CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference office announced the members of the Men's Tennis All-Academic team in a press release sent out on Thursday afternoon, USC Upstate junior Luka Eble (Baden-Württemberg, Germany) earned a spot on the 2020 squad.
 
"We're excited to see Luka garner this type of recognition from the Big South Conference," USC Upstate head tennis coach Tim McLane said. "It says a lot about the type of student-athlete he has been during his time here at Upstate. He's always been one of, if not the, hardest working players I've ever coached, and he always extended that work ethic into the classroom. It's nice to see that kind of work ethic and effort acknowledged."
 
Eble, a business administration major accumulated a 3.97 overall grade point average and has been named to the Chancellor's List numerous times in her career at USC Upstate. The Spartans No. 3 singles player, Eble amassed 14 career singles victories and 16 career wins on the doubles court.  
 
This is the first Big South All-Academic team accolade for Eble in his collegiate career.
 
Big South Men's Tennis All-Academic Team
Ondrej Labik, Sr., Campbell
Breno Plentz, Sr., Gardner-Webb
Davy van Geerke, Jr., Hampton
Guillermo Cagigas, Soph., Longwood
Nicholas McKenney, Soph., Presbyterian College
Rodrigo Magalhaes, Sr., Radford
Charlie Morkel, Jr., UNC Asheville
Luka Eble, Jr., USC Upstate
Gabriel Dias, Sr., Winthrop
 
Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Charlie Morkel, Jr., UNC Asheville
 
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