By Robert McKinney, Assistant Athletics Director, Communications

SALEM, Ore. -- Andrew Kabacy (Grad., Vancouver, WA/Skyview HS) has been selected First Team All-Northwest Conference for the 2022-23 season in men's tennis as voted by the NWC head coaches. Kabacy played #1 singles and #1 doubles for the Bearcats in every dual match this year. Kabacy was named Second Team All-NWC in 2020-21.

A total of 16 players were chosen for the 2022-23 All-NWC Men's Tennis Team. Eight athletes were named to the First Team and eight athletes were included on the Second Team.

Mason Tran from Pacific University was selected NWC Player of the Year and repeated as a First Team All-NWC selection. Eli Mizerski of George Fox University was voted as the NWC Rookie of the Year and also received First Team All-NWC honors. George Fox Head Coach Jeff Cero was named NWC Coach of the Year.

First Team All-Northwest Conference

Andrew Gabacy (Grad.) was named First Team All-NWC for the first time this season after earning Second Team All-NWC honors in 2020-21. During the 2022-23 season, he registered a 7-6 record at #1 singles and was 5-3 at #1 doubles with teammate Velibor Mladenovic (Fy., Belgrade, Serbia/First Belgrade Grammar School). He was 5-8 overall in doubles play.

Between March 11 and April 2, Kabacy won five consecutive singles matches, and won five consecutive doubles matches with Mladenovic. Kabacy was the NWC Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Week on March 20.

Kabacy owns a career singles record of 25-22 in dual meets. He was 5-0 in singles during the 2019-20 season, which was shortened due to COVID-19. All of his career singles matches have been played at the #1 position. He has played in 46 doubles matches for the Bearcats in dual meets, including 41 matches at #1 doubles.

"I'm really happy for Andrew to make First Team All-Conference," Willamette Director of Tennis Tyler Linscott said. "The conference has a lot of great players on both the First Team and Second Team, so it's great to see Andrew's hard work pay off to be a part of it. He's always been a great player, but I'm just as impresses with the progress he's made leading the younger players on the team. I've excited to see the damage he can do next season."