{"id":158684,"date":"2022-05-06T10:21:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=158684"},"modified":"2022-05-06T10:21:51","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T20:21:51","slug":"ilagan-big-west-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/05\/06\/ilagan-big-west-player-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilagan named Big West Player of the Year, men\u2019s tennis earns seven honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa men\u2019s tennis<\/a> player Andre Ilagan<\/strong> was named Big West Conference (BWC<\/abbr>) Player of the Year after a standout junior season. Ilagan also earned All-Big West first team honors in both singles and doubles with partner Karl Collins<\/strong>. Also earning conference awards were UH<\/abbr> senior Blaz Seric<\/strong>, who was named to the All-Big West second team in singles and honorable mention with doubles teammate Axel Labrunie<\/strong>, who earned honorable mention honors in singles.<\/p>\n

Ilagan is just the second UH<\/abbr> player to be named Big West Player of the Year and the third to ever be named conference Player of the Year. In singles, Ilagan played at the No. 1 spot for UH<\/abbr>, posting a 9-4 overall record and 3-1 conference mark. He was ranked as high as 11th nationally in singles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings, and currently sits in 40th in the latest edition.<\/p>\n

In doubles, Ilagan and Collinswent 9-2 overall and 4-1 in conference play as the Rainbow Warriors\u2019 top duo.<\/p>\n

This is Seric\u2019s second all-Big West honor in singles. Last year, he was named honorable mention. The senior posted a 6-5 dual match record and was 2-2 in conference action and played all but one match at No. 2 in the lineup.<\/p>\n

In doubles, Seric and partner Labrunie garnered honorable mention honors after recording a 2-2 record in both dual and BWC<\/abbr> matches this season.<\/p>\n

For more go to hawaiiathletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andre Ilagan, Karl Collins, Blaz Seric and Axel Labrunie earned Big West honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,660,1365,9,550],"class_list":["post-158684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-recognition","tag-tennis","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t