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Ohio Dominican’s Ritchie Kruunenberg Tabbed “Freshman of the Year,” Michigan Tech’s Kevin Kalinee Named “Coach of the Year”
BAY CITY, Mich. - Ferris State University’s Laurent Galarneau (Montreal, Quebec / Demortagne) was named the 2014 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men’s tennis “Player of the Year” by the league’s head coaches in all-conference balloting. The coaches named Ohio Dominican University’s Ritchie Kruunenberg (Nieuw-Vennep, Holland / Herbert Vissers College) the league’s “Freshman of the Year,” while Kevin Kalinee, head coach of the Michigan Technological University team, earned GLIAC “Coach of the Year” honors.
Galarneau has claimed All-GLIAC First Team recognition for the third consecutive year and he’s the first Bulldog men’s tennis player to claim the league’s “Player of the Year” honor in the sport since former Bulldog standout Jan Talian received the distinction in 2003 along with being only the second FSU recipient of the award in the last 20 years. In 2013-14, he helped the Bulldogs to a tie for second place in the league’s regular-season as FSU won eight of its final nine GLIAC matches prior to the postseason tourney. The Bulldogs also narrowly missed receiving an NCAA Tournament berth. This season, Galarneau compiled a 16-8 overall mark in singles play at the number one flight in the Bulldogs’ lineup while ranking as one of the conference and nation’s top performers. He also owned a 10-1 league singles record, marking the second-straight year in which he’s won at least nine GLIAC outings. In doubles action, he paired with senior Aaron Dial at the top flight to register a 13-12 ledger, which included a 8-3 leagu e mark
Kruunenberg In singles play, finished 22-6, including a 9-2 mark in GLIAC play and a 12-4 record at No. 1 singles. He was equally impressive in doubles action, finishing 18-4 overall, including an 8-3 record in GLIAC competition and a 13-3 record at No. 1 doubles. Kruunenberg was ranked in the top-10 in the region in both singles and doubles play and was named the ITA Midwest Region Freshman of the Year.
Kalinee, in his third year at Tech, guided the
Huskies to a 10-11 overall record in 2014 and an eighth-place
finish in the GLIAC regular season standings. Michigan Tech entered
the GLIAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed and finished
sixth—just missing out on a fifth-place win over NCAA
Tournament invitee Grand Valley State in the final match.
A complete list of the 2014 All-GLIAC Men's Tennis teams is
below:
2014 GLIAC Men's Tennis
Postseason Awards |
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Player of the Year: Laurent Galaneau - Ferris State University | |||
Freshman of the Year: Ritchie Kruunenberg - Ohio Dominican University | |||
Coach of the Year: Kevin Kalinee - Michigan Technological University | |||
2014 All-GLIAC Men’s Tennis Teams | |||
First-Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown/High School |
Laurent Galaneau | Ferris State | Jr. | Montreal, Quebec / Demortagne |
Ritchie Kruunenberg | Ohio Dominican | Fr. | Nieuw-Vennep, Holland / Herbert Vissers College |
Jean Menard | Northwood | Sr. | Amboise, France |
Lorenzo Montegiorgi | Northwood | So. | Velletri, Italy |
Manuel Ringlstetter | Findlay | Sr. | Karlsfeld, Germany / FOS/BOS Technik München |
Felipe dos Santos | Michigan Tech | Sr. | Valindos, Brazil |
Clement Charriere | Wayne State | Fr. | Marseille, France / Chevreul Blancarde |
Justin Tjon | Ohio Dominican | Sr. | Willemstad, Curacao / K-12 Academy |
Ben Fievet | Tiffin | Fr. | Vaulx, Belgium |
Second-Team | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown/High School |
Francis Bertrand | Grand Valley State | Jr. | Repentigny, Quebec / Stony Brook |
Robin Semal | Findlay | Jr. | Jodoigne, Belgium / Cepes St. Albert |
Andrew Darrell | Grand Valley State | Sr. | Kalamazoo, Mich. / Loy Norrix |
Pablo Cabezon | Walsh | So. | Santander, Cantabria, Spain / Calasanz Collegue |
Billy Heckman | Grand Valley State | Fr. | Kalamazoo, Mich. / Portage Central |
Francis Nadeau | Lake Superior State | Fr. | Terrebonne, Quebec / Terrebonne |
Laurent Mailloux | Ferris State | Fr. | Montreal, Quebec / College of Montreal |
Robbie Ball | Tiffin | Sr. | Bellefontaine, Ohio |
Salikh Gilmutdinov | Northwood | Fr. | São José dos Campos, Brazil |
Honorable Mention | |||
Name | School | Yr. | Hometown/High School |
Otto Keresztes | Ferris State | Sr. | Windsor, Ontario / Vincent Massey |
John Kidd | Findlay | So. | Lima, Ohio / Central Catholic |
Andrew Bole | Grand Valley State | So. | Dayton, Ohio / Chaminade Julienne |
Anton Krychek | Lake Erie | Jr. | Kharkiv, Ukraine / Kharkiv Gymnacium NM6 |
Grant Link | Lake Superior State | Jr. | Phoenix, Ariz. / Boulder Creek |
Youssef ElSonbaty | Malone | So. | Cairo, Egypt |
Built Yumuang | Michigan Tech | So. | Bangkok, Thailand |
Konstantine Zhukov | Northwood | So. | Kazan, Russia |
Tyler Johnston | Ohio Dominican | Sr. | Wilmington, Ohio / Wilmington (ABAC) |
Agustin Mangone | Tiffin | Fr. | Mar Del Plata, Argentina |
Ross Whittaker | Walsh | Fr. | Massillon, Ohio / Lake |
Stephane Robineau | Wayne State | Fr. | Paris, France |