ATLANTA – Benedict men's tennis team highlighted the 2016 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) all-conference honors with Nathanial Pinkney being named the Player of the Year, voted on by the league coaches and sports information directors, announced Wednesday by the conference.
 
Quentin Eloise (Benedict) was selected as the Freshman of the Year and Gary Taylor of Benedict was tabbed as Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season.
 
Pinkney, a junior from South Haven, Miss., finished the regular season with a 9-10 record as the No. 1 singles player for Benedict. He was 8-1 in conference matches where he recorded a 7-1 mark in the top spot and was 1-0 in the No. 2 position.
 
Eloise, a native of Martinique, France finished with an overall record of 14-4 and was undefeated in the SIAC with a 10-0 mark at the No. 2 spot.
 
Taylor led the Tigers to a 14-9 overall record this season. Benedict earned the top seed heading into this week's conference tournament after posting an unblemished 13-0 record in the SIAC this year.
 
Joining Pinkney and Eloise on the singles first team are Zibusiso Ndimande (Benedict), Bastian Sanson (Stillman), Yonwaba Pupuma (Stillman), and Everett Reese (Morehouse).
 
The doubles first team consists of Pinkney/Eloise (Benedict), Reese/Rasheed Slade (Morehouse), and Sanson/Fernando Garcia (Stillman).
 
Benedict had a trio of players on the singles second team in Justin Payton, Juan Hernandez, and Malek Selmen. Terrell Green and Slade of Morehouse were also second team selections while Tuskegee's Oshane Trail completed the team.
 
The doubles second team included the duos of Martin Jaramillo/Andrew Risley (Spring Hill), PJ Stamps/Brandon Sanders (Morehouse), and Payton/Juan Hernandez (Benedict).
 
The 2016 SIAC Men's Tennis Championship is scheduled for April 8-9 at the Clayton County International Tennis Complex. For more information, please CLICK HERE.
 
2016 Men's Tennis All-Conference Honors
 
Player of the Year: Nathanial Pinkney, Benedict
Freshman of the Year: Quentin Eloise, Benedict
Coach of the Year: Gary Taylor, Benedict
 
Singles First Team

Nathanial Pinkney	Benedict
Quentin Eloise	Benedict
Zibusiso Ndimande	Benedict
Bastian Sanson	Stillman
Yonwaba Pupuma	Stillman
Everett Reese	Morehouse

 
Doubles First Team

Nathanial Pinkney/Quentin Eloise	Benedict
Everett Reese/Rasheed Slade	Morehouse
Fernando Garcia/Bastian Sanson	Stillman

 
Singles Second Team

Justin Payton	Benedict
Juan Hernandez	Benedict
Malek Selmen	Benedict
Terrell Green	Morehouse
Rasheed Slade	Morehouse
Oshane Trail	Tuskegee

 
Doubles Second Team

Martin Jaramillo/Andrew Risley	Spring Hill
PJ Stamps/Brandon Sanders	Morehouse
Justin Payton/Juan Hernandez	Benedict