BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Arkansas senior Jose Salazar picked up First Team All-SEC honors from the league office on Thursday.
It marks the second straight year that Salazar has earned first team conference honors, after being named to the second team 2016.
Salazar becomes just the second Razorback (Mike Redlicki – 2016 and 2017) to earn first team honors back-to-back years since Oskar Johansson in 2000 and 2001.
Earning an at-large selection to compete in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men’s Singles Tennis Championships, Salazar enters postseason with a career mark of 86-30 (.741) in singles, the third-best career winning percentage in school history.
This season, Salazar is 24-10 overall, including an 18-6 mark in dual matches this spring. Salazar is 9-4 against ranked opponents, winning seven of his last eight against ranked foes. Overall, he has won nine of his last 10 matches.
