CONWAY, S.C. - The Coastal Carolina men's tennis Head Coach Chris Powers has announced the signing class for the upcoming 2024-25 season, finalizing the commitment of six new players, including two incoming freshmen. 

Emiliano Gonzalez, a native of Guanajuato, Mexico, will enter his senior season with the Chants after transferring from Illinois State. In his three years with the Redbirds, Gonzalez finished with a career singles record of 32-20 and a doubles record of 27-27 after going 12-10 in singles and 9-14 in doubles play this season. 

Jack Dixon comes to Conway as a junior-college transfer from Eastern Florida State College who ranks in the top-10 in both singles and doubles in the JUCO circuit. He is a native of Queensland, Australia and will be entering his junior year at Coastal Carolina. 

Curzio Manucci is the first of two incoming freshmen for the 2024 class. Manucci is from Genoa, Italy, and features as a 12 UTR. 

Ethan Richardson is a freshman recruit from Jonesboro, Ark. Richardson is the No. 3 overall player in the Arkansas state ranks and is the 27th-ranked player in the Gulf States rankings.  

Iannis Fernandes hails from Cochan, France and is a sophomore transfer from Texas A&M Corpus Christi. In his lone season with the Islanders, Fernandes won 10 of his 16 singles matches, playing the majority of his outings as the No. 4 seed, and went 4-4 in doubles play.  

Christopher Norlin is a junior transfer from Northern Illinois University. He is a native of Stockholm, Sweden and played two seasons with the Huskies from 2022-2024. This spring, Norlin ended the year with a 12-5 record in singles play and 15-4 in doubles. Norlin ended his two-year career in DeKalb with a career singles record of 25-20 and a 29-9 doubles record.  

"It is exciting to announce the next incoming group for the program," Powers said regarding the new signing class. "I feel good about every one of these guys in terms of the role that they will play as we rebuild the program." 

"There is a nice mix of transfers and freshman newcomers, and we aren't done yet! This is a large new group for a tennis team, so it is going to be very important for each of these guys to be ready to build a successful team culture while we establish the BLEED TEAL standard. I can't wait to get started again in August." 

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