SKILLMAN, N.J. --- Tusculum College's Lukas Winkelmann is the No. 10 ranked singles tennis player in the NCAA Division II Southeast Region according to the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association rankings which were released Wednesday.

For a second straight year, Winkelmann was named the South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year and currently owns a perfect 23-0 singles mark this season.

He did not lose a set in singles in his 11 conference matches, and in the process became the first Tusculum player to be a two-time SAC Player of the Year and just the second in league history to win back-to-back Player of the Year awards.

The junior from Boblingen, Germany has a 52-7 career singles record and has won 33 consecutive regular-season matches dating back to the middle of last year. He is a three-time All-SAC performer and was the SAC Freshman of the Year in 2012.

Winkelmann has also shined off the tennis courts where he is an honor student and was named to the 2013 Capital One Academic All-America® first team, becoming the first Tusculum sophomore to garner Academic All-America® first team distinction.

The Pioneers have an 18-5 record after earning runner-up honors at last week's South Atlantic Conference Tournament in Rock Hill, S.C. Tusculum will learn its NCAA II postseason fate later this month with the announcement of the national tournament field.

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ITA NCAA II Southeast Region Player Rankings
Singles
Rk. Player School
1 Pedro Scocuglia Armstrong
2 Vincent Verpeaux Lander
3 Jose Martinez Flagler
4 Oussama Zoghlami Columbus St
5 Jaan Kononov Armstrong
6 Pablo Gor Armstrong
7 Yannick Haas Georgia College
8 Richard Ashforth Francis Marion
9 Ignacio Hernandez Armstrong
10 Lukas Winkelmann Tusculum
11 Andre Staab Coker
12 Ettore Damiani USC Aiken
13 Mateus Camasmie North Georgia
14 Ristomatti Lanne Lander
15 Adam Jonsson Lander
16 Marc Hofer Lander
17 Edger Bub Mount Olive
18 Inigo Landaluce Flagler
19 Marco Almorin Columbus St
20 Matt Finnerty Mount Olive