LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East has announced its Men’s Tennis All-Conference Teams as well as it’s major award winners for the 2022-23 season. All-Conference consists of two teams each with six singles players and three doubles pairings. The major award winners are as follows:
Rookie of the Year - Boris Palmade (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
Player of the Year - Boris Palmade (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
Coach of the Year - Sona Hussian (St. Mary’s College of Maryland)
Palamde had a tremendous first year as a collegiate tennis player, earning not only Rookie of the Year honors, but Player of the Year as well. The Bethesda, Md. native was marked as the Seahawks top singles player all year where he went a perfect 6-0 in conference play and 10-0 overall. This season, Palmade never allowed a conference opponent to take more than three games from him in a single match,
Palmade matched his singles efforts in the doubles arena as well, teaming up with Stephen Alam to acheive a perfect 6-0 conference record in the first flight. Those two combined to win 48 conference games while only allowing their opponents to win a combined 16.
Hussian stepped into her role after the new year, serving as the Seahawks interim coach. She guided St. Mary’s College to its second-straight United East Regular Season title, finishing the year with a 6-0 conference record. The Seahawks would gather up three more non-conference victories as well. With Hussian on the sidelines, the Seahawks saw five individuals receive All-Conference recognition as well as three doubles teams. She also coached Palmade to Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year honors.
Find the All-Conference Teams HERE:
1st Team
| Position |
Player |
Institution |
Year |
Hometown |
| 1st Singles |
Boris Palmade |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
FR |
Bethesda, Md. |
| 2nd Singles |
Stephen Alam |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
SR |
Ellicot City, Md. |
| 3rd Singles |
Nick Rohr |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
JR |
Fairfax County, Va. |
| 4th Singles |
Derwin Merca |
Penn State Harrisburg |
SO |
Hummelstown, Pa. |
| 5th Singles |
AJ Kwiatkowski |
Lancaster Bible College |
SR |
Georgetown, Del. |
| 6th Singles |
Andrew Moore |
Lancaster Bible College |
SR |
Millerville, N.J. |
| 1st Doubles |
Boris Palmade & Stephen Alam |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
FR / SR |
Bethesda, Md. / Ellicot City, Md. |
| 2nd Doubles |
Nick Rohr & Daoud Alkhalidi |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
JR / FR |
Fairfax County, Va. / Bel Air, Md. |
| 3rd Doubles |
Liam Pratt & William Shepherd Johnson |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
SR / JR |
Kensington, Md. / Takoma Park, Md. |
2nd Team
| Position |
Player |
Institution |
Year |
Hometown |
| 1st Singles |
Jazae Maina-Itegi |
Penn State Berks |
FR |
Kinzers, Pa. |
| 2nd Singles |
Donovan Sullivan |
Penn State Berks |
FR |
Egg Harbor Township, N.J. |
| 3rd Singles |
Weston Weaver |
Penn State Berks |
FR |
Lancaster, Pa. |
| 4th Singles |
Tim Belotserkovsky |
Penn State Abington |
FR |
Warminster, Pa. |
| 5th Singles |
Daoud Alkhalidi |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
FR |
Bel Air, Md. |
| 6th Singles |
Max Esztergomi |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
FR |
Bethesda, Md. |
| 1st Doubles |
Josh Jarvis & Devon Clemmer |
Lancaster Bible College |
SO / SR |
Kinzers, Pa. / Intercourse, Pa. |
| 2nd Doubles |
Owen Ou & Derwin Merca |
Penn State Harrisburg |
FR / SO |
FoShan, China / Hummelstown, Pa. |
| 3rd Doubles |
Cole Epting & Jack Filip |
Penn State Berks |
SO / SO |
Mohnton, Pa. / Lord Valley, Pa. |
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