SAVANNAH, Ga. – Kennesaw State's Simon Pritchard, a senior men's tennis student-athlete has been named the ASUN Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season. The awards were announced recently at the conference's annual meetings in Savannah.

Women's soccer student-athlete Brittany Reed was also honored by ASUN Commissioner Ted Gumbart for her three-year stint as the ASUN's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative to the NCAA.

A three-time ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2015, 2016, 2017) and ASUN All-Academic Team member, Pritchard graduated from KSU in May with a 3.97 GPA in economics. He has earned membership to the President's List in each semester of his career at Kennesaw State and a member of KSU's Coles Scholar Program, a program that only accepts the top 20 business students in the Coles College of Business. He is also a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

"I'm so proud of Simon and it's a tremendous honor for him to win this award two years in a row," said Director of Tennis Eduardo Rincon. "Simon has been such an important part of our program over the last four years, and he and his teammates have helped lay a foundation for this program for years to come."

On the court, he has served as team captain for four years and played at the No. 1 position for the Owls since his freshman year, when he earned a spot on the ASUN All-Freshman Team. The winningest player in school history, Pritchard has been ranked in the ITA's Top 100, is a four-time first-team All-Conference selection, and a 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-District pick.

"It is an absolute honor to be awarded this accolade by the ASUN Conference," said Pritchard. "It speaks volumes for what the team achieved this year because there's no way I could have won this award if it wasn't for the support from my teammates and coaches. It really is an amazing way for me to close out my college career."
 
The men's tennis team finished the season with a 13-8 record, setting program records for most wins in a season (13), best ASUN Conference record (3-2) and best ASUN finish (third place).
 
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