Western New Mexico University Athletics

Rodrigo Almeida was a top performer for the month of April in the RMAC. Almeida was named both the RMAC Academic and Player of the Year after going 14-5 in singles play, all at the top slot posting a 7-0 RMAC (all in April) record. The awards didn't stop there, as Almeida was tabbed as the ITA Senior Player of the Year in the South Central Region. He added a 13-7 doubles mark with 12 coming at the top flight and went 5-0 in doubles action (all in April) during the RMAC regular season as he was named to the First-Team doubles with Jean-Laurent Pageault. He has been named RMAC Player of the Week three times and collected big victories over CMU’s Jordan Lyden (twice), Micahel Tymkiw (Fresno Pacific) and Josh Graetz (Metro St.). He finished the season on a 10-match winning streak and is ranked 39^th in the nation and second in the region. He helped lead WNMU to their fifth straight RMAC regular season and Tournament titles earlier in April. He holds a 3.49 GPA and is majoring in movement sciences K-12 and a minor in coaching.