Brenau Tennis Places Four on All-American Teams
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2013 NAIA Women's Tennis All-Americans. Players were selected by the All-America committee. The list of honorees includes 16 student-athletes on each of the first and second teams, plus 16 honorable mentions.
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), Brenau (Ga.) and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) led all schools with three All-Americans apiece. Auburn Montgomery's Jade Curtis was named Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding player following Saturday's Title match, and she lead the Warhawks trio of All-Americans.
Curtis and teammate Tiffany William are the only returners from last year's first team All-Americans.
There were 11 juniors, eight sophomores, seven freshman and six seniors named to the All-American Teams.
First Team | |||
Name | School | Class | Hometown |
Jade Curtis* | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Jr. | Saltash, England |
Tiffany William* | Auburn Mongtomery (Ala.) | So. | London, England |
Dominika Josova | Brenau (Ga.) | Jr. | Slovakia |
Neesha Thirumalaichelvam | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Jr. | Selangor, Malaysia |
Hui-I Huang | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Fr. | Changhua, Taiwan |
Amy Grossklag | Evangel (Mo.) | So. | Bonita Springs, Fla. |
Dorothy Chong | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | Sr. | Kuching, Malaysia |
Slavica Milanovic | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Sr. | Split, Croatia |
Agnese Rozite | Mobile (Ala.) | Sr. | Riga, Latvia |
Justyna Wojcik | Northwood (Fla.) | Jr. | Vancouver, B.C. |
Anastasiia Baranova | Oklahoma Baptist | Fr. | Russia |
Aziza Butoyi | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Jr. | Burundi, Bujumbura |
Theresa Schmaus | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | Morbach, Germany |
Juliet Labarthe | Vanguard (Calif.) | Jr. | Oklahoma City, Okla. |
Carola Orna | William Carey (Miss.) | So. | Verona, Italy |
Kourtney Howell | Xavier (La.) | Jr. | Cypress, Texas |
Second Team | |||
Name | School | Class | Hometown |
Morgane Zowczak | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Sr. | Yutz, France |
Brenau (Ga.) | Fr. | Serbia | |
Brenau (Ga.) | So. | Spain | |
Angelica Sepulveda | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Fr. | Bucaramanga, Columbia |
Emily Spiech | Davenport (Mich.) | Fr. | Kalamazoo, Mich. |
Kristina Marova | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Star Sediste, Czech Republic |
Rachael Heiniger | Indiana Wesleyan | Jr. | Munster, Ind. |
Livia Blasque | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | So. | Andradina, Brazil |
Alejandra Galvis | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Fr. | Cucuta, Colombia |
Laura Vergara | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Sr. | Murcia, Spain |
Lilian Fereirra | Oklahoma Baptist | Sr. | Maceio, Brazil |
Maja Plavsic | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Jr. | Pula, Croatia |
Nina Pudar | Vanguard (Calif.) | So. | Rykkinn, Norway |
Sarah Spruch | William Carey (Miss.) | So. | Dortmund, Germany |
Brion Flowers | Xavier (La.) | Fr. | Lafayette, La. |
Amanda Materre | Xavier (La.) | So. | Richmond, Texas |
Honorable Mention | |
Name | School |
Bree Honer | Bethel (Kan.) |
Brenau (Ga.) | |
Megan Charity | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
Anna Tumanyan | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
Nicole Faas | Coastal Georgia |
Alyssa Fuentes | Davenport (Mich.) |
Paola Montero | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
Katie Wilson | Indiana Wesleyan |
Andrea Meyering | Indiana Wesleyan |
Hannah Knust | Marian (Ind.) |
Brittney Horlacher | Marina (Ind.) |
Seraphine Buchmann | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) |
Maria Barragan | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
Michaele Sullivan | Vanguard (Calif.) |
Maja Vuzem | William Carey (Miss.) |
Julia Angerman | William Carey (Miss.) |
*2012 First Team All-Americans
By Travis Rae, Communications and Sports Information Intern