A pair of NJIT men's tennis players, Amine El Kholti and Daniel Sabogal, earned spots on the Southland Conference All-Academic teams, the conference announced Thursday morning. Both student-athletes were named Second Team All-Academic.



El Kholti split time at the top three singles positions this spring, winning three matches at first singles, four at second singles, and one at third singles. In all, El Kholti finished with a 8-7 singles record to go along with his 7-6 doubles record, with eight of those 13 doubles matches taking place at the top position. In the classroom, El Kholti boasts a 3.98 GPA and has made the Dean's List in all five semesters at NJIT as a Business major.



Sabogal was a mainstay in the NJIT doubles lineup this spring, pairing with two different partners to win seven of 16 matches. Sabagol has a perfect 4.0 GPA and is a six-time Dean's List honoree as a Mechanical Engineering major.



El Kholti and Sabogal helped NJIT to a 9-9 record this spring in Head Coach Marco Matteucci's first season leading the Highlanders.





2022 Southland Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year: Marcel Volz, New Orleans

 

2022 Southland Men's Tennis All-Academic First Team 

Name  School  Class  Hometown  Major  GPA 
Warren Fulgenzi* UIW  Gr.  Las Vegas, NV  MS Sport Management  3.90 
Marcel Volz*^  New Orleans  Jr.  Iffezheim, Germany  Computer Science  3.94 
Espen Lagarde*  New Orleans  Jr.  Chavenay, France  Business Administration  3.57 
Pavle Drobnjakovic*  Nicholls  Sr.  Belgrade, Serbia  Finance  3.72 
Antonio Sasso  Nicholls  So.  Porto Alegre, Brazil  Business Administration  4.0 
Pascal Lorieul A&M-Corpus Christi  Jr.  Cormeilles-EnParisis, Framce  Biomedical Sciences  3.97 

 

2022 Southland Men's Tennis All-Academic Second Team 

Name  School  Class  Hometown  Major  GPA 
Marwin Kralemann  UIW  Jr.  Schwerte, Germany  Computer Information Systems  3.97 
Amine El Kholti  NJIT  Jr.  Fez, Morocco  Business  3.98 
Daniel Sabogal  NJIT  Jr.  Chia, Colombia  Mechanical Engineer  4.00 
Luke Joujan  New Orleans  Jr.  Hamburg, Germany  Business Administration  4.00 
Max Heinzel New Orleans  Jr.  Augsburg, Germany  Business Administration  3.95 
Nathan Schwartz  A&M-Corpus Christi  Jr.  L'Isle Sur Sorgue, France  Business  3.88