Mountain West Conference Announces Men's Tennis All-Conference Team

San Diego State's Maiberger named Player of the Year.

San Diego State junior Oliver Maiberger was named MWC Player of the Year.
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April 24, 2002

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - All-conference honors for the 2002 season were announced tonight at the Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis Championship banquet in Las Vegas. San Diego State junior Oliver Maiberger was named Mountain West Coference Player of the Year, while UNLV's Aviram Saloman earned Freshman of the Year honors. San Diego State head coach John Nelson was named Coach of the Year.

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

PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Maiberger, a native of Lorsch, Germany, has an overall record of 25-8 on the year (12-4 dual matches) and is the 17th ranked player in the nation. He teamed with Ryan Redondo (No. 3 doubles tandem in the nation) to post an 18-7 record on the season, including a 10-6 mark in dual matches.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR - Saloman has an overall record of 16-13 (11-7 dual) on the season for the Rebels, including an upset over then-No. 82 Andrew Colombo of Auburn. The Jerusalem, Israel, product finished with a 3-2 record in MWC play.

COACH OF THE YEAR - Nelson led the No. 28 Aztecs to a 15-8 overall record this season and a share of the MWC regular season title with a 4-1 record.

2002 Mountain West Conference Men's Tennis All-Conference Team

Singles   
Name                Cl.   Institution
*Eric Pittman       Jr.   Air Force
*Carlos Lozano      Jr.   BYU
*Gert Vilms         Sr.   BYU
Divan Coetzee       So.   New Mexico
*Michael Polasek    Sr.   New Mexico
*Bart Scott         Jr.   New Mexico
Felix Hardt         So.   San Diego State
*Oliver Maiberger   Jr.   San Diego State
*Valentino Pest     Jr.   San Diego State
*Thomas Schneiter   Sr.   UNLV
*David Mercier      Sr.   Utah
Corrie Scheepers    Sr.   Utah

*Two-time All-MWC performers

Doubles   
Names                             Institution
*Chris Zielinski/Greg Zielinski   Air Force
*Carlos Lozano/Gert Vilms         BYU
Bart Scott/Michael Polasek        New Mexico
Felix Hardt/Valentino Pest        San Diego State
Oliver Maiberger/Ryan Redondo     San Diego State
David Mercier/Nicholas Yip        Utah

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Oliver Maiberger, Jr., San Diego State

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Aviram Saloman, UNLV

COACH OF THE YEAR
John Nelson, San Diego State