MT’s Paroulek, Velcz Collect All-Big 12 Honors

IRVING, Texas – Baylor men's tennis earned two entries on the All-Big 12 Teams and one doubles court co-championship, as announced by the conference office on Thursday afternoon.

The Bears' primary No. 1 doubles pairing of Tadeas Paroulek and Zsombor Velcz landed on the All-Big 12 second team and Paroulek split off for another second-team appearance in singles.

Ending in a five-way tie, Paroulek and Velcz also finished as co-champions at the No. 1 doubles spot in conference play. With three wins at the top court, the two ended conference play knotted with BYU's Zach Fuchs and Wally Thayne, Oklahoma's Baptiste Anselmo and Alex Martinez, Oklahoma State's Isaac Becroft and Tyler Zink and Texas' Eliot Spizzirri and Siem Woldeab.

The 38th-ranked duo in the country, Paroulek and Velcz, have an overall mark of 13-11 and went 3-3 in conference play. The pair was as high as No. 3 in the preseason fall poll and defeated No. 1 DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons of Wake Forest as part of four wins over ranked opponents.

In singles, Paroulek put a 12-10 overall record in the books this season while going 7-8 in spring dual-match play. The senior from Prague, Czech Republic, took down six ranked opponents, the highest of which was No. 14 Pedro Vives from TCU in three sets.

The awards mark Paroulek's third singles and second doubles postseason career honors. Velcz joins in to receive his second mention in the All-Big 12 doubles teams.

Baylor begins the NCAA Championship tournament with their 26^th-straight bid on Friday morning at 10 in College Station against No. 18 San Diego. The match will be streamed at 12thman.com and live stats will be available online.

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Big 12 Men's Tennis Yearly Awards
Player of the Year – Eliot Spizzirri, Texas*
Freshman of the Year – Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas
Newcomer of the Year – Jonah Braswell, Texas
Coach of the Year – Bruce Berque, Texas

All-Big 12 First Team
All-Big 12 First Team Singles (6)
Alex Martinez, Oklahoma*
Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State
Eliot Spizzirri, Texas*
Micah Braswell, Texas*
Jake Fearnley, TCU*
Jack Pinnington, TCU*

All-Big 12 First Team Doubles (3)
Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas
Isaac Becroft/Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State
Alex Martinez/Baptiste Anselmo, Oklahoma

All-Big 12 Second Team
All-Big 12 Second Team Singles (6)
Tadeas Paroulek, Baylor
Kholo Montsi, Oklahoma
Isaac Becroft, Oklahoma State
Pedro Vives, TCU
Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas
Olle Wallin, Texas Tech

All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles (3)
Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz, Baylor
Sebastian Gorzny/Pedro Vives, TCU
Sebastian Abboud/Piotr Pawlak, Texas Tech

Position Champions

Men's Doubles Position Champions

No. 1 doubles
Tadeas Paroulek/Zsombor Velcz, Baylor               (3 wins)
Zach Fuchs/Wally Thayne, BYU                                (3 wins)
Baptiste Anselmo/Alex Martinez, Oklahoma        (3 wins)
Isaac Becroft/Tyler Zink, Oklahoma State             (3 wins)
Eliot Spizzirri/Siem Woldeab, Texas                        (3 wins)
No. 2 doubles    Pierre-Yves Bailly/Eshan Talluri, Texas                   (4 wins)
No. 3 doubles    Tomas Jirousek/ Kaj Quirijns, TCU                          (4 wins)
                          Asahi Harazaki/Hank Trondson, Oklahoma         (4 wins)

Men's Singles Position Champions

No. 1 singles      Alex Martinez, Oklahoma             (5 wins)
                           Eliot Spizzirri, Texas                      (5 wins)
No. 2 singles      Kholo Montsi, Oklahoma             (4 wins)
                           Pedro Vives, TCU                            (4 wins)
                           Micah Braswell, Texas                   (4 wins)
No. 3 singles      Gilles-Arnaud Bailly, Texas          (4 wins)
No. 4 singles      Luis Alvarez, Oklahoma                (6 wins)
No. 5 singles      Cleeve Harper, Texas                     (4 wins)
No. 6 singles      Mark Mandlik, Oklahoma             (4 wins)

* - indicates unanimous

MT’s Paroulek, Velcz Collect All-Big 12 Honors

Players Mentioned

Tadeas Paroulek

Zsombor Velcz

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