Dylan Dietrich Named ACC Freshman of the Year
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia men’s tennis player Dylan Dietrich (Zurich, Switzerland) has been named the ACC Men’s Tennis Freshman of the Year in honors announced Thursday (April 25) by the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Additionally, seniors Chris Rodesch and Iñaki Montes were named to the All-ACC First Team for singles, with Dietrich earning second-team honors and senior Jeffrey von der Schulenburg named to the third team.
Rodesch, von der Schulenburg, Montes and grad student James Hopper all earned third-team honors for doubles.
Dietrich was named the ACC Freshman of the Week six times this season, with no other player earning the weekly accolade more than once. He went 8-2 in singles play in conference matches, posting an identical record in doubles. Ranked as the No. 2 player in the ITA National Newcomer Rankings heading into the season, he fulfilled those expectations, posting a 19-5 record in singles with three wins against ranked opponents.
Dietrich is the seventh player in program history to earn the conference’s rookie award, joining Brian Vahaly (1998), Doug Stewart (2003), Somdev Devvarman (2005), Alex Domijan (2011), Mitchell Frank (2012) and Brandon Nakashima (2019).
Rodesch earned his third-straight All-ACC First Team honor with an 11-1 record in conference play. He is currently ranked No. 4 in the ITA Singles Rankings with a 21-4 overall record.
Montes earned All-ACC singles honors for the fourth straight year, being named to the first team for the second time. Montes went 12-7 in singles this season with a 10-5 record against ranked players.
Von der Schulenburg also earned his fourth career All-ACC singles honor. He leads the team with 24 singles victories this year, posting a 9-3 record in conference play.
As a doubles team, Rodesch and von der Schulenburg were 10-1 this season playing at No. 2 with a 12-4 overall mark.
Montes and Hopper are currently ranked No. 10 in the ITA Doubles rankings. They have gone 5-0 against ranked opponents this year with four victories against tandems ranked in the top 25. In the fall, they advanced to the semifinals of the ITA All-American.
All-ACC honors are determined by a vote of the league’s 13 head coaches.
2023-24 ACC Men’s Tennis Annual Awards
Player of the Year: Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, Florida State
Doubles Team of the Year: DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons, Wake Forest
Freshman of the Year: Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
Coach of the Year: Dwayne Hultquist, Florida State
All-ACC Singles
First Team
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc, Florida State**
Garrett Johns, Duke****
Chris Rodesch, Virginia***
Andres Martin, Georgia Tech*****
Sebastian Dominko, Notre Dame**
Iñaki Montes, Virginia****
Second Team
Filippo Moroni, Wake Forest
Pedro Rodenas, Duke**
DK Suresh Ekambaram, Wake Forest
Etienne Donnet, Louisville***
Robin Catry, NC State
Dylan Dietrich, Virginia
Third Team
Braden Shick, NC State
Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, Virginia****
Keshav Chopra, Georgia Tech
Ryan Fishback, Virginia Tech***
Ryuhei Azuma, Clemson**
Jamie Connel, Florida State
All-ACC Doubles
First Team
DK Suresh Ekambaram and Holden Koons, Wake Forest
Garrett Johns and Pedro Rodenas, Duke**
Sebastian Dominko and Jean-Marc Malkowski, Notre Dame
Second Team
Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc and Joshua Dous-Karpenschif, Florida State**
Keshav Chopra and Marcus McDaniel, Georgia Tech
Etienne Donnet and Natan Rodrigues, Louisville
Third Team^
Iñaki Montes and James Hopper, Virginia
Phillip Jordan and Benjamin Kittay, North Carolina
Chris Rodesch and Jeffrey von der Schulenburg, Virginia
JJ Bianchi and Jake Vassel, Boston College
*Denotes number of career All-ACC honors
^Denotes a tie in voting