University of North Carolina Athletics
Men's Tennis Standouts Recognized
June 21, 1999 | Men's Tennis
April 30, 1999
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - University of North Carolina men's tennis players Assaf Drori and Bjorn Rencken earned top honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference Friday afternoon. Drori, a junior from Jerusalem, Israel, was named to the 12-man 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Team, while Recken, a freshman from Durban, South Africa, was named the 1999 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Tennis Rookie of the Year.
Rencken is the first Tar Heel men's tennis player to win the ACC Rookie of the Year award since Paul Harsanyi in 1994. He helped lead the inexperienced Tar Heels to a fifth-place finish in the league this year by going 4-3 in the ACC at his #5 singles position.
Drori, who primarily played at the #2 singles spot for UNC, earned a spot on the All-ACC Team after going 17-10 overall in singles this year. He posted an ACC mark of 7-3 and was 16-5 in matches against opponents from Region II of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Drori played most of his dual matches at the #2 spot where he was 7-5 this year and at the #3 spot where he was 4-0.
