ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Freshman Ryan McCormick, first singles player on the Nazareth men's tennis team, has been honored as a first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star for 2010. The teams were selected through voting conducted by the conference's head coaches.

A native of Rochester and a graduate of Irondequoit High School, McCormick enjoyed a solid first season for the Golden Flyers as he finished with an overall singles record of 13-10, including 6-2 in Empire 8 Conference matches.

Nazareth freshmen Bret Beaver and Josh Mulligan earned honorable mention all-conference honors. Beaver, of Hudson, Ohio, had a 10-2 overall record at sixth singles, including a 5-1 mark in conference play. Mulligan, of East Syracuse, N.Y., finished 9-9 overall at fourth singles and was 6-2 in E8 matches.

Senior Steve Trobert was Nazareth's conference representative as E8 Sportsman of the Year.

Empire 8 Men's Tennis Awards
Player of the Year: Josh Rifkin, Ithaca
Rookie of the Year: Chris Rosensteel, Stevens
Coach of the Year: Steve Gachko, Stevens

First Team All-Conference
Singles
Taylor Borda, sr. Ithaca
Ryan McCormick, fr. Nazareth
Josh Rifkin, jr. Ithaca
Chris Rosensteel, fr. Stevens
Shota Tasaki, fr. Stevens
Arik Zeevy, so. Stevens

Doubles
Taylor Bords/Josh Rifkin, Ithaca
Jimmy Newton/Danny Wolk, Ithaca
Shota Tasaki/Arik Zeevy, Stevens

Second Team All-Conference
Singles
Jeff Boyd, so. Hartwick
Gabe Cortes, jr. Elmira
Marcelo Navarro, so. Hartwick
Jimmy Newton, so. Ithaca
Jason Ringstad, jr. Stevens
Danny Wolk, sr. Ithaca

Doubles
Connor Houghton/Nick Schneider, Alfred
Jeff Boyd/Peter Dumas, Hartwick
Josh Berggrun/Dan Adelman, Ithaca
Chris Rosensteel/Piotr Rusinkiewiez, Stevens

Sportsman of the Year
Kyle McDevitt, so. Alfred
Tim Wagner, jr. Elmira
Marcelo Navarro, so. Hartwick
Taylor Borda, sr. Ithaca
Steve Trobert, sr. Nazareth
Larry Hall, so. RIT
Tim Adler, sr. St. John Fisher
Carlo Pardo, jr. Stevens
Thien Doan, so. Utica

Honorable Mention All-Conference
Singles -- Bret Beaver, Nazareth; Neville Billimoria, RIT; Josh Mulligan, Nazareth; Clayton Tontarski, RIT
Doubles -- Neville Billimoria/Clayton Tontarski, RIT; Larry Hall/John Albers, RIT; Gregory Klose/Jason Ringstad, Stevens