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Howell has over thirty-five years of both playing and teaching tennis experience that include holding the #5 national ranking by the United States Tennis Association (USTA) for six consecutive years and being named the Georgia Pro Tennis Player-of-the-Year four times. The men’s tennis team he guides at Oglethorpe University has been ranked regionally in the Atlantic South Division among NCAA Division III schools in each of the past three seasons.

In 1977 Howell founded the Georgia Professional Tennis Association, a grass-roots formation of tennis professionals in Georgia dedicated to improving the standards of tennis in the community. Since its creation, the Georgia Professional Tennis Association has grown to over 300 members and has become the model for similarly founded organizations across the country.

A graduate of Vanderbilt University, Howell starred for three seasons for the Commodores on the tennis courts before injury sidelined him for his senior year. As a junior, Howell was named captain of the team and earned Most Valuable Player honors.

Howell comes from a family steeped in tennis tradition and, in 1964, the Howell family was selected as the Tennis Family-of-the-Year by the Southern Tennis Association. Peter will join his brother, Richard Howell, who was inducted in 1993 and his mother, Caroline Howell, who was inducted in 2000, as a member of the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame at induction ceremonies scheduled for May 2010.

“It’s a terrific honor to be recognized by the tennis community in Georgia as having made a difference,” said Howell, who, in his joking nature, added, “it shows that good things happen if you live long enough!”

Cerenko, of Atlanta, received 37 votes to place him on the 2009 Men's All-SCAC Tennis Team. For the season, Cerenko posted an 8-5 record in singles matches to go along with a 10-5 record in doubles contests. With the 37 votes Cerenko finished in 7th place amongst voters for the SCAC Player-of-the-Year honors.

 

Mann, of Herdon, Virginia, received 13 votes to be placed on the All-SCAC Honorable Mention list. For the season, Mann posted a 12-4 record in singles matches and an 8-5 record in doubles competition to earn the Honorable Mention distinction.

As voted on by their teammates, here are the awards that were handed out:
 
Men's Team:
Most Valuable Player: Bryan Bailey from Hebron, Kentucky.
Most Improved: Joey Kosciolek of Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Stormiest Petrel: Lawrence Sweatman of Memphis, Tennessee.
 
Women's Team:
Most Valuable Player: Molly Colvard of Chickamauga, Georgia.
Most Improved: Kayla Atkins of Acworth, Georgia.
Stormiest Petrel: Sarah Duff of Braselton, Georgia.
 

Mann, from Herdon, Virginia, won both his #2 singles matches over the weekend to earn his slot on the All-Tournament Team. On Friday, Mann knocked off Jay Hill of Sewanee 6-2, 6-2 and on Sunday he took care of Colorado College's Nathaniel Burt 6-3, 6-2. Mann also defeated Barrett Freeman 6-0, 6-2 of Centre College on Saturday playing from the #1 singles postition.
 
Bailey, from Hebron, Kentucky, defeated Sewanee's Henry Litchfield 6-1, 6-4 on Friday and then knocked off Colorado College's Brian Thirkell 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to earn his slot on the All-Tournament Team playing from the #3 singles position. Bailey also defeated Centre's Brenton Deal 6-2, 6-2 from the #2 singles slot to complete a perfect weekend.

Each of the four teams above Oglethorpe in the conference standings are ranked regionally. The Petrels, finishing at 11-4 on the season, are currently the No. 14 ranked team in the Atlantic South Region.
 
Freshman Bryan Bailey clinched the match for Oglethorpe out of the #3 singles slot after the Petrels swept the doubles matches away from the Tigers.

The men opened with a razor thin defeat to Sewanee by the score of 6-3 that was not indicative of exactly how close this match was. The Petrels bounced back, however, to knock off Centre, 8-1 setting up a showdown for 5th place with the winner of Colorado College and Southwestern. The 5th place match will be held at 12:30 p.m. eastern on Sunday.
 
The women were topped by Colorado College in their opening match but recovered to sweep Millsaps in their second match. The Lady Netters are set to face Austin at 4:00 p.m. today with a chance to grab 9th place in the always tough SCAC.

Seniors Gabe Henderson, Carlos Carthen, Ricky Pomales and Luca Cerenko ended their careers in style with the sweep over the Lions. Henderson, Carthen and Pomales each went 2-0 on the afternoon with wins in both the doubles and singles matches. Cerenko combined with Carthen to win a doubles match and Pomales clinched for Oglethorpe playing from the #5 singles slot.
 
Oglethorpe will enter the SCAC Tournament as the 5th seed and will face fourth seeded Sewanee on Friday at 8:00 a.m.

At 6-2 on the spring season, the netters only losses have come at the hands of the regions No.'s 1 and 10 ranked teams (Emory and Sewanee, respectively). Moving forward, Oglethorpe has scheduled matches with region No. 6 North Carolina Wesleyan on April 11, region No. 11 Rhodes on April 19 and region No. 13 Birmingham-Southern on April 9.
 
The netters will look to notch their seventh victory of the season when they square off with Principia on Howell Courts at 10:00 a.m. on March 28.

On Friday, the 16th ranked in the region Petrels swept the doubles action over Southwestern before cruising to a 7-2 victory. Senior captain Gabe Hendreson clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-1 win playing from the #6 singles slot.
 
On Saturday, Oglethorpe claimed their fifth straight win of the season over Centre by again sweeping the doubles matches before taking five of six singles matches and winning easily, 8-1. Sophomore Lawrence Sweatman clinched the match for the Petrels with a convincing 6-0, 6-0 win out of the #6 singles slot.
 
Later on saturday, the Petrels were narrowly bested by the home standing Sewanee Tigers, 5-4 to snap Oglethorpe's winning streak. After getting swept in the doubles matches (including one in a tiebreaker), the Petrels stormed back to win four of six singles matches and nearly claimed the come-from-behind win.
 
Despite the loss, #16 Oglethorpe is now 5-2 on the season with three games upcoming this week on Howell Courts. The Petrels play versus LaGrange today at 3:00 p.m., versus #8 Birmingham-Southern on Friday at 2:30 p.m. and versus #15 Mississippi College on Saturday at 10:00 a.m.

Senior Ricky Pomales clinched the match for Oglethorpe with a 7-6, 6-1 win over Reinhardt's Nahum Vigo Fas.
 
With the win, Oglethorpe is now 3-1 on the young season and will get set to face Piedmont College this Friday 3:00 p.m. at home.

The women's team opened their season by sweeping the doubles portion of their match with Millsaps. It marked the first time in seven years that the women swept a copnference opponent in doubles matches. Freshman Jayme Danielson clinched the match for the women in a come from behind (6-7, 6-1, 6-2) win.

After splitting their doubles matches 2-1 against the Majors, the men put Millsaps away on the singles courts with Luka Cerenko clinching the match with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 victory.
 
Both teams are back in action this Saturday when they square off with Reinhardt on their home courts at 2:00 p.m.

Oglethorpe used a varied line-up against the top flight Emory Eagle squad on Saturday in order to keep the team fresh for their clash with Greensboro College on Sunday morning. The strategy paid off as the Petrels handled Greensboro in style.
 
Luka Cerenko's 6-1, 6-7, 6-2 victory over stout opponent David Sutton highlighted the win over Greensboro College. Felix Mann clinched the match for Oglethorpe playing from the #2 singles position.
 
The Petrels are now 1-1 on the spring season and will be back in action on their home court this Sunday when both the men's and women's squads face off with Millsaps College.

The men have been boosted by the outstanding play of senior Luka Cerenko who checks in as the 15th ranked singles player for the Atlantic South Region.
 
Oglethorpe is joined in the rankings by conference members Sewanee (10th), Rhodes (11th) and Birmingham-Southern (12th).