Munteanu, Specht, Sran, Swisher named Academic All-District in Men’s Tennis by College Sports Communicators

By Wes Mayberry

| 2022-23 CSC Men's Tennis Academic All-District (.pdf) |

ADA — Ohio Northern sophomores Tristan Munteanu (Draper, Utah/Corner Canyon), Peyton Specht (Munster, Ind.), Sam Sran (Punjab, India/St. Stephens and Gian Jyoti Global) and Drew Swisher (Findlay) were named 2022-23 Academic All-District in men's tennis by College Sports Communicators.

To be eligible for Academic All-District honors, each student-athlete must have at least a 3.5 GPA and have played in at least 50 percent of his team's games during the season.

Munteanu was named Ohio Athletic Conference Player of the Week on March 6 and finished the season with a record of 30-20, including 13-13 in singles play and 17-7 in doubles. He led the Polar Bears in overall wins and doubles victories.

In two years at ONU, Munteanu is 42-31 overall, including 24-20 in singles and 18-11 in doubles.

Specht earned OAC Player of the Week status on Feb. 27 and closed the year with an overall mark of 27-22, including 15-10 in singles and 12-12 in doubles.

Specht is 62-35 in his ONU career, including 35-14 in singles and 27-21 in doubles.

Sran was 17-8 in singles and 12-13 in doubles for an overall mark of 29-21 this season.

In his ONU career, he is 54-31 overall, including 39-15 in singles and 15-16 in doubles.

Swisher posted an overall record of 29-19 this season, including 16-7 in singles and 13-12 in doubles.

He is 62-28 overall in his ONU career, including 27-11 in singles and 35-17 in doubles.

The 2022-2023 Academic All-District Men's Tennis Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.

Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced May 31.

Under first-year head coach Sean Swisher, the Polar Bears finished the 2022-23 season 13-8 overall and 5-1 in the OAC, sharing the conference's Regular Season championship with Otterbein and John Carroll. That marked the team's second consecutive OAC Regular Season title.

Northern won its second straight OAC Tournament championship, and 12th overall, to claim the program's seventh NCAA Tournament berth.