NEW ORLEANS – Old Dominion junior Cosme Rolland De Ravel was named Sun Belt Conference Men’s Tennis Player of the Year and Dominick Mueller was named the Coach of the Year, the Sun Belt announced on Thursday. The voting was conducted by the league’s head coaches.
Rolland De Ravel enters the conference championship this weekend with a 20-6 singles record on the year and is 8-4 this spring. In doubles competition, he is 19-4 overall and 14-3 in the spring. In the fall, he made it to the ITA Regional Semifinals by beating two players from UVA and won the ITA East Sectional Consolation draw beating players from Clemson and Harvard. In the spring he holds wins over Cornell, Virginia Tech and Liberty and a straight set victory over last year’s conference player of the year, Dimitris Paliouras from Georgia Southern. He has been ranked as high as No. 88 in singles and No. 41 in doubles this season.
Mueller guided the Monarchs to a 14-8 overall record and the Sun Belt regular season championship for the third-straight season. ODU is currently ranked No. 56 in the country and has had two singles players ranked during the year and three doubles teams. This is the third conference coach of the year award for Mueller, as he was named Conference USA Coach of the Year in 2018 and Sun Belt Coach of the Year in 2023. He earned ITA Regional Coach of the Year accolades in 2024.
Along with his player of the year honors, Rolland De Ravel was named to the Sun Belt first team for singles and doubles.
Connor Van Schalkwyk also earned first-team honors. In the fall, Van Schalkwyk won the ITA Regionals and was the only Sun Belt player to compete in the NCAA Singles Tournament. He is 15-11 overall on the year, 9-8 in the spring and 3-1 in league play. He is currently ranked No. 123 in the country.
Rolland De Ravel earned first-team honors in doubles with partner Adam Majchrzak. The duo is 16-4 on the year and 11-3 this spring. After losing three-straight matches early in the spring, they are currently on a 12-match winning streak.
Connor and Codie Van Schalkwyk also earned first-team doubles honors and are currently ranked No. 88 in the country. The No. 1 doubles team for the Monarchs, the brothers are 13-6 overall and 8-2 in the spring. They have won seven of their last eight completed matches.
ODU is the No. 1 seed at the Sun Belt Conference Championships and takes on No. 8 seed James Madison on Friday at 10 a.m. at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Georgia.
2025 Sun Belt Men’s Tennis Awards:
Men’s Tennis Player of the Year: Cosme Rolland de Ravel, Old Dominion
Men’s Tennis Player to Watch: Baran Soyler, Georgia State
Men’s Tennis Newcomer of the Year: Christopher Norlin, Coastal Carolina
Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Year: Hiiro Sakamoto, Troy
Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year: Dominik Mueller, Old Dominion
Singles First Team All-Conference
Dimitris Paliouras, Georgia Southern
Baran Soyler, Georgia State
Edward Tymes, Georgia State
Connor van Schalkwyk, Old Dominion
Cosme Rolland de Ravel, Old Dominion
Javier Montoya, South Alabama
Singles Second Team All-Conference
Christopher Norlin, Coastal Carolina
Aaron James Williams, Georgia Southern
Pol Del Castillo, Georgia Southern
Oriol Fillat Gimenez, Louisiana
Braden Hannig, South Alabama
Yeray Andres Pastor, Troy
Doubles First Team All-Conference
Laurent Julia Calac / Aaron James Williams, Georgia Southern
Cosme Rolland de Ravel / Adam Majzhrzak, Old Dominion
Connor van Schalkwyk / Codie van Schalkwyk, Old Dominion
Doubles Second Team All-Conference
Pol Del Castillo / Dimitris Paliouras, Georgia Southern
Braden Hannig / Javier Montoya, South Alabama
Noah Martens / Nicolas Simkin, Troy