NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The Atlantic 10 Conference released its 2019 Men's Tennis All-Conference Teams on Monday afternoon, with Duquesne seniors Chris Corrao (King City, Ontario) and Drew Akins (Johns Creek, Ga.) each garnering all-league recognition. Corrao was named Second Team All-Conference while Akins collected All-Academic Team accolades.

Dayton's Jordan Benjamin was named Most Outstanding Performer, VCU's Rayane Stable the Most Outstanding Rookie Performer and the Rams' Anthony Rossi the Coach of the Year.

Corrao played at No. 1 singles for the entirety of the 2019 campaign for the Dukes, tallying 12 singles victories and eight doubles wins, helping Duquesne post a 13-11 dual ledger.

Akins - a finance major with a 3.91 cumulative grade point average - played at No. 2 singles and doubles for the majority of the 2019 season for the Dukes.

Earlier this season, he was selected as one of just four national finalists for the 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Ann Lebedeff Leadership Award which was created to honor a recent college graduate who played college tennis and demonstrated excellence on and off the court, leadership on his or her team as well as on his or her college campus and in his or her community. 

Akins is the first Duquesne men's tennis player to earn All-Academic honors since Corey Robinson in 2016.