Stuart Named SoCon Player of the Year, Three Bears Honored

MACON, Ga. – Mercer junior Olivier Stuart was named the Southern Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year and was one of three Bears to earn conference postseason honors from the league's coaches on Tuesday afternoon.

Stuart additionally earned All-SoCon First Team honors for singles and doubles play, joining teammate Nicolas Guillon on both teams. David Georgadze was named to the SoCon All-Freshman Team to round out Mercer's three award winners.

Stuart, a native of Bussy Saint-Georges, France, is the first player in program history to earn conference player of the year honors. He is the No. 107-ranked singles played in the nation by the ITA as of Tuesday. The junior went 17-5 overall and 7-0 in SoCon action in singles play this spring. Stuart was a three-time SoCon Player of the Week this season as well.

Guillon went 14-10 overall in singles play and added a 5-2 mark against SoCon teams, primarily playing in flight two for the Bears. He and Stuart went 13-7 (6-1) as a doubles pairing en route to earning All-SoCon Doubles First Team honors.

Georgadze finished his freshman season in strong fashion, going 4-2 against SoCon opponents, primarily playing in the No. 6 flight. He went 7-11 overall.

Mercer earned the No. 6 seed and will face No. 3-seeded Chattanooga at 3 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the 2019 SoCon Championship, held at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center in Macon.

2019 SoCon Men's Tennis Postseason Awards
Player of the Year
Olivier Stuart, Mercer

Freshman of the Year
Kerim Hyatt, Chattanooga

Don Bunch/Buddy Hartsell Sportsmanship Award
Niklas Gerdes, Chattanooga

Coach of the Year
Chuck Merzbacher, Chattanooga

First Team
Singles
Sergi Fontcuberta, ETSU
Frazier Rengifo, ETSU
Ivan Mitric, Furman
Nicolas Guillon, Mercer
Olivier Stuart, Mercer
Niklas Gerdes, Chattanooga

Doubles
Ivan Mitric/Jake Munns, Furman
Nicolas Guillon/Olivier Stuart, Mercer
Kerim Hyatt/Simon Bustamante, Chattanooga

Second Team
Singles
Yusuf Khamis, ETSU
Juan Lugo, ETSU
Drew Singerman, Furman
Nico Grewe, UNCG
Ollie Palmer, UNCG
Rossouw Norval, Samford

Doubles
Sergi Fontcuberta/David Gonzalez, ETSU
Ollie Palmer/Nico Grewe, UNCG
Niklas Gerdes/Tomas Rodriguez, Chattanooga

All-Freshman
Phillip Quinn, The Citadel
David Georgadze, Mercer
Hugh Knapp, UNCG
Kerim Hyatt, Chattanooga
Tomas Rodriguez, Chattanooga
Bryce Keim, Wofford

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Stuart Named SoCon Player of the Year, Three Bears Honored

Players Mentioned

David Georgadze

Nicolas Guillon

Olivier Stuart

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