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SALEC, SAYER AND DAHAEN ALL NAMED TO ALL-DECADE TEAM

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The conference office announced Tuesday afternoon that Ivan Salec, Nicholas Sayer and Thomas Dehaen were all named to the Big South Hercules Tires All-Decade team with Sayer picking up singles honors, Dehaen earning doubles honors, and Salec representing in both singles and doubles.
 
The trio of Highlanders selected were a vital part in the program's massive success between 2009 and 2012. The team notched 74 victories in that four-year span winning the Big South Championship in 2009, 2011 and 2012 with three visits to the NCAA tournament. 
 
Salec holds the program record for most doubles victories in his career at 77 and also sits at second all-time for singles victories with 107. During his career as a Highlander he picked up Big South and VaSID Freshman of the Year in 2008 as well as multiple VaSID all-state singles and doubles awards. Salec also competed in the 2010 NCAA singles championship while ranked 79th in the nation. 

Sayer was another powerful Highlander force in the early half of the decade amassing 88 singles victories which ranks him fourth all-time at Radford. He was just as effective in doubles with 57 victories which currently sits him at seventh on the all-time list. Sayer's top achievement came in being named Big South freshman of the year in 2011 and then turning around and being named the conference's player of the year in 2012. He also added a Scholar-Athlete of the Year award to his shelf in 2014.

Dehaen was named to the all-decade team for doubles, a well-deserved honor as his 72 doubles victories rank second all-time in the program. Dehaen was named to the VaSID all-state doubles team in 2010 and was Big South all-conference for doubles three years in a row. 
 
A 15-person committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Team, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total.  The 2010-19 Men's Tennis All-Decade Team is listed below in alphabetical order and features eight singles players, eight doubles players and one head coach.  In case of ties, additional honorees have been added.

Singles – Name, School
Amadeo Blasco, Longwood
Sam Matheson, Liberty
Grayson Mills, Presbyterian
Henry Patten, UNC Asheville
Diego Quiroz, Winthrop
Ivan Salec, Radford
Nicholas Sayer, Radford
Maximilian Scholl, Gardner-Webb
 
Doubles – Name, School
Sergey Belov, Winthrop
Amadeo Blasco, Longwood
Thomas Dehaen, Radford
Oli Nolan, UNC Asheville
Henry Patten, UNC Asheville
Ivan Salec, Radford
Maximilian Scholl, Gardner-Webb
Evgeny Slesarev, Gardner-Webb
Dustin Werner, Campbell
 
Head Coach, School
Chris Powers, Coastal Carolina

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Players Mentioned

Nicholas Sayer

Nicholas Sayer

5' 8"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Nicholas Sayer

Nicholas Sayer

5' 8"
Senior
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