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July 30, 2007


Devvarman Named Men's Tennis Player of the Year
Boland of Virginia and Juneau of W&M named Coach & Rookie of the Year

WILLIAMSBURG (7/30/07) - The University of Virginia Cavaliers headlined the Men’s Tennis University Division All-State awards, selected by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). Junior Somdev Devvarman and head coach Brian Boland were named the State Player and Coach of the Year, the organization announced on July 30.

2007 VaSID Univ. Division All-State Men's Tennis Team

Devvarman was the 2007 ITA National Player of the Year after becoming the first Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) player to capture the NCAA Singles Championship. The All-American in both singles and doubles established a Virginia school record for wins in a season, posting a 44-5 singles ledger. He ended the season ranked No. 1 in the country in singles and No. 2 in doubles. Devvarman was also named the 2007 ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award winner.

Boland led Virginia to not only the school’s best finish but the highest finish ever for an ACC school. The Cavaliers finished the year ranked No. 2 nationally after advancing to the NCAA Semifinals. UVa posted a 30-4 dual match mark on the way to its fourth straight ACC regular season title. The Cavaliers were the first team to go undefeated in the 12-team ACC format. The 30 victories on the year were a Virginia school record.

Devvarman headlined the VaSID First Team choices. He was joined on the squad by doubles partner Treat Huey. The All-American duo was NCAA semifinalists in doubles after posting a 36-8 doubles mark and was selected to the VaSID First Team for doubles as well. Joining Devvarman and Huey on the VaSID All-State First Team in singles were Henrique Cancado and Harel Srugo of Old Dominion, Alex Cojanu and Colin O’Brien of William and Mary and Arvid Puranen of Virginia Tech. The first-team doubles was also comprised of Srugo and Cancado of ODU and Cojanu and O’Brien of W&M.

William and Mary freshman Keziel Juneau garnered the VaSID Rookie of the Year honor. He was an All-Colonial Athletic Association choice in both singles and doubles. The Tribe rookie led W&M in singles victories with 23 on the season.

Juneau headlined the VaSID Second Team after receiving the accolade in both singles and doubles. Seo-Jae Chang of Hampton, Dominic Inglot of Virginia, Martin Sayer of Radford and Alex Seleznev of Old Dominion were also named to the second team. The doubles second team consisted of Inglot and Houston Barrick of Virginia, Nicolas Delgado and Pedro Graber of Virginia and Juneau and Cojanu of William and Mary.

all-State teams are selected by active members of the Virginia Sports Information Directors Association.  For more information, please visit the VaSID site at http://www.ferrum.edu/athletics/vasid.

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