KALAMAZOO, Mich. – Following a record-breaking season, the Western Michigan men's tennis team was drafted to participate in the 2019 ITA Kick-Off Weekend for the first time in program history and will travel to College Station, Texas for the College Station pod that runs from Jan. 26-27, 2019.

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"We had about as good of a year as we could this past season," commented WMU head coach Dave Morin. "It is nice to see our players rewarded for their efforts by being selected to play in the event next January."

The yearly ITA Kick-Off Weekend draft allows teams to select which of the 15 host sites they will travel to compete for a spot in the ITA Indoor Team Championships. The 2019 Indoor Championships will be hosted by Illinois; as the host the Illini automatically qualify for the 16-team field.

The Broncos join host No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 35 Cal and No. 41 Virginia at the Mitchell Tennis Center. With the 17th selection in the draft the Bears chose to travel to central Texas while the Cavaliers joined them with the 23rd selection. Following a nearly two-hour wait, the 51st and final selection of the day was made by the Broncos to complete the College Station pod.

Western Michigan finished the season at 22-5 overall, marking the fifth time in Morin's career he has led the Broncos to 20 wins and 16 straight winning seasons, and ranked No. 74 in the ITA final team rankings. The Brown & Gold rolled through Mid-American Conference play with a perfect 7-0 record in the regular season, winning their 24th conference title before picking up two more wins in the tournament, claiming the program's 12th tournament title. WMU concluded the season in the NCAA opening round match, falling 4-1 to No. 25 Notre Dame in the Ann Arbor Regional.

The Broncos dominated MAC postseason honors as Morin earned his 11th overall MAC Coach of the Year award and senior Maik Steiner took home the MAC Player of the Year honor. Sophomore Jannik Opitz was tabbed All-MAC First Team while junior Lenhard Haupt and sophomore Kennosuke Nouchi earned All-MAC Second Team honors.