NEW YORK--- (www.YORKATHLETICS.com) YYork College senior Firdaus Abdulai has been acknowledged by the City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) as the recipient of the 2026 CUNYAC Men's Tennis Sportsmanship Award. This distinction marks Abdulai's first career CUNYAC honor, while the Cardinals have now captured three of the last four CUNYAC Sportsmanship Awards.

A four-year contributor for the Cardinals, Abdulai has steadily moved up in York's ranks, playing two singles matches on the No. 3 court this season. For his career, the Bronx native competed in 25 singles contests and 23 doubles matchups, claiming an individual victory on four occasions. 

2026 CUNYAC Men's Tennis All-Star Awards

• Player of the Year: Juan Mendoza (Baruch College)
• Rookie of the Year: Giorgi Zhamutashvili (Brooklyn College)
• Coach of the Year: Greg Wyzykowski (Baruch College)
• Sportsmanship Award: Firdaus Abdulai (York College)
• Sportsmanship Team: Eric Chamandy (Albertus Magnus College), Ryan Huang (Baruch College), James Walsh (Brooklyn College), Jason Parmar (Hunter College), David Reynoso (John Jay College), Aleski Lebron (Lehman College) 

First Team All-Conference

• Eric Chamandy (Albertus Magnus College)
• Nicholas Cooper (Hunter College)
• Allen Mardakhayev (Brooklyn College)
• Juan Mendoza (Baruch College)
• Philipp Roeder (Baruch College)
• Giorgi Zhamutashvilli (Brooklyn College)

Second Team All-Conference

• Odin Dibra (Hunter College)
• Savio Francis (Hunter College)
• Alex Hagiu (Hunter College)
• Peter Keese (Albertus Magnus College)
• Juan Paredes (Baruch College)
• Samuel Park (Baruch College)

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