MWC Announces All-Conference Team

SDSU's Maiberger and Air Force's Buck voted Co-Players of the Year.

San Diego State senior Oliver Maiberger was voted MWC Co-Player of the Year.
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April 23, 2003

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - All-conference honors for the 2002-03 season were announced tonight at the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship banquet in Provo, Utah. San Diego State senior Oliver Maiberger and Air Force freshman Shannon Buck were named Mountain West Conference Co-Players of the Year. Buck also garnered Freshman of the Year honors, while BYU head coach Jim Osborne was named Coach of the Year.

CO-PLAYERS/FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Maiberger, the No. 34 player in the nation, has an overall record of 26-8 on the year (17-4 dual matches). The Lorsch, Germany, product, also teamed with Ryan Redondo (No. 3 doubles tandem in the nation) to post a 24-7 record on the season, including a 14-3 mark in dual matches, and were the top-ranked duo in the nation at one point earlier this season. Buck, a San Antonio, Texas, native, and the 96th-ranked player in the nation, compiled a 28-3 overall record this season (23-1 dual), including a 5-0 record in conference play. He also went 17-6 overall in doubles competition (15-4 dual).

COACH OF THE YEAR - Osborne collected his second coach of the year honor in three seasons after leading the 61st- ranked Cougars to a 11-9 overall record this season and a share of the MWC regular season title with a 4-1 record.

Attached (.PDF) is the complete list of the 12-member singles team and the six doubles teams as selected by the MWC head coaches.