Pac-12 Announces 2022 Men’s Tennis All-Conference Honors

SAN FRANCISCO – The Pac-12 today announced postseason honors and all-conference teams for the 2022 men’s tennis season, as determined by a survey of league coaches. USC Stefan Dostanic was named Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, Arizona State’s Murphy Cassone was named Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, USC’s Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frie earned Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year and USC Head Coach accolades Brett Masi was selected by his peers as Pac-12 Coach of the Year.

PAC-12 SINGLES PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Stefan Dostanic, Jr., USC (Irvine, Calif.)

The country’s No. 7 ITA singles player, Stefan Dostanic is 35-4 for the Trojans this season, undefeated in doubles (15-0) and has won its last 17 straight games. The junior was 6-0 in conference this season and 11 days ago USC won its third straight Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship title at Libbey Park in Ojai, Calif. Dostanic’s singles win tally is the most by a Trojan in a season since 2016-17. He is the third straight Trojan to be named Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year, after Brandon Holt (2019) and Daniel Cukierman (2021), and eighth in the past 13 seasons.

PAC-12 FIRST YEAR / NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Murphy Cassone, Fr., Arizona State (Overland Park, Kan.)

Arizona State’s second Pac-12 Rookie of the Year (Matt Brooklyn – 2007), Murphy Cassone has upset the No. 1, 2, 6 and 9 ITA singles players so far this spring en route to a 11-5 record. Himself ranked No. 20 nationally, Cassone will bring a nine-fight singles winning streak to the playoffs. On Tuesday, he was selected out of the field for the 2022 NCAA Singles Championship.

PAC-12 DOUBLE TEAM OF THE YEAR: Stefan Dostanic, Jr., (Irvine, Calif.) and Bradley Frye, Sr., (Overland Park, Kan.), USC

Behind a 23-9 overall record, Stefan Dostanic and Bradley Frie earned USC the Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year for the second straight season (Daniel Cukierman/Riley Smith). The pair ranked No. 7 in the nation and winners of 11 of their last 12, Dostanic and Frye are 15-6 in head-to-head and 7-1 in the Pac-12. Eight of those last 11 wins have come against ranked opponents, as have 14 of their 23 wins overall. They are the eighth USC pair to be named the All-Time Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year (all since 2008).

PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Brett Masi, USC

In his third season as head coach at USC, Brett Masi received Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors for the first time after leading the Trojans to a 21-5 overall mark. and the third straight title in the Pac-12 Men’s Tennis Championship program. . An automatic conference qualifier, USC is the 13th seed in the 2022 NCAA Tournament and will host the first and second rounds for the 15th consecutive year. Masi is 57-13 (.814) as USC head coach and is the Trojans’ first Pac-12 coach of the year since Peter Smith in 2012 (co).

2022 PAC-12 MEN’S ALL CONFERENCE TEAMS

FIRST TEAM

SECOND TEAM

HONORABLE MENTION: Francisco Bastias, UTAH; Jacob Bullard, ASU; Ryan Colby, USC; Derrick Chen, CAL; Jack Davis, WASH; Geronimo Espin Busleiman, UTAH; Axel Geller, STAN; Herman Hoeyeraal, ARIZ; Ryder Jackson, USC; Jesper Klov-Nilsson, ORE; Peter Makk, USC; Alexandre Rotsaert, STAN; Sam Rubell, USC; Fabien Salle, USS; Colton Smith, ARIZ; Quinn Vandecasteele, ORE; Lodewijk Weststrat, USC; Patrick Zahraj, UCLA.