GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Presidents' Athletic Conference recently honored six Grove City College men's tennis players as All-Conference selections, as voted upon by the league's head coaches.
Junior
Benjamin Jones (Clayton, N.C./Clayton) and freshman
Allen Morris (Perry, Ohio/Perry) both captured First Team All-PAC distinction in both singles and doubles competition.
Junior
Isaac DeMan (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) earned Second Team All-PAC in singles action and Honorable Mention as a doubles player. Freshman
Kiser Swain (Frisco, Texas/Omar Trevino) joined DeMan on the Second Team All-PAC singles squad. Classmate
Ryan Kirkpatrick (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) earned Honorable Mention All-PAC in singles play and senior
Nathan Clark (Monroeville, Pa./Gateway) netted Honorable Mention in doubles action.
Jones and Morris anchored the top of Grove City's singles lineup this season. Jones went 7-4 as a singles competitor this year while primarily holding down the No. 1 spot in the singles lineup. Morris, meanwhile, finished his rookie campaign with a 10-5 singles record. Morris played extensively at second singles but also went 2-1 in the No. 1 singles slot.
As a duo, the Jones-Morris combination went 7-5 at first doubles this season.
DeMan compiled a 9-4 singles record this year while playing exclusively in the upper half of the singles lineup. He went 6-1 during conference play and won 4 of his 5 matches when slotted into one of the top two singles spots this season. As a doubles player, DeMan led Grove City with 12 total doubles wins. He and Clark finished 5-0 at second doubles this year, including a 4-0 conference record.
Swain solidified Grove City's singles lineup by playing primarily in the No. 6 position this year. The versatile Swain moved up to No. 3 singles during the conference tournament and finished his rookie season with a 7-4 overall singles mark. Swain also shared the team lead in doubles wins as he accumulated a dozen wins with six different partners in 2024-25.
Kirkpatrick shared the team lead in singles wins by posting a 10-4 mark. He saw action at third, fourth and fifth singles this season. Overall, Kirkpatrick won 7 of 8 matches in conference play.
Clark earned his first All-PAC honor by going 7-1 as a doubles player this season. In addition to his 5-0 record while paired with DeMan, Clark and Swain went 2-1 as a doubles duo.
Grove City finished 11-5 overall and 7-1 in conference play. The Wolverines finished as league runner-up after advancing to the conference tournament title match.