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RICHARDSON, Texas –– Texas-Tyler’s Ryan Ybarra and Mary Hardin-Baylor’s Will Summers – both seniors –  have been named most valuable players in their respective divisions to highlight the 2013 American Southwest Conference men’s tennis awards as voted on by the league’s head coaches, the ASC office announced on Friday (May 3).
 
Ybarra (Palestine, Texas / Texas Tech) earned the title of East Division Most Valuable Player after going 14-2 overall in No. 1 singles, including a perfect run against division opponents. He also fueled an East title.
 
Summers (Belton, Texas / BHS) earned the title of West Division Most Valuable Player after going 7-2 in No. 1 singles, including four victories in division play that helped earn a West crown and the right to host the ASC tournament.
 
Ybarra and Summers were also named to the prestigious ASC All-Conference Team, sharing the No. 1 singles position, and landed on their respective division’s First Team at that position. Ybarra was also a part of the all-conference and all-division No. 1 doubles team with partner Daniel Brown. Summers and teammate Collin Davies held down their division’s first-team No. 2 doubles spot.
 
Also appearing on the ASC All-Conference Team in singles were Brown (No. 2) and Texas-Tyler teammates Ramon Martinez (No. 3), Ryan Spencer (No. 4), Kevin Singer (No. 5) and Edward Timponi (No. 6). In doubles, Texas-Tyler’s Singer and Spencer (No. 2) were honored as well as Texas-Dallas’ Byron Cole and Bryan Leib. Texas-Dallas’ Casey Clark, Matt Davis, Dustin Foster, Sander Kaasjager and Dennis Roy were at-large selections as members of the ASC champion team.
 
Mississippi College’s Taylor Griffith and East Texas Baptist’s Tyler Tolopka shared newcomer of the year honors in the East Division, while Schreiner’s Josh Ramirez took the award in the West Division. Brown, a junior, was named ASC East Division Newcomer of the Year. Spencer, a junior from Katy, Texas, won sportsmanship athlete of the year honors in the East, while Schreiner sophomore Austin Carrola, a Blanco, Texas, native, earned the title in the West. Texas-Tyler’s Chris Bizot (East) and Mary Hardin-Baylor’s James Cohagan (West) took coach of the year honors after guiding division crowns.

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
MEN'S TENNIS 2013 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
Singles
No. 1	Will Summers#	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Belton, Texas (BHS)
	Ryan Ybarra#	Sr.	Texas-Tyler	Palestine, Texas (Texas Tech)
No. 2	Daniel Brown	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Montgomery, Texas (Texas A&M)
No. 3	Ramon Martinez	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Foothill CC)
No. 4	Ryan Spencer	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Katy, Texas (Kennesaw State)
No. 5	Kevin Singer	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Dallas, Texas (Cal Poly Pomona)
No. 6	Edward Timponi	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Colégio PH)
Doubles
No. 1	Daniel Brown & Ryan Ybarra, Texas-Tyler
No. 2	Kevin Singer & Ryan Spencer, Texas-Tyler
No. 3	Byron Cole & Bryan Leib, Texas-Dallas
*At-Large
Casey Clark, Texas-Dallas
Matt Davis, Texas-Dallas
Dustin Foster, Texas-Dallas
Sander Kaasjager, Texas-Dallas
Dennis Roy, Texas-Dallas
(*At-Large; Included as member of ASC champion team)
ASC EAST DIVISION HONORS AND AWARDS
East Division Most Valuable Player: Ryan Ybarra, #1/1, Sr., Texas-Tyler
East Division Newcomer of the Year: Daniel Brown, #2/1, Jr.,Texas-Tyler
East Division Co-Freshmen of the Year:
Taylor Griffith, #6/3, Mississippi College; Tyler Tolopka, #1/1, East Texas Baptist
East Division Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Ryan Spencer, #4/2, Jr., Texas-Tyler
East Division Coach of the Year: Chris Bizot, Texas-Tyler
ASC ALL-EAST DIVISION
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
-EAST FIRST TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Ryan Ybarra	Sr.	Texas-Tyler	Palestine, Texas (Texas Tech)
No. 2	Daniel Brown	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Montgomery, Texas (Texas A&M)
No. 3	Ramon Martinez#	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Foothill CC)
	Jacob Womack#	Sr.	Mississippi College	Madison, Miss. (Central HS)
No. 4	Ryan Spencer	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Katy, Texas (Kennesaw State)
No. 5	Kevin Singer	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Dallas, Texas (Cal Poly Pomona)
No. 6	Edward Timponi	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Rio de Janiero, Brazil (Colégio PH)
Doubles
No. 1	Daniel Brown & Ryan Ybarra, Texas-Tyler
No. 2	Kevin Singer & Ryan Spencer, Texas-Tyler
No. 3	Byron Cole & Bryan Leib, Texas-Dallas#
	John Ward & Jon Karsten, Texas-Tyler#
-EAST SECOND TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Chris Wooton	So.	Mississippi College	Austin, Texas (AHS)
No. 2	Bishop Bass	So.	Ozarks	Greenwood, Ark. (GHS)
No. 3	Dustin Foster	Sr.	Texas-Dallas	Forney, Texas (Collin CC)
No. 4	Matthew Martin	So.	Mississippi College	Laurel, Miss. (West Jones HS)
No. 5	Josh Bailey	Jr.	LeTourneau	Kilgore, Texas (KHS)
No. 6	Taylor Griffith	Fr.	Mississippi College	Madison, Miss. (M-Ridgeland Academy)
Doubles
No. 1	Chris Wooton & Christian Branning, Mississippi College
No. 2	Matthew Martin & Dudley Lampton, Mississippi College
No. 3	Jacob Womack & Taylor Griffith, Mississippi College
-EAST HONORABLE MENTION-
Singles
No. 1	Todd Turner	So.	Ozarks	Pearcy, Ark. (PHS)
No. 2	Christian Branning	Jr.	Mississippi College	Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin)
No. 4	Sindre Johnsgaard	So.	LeTourneau	Kongsberg, Norway (Kongsberg Videregaaende Skole)
No. 5	Dudley Lampton	So.	Mississippi College	Brookhaven, Miss. (Brookhaven HS)
No. 6	Michael McLaughlin	Fr.	LeTourneau	Horton, Ala. (Douglas HS)
Doubles
No. 1	Todd Turner & Bishop Bass, Ozarks
No. 2	Corey Dillard & Greg Knaggs, Ozarks
No. 3	Josh Bailey & Michael McLaughlin, LeTourneau
ASC WEST DIVISION HONORS AND AWARDS
West Division Most Valuable Player: Will Summers, #1/2, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
West Division Freshman of the Year: Josh Ramirez, #4/2, Schreiner
West Division Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Austin Carrola, #1/1, So., Schreiner
West Division Coach of the Year: James Cohagan, Mary Hardin-Baylor
ASC ALL-WEST DIVISION
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
-WEST FIRST TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Will Summers	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Belton, Texas (BHS)
No. 2	Nathan Chavez	So.	Hardin-Simmons	Hereford, Texas (HHS)
No. 3	Kyle Thompson	Fr.	Texas Lutheran	Huntsville, Texas (HHS)
No. 4	Josh Ramirez#	Fr.	Schreiner	San Angelo, Texas (SA Central HS)
	Jesse Rawlings#	Sr.	Hardin-Simmons	Mt. Pleasant, Texas (MPHS)
No. 5	David Schneider	Sr.	Texas Lutheran	San Antonio, Texas (Reagan HS)
No. 6	Greg Nelson	Fr.	Texas Lutheran	Rockwall, Texas (RHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Michael McCullough & Nathan Chavez, Hardin-Simmons
No. 2	Will Summers & Collin Davies, Mary Hardin-Baylor
No. 3	Ryan Delcambre & Greg Nelson, Texas Lutheran
-WEST SECOND TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Michael McCullough	Jr.	Hardin-Simmons	San Antonio, Texas (Boyd HS)
No. 2	Jake Stamps	So.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Shoreacres, Texas (LaPorte, Texas)
No. 3	Collin Daies	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Pasadena, Texas (Home School)
No. 4	James Turner	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Richmond, Texas (Travis HS)
No. 5	John Martin	So.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Kyle, Texas (Lehman HS)
No. 6	Jordan Wilson	So.	Hardin-Simmons	Odessa, Texas (OHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Austin Carrola & Stephen Rogers, Schreiner
No. 2	Steven Stanley & Jordan Wilson, Hardin-Simmons
No. 3	Jacob Stamps & James Turner, Mary Hardin-Baylor
-WEST HONORABLE MENTION-
Singles
No. 1	Austin Carrola	So.	Schreiner	Blanco, Texas (BHS)
	Sanio Dizdarevic	So.	Texas Lutheran	The Colony, Texas (TCHS)
No. 2	Ryan Delcambre	Sr.	Texas Lutheran	Schertz, Texas (Samuel Clemens HS)
No. 3	Steven Stanley	Jr.	Hardin-Simmons	Vernon, Texas (VHS)
No. 5	Frankie Sanchez	Fr.	Hardin-Simmons	Midland, Texas (MHS)
No. 6	Tevin Ogo	So.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Copperas Cove, Texas (CCHS)
Doubles
No. 3	Jesse Rawlings & Frankie Sanchez, Hardin-Simmons