ROCK HILL, SC--Winthrop's Ivar Aramburu captured Freshman of the Year honors for the men while women's veteran head coach Cid Carvalho was voted Coach of the Year and senior Giovanna Portiolli was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Year as the 2013 Big South Conference men's and women's tennis awards were presented during Wednesday night's awards ceremony.

Winthrop is hosting the 2013 Big South Championships that began on Wednesday and will conclude on Saturday at Memorial Courts.

Aramburu (Pueblo, Mexico) was honored as the league's top freshman after compiling an 8-4 overall singles mark and a 6-2 slate against conference opponents.  His notable wins include defeating last year's Freshman of the Year Adrien Rossingnon and the 2012 Big South Player of the Year Nicholas Sayer.  He earned the April 9 Big South Freshman of the Week award and tabbed six-first place votes (12 points) for the Freshman of the Year honor.

Carvalho led his squad to a 15-9 overall record and perfect 9-0 conference mark and the 2013 regular season championship.  This year marks the ninth time that he has been Coach of the Year.  He has coached the Eagles to 16 regular-season championship titles and 14 NCAA tournament appearances.  Carvalho earned six first-place votes and 12 points for the Coach of the Year honor, finishing ahead of Charleston Southern head coach Mike Baker (six points).

Portiolli, a environmental science major and chemistry minor with a 3.96 GPA, is a three-time Big South Presidential Honor Roll member.  She finished Big South play with a 9-0 record, and is a two-time No. 4 singles Flight Champion.  Overall, she is 9-1 at the No. 3 spot and 6-5 at the No. 4 position.

Sophomore Dylan Comerford (Johannesburg, S. Africa) was named to the men's All-Academic Team.

 Also announced Wednesday evening were the All-Academic Team, the Men's Flight Winners and the All-Conference Singles and Doubles Award winners.  

2013 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AND AWARD WINNERS
 
Women's Tennis Flight Winners
No. 1 singles – Erica White, Gardner-Webb
No. 2 singles – Alice Garcia, Winthrop
No. 3 singles – Giovanna Portiolli, Winthrop
                           Ericka Rivero, UNC Asheville
No. 4 singles – Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
No. 5 singles – Alia Nour, Charleston Southern
No. 6 singles – Tijana Uzelac, Winthrop
 
No. 1 doubles – Yasmine Alkema/Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
No. 2 doubles – Yvonne Hubler/Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
No. 3 doubles – Caitlin Cridland/Ekin Gunaysu, Winthrop
                            Dominique De Wit/Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina
                               
All-Conference Singles
Erica White, Gardner-Webb
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina
Marketa Placha, Charleston Southern
Alice Garcia, Winthrop
Yvonne Hubler, Charleston Southern
Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop
Andressa Garcia, Winthrop
Zoe Hamel, UNC Asheville
Giovanna Portioli, Winthrop
 
All-Conference Doubles
Erica White/Jenny Lunde, Gardner-Webb
Yvonne Hubler/Alexandra Walters, Charleston Southern
Alia Nour/Angelica Sidorenko, Charleston Southern
Karolina Chernaya/Tamara Stanic, Campbell
 
All-Academic Team
Lourdes Ros, Campbell
Zoe Hamel, UNC Asheville
Jenny Lunde, Gardner-Webb
Yvonne Hubler, Charleston Southern
Lindsay Krause, Presbyterian College
Brittany Yang, Liberty
Marta Pinyol, Longwood
Dominique De Wit, Coastal Carolina
Taylor Newman, Radford
Giovanna Portiolli, Winthrop
 
Player of the Year
Erica White, Gardner-Webb
 
Freshman of the Year
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina
 
Scholar –Athlete of the Year
Giovanna Portiolli, Winthrop
 
Coach of the Year
Cid Carvalho, Winthrop

 2013 BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AND AWARD WINNERS
 
Men's Tennis Flight Winners
No. 1 singles – Stijn Meulemans, Radford
No. 2 singles – Ivar Aramburu, Winthrop
No. 3 singles – Garik Yedigarian, Coastal Carolina
No. 4 singles – Matias Di Pasquale, Coastal Carolina
No. 5 singles – Josep Baro, Campbell
No. 6 singles – Gonzalo Asis, Presbyterian College
 
No. 1 Doubles – Egon Samaai/Shea Thomas, Liberty
                            Dylan Comerford/Peter Nagovnak, Winthrop
No. 2 Doubles – Rafael Berghaus/Grayson Mills, Presbyterian College
                             Leo Christofides/John Karle, Coastal Carolina
No. 3 Doubles – Yusuke Kusuda/Ted Nilsson, Coastal Carolina
 
All-Conference Singles
Fernando Guillen, Campbell
Adam Knutsson-Sundblad, Gardner-Webb
Stijn Meulemans, Radford
Garik Yedigarian, Coastal Carolina
Adrien Langeard, UNC Asheville
Shea Thomas, Liberty
Yusuke Kusuda, Coastal Carolina
Grayson Mills, Presbyterian College
 
All-Conference Doubles
Fernando Guillen/Adrien Rossignon, Campbell
Shea Thomas/Egon Samaai, Liberty
Dylan Comerford/Peter Nagovnak, Winthrop
Andrew Brigham/William O'Connell, Presbyterian College
 
All-Academic Team
Adrien Rossignon, Campbell
Yusuke Kusuda, Coastal Carolina
Ernest Alberch, Gardner-Webb
Jorge Azuero, Liberty
Edward Becker, Longwood
Gonzalo Asis, Presbyterian College
Randall Carter, Radford
John Schubel, UNC Asheville
Dylan Comerford, Winthrop
 
Player of the Year
Fernando Guillen, Campbell
 
Freshman of the Year
Ivar Aramburu, Winthrop
 
Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Jorge Azuero, Liberty
 
Coach of the Year
Chris Powers, Coastal Carolina