Northwood’s Peter Kazianschuetz Named 2010 GLIAC Men’s Tennis “Player of the Year”

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BAY CITY, Mich.- Northwood University junior Peter Kazianschuetz (Gnas, Austria) was named the 2010 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) men’s tennis “Player of the Year” by the league’s head coaches in all-conference balloting. He becomes the first GLIAC men’s tennis student-athlete to earn “Player of the Year” accolades three times.

The coaches named Lake Superior State University rookie Sergiu Laza (Toronto, Ont.) the conference’s “Freshman of the Year,” while Bryan Morrow, head coach of Wayne State University's men’s tennis team, was tabbed the “Coach of the Year.”

Kazianschuetz led Northwood to its 16th straight GLIAC Championship this season, playing at both the No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles position.  Over his career, Kazianschuetz has gone 31-7 in conference play, posting a 15-3 record in singles and a 16-4 mark in doubles.  Overall, he has posted an 87-30 career record.  Kazianschuetz has been nationally ranked in both singles and doubles for the majority of his career, including his current ranking of No. 45 in singles and No. 22 in doubles with partner Frederic Schoelzel.

Laza ended his freshman season 13-6 overall and 6-1 in the GLIAC at No. 2 singles. Laza was on a five-match winning streak as he went 9-1 in his last 10 singles matches, leading the Lakers in singles wins this season. Laza played most of his doubles matches at No. 3 with sophomore Travis Toth. Laza and Toth ended 10-3 overall and 6-1 in the GLIAC, with an eight-match win streak. During the GLIAC Tournament, he was 2-0 in singles and 2-1 in doubles.

Morrow, in just his second season, guided Wayne State to one of its best seasons in recent memory. After winning just six matches in 2009, Morrow coached the Warriors to a nine-match improvement in 2010. He led WSU to a second-place showing at the 2010 GLIAC Tournament; which was Wayne State’s best finish at the event since 1992. WSU’s 15 wins are the most since the 2004 season and Morrow’s first full recruiting class produced a singles record of 36-18.

Joining Kazinaschuetz and Laza on the 2010 All-GLIAC first team are:  sophomore Kyle Collette of the University of Findlay; sophomore Razvan Mag of Lake Superior State; sophomore Marc Roesslein of Grand Valley State University; sophomore Bertrand Moulin of Wayne State; senior Kyle Revall of Ferris State University; senior Frederic Schoelzel of Northwood; and sophomore Luka Stupar of Michigan Technological University.

The 2010 All-GLIAC second team includes: freshman Luiz Carvalho of Tiffin University; freshman Thomas Ducret and senior Britton Steele of Wayne State; junior Philipp Claus of Grand Valley State; junior David Heuer and sophomore Anders Sandholm of Michigan Tech  freshman Julian Freese of Northwood; and senior Ahmet Kursad-Demir and sophomore Jack Swan of Ferris State.

A complete list of the 2010 All-GLIAC men’s tennis teams are below: