CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina head men's tennis coach Chris Powers announced Friday his 2020 signing class, which includes a trio of transfers in Bastien Huon (graduate transfer, Campbell), Diego Giraldo (senior, Kansas City), and Neil O'Connor (junior, Kansas City), and two true freshmen in Jerome Iaconi and Guilherme Toresan.
 
"It has certainly been a challenge this year replacing such a special and large group of seniors, but I could not be more proud of the work that we've done so far to rebuild the program for the future," stated Powers. "We've really reloaded, and I am very happy with the mix of veteran players as well as freshmen. Let's hope they come together and carry the torch next season."
 
Bastien Huon
Huon, a graduate transfer from Campbell, finished the 2019 season with a 24-13 record in singles play while going 21-8 in doubles play. He was named Big South Player of the Week on March 12, 2019 for helping extend the Camels winning streak to six consecutive matches. Huon was also named to the 2019 Big South second team in both singles and doubles play. In individual play, he was the 2019 Big South Fall Invitational runner-up. This spring, before the season was canceled, Huon was 3-2 at the No. 2 spot in singles play and 3-1 overall at the No. 2 doubles position.
 
Diego Giraldo
Giraldo, a senior transfer from University of Missouri-Kansas City, primarily competed at the No. 1 spot in both singles and doubles for the Roos. In his 2019 season, Giraldo went 14-7 in singles action and 16-5 in doubles play. In WAC action, he was 4-1 in singles play and a perfect 5-0 in doubles action. Giraldo was named WAC Doubles Team of the Week with his partner on April 16, 2019. Playing solely at the top spot this spring, he went 2-1 in doubles play and 1-5 in singles action
 
Neil O'Connor
Like Giraldo, O'Connor comes to Coastal Carolina from Kansas City. He competed primarily at the No. 3 and 4 positions in singles play. In 2019, O'Connor posted a 9-10 record in singles play and 6-4 in doubles action as a freshman. He ended the 2019 season with a five-match winning streak in singles action. While teaming with former teammate Tom Kruse, O'Connor was 4-0 in doubles play. This season, he was 2-2 in singles action for the Roos. In 2017, he won the Irish Men's National Indoor title and competed as part of the 10-man Irish Davis Cup team.
 
Jerome Iaconi
True freshman Iaconi comes to the Chanticleers having been ranked No. 1 at his age and top five nationally for the past three years. At the age of 16, he broke into the top 100 Australian men's ranking, getting as high as 70th in the nation. Iaconi won five singles and doubles 18U events and winner of the 2018 Australia Cup (Pizzey Cup).
 
Guilherme Toresan
Toresan, a Porto, Alegre Brazil native, ranked 680 in the ITF while at the state level in Brazil in 2019. He also ranked No. 1 in 2013, 2015 and 2017. At the national level in 2015, he reached as high as No. 4. Toresan has won the Assuncion J4 (Pascuas Bowl) doubles and is a two-time singles South Brazilian championship (J2 Nationals). He also is a champion two-time singles Copa Farroupilha (J1 Nationals), eight-time doubles South Brazilian championship (J2 Nationals), two-time doubles Copa Farroupilha (J1 Nationals), one-time each of doubles interclubes (JA National) and singles cnip.
 
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