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Vote for 2025 central Ohio high school boys tennis regular season player of the year
The Ohio high school boys tennis postseason continues this week with the district tournament.
That means it is time to determine who has been the top Columbus-area player for the regular season by voting for your choice.
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Read about the candidates and then vote in our poll. The deadline is 4 p.m. May 29.
In addition, keep an eye out for the annual All-Metro teams for spring sports in the days following the Central Ohio High School Sports Awards show, which is June 18 at Upper Arlington High School.
Freshman Austin Bruey has starred at first singles for Pickerington Central.
Austin Bruey, Pickerington Central
A freshman who has played No. 1 singles throughout the spring, Bruey went 16-2 in the regular season with all of those wins coming in straight sets. His only losses were to 2024 state placers Abhinav Dandu of New Albany and Shane Hand of Olentangy Liberty.
Jackson Clements, New Albany
The senior went 14-3 between first singles and first doubles. Clements qualified for his second Division I state tournament last year in singles and is playing doubles this postseason with classmate Abhinav Dandu, last year's state singles runner-up.
Aidan Cooney and Cade Spring, London
The Red Raiders' first doubles team was 13-0 entering the Division II district tournament, including wins over Division I Hilliard Bradley and a strong Springfield Northwestern team in Central Buckeye Conference play. Both players are seniors.
Shane Hand, Olentangy Liberty
The Patriots' top singles player and fourth-place finisher at state a year ago, Hand was 11-0 entering the Division I postseason. One of his wins was in straight sets over Columbus Academy's Nason Lo, one of the top Division II players in the area.
Henry Lessard, Bexley
The sophomore and last year's Division II state singles champion went 10-0 in the regular season between singles and doubles. Henry and older brother Sam, a senior, are playing doubles this postseason.
Nason Lo is the top player for OTCA state tournament-bound Columbus Academy.
Nason Lo, Columbus Academy
The junior went 9-2 between first singles (8-2) and first doubles (1-0) and qualified for the Division II district tournament in singles. Academy (18-0) also has qualified for the Ohio Tennis Coaches Association state tournament.
Pedro Prieto Moura, Thomas Worthington
A senior foreign exchange student from Brazil and first-year tennis player, Prieto Moura went 6-6 in singles and 5-0 in doubles. Some of those wins were in three sets to give Thomas the overall win in matches.
Senior Gianni Russo has starred at first singles for Marysville.
Gianni Russo, Marysville
The senior went 10-1 at first singles during the regular season, with his only loss coming to Clements. Russo has played only one three-set match all year, a win over Olentangy's Gavin Cheung.
Nik Shough, Dublin Coffman
The senior brought a 9-3 record into the Division I postseason for a Shamrocks team that plays in the competitive OCC-Central. A 2024 state tournament qualifier, Shough's only losses this regular season were to some of the state's top players in Dandu, Hand and Academy's Lucas Xue.
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High school sports reporter Dave Purpura can be reached at dpurpura@ and at @dp_dispatch on X.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: OHSAA tennis: Vote for central Ohio's top regular season player
