Bowling Green, KY – For the second consecutive year, ten members of the Cumberlands Men's Tennis team have garnered MSC Academic All-Conference honors, conference officials announced Tuesday. The Mid-South Conference also named ­­­­Thibaud Vivier as UC's Champion of Character representative.
 
Those nominated for the MSC Academic All-Conference Team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 on a 4.0 scale and must be in their third term or fourth quarter. 40 total student-athletes were named to this list.
 
Graduate student, Liam Savio, picks up academic honors for the fourth time in his career.
 
The Patriots that received the honor for the second time are Manuel Fernandez Guede and Juanchi Alcon.
 
The remaining seven were all first-time honorees including Sampras Rakotondrainibe, Luis Marcos, Darius Kuster, Gabriele Solda, Thibaud Vivier, Apivich Rojpiboonphan, and Bosco Fernandez.  
 
Cumberlands led all MSC teams with ten honorees out of 38 total student-athletes represented.
 
The MSC recognizes a Champions of Character Team for each championship sport. The student-athletes that are honored on the Champions of Character Team were nominated by their coaches based on their leadership on campus and in the community while demonstrating the five core character values of the NAIA.
 
UC opens action as the two seed at the MSC Tournament on Wednesday April 23rd against seventh-seeded Campbellsville.

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