DANVILLE, Va. — Averett University men's tennis bead coach Bert Poole was named Coach of the Year and freshman Florian Bert was named Rookie of the Year as the Virginia Sports Information Directors College Division All-State Team was announced Tuesday. Six Averett men's tennis players combined to earn eight accolades from VaSID in addition to Poole being named the top coach.
Senior Jaeden Mukkaladyil and junior Prabjeet Chandhok earned VaSID All-State First Team honors in singles, while freshman Rafael Jodas earned VaSID Second Team at doubles. The duo of Bert and junior Alex Donnelly and the tandem of Jodas and junior Sam Egui earned VaSID Second Team recognition at doubles.
Poole, in his 10th season as head coach of the program, earned his first Old Dominion Athletic Conference Coach of the Year nod this spring after guiding the Cougars to the 2025 ODAC Tournament championship and an NCAA Tournament berth, a national ranking as high as No. 33 and record of 17-5 (8-1 ODAC). His Cougars snapped Washington and Lee University's 14-year run as champions by beating the Generals in the ODAC finals, then picked up the program's first NCAA Tournament win since 2000 to advance to the second round. He also was named the VaSID Coach of the Year for men's tennis during the shortened 2020 season.
Bert, a native of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was named the ODAC Co-Rookie of the Year in addition to his VaSID Rookie of the Year honors. The All-ODAC Second Team No. 3 doubles selection went 14-10 in singles, primarily at No. 3 singles, where he posted a 9-7 record. He posted a 17-5 record in doubles matches with various partners. Bert and Donnelly finished 9-4 as a doubles tandem, including a 7-4 mark at No. 3.
Mukkaladyil was named the ODAC/Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete of the Year and earned All-ODAC honors for the second consecutive season and he tallied the most singles wins on the team with a 20-5 record, including a 16-3 record at No. 2 singles. The native of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, earned other accolades such as being named the Senior Male Class Athlete of the Year award and receiving the Senior Male GPA Award at Averett's Night of Champions and being selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.
Chandhok, a native of Mumbai, India, earned All-ODAC honors for the second year in a row as well. He finished with a 16-7 record in singles with a 12-3 record playing at No. 4.
Jodas, a native of São Paulo, Brazil, tied for the second-most singles wins on the team while going 16-4 to earn all-conference honors at No. 5. Jodas teamed up with Egui to go 14-6 this season in doubles, with an 11-6 mark.
2025 VaSID College Division Men's Tennis Awards:
Player of the Year: Dominick Suwak, Jr., Shenandoah
Rookie of the Year: Florian Bert, Fy., Averett
Coach of the Year: Bert Poole, Averett
First Team
Singles - Dominick Suwak, Shenandoah University
Singles - Evan Erb, Washington and Lee
Singles - Jaeden Mukkaladyil, Averett
Singles - Brock Ladehoff, Mary Washington
Singles - Vincent Truong, Christopher Newport
Singles - Prabjeet Chandhok, Averett
Doubles - Ashton Legum/Vincent Truong, Christopher Newport
Doubles - Evan Erb/Will Kistler, Washington and Lee
Doubles - Jacob Martin/Andreas Mulner, Randolph
Second Team
Singles - Will Kistler, Washington and Lee
Singles - Trevor Rein, Mary Washington
Singles - Rafael Jodas, Averett
Singles - Andreas Mulner, Randolph
Singles - James Kurani, Washington and Lee
Singles - Heys Parker, Washington and Lee
Singles - Nesh Kumaresan, Christopher Newport
Doubles - Rafael Jodas/Sam Egui, Averett
Doubles - Florian Bert/Alex Donnelly, Averett
Doubles - James Kurani/Heys Parker, Washington and Lee
Doubles - Trevor Rein/Jack Riordan, Mary Washington
