2019 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America Teams Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2019 NAIA Women’s Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes comprise both the first and second teams.
National champion Georgia Gwinnett and runner-up Keiser (Fla.) led all schools with three first-team. Madeline Bosnjak, the two-time winner of the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player of the 2019 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Championship was one of the three first-team selections for the Grizzlies. Emerald Able and Maria Prados Cid joined their teammate along with the three selections from Keiser in Anais Gabriel, Daniela Farfan and Aleksandra Grela.
Two student-athletes represented Xavier (La.) and SCAD Savannah on the first team. Mariia Borodii and Farah Baklouti snagged two spots for the Golden Nuggets while Priya Sukkanha and Eika Johanna Weber took home first-team honors for the Bees.
Tomomi Nagao of Cumberlands (Ky.), Lizzie Bauss of Indiana Wesleyan, Emily Chang of Mobile (Ala.), Tarrannum Handa of Olivet Nazarene (Ill.), Aleksandra Emelianova of San Diego Christian (Calif.) and Zlata Shuraeva of William Woods (Mo.) filled-out the remaining spots on the top team.
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Women’s Tennis First Team All-America
Name | Institution | Hometown | Year |
Tomomi Nagao | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Akiyo Nagao, Japan | SO |
Madeline Bosjnak | Georgia Gwinnett | Frankfurt Am Main, Germany | SO |
Emerald Able | Georgia Gwinnett | Memphis, Tenn. | JR |
Maria Prados Cid | Georgia Gwinnett | Vinaros, Spain | SR |
Lizzie Bauss | Indiana Wesleyan | Kalamazoo, Mich. | JR |
Anais Gabriel | Keiser (Fla.) | Geneva, Switzerland | FR |
Daniela Farfan | Keiser (Fla.) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | SO |
Aleksandra Grela | Keiser (Fla.) | Brussels, Belgium | JR |
Emily Chang | Mobile (Ala.) | Sao Paulo, Brazil | SR |
Tarrannum Handa | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | New Dehli, India | JR |
Aleksandra Emelianova | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Kaliningrad, Russia | SR |
Priya Sukkanha | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Nothaburi, Thailand | FR |
Eika Johanna Weber | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Oslo, Norway | JR |
Zlata Shuraeva | William Woods (Mo.) | Moscow, Russia | JR |
Mariia Borodii | Xavier (La.) | Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine | SO |
Farah Baklouti | Xavier (La.) | Sfax, Tunisia | JR |
Women’s Tennis Second Team All-America
Name | Institution | Hometown | Year |
Juana Zambrano | Brenau (Ga.) | Lima, Peru | FR |
Henar Munoz | Georgia Gwinnett | Albacete, Spain | SR |
Maddie Bemisderfer | Indiana Wesleyan | Fort Wayne, Ind. | FR |
Alex Mella | Indiana Wesleyan | Libertyville, Ill. | SR |
Emma Henriksen | Keiser (Fla.) | Odense, Denmark | SR |
Patricia Perez | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Canary Islands, Spain | SO |
Susana Andres Martinez | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Madrid, Spain | FR |
Sarah Urbanek | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Hamm, Germany | SO |
Beatrice Letizia | Southeastern (Fla.) | Remene, Italy | FR |
Cade Pierson | Westmont (Calif.) | Solvang, Calif. | JR |
Isabel Lee | Westmont (Calif.) | San Diego, Calif. | SR |
Valeriya Shurbina | William Carey (Miss.) | Mykolayiv, Ukraine | FR |
Wijitbanjong Pakkaro | William Carey (Miss.) | Khonkhaen, Thailand | SO |
Sabrina Goetzen | William Carey (Miss.) | Bremen, Germany | SO |
Ana Zavala | William Woods (Mo.) | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | SO |
Charlene Goreau | Xavier (La.) | Toulouse, France | SR |
Women’s Tennis All-America Honorable Mention
Name | Institution | Hometown | Year |
Bolor Enkhbayar | Campbellsville (Ky.) | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | SR |
Lisa Keller | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Neustadt, Germany | SO |
Assya Trimari | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | New Caledonia, France | JR |
Klara Smolikova | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Czech Republic | JR |
Lauren Fazenbaker | Georgetown (Ky.) | Ashland, Ky. | JR |
Gabrielle Robinson | Georgia Gwinnett | Stone Mountain, Ga. | JR |
Tereza Koplova | Georgia Gwinnett | Velky Orechov, Czech Republic | FR |
Lorene Foreste | Keiser (Fla.) | Berlin, Germany | JR |
Sarah Schaerer | Keiser (Fla.) | Zug, Switzerland | SO |
Miljana Milojevic | LSU Alexandria | Nis, Serbia | SO |
Brittany Zipf | McPherson (Kan.) | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia | JR |
Dana Huck | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | Huntertown, Ind. | JR |
Sharienne Ricardo | Southeastern (Fla.) | Willemstad, Curacao | JR |
Brailey McMinn | Southwestern (Kan.) | Canyon, Texas | SO |
Lorena Jimenez | William Carey (Miss.) | Llieda, Spain | SR |
Angela Charles-Alfred | Xavier (La.) | Saint-Pierre, Martinique | SO |