Miami Duo Named to All-ACC Men's Tennis Academic Team
July 7, 2010
Coral Gables, Fla. – TheUniversity of Miami’s Christian Blöcker (Hamburg, Germany) and David Simon (Vienna, Austria) are among 21 student-athletes named to the Men’s Tennis All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team, announced today by ACC Commissioner John D. Swofford.
It marks the second-straight ACC academic honors for Blöcker, who was also named to the ESPN The Magazine All-District III First Team this spring, and the first conference honors for Simon. The Hurricanes have had at least one Men’s Tennis All-ACC Academic Team honoree every season since the inaugural squad was selected five years ago.
To be eligible for consideration, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and have maintained a 3.0 cumulative average during his academic career. This year’s team includes 13 repeat honorees.
Blöcker, who has a double major in accounting and finance, owns a 3.91 GPA. Playing predominantly out of the No. 1 and 2 positions for the Hurricanes this season, the rising senior went 17-13 in singles play at No. 1 and No. 2 – knocking off a pair of ranked opponents, while adding a 17-12 mark in doubles competition. He was ranked as high as No. 100 in the country in singles and No. 60 in doubles play with Simon.
Simon posted a team-best 21-11 record in singles play as a senior in 2010, including an impressive 8-2 mark in ACC play. He has 34 singles wins in two seasons as a Hurricane and won six of his last nine matches to close his collegiate career. Pairing with Blöcker in doubles competition at No. 1, the nationally-ranked duo won 16 matches, including five versus ACC opponents and two over ranked pairs.
Blöcker and Simon are joined on the Men’s Tennis All-ACC Academic Team by: Akash Muppidi (BC), Dylan Arnould (DU), David Holland (DU), Luke Marchese (DU), Jared Pinsky (DU), Jean-Yves Aubone (FSU), Vahid Mirzadeh (FSU), Guillermo Gomez (GT), Kevin King (GT), Ryan Smith (GT), Akash Gujarati (ST), Houston Barrick (VA), Steven Eelkman (VA), Sanam Singh (VA), Sebastian Jacques (VT), Luka Somen (VT), Corrado Degl’Incerti Tocci (VT), Iain Atkinson (WF) and Jonathan Wolff (WF).
