Mastri Repeats as Men's Tennis Player of the Year; Wingate's LeBron and Cabana Honored as Freshman and Coach of the Year
ROCK HILL, S.C. (theSAC.com) -- Catawba's Agustin Mastri was voted the 2026 South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year, while Wingate's Ruben LeBron was voted the Conference's Freshman of the Year. In addition, Wingate head coach Michael Cabana was named the Coach of the Year, the SAC office announced today.
Mastri, a sophomore from Venado Tuerto, Argentina, earns Player of the Year accolades for a second consecutive season. In his second year in the conference, he led Catawba to an undefeated conference record and a second straight SAC Regular Season championship. He went 10-2 and No. 1 singles and 8-1 in conference action. He was 10-2 at first doubles with a 6-2 league record. He helped Catawba to a No. 9 national ranking.
LeBron, a freshman from Mallorca, Spain, is the No. 44 ranked player in Division II and had a standout rookie season for the Bulldogs. LeBron went 9-4 overall in singles and 6-0 in league play. He posted an 8-4 record at No. 2 and 1-0 mark at No. 1.
Cabana earns the SAC Men's Tennis Coach of the Year honor for the 17th time in his career. He led Wingate to a 13-6 mark overall and a 10-1 league record to claim second place. Wingate posted a 6-1 record at home and they closed the regular season with seven wins in their final eight matches.
Joining Mastri and LeBron on the All-SAC first team singles squad are Wingate's Carlo Rosellini, Lenoir-Rhyne's Vitor Ferreira, LMU's Alexandru Rares Giurea and Anderson's Mathis Collignon.
The All-SAC first team doubles honorees are Mastri and Luca Bergonzi from Catawba along with Wingate's Emil Remsted and Martino Colabella and Lenoir-Rhyne's Vadym Rogynski and Ferriera.
Men's Tennis All-Conference
First Team Singles
Agustin Mastri, Catawba
Carlo Rosellini, Wingate
Vitor Ferreira, Lenoir-Rhyne
Alexandru Rares Giurea, Lincoln Memorial
Mathis Collignon, Anderson
Ruben LeBron, Wingate
Second Team Singles
Mateo Berne, Catawba
Vicent Fenollar, Anderson
Luca Bergonzi, Catawba
Marcio Silva, Coker
Jashan Joachim, Wingate
Santiago Passoni, Catawba
Third Team Singles
Vadym Rogynskyi, Lenoir-Rhyne
Ryosuke Inagawa, Catawba
Edoardo Pilia, Coker
Rens Verhaar, Tusculum
Marko Pozonec, Coker
Wynn Shioi, Anderson
First Team Doubles
Luca Bergonzi / Agustin Mastri, Catawba
Emil Remsted / Martino Colabella, Wingate
Vadym Rogynskyi / Vitor Ferriera, Lenoir-Rhyne
Second Team Doubles
Alen Bill / Santiago Passoni, Catawba
Angus Howard/Reese McCann, Tusculum
Mathis Collignon/Wynn Shioi, Anderson University
Third Team Doubles
Mateo Berne / Alessandro Valletta, Catawba
Paul Daniel Meyer / Lucas Galy, Lenoir-Rhyne
Victor Bourguignon/Sergio Sebastian Aranzeta Boneta, Lincoln Memorial
Freshman of the Year
Ruben LeBron, Wingate
Player of the Year
Agustin Mastri, Catawba
Coach of the Year
Michael Cabana, Wingate