Birmingham, Ala. — West Alabama's Nestor Vargas has been named to the Gulf South Conference 2013 Men's Tennis All-Conference Team.
 
Playing in the No. 1 singles position and No.2 doubles spot with Kike Ruiz, Vargas helped lead UWA to a 23-3 record and the runner-up spot in the GSC Tournament. Vargas posted a 20-4 record in singles and was 21-5 teaming with Ruiz in doubles play.
 
Vargas and his Tiger teammates travel to Pensacola for the NCAA Division II South Regional that begins Saturday on the University of West Florida campus. UWA will meet Lynn University at 2 p.m., with the winner advancing to play the winner of the West Florida-Florida Southern match on Sunday.
 
This is the first selection to the team for Vargas, a junior from Bogota, Columbia.  Five schools placed players on the all-conference squad, led by West Florida with three. Valdosta State had two players, while Alabama-Huntsville, Delta State and UWA completed the squad.
 
West Florida junior Bruno Savi was named GSC Player of the Year for the second straight season.  Savi helped lead the Argonauts to their second consecutive GSC Title last weekend and the No. 2 seed in the NCAA South Region Tournament. Joachim Schemm became the third consecutive Valdosta State player to be tabbed GSC Freshman of the Year.
 
West Florida's Derrick Racine was named GSC Coach of the Year for the second year in row. He guided the Argonauts to a successful defense of their GSC Title and a No. 2 seed in the NCAA South Region Tournament.
 
The 2013 All-GSC Men's Tennis Team is s follows:
 

Player	School	Year	Hometown
Jose Soto	UAH	SO	Sevilla, Spain
Florion Mondoloni	DSU	SR	Marseille, France
Konstantin Kutschenko	VSU	SR	Gottingen, Germany
Joachim Schemm	VSU	FR	Gottingen, Germany
Nestor Vargas	UWA	JR	Bogota, Columbia
Kevin Ducros	UWF	SR	Aix-en-Provence, France
Tony Rajaobelina	UWF	JR	Orleans, France
Bruno Savi	UWF	JR	Santana do Livramento, Brazil