Barton’s Campos earns ITA Tennis All-America Award; All six Cougars in final rankings #GoBarton

Gustavo Campos of the Barton men's tennis team earned All-America honors announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

The distinction stems from Campos' 8th placing in the final ITA NJCAA singles rankings as the association awards the final top ten performers with double teams awarded within a top five placing.

The freshman from Basilia, Brazil, helped the Cougars to its highest finish under Head Coach Lyle Stickney in a 4th place conclusion of the season at the 2022 NJCAA Division I Tennis Championships held in Tyler, Texas.

Playing in the No. 1 slot for the Cougars all year, Campos was 4-4 during the regular season owning a pair of wins over four-year competition with losses coming to four-year competitors, as well as, a pair to the No. 1 and No. 3 ranked junior college players.

Ranked 29th and seeded 6th at the National Tournament, Campos won his first match before being bounced in the quarterfinals by the 3rd seed.

For Head Coach Lyle Stickney, Campos' designation is his first men's All-America singles award winner to join last season's doubles tandem earners from Samrakshyak Bajracharya and Eduardo Morais.

Also making history in the Coach Stickney regime, all six singles players and two of the three doubles teams finished in the final poll.

Singles:
#8 Gustavo Campos
#13 James Kaoma
#23 Eduardo Morais
#28 Barnabas Kalaba
#42 Samyak Bajracharya
#48 Tsholofelo Tsiang

Doubles:
#8 Gustavo Campos / Eduardo Morais
#10 James Kaoma / Barnabas Kalaba

More information regarding the ITA Awards and Rankings