Toivonen & Youngs Earn MIAC Awards
MOORHEAD, Minn. (5/04//17)--- Senior Isaac Toivonen and freshman David Youngs were rewarded for their outstanding seasons by being named to the MIAC All-Conference Team.
Toivonen was named to the All-Conference Team for both singles and doubles play while Youngs joined his doubles partner on the postseason honor list.
Toivonen was also selected as the team's representative to the All-MIAC Sportsmanship Team.
Toivonen earns the second all-conference award of his career. He was also named to the MIAC All-Conference Team for singles in his freshman season in 2015.
It is the first time that Concordia has had more than one athletes earn MIAC All-Conference honors since the 2011 season.
Toivonen had a career year in his junior season in 2017. He went 13-3 in singles play from his spot as the No.1 singles player on the squad. His 13 wins are a career high and the most by a Cobber since the 2011 campaign when Matt Edin went 14-3.
In conference play Toivonen posted an impressive mark of 7-2. The seven league wins was also a career high and most since Edin also went 7-2 in 2011.
Toivonen now has 24 singles wins in his first three years at Concordia and is 24-18 during that time. He is also 16-12 against MIAC opponents.
Toivonen teamed with Youngs to form a solid duo at No.1 singles for the Cobbers. The tandem finished the year with a 9-6 overall record and a mark of 6-3 in conference play. The nine wins is the most by a Concordia doubles team since the 2011 season when Edin teamed with Devin Larson to win 14 matches. The partnership of Edin and Larson went 6-3 in league play as well.
Toivonen and Youngs had more doubles wins in 2017 than the entire Concordia team had in 2016.
2017 MIAC MEN'S TENNIS AWARDS
Arthur Ashe Award: Patton McClelland, Carleton (Sr., Rock Hill, S.C. / Charlotte Latin)
Steve Wilkinson Coach-of-the-Year: Stephan Zweifel, Carleton (19th season)
2017 MIAC MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE SINGLES TEAM
| Name | School | Year | Hometown/Previous School |
| Mohanad Alhouni | Gustavus | Jr. | Tripoli, Libya / West Lutheran |
| Burke Anderson | St. Thomas | Sr. | Lino Lakes, Minn. / Centennial |
| Marty Beck |
St. Thomas | Jr. | Minneapolis, Minn. / South |
| Jakob Bartels | Bethel | Jr. | Roseville, Minn. / Mounds View |
| Josh Doyle | Macalester | Jr. | Cologne, Germany / Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium |
| Zach Ekstein | Gustavus | Jr. | Eagan, Minn. |
| Luke Elifson | St. Thomas | Sr. | Minneapolis, Minn. / South |
| Hunter Fernelius |
Bethel | So. |
New Hope, Minn. / Armstrong |
| Aaron Goodman | Carleton | So. | Minneapolis, Minn. / St. Louis Park |
| Kolin Kiekhoefer | Bethel | Sr. | Woodbury, Minn. / New Life Academy |
| Chase Johnson | Gustavus | So. | Golden Valley, Minn. / Hopkins |
| Tim Larson | Saint John's | Jr. | Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson |
| Patton McClelland |
Carleton | Sr. | Rock Hill, S.C. / Charlotte Latin |
| Ryan Meger | Saint John's | So. | Stillwater, Minn. / Mahtomedi |
| Jordon O'Kelly | Carleton | So. | Lake Forest, Ill. |
| Tom Runde | St. Thomas | Sr. | Dubuque, Iowa / Wahlert |
| Aidan Tirpack |
Macalester | Jr. | Mill Valley, Calif. / Tamalpais |
| Isaac Toivonen | Concordia |
Jr. | Red Wing, Minn. |
| Scott Wall | St. Thomas | Sr. | De Pere, Wis. / Notre Dame Academy |
2017 MIAC MEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE DOUBLES TEAM
| Name | School | Year | Hometown/Previous School |
| Mohanad Alhouni | Gustavus | Jr. | Tripoli, Libya / West Lutheran |
| Burke Anderson | St. Thomas | Sr. | Lino Lakes, Minn. / Centennial |
| Christian Beck | St. Olaf | So. | Los Altos, Calif. |
| Marty Beck | St. Thomas | Jr. | Minneapolis, Minn. / South |
| Luke Elifson | St. Thomas | Sr. | Minneapolis, Minn. / South |
| Tommy Entwistle | Gustavus | Jr. | Sioux Falls, S.D. / O'Gorman |
| Hunter Fernelius | Bethel | So. | New Hope, Minn. / Armstrong |
| Ezra Frankel | Carleton | Sr. | Lincoln, Mass. / Belmont Hill |
| Aaron Goodman | Carleton | So. | Minneapolis, Minn. / St. Louis Park |
| Danny Hogan | St. Olaf | Jr. | Edina, Minn. / Beinilde-St. Margaret's |
| Kevin Hurley | Carleton | Jr. | Novi, Mich. / Univ. of Detroit Jesuit |
| Chase Johnson | Gustavus | So. | Golden Valley, Minn. / Hopkins |
| Kolin Kiekhoefer |
Bethel | Sr. | Woodbury, Minn. / New Life Academy |
| Jordon O'Kelly | Carleton | So. | Lake Forest, Ill. |
| Noah Ridgway | Bethel | Fr. | Des Moines, Iowa / West Des Moines |
| Matt Schull | Bethel | Sr. | Eagan, Minn. / Henry Sibley |
| Isaac Toivonen | Concordia | Jr. | Red Wing, Minn. |
| Patrick Whaling | Gustavus | So. | Manikob Sabot, Va. / Victoria Christian Academy |
| David Youngs | Concordia | Fr. | Fargo, N.D. / Fargo South |
2017 MEN'S TENNIS ALL-MIAC SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Bethel - Matt Schull (Sr., Eagan, Minn. / Henry Sibley)
Carleton - Ezra Frankel (Sr., Lincoln, Mass. / Belmont Hill)
Concordia - Isaac Toivonen (Jr., Red Wing, Minn.)
Gustavus - Gabe Steinwand (Jr., Moorhead, Minn.)
Hamline - Gabe Guarin (Jr., Bogota, Columbia / Holy Angels)
Macalester - Ben Wilson (Jr., Oakland, Calif. / College Preparatory School)
Saint John's - Tim Larson (Jr., Bloomington, Minn. / Jefferson)
Saint Mary's - Alex Zuzek (Jr., Hastings, Minn.)
St. Olaf - Corey Loken (So., Minneapolis, Minn. / Robbinsdale Cooper)
St. Thomas - Burke Anderson (Sr., Lino Lakes, Minn. / Centennial)