Men's Tennis | 4/28/2026 12:26:00 PM

April 28, 2026-Anton Sarunic earned the highest individual MIAA honor by an Emporia State men's tennis player since 2019 to highlight three players named to the All-MIAA/GAC team by a vote of the league coaches.

Sarunic earned Second-Team All-MIAAGAC honors in singles after going 3-2 in North Division action in singles.  The senior from Opatija, Croatia was 3-1 in the Association at the #2 spot. He becomes the first Hornet to be named at least Second-Team All-MIAA honors in men's tennis since Charles Gortzounian and Andy Graf both earned the honor in 2019.

Diego Calvo and Luke West were both named honorable mention All-MIAA/GAC in singles.  Calvo was 3-2 in the North Division at #3 and #2 while West went 3-1 at #4 singles.

Three individual honorees in singles are the most by the Hornets in a season since 2019 when Charles Gortzounian and Andy Graff were named Second-Team with Taylor Nelson and Lukas Winkler earning Honorable Mention.

Emporia State finished the season 9-9 overall, their third straight season with at least a .500 record.

FIRST TEAM ALL-MIAA/GAC SINGLES
Pavlos Parson – Washburn, Sr.
Adrian Solorzano – Harding, Sr.
Frode Neumann – Southern Arkansas, Jr.
Sebastian De Las Salas – Harding, Jr.
Cian Mikkelsen – Harding, Sr.
Alex Edley – Northeastern State, So.
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-MIAA/GAC DOUBLES
Andy Brisdon & Ivan Melnik – Nebraska Kearney
Benjamin Fock & Zino Nahirniak – Washburn
Cian Mikkelsen & Adrian Solorzano – Harding
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-MIAA/GAC SINGLES
Ramon Strassmann – Ouachita Baptist, Sr.
Ivan Melnik – Nebraska Kearney, So.
Lucas Nitzschke – Southern Arkansas, Jr.
Guillaume Randoux – Ouachita Baptist, Fr.
Andy Brisdon – Nebraska Kearney, Jr.
Anton Sarunic – Emporia State, Gr.
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-MIAA/GAC DOUBLES
Eduardo Bribiesca & Birk Arwedahl – Arkansas-Fort Smith
Yarin Aebi & Ramon Strassmann – Ouachita Baptist
Pavlos Parson & Tommy Cecchetti – Washburn
Tom van den Dungen & Ilan Fuentes – Nebraska Kearney
*Team Reflects Tie In Voting
 
HONORABLE MENTION SINGLES (ESU only)
Diego Calvo – Emporia State, Jr.
Luke West – Emporia State, So.