Huskers Have Two Named to All-Big Ten Teams

LINCOLN - The Big Ten announced the 2011-12 Men's Tennis All-Big Ten Teams on Thursday night, and the Huskers had two players receive honors at the award ceremony. Senior Christopher Aumueller was named on the First-Team All-Big Ten team along with receiving the Sportsmanship Award. Senior Benedikt Lindheim was named on the Second-Team All-Big Ten team.

Aumueller, a co-captain for the Huskers, has a record of 12-10 on the spring, while going 9-9 at the No. 1 spot. Aumeuller is 6-5 in Big Ten singles action. In doubles play, Aumueller has a record of 16-6. Lindheim, the second Husker co-captain, has as singles record of 16-8 on the year. He now has a total of 64 career wins, which puts him at fourth on the Huskers' all-time wins list. In doubles play, Lindheim has a record of 13-4.

The Huskers will be back in action on Friday morning as they take on the top-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament.

2011‐12 MEN'S TENNIS ALL‐BIG TEN TEAMS

First Team All‐Big Ten
Roy Kalmanovich, Illinois
DENNIS NEVOLO, Illinois
Isade Juneau, Indiana
Josh MacTaggart, Indiana
EVAN KING, Michigan
Aaron Pfister, Michigan State
ROK BONIN, Minnesota
Leandro Toledo, Minnesota
Christopher Aumueller, Nebraska
CHASE BUCHANAN, Ohio State
Peter Kobelt, Ohio State
BLAZ ROLA, Ohio State

Second Team All‐Big Ten
Alex Petrone, Michigan
Benedikt Lindheim, Nebraska
Josh Graves, Northwestern
Devin McCarthy, Ohio State
Ille Van Engelen, Ohio State
Mark Kovacs, Purdue

Unanimous selections in CAPS

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Athlete of the Year: Evan King, Michigan
Freshman of the Year: Leandro Toledo, Minnesota
Coach of the Year: Ty Tucker, Ohio State

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Bruno Abdelnoor, Illinois
Stephen Vogl, Indiana
Garret Dunn, Iowa
Shaun Bernstein, Michigan
Denis Bogatov, Michigan State
Phillip Arndt, Minnesota
Christopher Aumueller, Nebraska
Sidarth Balaji, Northwestern
Steven Williams, Ohio State
Christopher Hasyn, Penn State
Mark Kovacs, Purdue
Petr Satral, Wisconsin