TEMPE, Ariz. – Harvard Men's Tennis continues to collect honors and accolades following its Ivy League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2021-22. On the student-athlete side, Henry von der Schulenburg was named an ITA All-American and Brian Shi was named the ITA Northeast Region Most Improved Senior. Crimson coaches Andrew Rueb '95, The Scott Mead '77 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Tennis and Associate Head Coach, Sanam Singh, earned the Region's Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year awards.
 
Von der Schulenburg finished the 2021-22 season with a 27-9 overall singles record and 14-6 record in dual play this spring, primarily at the No. 1 position for the Crimson. He earns the award after reaching the final 16 at the NCAA Individual National Championships and finishing the season ranked 34 in the ITA Singles rankings. The sophomore is the Crimson's first ITA All-American sicne 2014. 
 
The Crimson captain, Shi earned the distinction as most improved player after improving his win total from 11 in 2018-19, to 24 in 2021-22. Primarily playing at the two and three positions this season, Shi's 15-3 dual-match record gave him the second-best winning percentage in the Crimson starting lineup. Shi finished his senior season ranked at 81 in the ITA Singles list and at 29 in the ITA Doubles list with partner Danny Milavsky. Shi's former teammate, Andy Zhou '19, was the last, and only other, Harvard student-athlete to win the award. 
 
Rueb earned his first career Wilson ITA Northeast Region Coach of the Year award after leading the Crimson to a 19-5 dual-match record and an undefeated record in Ivy League play that netted Harvard its first Ivy League Championships since 2017. The 7-0 league mark for the Crimson was the first time the feat had been accomplished since 2008. Rueb and his team's tremendous 2021-22 season also earned him the title of Ivy League Coach of the Year.
 
Singh, the Crimson's Associate Head Coach also received praise from the ITA, earning the Region's Assistant Coach of the Year award. In his fourth season with Harvard men's tennis, Singh helped coach a group of players who posted a 92-33 combined dual-match record in singles play. Additionally, Singh helped coach five All-Ivy League selections. Singh is the first Harvard assistant coach to earn this distinction since Rueb won the award in 2017.