ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) announced the recipients of their 2025 men’s tennis awards on Tuesday. The awards are nominated and voted on by the UMAC men’s tennis head coaches within each division.
 
Igor Guetten Chaves of the University of Wisconsin-Superior Yellowjackets was named the UMAC North Division Player of the Year. The junior won nine No. 1 singles matches this season. He also won 12 doubles matches with five wins at No. 1 and seven at No. 2.
 
Andres Sanchez of the Greenville University Panthers was named the UMAC South Division Player of the Year. The senior went 18-4 at No. 1 singles to lead the conference. He also won 15 doubles matches with seven victories at No. 1 and eight at No. 2.
 
Caleb Swigart of the University of Northwestern Eagles was named the UMAC North Division Rookie of the Year. The freshman won 13 singles matches and nine doubles matches this season.
 
Colton Hulme of the Greenville Panthers was named the UMAC South Division Rookie of the Year. The freshman won 13 singles matches with two No. 2 wins and 11 at No. 3. In doubles, he won three matches at No. 3.
 
CeeJay Schaffner was named the UMAC North Division Coach of the Year. The UW-Superior head coach led the Yellowjackets to win the North Division Championship with an undefeated conference record.
 
Brett Brannon was named the UMAC South Division Coach of the Year. The Greenville head coach led the Panthers to a 21-7 record and a South Division Championship
 
The Northwestern Eagles and the Westminster College Blue Jays won the team sportsmanship awards for the North and South Divisions respectively. The accolade is selected by the UMAC coaches and awarded to the team that best represents sportsmanship throughout the entire season.

 
- NORTH DIVISION -

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Igor Guetten Chaves (UW-Superior)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Caleb Swigart (Northwestern)

COACH OF THE YEAR
CeeJay Schaffner (UW-Superior)

TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP
Northwestern Eagles
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Mateo Abarca Pino (UW-Superior)
Brandon Chu (UW-Superior)
Igor Guetten Chaves (UW-Superior)
Carson Haack (Northwestern)
Griffen Jarchow (Northwestern)
Sharan Kanugovi (UW-Superior)

SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Yash Chhabra (UW-Superior)
David Comings (Crown)
Ezra Greenman (Bethany Lutheran)
Sam Majerus (Northwestern)
Vitor Sakakibara (UW-Superior)
Caleb Swigart (Northwestern)
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
Blake Haugen (UW-Superior)
Marcos Labella Parrilla (UW-Superior)
Isaac Thomforde (Northwestern)
 
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP
Griffen Jarchow (Northwestern)
Dawson Richardson (Crown)
Noah Koelpin (Martin Luther)
Blake Haugen (UW-Superior)
Kyle Deyo (Bethany Lutheran)
 
 
- SOUTH DIVISION -
 
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Andres Sanchez (Greenville)
 
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Colton Hulme (Greenville)
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Brett Brannon (Greenville)
 
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP
Westminster Blue Jays
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Matthew Birchmeier (Webster)
Nacho Cachaza (Principia)
Ethan Foucheaux (Webster)
Rafael Rodriguez Bernal (Greenville)
Andres Sanchez (Greenville)
Jesús Soto Bossa (Principia)
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
Ernesto Botero (Principia)
Carson Fisher (Webster)
Colton Hulme (Greenville)
Clark Kent (Greenville)
Cooper Pennington (Westminster)
Ignacio Zamora (Principia)
 
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-CONFERENCE
Jack Forlenza (Webster)
Jean Sanabria (Greenville)
Francisco Trujillo (Greenville)
 
ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP
Alfredo Boly (Principia)
Clark Kent (Greenville)
Ethan Foucheaux (Webster)
Jasper Poag (Mississippi)
Cooper Pennington (Westminster)
 
The UMAC is an NCAA Division III member comprised of eight full-time member schools from Minnesota and Wisconsin: Bethany Lutheran College, Crown College, Martin Luther College, North Central University, Northland College, University of Minnesota Morris, University of Northwestern, and University of Wisconsin-Superior.

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