Indrabalan, De Preville named to SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Southern States Athletic Conference announced Thursday that two members of the Loyola men's tennis team, Akhil Indrabalan and Hippolyte de Preville, earned spots on the 2025 Barnes & Noble College Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Team. Both were also on this year's SSAC All-Academic Team, but it's their first time on the SSAC Scholar-Athlete Team, which is made up of seven members. 
 

To be eligible, student-athletes must be a sophomore or above in both academic and athletic standing, must have at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA and have competed in 50 percent of competitions. Graduate students are not eligible, and transfers must have completed one semester at the school.
 

The Wolf Pack put up an 8-10 overall record this season, and de Preville led the team in singles victories with an 8-7 record between the No. 2 and No. 3 positions to help him earn Second-Team All-Conference honors. The junior reached a team-best ITA singles ranking of No. 26 early in the season after getting off to a 4-1 start, which culminated in an SSAC Player of the Week award after winning against a top-10 Xavier team. He and freshman Alfredo Gallegos also went 7-8 at the No. 3 doubles position. de Preville has a 3.586 GPA as a marketing and entrepreneurship major at Loyola.  
 

Indrabalan mainly competed in doubles in the spring, with all of his matches being played at the No. 1 doubles with Remus Hebhang-Balan. The pair went 8-6 during the season and climbed to a national doubles ranking of No. 46. The senior also played in eight singles matches, splitting them to go 4-4. He had an impressive start to the year with three consecutive match wins, which included a huge victory over Nicholls to help propel the Pack to their first ever win over an NCAA Division-I opponent. Indrabalan has a 3.781 GPA as a finance and business major at Loyola. 
 

Both of Loyola's student-athletes had the highest GPAs on the SSAC team. 
 

2025 Barnes & Noble College Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Team

Sergio Ruiz Ramiro, Mobile *
Santiago Reina, Mobile
Hippolyte de Preville, Loyola
Akhil Indrabalan, Loyola
Jean Nicolas Leblanc, William Carey
Samyak Bajracharya, Middle Georgia
Daniel Garcia Suarez, Middle Georgia
 

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