KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two student-athletes from the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC), Santiago Tartaglia of Ottawa University and Arthur Nardy of McPherson College, have earned a spot on the NAIA Men's Tennis All-America third team, the national office announced Friday.
Tartaglia was named the 2025 KCAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year, and was a first team all-conference honoree. He was part of an Ottawa squad that secured the KCAC Men's Tennis regular-season title. Nardy was also a first team All-KCAC honoree, and was a driving force behind the Bulldogs securing their tenth consecutive KCAC Men's Tennis Championship tournament title.
Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes were chosen to comprise first and second teams. The third team is comprised of 20 student-athletes.
Yassir Kilani of Keiser (Fla.) was named the Ward-Ballinger Memorial Award recipient, given to the outstanding performer at the Men's Tennis National Championship, highlighting the first-team honorees.
FIRST TEAM
| Name |
Institution |
Class |
Hometown |
|
Islam Orynbassar
|
William Carey (Miss.)
|
Sophomore
|
Astana, Kazakhstan
|
|
Yassir Kilani
|
Keiser (Fla.)
|
Senior
|
Moroco, Morocco
|
|
Perry Gregg
|
Holy Cross (Ind.)
|
Senior
|
Chicago, Ill.
|
|
David Ekpenyong
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
|
Sophomore
|
Akwa Ibom, Nigeria
|
|
Santiago Villarruel
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
Junior
|
Benito Juarez, Argentina
|
|
Octovio Volpi
|
Tennessee Wesleyan
|
Senior
|
Corrientes, Argentina
|
|
Francisco Perez
|
Northwestern Ohio
|
Junior
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
|
Matt Shearer
|
William Carey (Miss.)
|
Senior
|
Auckland, New Zealand
|
|
Diego Menendez
|
Southeastern (Fla.)
|
Graduate
|
Spain, Spain
|
|
Nereo Suarez
|
Xavier (La.)
|
Junior
|
Santa Fe, Argentina
|
|
Daniel Garcia Suarez
|
Middle Georgia State
|
Sophomore
|
Lugo, Spain
|
|
Danil Ozernoy
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
Senior
|
Almaty, Kazakhstan
|
|
Kyllian Savary
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
|
Senior
|
Savigny-Sur-Orge, France
|
|
Jeremias Rocco
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
Senior
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
|
David Leon
|
Tennessee Wesleyan
|
Sophomore
|
Alicante, Spain
|
|
Shaheed Alam
|
Keiser (Fla.)
|
Junior
|
Singapore, Singapore
|
SECOND TEAM
| Name |
Institution |
Class |
Hometown |
|
Lucas Perez
|
Northwestern Ohio
|
Junior
|
General Roca, Argentina
|
|
Juanchi Alcon
|
Cumberlands (Ky.)
|
Senior
|
Buenos Aires, Argentina
|
|
Hans Schubert
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
|
Senior
|
Santiago, Chile
|
|
Pablo Gregori
|
Grace (Ind.)
|
Senior
|
Gandia, Spain
|
|
Ivan Vazquez
|
Xavier (La.)
|
Sophomore
|
Cadiz, Spain
|
|
Daniel Wessels
|
Cumberland (Tenn.)
|
Senior
|
Heidelburg, South Africa
|
|
Andres Jimenez
|
Huntington (Ind.)
|
Senior
|
Bucaramanga, Colombia
|
|
Luis Francisco Sampedro
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
Junior
|
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
|
|
Santiago Passoni
|
Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)
|
Freshman
|
Rosario, Argentina
|
|
Andoni Garmendia
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
Senior
|
Santiago, Chile
|
|
Nick Velders
|
Concordia (Neb.)
|
Junior
|
Apeldoorn, Gelderland (The Netherlands)
|
|
Mete Koseoglu
|
Northwestern Ohio
|
Freshman
|
Istanbul, Turkey
|
|
Adam Jaupart
|
SCAD Savannah (Ga.)
|
Sophomore
|
Croissy sur Seine, France
|
|
Jacobi Bain
|
Xavier (La.)
|
Senior
|
Nassau, Bahamas
|
|
Didrik Liljekvist
|
Keiser (Fla.)
|
Junior
|
Sweden, Sweden
|
|
Aleksandr Kalinin
|
Georgia Gwinnett
|
Senior
|
Minsk, Belarus
|
THIRD TEAM
| Name |
Institution |
Class |
Hometown |
|
Mark Trenkle
|
Morningside (Iowa)
|
Senior
|
Lahr, Germany
|
|
Vitor Ferreira
|
Cumberland (Tenn.)
|
Sophomore
|
Brasília, Brazil
|
|
Hugo Abril
|
Arizona Christian
|
Junior
|
Barcelona, Spain
|
|
Juan Carlos Garcia
|
Tennessee Wesleyan
|
Freshman
|
Elche, Spain
|
|
Javier Gallego
|
Southeastern (Fla.)
|
Graduate
|
Spain, Spain
|
|
Artur Pons
|
Grace (Ind.)
|
Junior
|
Alberic, Spain
|
|
Noah Burton
|
William Woods (Mo.)
|
Senior
|
England
|
|
Jose Andres Perez Perez
|
Oakland City (Ind.)
|
Junior
|
Guanajuato, Mexico
|
|
Luca Ebenriter
|
Missouri Baptist
|
Junior
|
Florianopolis, Brazil
|
|
Santiago Tartaglia
|
Ottawa (Kan.)
|
Junior
|
Carabobo, Venezuela
|
|
Roger Suklian
|
Mount Marty (S.D.)
|
Freshman
|
Pukhet , Thailand
|
|
Arthur Nardy
|
McPherson (Kan.)
|
Junior
|
Eauze, France
|
|
Oscar Wai
|
Holy Cross (Ind.)
|
Sophomore
|
Hong Kong, China
|
|
Victor Bonsergent
|
Bethel (Ind.)
|
Senior
|
Lyon, France
|
|
Joewyn Pascua
|
SCAD Atlanta (Ga.)
|
Freshman
|
Manila, Philippines
|
|
Liam Savio
|
Cumberlands (Ky.)
|
Graduate
|
Levanto Italy, Italy
|
|
Aymeric Bruno
|
Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)
|
Graduate
|
Morigny-Champigny, France
|
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