Brevard tennis players Joseph Schrader, Liam Baer and Cameron Wilson.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Buzz Cook
Roberson
Cook and the Rams (15-1) were the Mountain Athletic Conference champions and had an undefeated regular season in dual team play. Coleman Baker, who is a junior, was named the MAC player of the year and joined on the all-conference team by Noah Dohle, Ian Cowan, Abhishek Das and Ian McAdoo. Cook has been the head coach at Roberson since 2013.
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Joseph Schrader
Brevard
Junior
Schrader (22-0) is a three-time recipient of the Citizen-Times All-WNC player of the year award following a season in which he won the NCHSAA 2-A singles championship for the first time. Schrader is undefeated against mountain competition in his career and has been the Western North Carolina Athletic Conference and 2-A Western Regional champion as a freshman, sophomore and junior.
ALL-WNC TEAM
Liam Baer
Brevard
Sophomore
Baer (16-0) was an All-Western North Carolina Athletic Conference selection who teamed with Cameron Wilson to win the 2-A Western Regional championship in doubles. Their record together was 17-1.
Coleman Baker
Roberson
Junior
Baker (17-1) was the Mountain Athletic Conference player of the year and undefeated in singles and doubles play during the regular season.
Andreas Lederer
Christ School
Sophomore
Lederer (10-2) was an All-Carolinas Athletic Association selection who helped the Greenies (14-2) win the CAA championship. He had a 12-1 record in doubles.
Wills Reed
Asheville School
Senior
Reed (8-5) was the Carolinas Athletic Association player of the year and 5-0 against CAA competition in singles and doubles.
Zach Theodossiou
Asheville
Freshman
Theodossiou was an All-Mountain Athletic Conference selection and the 3-A Western Regional runner-up in singles. He reached the semifinals of the NCHSAA 3-A tournament and was voted the Cougars’ most valuable player.
HONORABLE MENTION
Asheville: Meade Olson, Henry Kelso, Caleb Owen and Nathan Koerschner.
Asheville School: Brandon Carswell.
Brevard: Cameron Wilson, Charles Kang and Cullen Duval.
Christ School: Stephen Saye and Kiffen Loomis.
East Henderson: Charlie Jarvis.
Owen: Gable Lammens, Sean Douglas and Joseph Frith.
Pisgah: Tanner Wike.
Reynolds: Conner Reilly.
Roberson: Noah Dohle, Ian Cowan, Abishek Das and Ian McAdoo.
West Henderson: Nathan Greer and Ellis Young.
ABOUT THE ALL-WNC TEAMS
The Citizen-Times All-WNC teams are compiled by staff writer Andrew Pearson after nominations are requested from area coaches. Only nominated athletes are eligible for selection.
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