FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana senior Vladimir Paunic was named the 
Capital One Bank/Southland Conference Men's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year 
in an announcement from the league office on Monday. 

Paunic, who hails from Novi Sad, Serbia, completed his undergraduate studies 
during the spring semester, earning a bachelor's degree in finance with a 4.0 
grade point average. Paunic was joined on the SLC All-Academic team by senior 
teammate Ondrej Krivka. Krivka, a native of Louny, Czech Republic, finished his 
undergraduate studies in three years with a 3.91 GPA in finance. He spent the 
final year of his eligibility in the university's MBA program, posting a 4.0 
graduate GPA. 

Paunic has been named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District and SLC 
All-Academic teams each of the past two seasons. Krivka has earned a spot on 
both teams for three consecutive years and was named the SLC Student-Athlete of 
the Year in 2006. This season, Paunic and Krivka allowed Southeastern to be one 
of six schools nationally to have multiple first team selections on the Men's 
At-Large Academic All-District teams. Southeastern was also one of three SLC 
schools to have multiple selections on the SLC All-Academic Team.

“This is a tremendous honor for both Vlad and Ondrej, as well as our 
program,” Southeastern head coach Jason Hayes commented. “These young men 
are students first and it is more important for them to excel in the classroom 
than on the court. Both Vlad and Ondrej have committed to performing at a high 
level in terms of both education and competition. We are proud they have 
received individual recognition for their efforts.”

Paunic finished with a 15-6 singles record this season and earned First Team 
All-SLC honors at No. 2 singles for the second time in his career. In his three 
seasons with the Lions, Paunic posted a 52-9 singles mark. His career singles 
win total ranks 14th in school history.

Krivka posted a 14-7 record at No. 3 singles this spring. He also teamed with 
Matthieu Leboucher for a 9-9 mark at No. 1 doubles. During his career, Krivka 
earned All-SLC recognition in doubles play three times with three different 
partners. His 49 career singles victories ranks 16th on the school's career 
list. 

Nominated by each institution's sports information director and selected by a 
voting contingent made up of SIDs, head coaches and academic or compliance 
administrators, all-academic team members must have posted at least a cumulative 
3.00 GPA, completed at least one full academic year at the member institution 
prior to the season in which the nomination occurs, and competed in a minimum of 
50 percent of the sport's contests during the most recently completed season.

2008 Capital One Bank/Southland Conference Men's Tennis All-Academic Team
Vladimir Paunic, Southeastern Louisiana, Sr., Novi Sad, Serbia, 4.0, Finance
Ondrej Krivka, Southeastern Louisiana, Sr. Louny, Czech Republic, 4.0, MBA    
Filip Kanczula, Lamar, Jr., Wroclaw, Poland, 3.56, Business
Dmitry Minkin, Texas-Arlington, So., St. Petersburg, Russia, 3.2, 
Interdisciplinary Studies
Andre Moreira, Texas-San Antonio, Jr., Campinas, Brazil, 3.58, Management
Robin Fernandes, Texas-San Antonio, Jr., Edenvale, South Africa, 3.64, 
Accounting
David Wanja, Lamar, Jr., Katy, Texas, 3.74, Business

Student-Athlete of the Year: Vladimir Paunic, Southeastern Louisiana