Wright Earns Third All-Big Ten Conference Award

PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- University of Michigan senior men's tennis player Matt Wright (Wichita, Kan./Wichita Collegiate HS) was named to the All-Big Ten Conference team announced by the conference office. Wright earned his third All-Big Ten Conference selection, joining 11 other Wolverines with at least three awards (current head coach Mark Mees and assistant coach Dan Goldberg earned all-conference honors all four years).

Wright

Wright, the team's No. 1 singles player and part of the squad's top doubles pairing, has compiled an impressive 24-11 overall singles record this year and is 12-7 at the No. 1 singles spot. Wright is currently ranked No. 45 nationally in singles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings released Wednesday, May 3. He is 12-13 overall in doubles this year and 9-10 in dual match action at the No. 1 spot -- 8-8 with sophomore Danny McCain (Largo, Fla./Canterbury School) and 1-2 with sophomore Henry Beam (Kalamazoo, Mich./Loy Norrix HS).

With an 88-51 career singles record, Wright ranks tied for seventh in career singles victories at Michigan. He is currently tied with David Paradzik (1995-98) and needs 10 victories to tie William Farah (1996-99) for sixth place. Wright has compiled an impressive 28-18 career record at the No. 1 singles spot.

Wright will lead the No. 23-ranked Wolverines (15-6 record) into NCAA Regional Championship competition next weekend. Michigan will hear its pairing this afternoon (Thursday, May 4) at 4:30 p.m.

Michigan's three and four-time All-Big Ten Conference players: John Costanzo (3), Dan Brakus (4), David Kass (4), Dan Goldberg (4), Jim Sharton (4), Mark Mees (4), Michael Leach (4), Matt Horwich (3), Jeff Etterbeek (4), Eric Fiedler (4), Victor Amaya (3).

Following are the 2000 Big Ten Conference award winners:

All-Big Ten Conference

Cary Franklin, Illinois
Jeff Laski, Illinois
Graydon Oliver, Illinois
Milan Rakvica, Indiana
Tyler Cleveland, Iowa
Matt Wright, Michigan
Thomas Haug, Minnesota
Harsh Mankad, Minnesota
Brad Erickson, Northwestern
Chris Porter, Ohio State
Jason Marshall, Purdue
Danny Westerman, Wisconsin

Individual Honors

Athlete of the Year: Tyler Cleveland, Iowa
Sportsman of the Year: Tyler Cleveland, Iowa
Freshman of the Year: Harsh Mankad, Minnesota
Coach of the Year: Craig Tiley, Illinois

Contact: David Ablauf (734) 763-4423

University of Michigan Athletics

Players Mentioned

Danny McCain

Matt Wright

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