VALDOSTA, Ga. – Valdosta State men's tennis freshman Jan Thissen and junior women's tennis standout Charleigh Fay were named Gulf South Conference Freshman and Player of the Week, respectively, the league office announced Wednesday.  
 
Fay, a native of Sydney, Australia, helped lead VSU to a 3-0 record last week with wins over Delta State (5-2), No. 26 Columbus State (4-3) and Georgia College (7-0).  Fay went 3-0 in singles and 2-0 in doubles for the week.  She and teammate Ivana Castillo Hurtado won 7-6 (7-4) at the No. 2 spot in doubles against Columbus State as it clinched the all-important doubles point which proved to be the difference in the match for the upset win by the No. 35 Blazers.  
 
For the spring, Fay is 7-2 in singles and 5-2 in doubles, while she is 10-3 in singles this school year and 7-5 in doubles.  
 
Thissen, a native of Germany, helped lead VSU to a 2-1 record this past week with a 5-2 win over Delta State, a 4-0 loss to No. 42 Columbus State and a 6-1 win over Georgia College.  Thissen won in three sets in singles over Delta State, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, while he was leading Samer Al Tori of Columbus State when the match was clinched and he won 6-3, 7-5 at No. 2 singles against Georgia College.  In doubles, Thissen was 2-1 for the week at No. 3, losing to Delta State and defeating Columbus State and Georgia College.
 
For the spring, Thissen is 3-3 in singles and 3-3 in doubles, while he is 5-5 in singles for the school year and 4-6 in doubles.  
 
The Blazer tennis teams head to South Florida to face very tough men's and women's squads from Barry as the Barry men's team is No. 1 nationally, while the women's team is No. 2 nationally.  The matches against Barry are set for 10 a.m. Saturday morning in Miami Shores, Fla.