The 2026 Academic All-America Men's Tennis Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators(CSC), were announced on Wednesday. Keiser's
Shaheed Alam was recognized as the NAIA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for a second consecutive season. Joining Alam on the first team was
Didrik Liljekvist.
The 2025-26 Academic-All America Men's Tennis Team, selected by the CSC, recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC All-America team is separately recognized tennis honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.
First Team All-American
Shaheed Alam, Third Year, Singapore
- Named NAIA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for a second time
- Collected First-Team All-America honors for the fourth consecutive season
- Named to the All-Sun Conference First Team
- Recorded a 19-3 overall record in singles play and a 22-4 mark in doubles
- In the spring, he was 11-2 on courts one and two in singles
- In doubles, he and Heber Santos were 13-1 on court three as a pairing and finished the year at No. 6 in the ITA Rankings
- Ended the year ranked No. 1 in the NAIA in singles by the ITA
Didrik Liljekvist, Fourth Year, Stockholm, Sweden
- Garnered CSC Academic All-America honors for the first time in his career
- Tabbed an NAIA First-Team All-American
- Collected All-Sun Conference First-Team honors for a third consecutive year
- Went 12-0 in singles play with a 7-0 mark against NAIA ranked opponents, finishing the year at No. 4 in the ITA Rankings
- Named to the Sun Conference Doubles Team of the Year for a fourth straight season
- Boasted a 15-1 record on court one doubles in the spring season
- Part of the No. 5 ranked doubles team paired with Matthew Dubas
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