Perez is one of three from XULA to earn statewide recognition on an end-of-season team that includes NCAA Division I student-athletes. On the women's side XULA's Charlene Goreau made the first team, and Mariia Borodii is on the second team.
A panel of tennis publicists from Louisiana universities selected the All-Louisiana teams, and the LSWA announced the awards this past week.Perez, from Pereira, Colombia, is the Gold Rush's third state Freshman of the Year and the first since Kyle Montrel in 2013. Perez produced a 17-match singles win streak, all at the No. 1 position, and was 18-3 overall.
Goreau, a senior from Toulouse, France, made the state's first team for the first time after second-team selections in 2016 and 2018. She joined Dominique Bell (2005, 2007-08) and Anastesia Opata (2008-10) as the only Gold Nuggets to make All-Louisiana three times.
Borodii, from Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, became the second XULA woman to make All-Louisiana as a freshman and sophomore. Nour Abbes (2014-15) did it first. Borodii was on the first team a year ago.
In voting for Coach of the Year, XULA's Alan Green was second on the men's side and third on the women's. The Gold Nuggets' Angelica De Vincenzis was runner-up for Newcomer of the Year.
Both XULA teams made deep runs this month during the NAIA National Championship tournament at Mobile, Ala. — the men were national runner-up for the third time in four years, and the women reached the semifinals for the second consecutive year and the fifth time in seven years.
Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications
Department of Athletics & Recreation
XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
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