WASHINGTON – Dayton sophomore Kyle McNally was recognized as the Atlantic 10 Men’s Most Outstanding Performer, while Fordham freshman Filip Horak was honored as the A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie. Dayton head coach Ryan Meyer was awarded the Coach of the Year. The awards were announced on Monday.
The three end of season awards along with the All-Conference were voted on by the A-10 men’s tennis head coaches. The All-Academic team was chosen by the league’s communication directors.
McNally went undefeated in A-10 singles play and finished the season 26-8 overall in singles. He collected wins over opponents at Louisville and Vanderbilt. McNally, who won the 2024 Most Outstanding Rookie honor, was the A-10 fall individual champion in singles. The two-time A-10 Player of the Week recipient went 18-4 at No. 1 singles. McNally, from Algonquin, Ill., finished the season 20-9 at doubles.
Horak, from Prague, Czechia, compiled a 14-4 record at singles across courts one, two and three. He also went 12-2 in doubles matches. Horak collected two of three singles matches at the A-10 fall individual event. Horak was a one-time recipient of the A-10 Rookie of the Week honors.
Meyer led Dayton to the top-seed at the A-10 Men’s Tennis Championship in his 13th season at the helm. A three-time Coach of the Year recipient, he led the Flyers to a 22-4 record and a 7-0 mark in the conference. Meyer guided the Flyers to an 18-game winning streak.
2024-25 Atlantic 10 Men’s Tennis End-of-Season Awards
MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMER: Kyle McNally, Dayton
MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE: Filip Horak, Fordham
COACH OF THE YEAR: Ryan Meyer, Dayton
ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
Juan Camilo Perez Gongora, Davidson
Uddayvir Singh, Davidson
Sai Dore, Dayton
Kyle McNally, Dayton
Mikkel Zinder, Dayton
Filip Horak, Fordham
Dhillon Virdee-Oakley, Fordham
Ekansh Kumar, George Mason
Dylan Atkinson, Richmond
Davis Wiley, Richmond
Alfred Almasi, VCU
German Samofalov, VCU
ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM
Gregorio Hidalgo, Davidson
Brady Hussey, Dayton
Will Lokier, Fordham
Monil Lotlikar, George Mason
Cole Brashear, Richmond
Paxton Pritchard, Richmond
Othman Bezzaz, Saint Joseph’s
Ernesto Ruy, Saint Joseph’s
Santiago Valle, Saint Joseph’s
Erwann Bouchet, VCU
Nicolo Consonni, VCU
Leon Zaorski, VCU
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM
Juan Camilo Perez Gongora, Davidson
Nico Pinzon, Davidson
Sai Dore, Dayton
Dhananjay Athreya, Fordham
Jacco Arends, George Mason
Alfred Almasi, VCU