MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The SSAC announced the 2026 SSAC Men’s and Women’s Tennis Players of the Week. Islam Orynbassar of William Carey was named SSAC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week and Chloe Bray of Abraham Baldwin was named SSAC Women’s Tennis Player of the Week. The awards are for the week of March 2-8.
Islam Orynbassar (William Carey – JR – Astana, Kazakhstan)
- This is his fifth-career weekly honor
- Orynbassar helped the Crusaders to a win over No. 11 Our Lady of the Lake
- He won 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 singles and 6-3 at No. 1 doubles
Chloe Bray (Abraham Baldwin – FR)
- This is her first-career weekly honor
- Bray went 3-1 individually against a pair of NCAA II opponents
- She won 6-2, 6-4 at No. 5 singles against Shorter and 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 singles against Albany State
Previous Winners (Men, Women)
Week 1: Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana (UT Southern), Lucia Rodriguez Garcia (BMCU)
Week 2: Cruz Yanez (ABAC), Victoria Vieten (WCU)
Week 3: Vinh Nguyen (WCU), Victoria Vieten (WCU)
Week 4: Gaspar Audisio (UT Southern), Karolina Mrowiecova (Mobile)