April 25, 2006

Duquesne University senior tennis player Devon Peightal (Fairview, PA/Cathedral Prep) has been named to the 12-player Atlantic 10 All-Conference team, in voting conducted among the conference coaches. In addition, he was named to the seven-man Academic All-Conference team as voted on by the league's sports information directors.

Peightal went 15-14 for the season at number one singles and 14-14 at one and two doubles. He boasted spring singles wins versus Saint Louis, Xavier, Stetson, Georgetown, Bethune-Cookman and South Dakota St. A 2004 Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference honoree, he has 40 career singles wins to his credit and 37 career doubles victories.

In the classroom, Peightal boasts a 3.43 grade point average as a pharmacy major. He is a member of Duquesne's Dean's List, as well as the school's Director of Athletics Honor Roll and the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.