WEST WINDSOR, NJ (Apr. 24, 2025) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced the 2025 Men’s Tennis postseason Major Award winners and All-MAAC Teams, voted on by the league’s nine head coaches.
Oscar Martinez of Siena College was named as the 2025 MAAC Player of the Year. A sophomore from La Guaira, Venezuela, Martinez was one of three players to be unanimously chosen to the All-MAAC First Team at the singles position, while also making the All-MAAC First Team at the doubles position with Siena teammate, Emilio Zavala Salinas. He went 7-1 at #1 singles in the MAAC and 23-9 overall, most notably earning three wins this season over Niagara’s Tanner Bedard, one of the other unanimous All-MAAC choices. When teaming up with Salinas at #1 doubles, Martinez was a perfect 4-0 in the MAAC and 7-2 overall. His compiled overall doubles record for the season was 24-12, having gone 17-10 with teammate Dylan Breen as well. During the fall portion of the season, Martinez won the inaugural MAAC Masters Tournament Singles Championship on October 6, qualifying for the ITA Conference Masters Championship. Last season’s MAAC Rookie of the Year, Martinez also collected a pair of MAAC Player of the Week honors this season, winning the weekly awards on February 19 and April 23.
Merrimack College’s Matuesz Gradski garnered 2025 MAAC Rookie of the Year honors. Gradski was the third and final unanimous All-MAAC First Team pick, one of just two freshmen to be named to the first team at the singles position, and the only Merrimack athlete to earn postseason honors in 2025. A native of Ridgewood, New York, he went 6-2 in MAAC play, competing at both the #1 and #2 positions during the season. Overall, Gradski captured five wins at the topflight and picked up three wins at the #2 singles spot.
The 2025 MAAC Coach of the Year was Mount St. Mary’s University head coach Leandros Misdrachis. Misdrachis, who is amid his second season with the program, was named interim head coach in September, before having the interim tag removed on April 10. He led the Mountaineers to a 13-6 overall record and 5-3 MAAC tally, finishing the regular season in a second-place tie and securing the Mount’s first-ever berth in the MAAC Championships field. Under Misdrachis this season, the Mountaineers won their most overall matches since the 2012-13 campaign and the five MAAC victories were the most since joining the league three seasons ago after going a combined 0-12 through their first two years in the conference. The Mount’s 13 total wins led the league in 2025, they were the only team to go unbeaten at home (8-0), and their .684 winning percentage was also a league best.
The full list of major awards winners and All-MAAC Teams are below.
| 2025 Men’s Tennis Major Awards |
| Awards |
Player |
School |
| Player of the Year |
Oscar Martinez |
Siena |
| Rookie of the Year |
Matuesz Gradski |
Merrimack |
| Coach of the Year |
Leandros Misdrachis |
Mount St. Mary's |
| All-MAAC First Team |
| Player |
Class |
Position |
School |
| Kostas Kollias |
Jr. |
Singles |
Fairfield |
| Jose Catala-Ortiz |
Sr. |
Singles |
Marist |
| Matuesz Gradski* |
Fr. |
Singles |
Merrimack |
| Tanner Bedard* |
Sr. |
Singles |
Niagara |
| Elias Hoxha |
FY. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Daniel Velek |
Gr. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Oscar Martinez* |
So. |
Singles |
Siena |
| Tanner Bedard/Vid Maric* |
Sr./So. |
Doubles |
Niagara |
| Dhruv Tangri/Matteus Froberg Dahlin |
Sr./Fr. |
Doubles |
Rider |
| Oscar Martinez/Emilio Zavala Salinas |
So./Fr. |
Doubles |
Siena |
| All-MAAC Second Team |
| Player |
Class |
Position |
School |
| Calum Jessett |
So. |
Singles |
Fairfield |
| Alexi Roy |
Fr. |
Singles |
Mount St. Mary's |
| Filippos Zachiotis |
Sr. |
Singles |
Mount St. Mary's |
| Carlos Braun - Simo |
So. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Finn Burridge |
So. |
Singles |
Quinnipiac |
| Matteus Froberg Dahlin |
Fr. |
Singles |
Rider |
| Dhruv Tangri |
Sr. |
Singles |
Rider |
| Cole Thurgur |
Fr. |
Singles |
Rider |
| Alex Aguiar/Sam Hodges |
Jr./Sr. |
Doubles |
Fairfield |
| Aaron Thompson/Ryan Wagner |
Gr./So. |
Doubles |
Mount St. Mary's |
| Paul Goncalves/Antoine Hernandez |
Jr./Sr. |
Doubles |
Sacred Heart |
*Denote Unanimous Selection
The 2025 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships are a six-team, single-elimination championships taking place on April 25-27 at Mercer County Park Tennis Center in West Windsor, NJ. The 2025 Championships will be the 13
th consecutive time the event is held at Mercer County Park Tennis Center dating back to the 2012 MAAC Men's & Women's Tennis Championships. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Men's & Women’s Tennis Championships, please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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