PRONUNCIATION
CAREER ITA NATIONAL RANKINGS
#84 Singles (December 3, 2024)
#54 Doubles (December 3, 2024)
#73 Doubles (Feb. 5, 2025)
HONORS AND AWARDS
CSC Academic All-District Team (2025)
All-Sun Belt Singles First Team (2025)
All-Sun Belt Doubles Second Team (2025)
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)
Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year (2024)
All-Sun Belt Singles First Team (2024)
All-Sun Belt Doubles Second Team (2024)
Sun Belt Player of the Week (3/27/24)
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023)
AS A SENIOR (2025)
Earned All-Sun Belt Conference first team singles honors for a second straight season, going 20-9 overall in singles action, including an 11-6 mark at No. 1 singles during the Spring ... Earned a career high ITA national singles ranking of No. 84 in December ... Earned All-Sun Belt second team doubles honors with teammate Pol del Castillo, as the duo earned a career high No. 54 ITA national doubles ranking ... Compiled an overall 16-10 doubles record, including a 12-8 mark in the Spring ... Finished his Georgia Southern career with 71 singles wins, which ranks third all-time in program history ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team for a third straight season.
AS A JUNIOR (2024)
2024 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, only the third Georgia Southern men's tennis player to earn a Conference Player of the Year award in program history ... Went 14-3 in dual match singles action in 2024, including an 11-1 mark at No. 1 singles ... Notched two ranked wins on the season, defeating #93 Mario Marti Serrano, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3, on April 6 and #111 Connor van Schalkwyk, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, on March 24 ... Earned First Team All-Sun Belt singles and Second Team All-Sun Belt doubles honoree ... Went unbeaten in Sun Belt play in 2024 (7-0) and is unbeaten in Sun Belt action over his last two seasons ... Finished the season winning 11 straight singles matches.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023)
Appeared in 21 matches for the Eagles in 2023, earning a 13-4 overall record with four unfinished matches ... Had a six-match winning streak from Feb. 13 to March 5 ... Took down #71 Old Dominion's No. 4 position player to earn a ranked win this season ... Did not lose in conference play, with a 4-0 record and three unfinished matches.
AS A FRESHMAN (2022)
Appeared in 23 total matches, 18 singles matches and 5 doubles matches ... Held a 10-8 record in singles and had a five-match winning streak at one point, spanning from March 6 against SC State to March 25 against #47 Louisiana ... Defeated #65 Georgia State's Maughan via retirement (was up 6-1, 4-0) ... Held a 2-3 record in doubles.
IN GREECE
Played tennis for 2nd Lyceum of Ecosmos high school in Thessaloniki, Greece…Graduated from high school in 2021…Played for OA Tessalonikis club team.
PERSONAL
Born Dimitris Paliouras on December 27, 2003 ... Son of Evaggelos Paliouras and Jasmina Georgieva ... Has one sister, Eleni Paliouras.
MAJOR
Information Technology