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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµâ€™s Sylvestre and Labella Receive NAIA Honors

Jackson, Tenn. - 5/21/2002 - The Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ University’s top two men's tennis players were named to the NAIA All-American teams released on Monday. was named as a first team All-American and was named to the second team. Sylvestre was also named an NAIA Scholar Athlete.

For Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, this marks the first time a men’s tennis player has been selected as both an NAIA All-American and a Scholar Athlete in the same season. Sylvestre, a senior business major at Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ, was recently named the TranSouth Conference Player of the Year this season. Sylvestre, from Montreal, Canada, was 14-3 in singles and 12-1 in doubles for the 2002 season. He was selected as a first team All-Conference performer in both singles and doubles. Sylvester has a 3.936 GPA and he is also graduating in May with a degree in Business. He has been selected as an NAIA Academic All-American in each of the past two seasons.

Jonathan Labella, a senior from Stockholm, Sweden, receives his first NAIA first team All-American selection and his third All-American selection overall. Labella has been selected to the NAIA All-American second team in his sophomore and junior seasons. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ finished the 2002 season as the No. 12 ranked team in the NAIA. The Bulldogs won the TranSouth Conference regular season title and the TranSouth Tournament title. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ finished second in the NAIA Region XI Tournament and advanced to their second straight NAIA National Tournament.

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