SAN BRUNO, Calif. – The Pepperdine men’s tennis team swept the top WCC All-Conference honors by winning Player of the Year, Freshman of the Year and Coach of the Year. Three Waves were named to the WCC All-Conference first team.

 

Senior Omar Altmann was named WCC Player of the Year, succeeding his former doubles partner, graduated All-American Andre Begemann. After going 17-5 from the No. 2 singles position, Altmann was recently ranked No. 46 in the nation, the second highest ranked men’s tennis player in the West Coast Conference.

 

Fellow Wave Alex Llompart garnered the WCC Freshman of the Year honor. Llompart arrived to Pepperdine as one of the top players in Puerto Rico and played the majority of the season at the No. 3 singles spot, where he went 17-4.

 

Pepperdine Head Coach Adam Steinberg was voted Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career with the Waves, after leading his team to its 40th West Coast Conference Crown.

 

On the All-WCC first team, Altmann and Llompart were joined by another Wave, No. 35 ranked in the country junior Bassam Beidas. The 2008 All American holds a 25-12 record playing No. 1 for Pepperdine. Beidas and Altmann were named to the all-conference first team for doubles.  The No. 10 nationally ranked duo earned WCC February and March Players of the Month for doubles