Wednesday, March 26, 2003

SPARTANBURG, SC (Mar. 26, 2003) — East Tennessee State's men's tennis doubles tandem of Diego Iglesias and Moises Serrano have been named the TIAA-CREF Southern Conference Student Athletes of the Week. The duo currently holds a perfect 4-0 record in the second position (doubles) overall with a perfect 2-0 record in conference play. Iglesias and Serrano started off the week defeating The Citadel's David Lara and Warren Woolfolk, 8-5, on Friday, March 21. The following day, they defeated College of Charleston's Eyal Omid and Liran Kling, 8-5. Iglesias, a junior from Mar del Plata, Argentina, maintains a 3.93 GPA overall while majoring in business management. A sophomore physics major from Bucaramanga, Columbia, Serrano holds a 3.91 GPA. TIAA-CREF, with approximately $259 billion in assets under management, is the premier retirement system for the education and research sector in the U.S., serving 2.5 million participants at 15,000 institutions. Additionally, the TIAA-CREF group of companies offers mutual funds, after-tax annuities, life insurance, and trust services to the general public. The TIAA-CREF group also manages 13 state-sponsored college savings programs, more than any other company.