Jung, King Named Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten Selections
4/28/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
April 28, 2011
MADISON, Wis. -- Senior Jason Jung (Torrance, Calif./West Torrance) and sophomore Evan King (Chicago, Ill./Kaplan) of the University of Michigan men's tennis team were both chosen as unanimous first team All-Big Ten selections on Thursday (April 28) at the Big Ten Awards banquet. They both earned the honor for a second time in their respective careers, also earning it last season.
King is ranked No. 21 in the nation for singles and owns records of 26-8 (singles) and 17-13 (doubles). He has amassed a 19-3 record in dual matches (all at No. 1) and a 10-5 mark against ranked opponents this season. Only four men in program history since 1970 have had as many wins at the No. 1 spot in singles for dual matches -- Ed Nagel (45-9 in 1987), Michael Leach (24-7 in 1982; won NCAA singles championship), Jeff Etterbeek (19-6 in 1977, 18-5 in 1976) and Victor Amaya (20-2 in 1973). Last season, King was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and the ITA/Midwest Region Rookie of the Year.
Jung, the team captain, is ranked No. 48 in the nation for singles and has a record of 25-10, the most wins he has earned in a season at Michigan; he had 18, 19 and 21 wins each of the last three years, respectively. He also holds an 18-14 record in doubles, and is currently fourth on the school's all-time list for career doubles wins with 87. He needs three doubles wins to tie the record of 90, held by Brian Hung (2004-07), Matko Maravic (2005-08) and Mike Sroczynski (2007-10). For his career, Jung is 83-62 in singles and 87-59 in doubles. Last season, Jung was the national recipient of the ITA/Arthur Ashe, Jr. Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship, as well as the Big Ten Conference's male nominee for the NCAA Sportsmanship Award.
Freshman Shaun Bernstein (Plainview, N.Y./Plainview Old Bethpage JFK) was the team's nominee for the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
Michigan opens the Big Ten Tournament in the 4/5 match tomorrow (Friday, April 29) against No. 18 Illinois at 10 a.m. CDT in Madison.
MEN'S TENNIS ALL-BIG TEN TEAMS
First Team All-Big Ten*
DENNIS NEVOLO, Illinois
Santiago Gruter, Indiana
Jeremy Langer, Indiana
JASON JUNG, Michigan
EVAN KING, Michigan
Rok Bonin, Minnesota
TOBIAS WERNET, Minnesota
Matt Allare, Ohio State
CHASE BUCHANAN, Ohio State
Balazs Novak, Ohio State
BLAZ ROLA, Ohio State
Ille Van Engelen, Ohio State
MAREK MICHALICKA, Wisconsin
Second Team All-Big Ten
Johnny Hamui, Illinois
Josh MacTaggart, Indiana
Marc Bruche, Iowa
Josh Graves, Northwestern
Devin McCarthy, Ohio State
Mark Kovacs, Purdue
Szymon Tatarczyk, Purdue
Unanimous selections in CAPS.
* - Additional honorees due to a tie.
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Athlete of the Year: Chase Buchanan, Ohio State
Freshman of the Year: Blaz Rola, Ohio State
Coach of the Year: Ty Tucker, Ohio State
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Connor Roth, Illinois
Stephen Vogl, Indiana
Will Vasos, Iowa
Shaun Bernstein, Michigan
Clark Richardson, Michigan State
Tobias Wernet, Minnesota
Andrew McCarthy, Northwestern
Matt Allare, Ohio State
Bryan Welnetz, Penn State
Szymon Tatarczyk, Purdue
Marek Michalicka, Wisconsin
Contact: Brad Rudner (734) 763-4423
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