate Kyle Hudgins as well as MIT's Eric Beren, Mark Egan, Peden Nichols and Melvin Makhni. Beren and teammate Tom Dohlman, along with Egan and Nichols, enabled MIT to take the top two first team all-NEWMAC doubles spots, while Wheaton's Will Stoddard and James Little claimed third team honors.

Dohlman was the second team first singles players on this year's squad, while Wheaton's Stoddard, Brian Danishevsky and Brad Dressler joined Romanzi in earning second team all-conference singles honors. Payman and Dressler comprised the second team first doubles team, while Danishevsky and Raymour Radhakrishnan completed Wheaton's sweep in that category.

NEWMAC Announces 2007 Men's Tennis All-Conference Awards