Mercury All-Area Boys Tennis teams
FIRST TEAM
T.J. Cruickshank, Spring-Ford
Sophomore … Second singles … 7-1 PAC-10, 12-3 overall … Teamed with Patrick Pascual to win PAC-10 Doubles championship … District 1-AAA Doubles second-round qualifier … All-PAC second team pick.
Ryan Hamilton, Methacton
Senior … First singles … PAC-10 Singles fourth place … PAC-10 Doubles third place … All-PAC honorable mention pick.
Luke Pain, Perkiomen Valley
Junior … First singles … PAC-10 Singles second place … PAC-10 Doubles second place with Yashveer Singh … All-PAC second team pick.
Patrick Pascual, Spring-Ford
Junior … First singles … 8-0 PAC-10, 14-1 overall … PAC-10 Singles Tournament champion second straight year … Teamed with T.J. Cruickshank to win PAC-10 Doubles championship for second time … District 1-AAA Singles and Doubles second-round qualifier … All-PAC first team pick.
Michael Pulcini, Perkiomen School
Sophomore … First singles … 9-1 record … Tri-County League runner-up at first singles.
Subhanik Purkayastha, Methacton
Sophomore … Second singles … PAC-10 Singles third place … PAC-10 Doubles third place … All-PAC first team pick.
James Wright, Hill School
Senior … First singles … Mid-Atlantic Prep League Singles fourth place … MAPL first team selection.
Nick Griswold, Spring-Ford
Junior … First doubles … 8-0 PAC-10, 12-2 overall … PAC-10 Doubles fourth place … All-PAC first team pick.
Michael McCabe, Spring-Ford
Senior … First doubles … 8-0 PAC-10, 12-2 overall … PAC-10 Doubles fourth place … All-PAC first team pick.
SECOND TEAM
Singles
Utkarsh Pandey, Owen J. Roberts
Yashveer Singh, Perkiomen Valley
Gary Jones, Daniel Boone
Kevin Wichert, Methacton
Roger Yu, Perkiomen School
Doubles
Debanik Purkayastha and Nick Simeone, Methacton
Ajay Benno and Hari Santhanam, Methacton
Bradley Dickerman and Michael Venezia, Perkiomen Valley
Todd Unger and Matt Yerkes, Spring-Ford
John Fazzini and Kevin Yun, Spring-Ford
Alan Shen and Matthew Zhang, Methacton
HONORABLE MENTION
Boyertown: David Herring, Phil Huber
Daniel Boone: Griffin Adams, Jason Black
Methacton: Josh Chen, Krishna Suraesh
Owen J. Roberts: Zach Maul
Perkiomen School: Chris Hawk, Larry Li, Michael Tsoi, Will Wang, Edison Yao, Andy You
Perkiomen Valley: Shaan Kewalramani, Austin Gow, Dylan Shoemaker, Daniel Kershner, Alex Dove
Phoenixville: Jake Casmey, Chris Hytha
Pope John Paul II: Adam Donmoyer, Jack Donovan, Dan Jucker, Kristof Marrecau, Ryan Milligan
Pottsgrove: Eric Maynard, Dustin Schreiber, Bert Steyaert
Pottstown: Yusuf Lee
Spring-Ford: Eash Aggarwal, Malcolm Hoffman
Upper Perkiomen: Cooper Wright, Jim Souder
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jill Walker, Methacton
After graduating their top three singles players from last season’s team, Walker’s Warriors managed to repeat as Pioneer Athletic Conference champions with an undefeated run through the league.
