Valparaiso University men’s tennis junior Brandon Ancona (Belvidere, Ill. / Rockford Christian) added yet another achievement to his tennis resume on Wednesday.
Already the Summit League Player of the Year, a First Team All-Summit performer and Valpo’s Male Athlete of the Year, Ancona tacked on Summit League Academic All-League recognition. He was one of five players from the conference named to the team.
Ancona owns a 3.80 GPA in computer science and is involved on campus in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. This marks the second straight season he has garnered a place on the academic all-league team.
Although his first two collegiate campaigns featured their fair share of successes, the Valpo junior reached new heights in 2018-19. He finished the season with a singles record of 23-6, tying his own win total from 2016-17 for 10th in single-season program history. He went 8-0 at No. 2 doubles, 15-4 in dual match play and 5-1 in league singles action.
Ancona enters his senior season with 61 career singles wins, already ninth on Valpo’s all-time list. His winning percentage of .793 was the 10th best in single-season program history. He enters his senior season with a career singles winning percentage of .649 that ranks seventh in program history and a doubles winning percentage of .694 that ranks fourth.
A three-time Summit League Player of the Week this season, Ancona won the Flight C singles title at the Western Michigan Invitational on Sept. 23 and paired with Kweisi Kenyatte to win Flight A Doubles at the Purdue Fall Invitational on Oct. 7.
2019 SUMMIT LEAGUE MEN'S TENNIS ACADEMIC ALL-LEAGUE TEAM
Name |
School |
Year |
Hometown |
GPA |
Major |
Brandon Ancona* |
Valparaiso |
Jr. |
Belvidere, Ill. |
3.8 |
Computer Science |
Igor Kolaric |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
Birkenfield, Germany |
3.76 |
Finance |
Tom Hands* |
Drake |
Sr. |
Fulbourn, England |
3.69 |
Environmental Science |
Davide Callegari |
North Dakota |
Sr. |
Padova, Italy |
3.9 |
Managerial Finance & Accounting |
Barnabas Koncz* |
Oral Roberts |
R-Jr. |
Pecs, Hungary |
3.8 |
Finance |
*Previous Academic All-League honoree
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