HADLEY, Mass. – The NESCAC Men's Tennis awards were announced on Thursday. Williams junior Chase Cohen was named the NESCAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year, fellow Eph Matt Kandel garnered NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors, and Amherst senior Harris Foulkes was selected as the Clarence Chaffee Sportsmanship Award winner. Tufts head coach Karl Gregor was voted as the NESCAC Coach of the Year by his peers.

Cohen wins the NESCAC Player of the Year honor after being named the NESCAC Rookie of the Year in 2021. He is the second player in the award's history to be named the Rookie of the Year one season and Player of the Year the next. Cohen is the seventh Eph to garner the Player of the Year honor, a list that includes his head coach Dan Greenberg. Cohen helped Williams earn the No. 3 seed in the NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship and reach the semifinals. He owns a 16-6 record at No. 1 singles and is 13-4 at No. 1 doubles this season. The Ephs (13-3) were an at-large selection to the NCAA Tournament and will host a regional, May 13-15.

Kandel, who is the fourth Eph to earn NESCAC Rookie of the Year honors, is 13-4 and enters the NCAA Tournament having won five straight matches at No. 2 singles. Kandel is also 13-4 playing with Cohen at No. 1 doubles in his first season at Williams.

Foulkes is the second Mammoth to earn the Clarence Chaffee Sportsmanship Award. The honor is given annually to the individual who displayed a high standard of tennis coupled with the highest levels of sportsmanship. Foulkes helped Amherst earn the No. 5 seed in the NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship and advance to the semifinals. He went 18-7 at No. 2 singles and won 12 matches at No. 2 doubles this season.

Gregor earns the NESCAC Coach of the Year honor for the first time in his career. Tufts (17-2) earned the No. 2 seed in the NESCAC Men's Tennis Championship and played in the final for the second straight year. The Jumbos, who put together a 16-match win streak this season, have qualified for the NCAA Tournament as an at-large selection for the first time since 2004. Tufts earned a first-round bye in a regional in Baltimore, Md. hosted by Johns Hopkins.
 
2022 NESCAC Men's Tennis All-Conference
Player of the Year: Chase Cohen, Williams
Rookie of the Year: Matt Kandel, Williams
Clarence Chaffee Sportsmanship Award: Harris Foulkes, Amherst
Coach of the Year: Karl Gregor, Tufts
 

2022 NESCAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team
First Team Singles
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown	Previous Honors
Peter Anker	Wesleyan	Sr.	Oslo, Norway
Tristan Bradley	Bowdoin	So.	Chadds Ford, Pa.
Chase Cohen	Williams	Jr.	Arlington, Va.	2021 Rookie of the Year, 2021 2nd Team Doubles
Isaac Gorelik	Tufts	Sr.	Weston, Mass.	2021 1st Team Singles
Stan Morris	Middlebury	Sr.	Santa Monica, Calif.
Rishabh Sharda	Tufts	Jr.	Chandigarh, India
First Team Doubles
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown	Previous Honors
Sujit Chepuri	Amherst	Fy.	Minneapolis, Minn.
Damien Ruparel	Amherst	Sr.	Westfield, N.J.
Stan Morris	Middlebury	Sr.	Santa Monica, Calif.
David Vilys	Middlebury	Sr.	Naples, Fla.
Chase Cohen	Williams	Jr.	Arlington, Va.	2021 Rookie of the Year, 2021 2nd Team Doubles
Matt Kandel	Williams	Fy.	Townsend, Mass.
Second Team Singles
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown	Previous Honors
Joey Barrett	Colby	So.	Needham, Mass.	2021 2nd Team Singles
Harris Foulkes	Amherst	Sr.	Belmont, Mass.
Aidan Harris	Middlebury	Jr.	Indianapolis, Ind.
Matt Kandel	Willilams	Fy.	Townsend, Mass.
Damien Ruparel	Amherst	Sr.	Westfield, Mass.
Vuk Vuksanovic	Tufts	Fy.	Bar, Montenegro
Second Team Doubles
Name	Institution	Class	Hometown	Previous Honors
Aidan Harris	Middlebury	Jr.	Indianapolis, Ind.
Noah Laber	Middlebury	So.	Ventura, Calif.
Ross DeRose	Trinity	Sr..	Buffalo, N.Y.
Dylan Powell	Trinity	Sr.	Warwick, Bermuda
Josh Belandres	Tufts	Jr.	San Francisco, Calif.	2021 1st Team Doubles
Rishabh Sharda	Tufts	Jr.	Chandigarh, India
Peter Anker	Wesleyan	Sr.	Oslo, Norway
Ben Mitchell	Wesleyan	So.	Chicago, Ill.	2021 1st Team Doubles