Boys tennis Dream Team, all-area

Meet the 2016 LSJ boys tennis Dream Team.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS

Oliver Weaver (Williamston jr.): Division 4 state champion at No. 1 singles, regional flight champion, CAAC White flight champion, all-state, 27-0 record

Dinakar Talluri (Okemos jr.): Division 2 state second round at No. 1 singles, regional flight finalist, CAAC Blue flight champion, all-state, 17-11 record

Ben Letzer (Okemos fr.): Division 2 state quarterfinalist at No. 2 singles, regional flight champion, CAAC Blue flight champion, all-state, 23-5 record

COACH OF THE YEAR

Chris Silker (Okemos): Silker helped the Chiefs finish third at the Division 2 state tournament and led them to an undefeated season in the CAAC Blue

SINGLES DREAM TEAM

Tyler Brown (Holt sr.): Division 1 regional flight semifinalist at No. 1 singles, CAAC Blue flight runner-up, all-state honorable mention, 18-12 record

Daniel Gorelik (Okemos so.): Division 2 state finalist at No. 3 singles, regional flight runner-up, CAAC Blue flight champion, all-state honorable mention, 24-6 record

Nathan Choi (Haslett jr.): Division 3 state second round at No. 1 singles, regional flight champion, CAAC Red flight champion, all-state honorable mention, 15-7 record

Vince Orlando (Lansing Catholic so.): Division 4 state semifinalist at No. 1 singles, regional flight runner-up, CAAC White flight runner-up, all-state, 19-5 record

DOUBLES DREAM TEAM

Zal Chinoy & Karthik Kolisetty (Okemos so./jr.): Division 2 state semifinalists at No. 1 doubles, regional flight finalists, CAAC Blue flight champions, all-state, 20-9 record

Nick Radecki & Gokul Murali (Haslett sr./sr.): Division 3 state semifinalists at No. 1 doubles, regional flight champions, CAAC Red flight champions, all-state, 18-3 record

Chris Heeder & Jacob Ramont (Lansing Catholic sr./sr.): Division 4 state second round at No. 1 doubles, regional flight champions, CAAC White flight champions, all-state honorable mention, 15-3 record

Forrest Gillespie & Jesse Wade (East Lansing sr./sr.): Division 2 state qualifiers at No. 1 doubles, CAAC Blue flight runners-up, 18-9 record

Patrick Kayser & Joe Corner (Holt sr./jr.): Division 1 regional finalists at No. 1 doubles, CAAC Blue flight semifinalists, 21-11 record

SINGLES ALL-AREA

Max Tyler (East Lansing sr.): CAAC Blue semifinalist at No. 1 singles, 14-13 record

Nick Kleitch (DeWitt sr.): Division 3 regional flight runner-up at No. 1 singles, CAAC Red flight runner-up, 18-8 record

Jake Michaud (Haslett sr.): Division 3 state tournament second round at No. 2 singles, regional flight champion, CAAC Red flight champion, 17-3 record

Jake Gilman (Holt jr.): Division 1 regional semifinalist at No. 2 singles, CAAC Blue runner-up, 22-9 record

Deniz Kalfa (Okemos so.): Division 2 state champion at No. 4 singles, regional flight runner-up, CAAC Blue flight champion, 23-6 record

DOUBLES ALL-AREA

Sam Linebaugh & Jack Lufkin (Portland sr./sr.): Division 4 regional semifinalists at No. 1 doubles, CAAC White flight semifinalists, 14-15 record

Ben Heilman & Nathan Scott (Williamston jr./jr.): Division 4 state second round at No. 1 doubles, regional flight runners-up, CAAC White flight runners-up, 17-10 record

Caleb Hoekstra & Peyton Brogan (East Lansing sr./sr.): Division 2 state semifinalists at No. 2 doubles, regional flight runners-up, CAAC Blue flight champions, 27-4 records

Tyler Heick & Nate Leonard (Fowlerville sr./sr.): Division 3 regional flight runners-up at No. 1 doubles, 15-10 record

ALL-AREA COACH

Henry Brunnschweiler (Haslett): Brunnschweiler led the Vikings to an 11th-place finish at the Division 3 state meet and helped them capture their sixth straight regional title.

Contact James L. Edwards III at jledwards@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @JLEdwardsIII.