(LEBANON, Ill., June 26)- McKendree University men's tennis coach Adam Reeb has announced his initial class of signees for his 2014-15 recruiting class.

Maximilian Aviles, Ben Muller, Maico Egbers, Godert de Zoeten, Anwesh Roy, Logan Ware are all set to join the Bearcats in the fall.

"All of these young men are going to be outstanding student-athletes at McKendree," said Reeb. They all possess exactly what we are looking for in our tennis program - a passion and desire to be the best they can be both on and off the court. I look forward to having these young men in our program and for the opportunity to work with them in their tennis and academic development. They are going to help us build on the success of this past year, and most importantly, they will be class acts that the University and community will be proud of." 

SIGNEE'S-

Maximilian Aviles
Citrus Valley High School/San Bernadino, Calif.
Posted an overall singles record of 90-30 at Citrus Valley High School...helped lead the Blackhawks to two Mountain Valley League championships and a runner-up finish as a junior...was a four-time All-Conference honoree...helped lead Citrus Valley to the CIF Quarterfinals as a junior...was named Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior.

Ben Muller
Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand/Whangarei High School
Ranked No. 3 in junior singles of Northern Region in New Zealand...earned No. 21 ranking in doubles and No. 26 ranking in singles in New Zealand Junior rankings.

Maico Egbers
Graaf Engelbrecht School/Breda, Netherlands
Helped lead Graaf Engelbrecht School to a senior and junior varsity championship as a junior and senior.

Godert de Zoeten
Gymnasium Haganum/The Hague, Netherlands
Won three varsity school championships at Gymnasium Haganum

Anwesh Roy
Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation Higher Secondary School/Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Competed in Talent, Championship and National Series tournaments held by the All-India Tennis Association

Logan Ware
Edwardsville High School/Glen Carbon, Ill.
Ranked 17th in school history with an overall singles mark of 111-25 at Edwardsville High School...won two sectional doubles championships for the Tigers...named Area Player of the Year by the Belleville News-Democrat as a junior.