Men's Tennis

Perez Headlines MEC Men's Tennis Postseason Awards

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference on Friday announced its 2025 Men’s Tennis award winners and all-conference teams, following a vote of the league’s head coaches.
 
The University of Charleston swept the trio of Men’s Top Honors with Jorge Perez as MEC Player of the Year, Louay Makke as Freshman of the Year, and Alec Foote as Coach of the Year. Perez is a repeat winner of the league’s Player of the Year award.
 
Perez, UC’s No. 1 seed, is 25-3 in singles play and 24-4 in doubles action. He defeated two other All-MEC first team honorees in straight sets during the regular season, leading the Golden Eagles to the regular season title and the top overall seed in this weekend’s MEC Men’s Tennis Championship in Charleston, West Virginia.
 
Makke is 13-1 in singles play and 9-2 in doubles action in his first collegiate season. He also earned All-MEC second team recognition.

In addition to announcing the individual award winners, the league also announced its all-conference teams on Friday afternoon (listed below).

2025 MEC Men's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year:
 Jorge Perez, Charleston
Freshman of the Year: Louay Makke, Charleston
Coach of the Year: Alec Foote, Charleston

All-MEC First Team
Cole Alcala, Frostburg State
Omar Elsamahy, Charleston
Mika Kreisel, West Virginia Wesleyan
Forkane Ledbi, West Virginia State
Gabriel Masu, Fairmont State
Jorge Perez, Charleston
Marcelo Pinto, Charleston
Viktor Yanev, Davis & Elkins

All-MEC Second Team
Jules Alias, Charleston
German Diaz, Frostburg State
Vicente Garcia, Charleston
Takuya Kobayashi, West Virginia Wesleyan
Haruto Kusunoki, Fairmont State
Louay Makke, Charleston
Mohamed Moens, Fairmont State
Ricardo Starosta, West Virginia Wesleyan