NAIA Women’s Tennis All-Americans Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2022 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 led all schools with five first-team selections and six overall. Maria Genovese, Selina Pichler, Alejandra Ferrer, Iryna Lysykh and Tereza Koplova represented the Grizzlies on the first team while Liza Velykorodna was named a second-team selection. Lysykh was named the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend.
Two student-athletes represented national championship runner-up Keiser (Fla.) on the first team. Kahea Companion and Vanja Vidanovic were both honored with first-team honors for the Seahawks.
Montreat (N.C.) and SCAD Savannah (Ga.) were also well represented on the top team with two selections apiece. All totaled, Georgia Gwinnett leads all schools with six selections to the two teams combined. Keiser and Indiana Wesleyan are second with four. Montreat, SCAD Savannah, Southeastern (Fla.) and Tennessee Wesleyan all have two selections on the two teams.
FIRST TEAM |
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| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Lara Teodoro | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Senior | Campo Mourao, Brazil |
| Tomomi Nagao | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Senior | Gifu, Japan |
| Maria Genovese | Georgia Gwinnett | Senior | Lewisville, Texas |
| Selina Pichler | Georgia Gwinnett | Sophomore | Vienna, Austria |
| Ale Ferrer | Georgia Gwinnett | Sophomore | Barcelona, Spain |
| Iryna Lysykh | Georgia Gwinnett | Sophomore | Severodonetsk, Ukraine |
| Tereza Koplova | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Velky Orechov, Czech Republic |
| Maddie Bemisderfer | Indiana Wesleyan | Junior | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Kahea Companion | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Vanja Vidanovic | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Subotica, Serbia |
| Stephanie Petit | Montreat (N.C.) | Senior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Valerie Quiceno | Montreat (N.C.) | Senior | Bogota, Colombia |
| Aarushi Kakkar | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Fifth Year | Chandigarh, India |
| Priya Sukkanha | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Senior | Nonthaburi, Thailand |
| Yue Yu | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sophomore | Dalian, China |
| Teodora Jovic | Union (Ky.) | Sophomore | Gorokan, Australia |
SECOND TEAM |
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| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Liza Velykorodna | Georgia Gwinnett | Sophomore | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Lena Golz | Indiana Wesleyan | Junior | Erfurt, Germany |
| Ashlee Fisk | Indiana Wesleyan | Freshman | Greenwood, Ind. |
| Thais Mendez | Indiana Wesleyan | Fifth Year | Vina del Mar, Chile |
| Joyce Nouws | Keiser (Fla.) | Sophomore | Sprundel, Netherlands |
| Kanon Sorakubo | Keiser (Fla.) | Sophomore | Saga, Japan |
| Lucy Carpenter | Loyola (La.) | Sophomore | Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. |
| Giulia Leali | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Senior | Mantova, Italy |
| Martina Picardi | Southeastern (Fla.) | Freshman | Avellino, Italy |
| Beatrice Letizia | Southeastern (Fla.) | Junior | Rimini, Italy |
| Josefa Fernandez | Tennessee Wesleyan | Sophomore | Santiago, Chile |
| Tara Gilich | Tennessee Wesleyan | Sophomore | Perth, Australia |
| Karen Kondo | Union (Ky.) | Freshman | Tokyo, Japan |
| Marina Prieto | William Carey (Miss.) | Sophomore | Barcelona, Spain |
| Ana Zavala | William Woods (Mo.) | Fifth Year | Tegucigalpa, Hondurus |
| Kareemah Muhammad | Xavier (La.) | Freshman | Tustin, Calif. |
HONORABLE MENTION |
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| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Andrea Rodriguez Oria | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Junior | Lepe, Spain |
| Tsveti Trifonova | Blue Mountain (Miss.) | Junior | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Oriana Espinoza | Campbellsville (Ky.) | Freshman | Cornelius, N.C. |
| Jessica Hernandez | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Junior | Bogota, Colombia |
| Lucia Mora | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Senior | Yopal, Colombia |
| Alexandra Parra | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Junior | Maturin, Venezuela |
| Candela Bonivardi | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Junior | Cordoba, Argentina |
| Alicia Romero | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Junior | Cordoba, Spain |
| Johanna Sotelo-Mena | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Freshman | Guadalajara, Mexico |
| Yana Goranova | Ottawa (Kan.) | Senior | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| McKenna Mountain | Saint Katherine (Calif.) | Sophomore | San Diego, Calif. |
| Laura Fernanda | Saint Katherine (Calif.) | Sophomore | Tijuana, Mexico |
| Shayee Sherif | Westcliff (Calif.) | Sophomore | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Rachal Jackson | Westmont (Calif.) | Senior | Del Mar, Calif. |
| Francesca Aguirre | Westmont (Calif.) | Freshman | Weston, Fla. |
| Juliette Finch | Xavier (La.) | Freshman | Delray Beach, Fla. |
