NAIA Women’s Tennis All-Americans Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2023 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 national championship runner-up Keiser (Fla.) led all schools with four, first-team selections. Justine Lespes, Teodora Jovic, Tereza Koplova and Angel Carney represented the Grizzlies on the first team while Violet Apisah, Ksenija Vujacic, Yvette Schmucker and Vanja Vidanovic represented the Seahawks. Lespes was named the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend. Keiser’s Isabella Perez Flores and Georgia Gwinnett’s Stephanie Fernandez earned second team honors also..
Xavier (La.) was the only other school that had two student-athletes on the first team (Kareemah Muhammad and Mbali Langa). All totaled, Georgia Gwinnett and Keiser also led all schools with five selections to the two teams combined. Ave Maria (Fla.), Cumberlands (Ky.), Indiana Wesleyan, LSU Alexandria (La.), SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and Xavier (La.) all had two selections across both teams.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Meiri Okuwaki | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sophomore | Saitama, Japan |
| Justine Lespes | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | La-Teste-de-Buch, France |
| Teodora Jovic | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Gorokan, Australia |
| Tereza Koplova | Georgia Gwinnett | Fifth Year | Velky Orechov, Czech Republic |
| Angel Carney | Georgia Gwinnett | Senior | Dallas, Ga. |
| Sofia Loren Munoz | Indiana Wesleyan | Freshman | Medellin, Colombia |
| Violet Apisah | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Sydney, Australia |
| Ksenija Vujacic | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Perth, Australia |
| Yvette Schmucker | Keiser (Fla.) | Freshman | Ludwigsburg, Germany |
| Vanja Vidanovic | Keiser (Fla.) | Sophomore | Subotica, Serbia |
| Candela Bonivardi | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Senior | Cordoba, Argentina |
| Yue Yu | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Junior | Dalian, China |
| Olivia Alcala | Tennessee Wesleyan | Freshman | Bogota, Colombia |
| Jordan Ortega | William Carey (Miss.) | Senior | Les Franqueses del Valles, Spain |
| Kareemah Muhammad | Xavier (La.) | Sophomore | Tustin, Calif. |
| Mbali Langa | Xavier (La.) | Junior | Johannesburg, South Africa |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Vitoria Barandas | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Sophomore | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Valentine Colin | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Senior | Obernai, France |
| Laura Prieto | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sophomore | Vigo, Spain |
| Stephanie Fernandez | Georgia Gwinnett | Junior | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Victoria Savvides | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Freshman | Cyprus |
| Melanie Dveksler | Indiana Wesleyan | Senior | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Isabella Perez Flores | Keiser (Fla.) | Junior | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Reshma Challarapu | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Junior | Vizakapatnam, India |
| Lucy Carpenter | Loyola (La.) | Junior | Croton-On-Hudson, NY |
| Annemart Kleijn | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Junior | Meppel, Netherlands |
| Marina Prieto | Middle Georgia State | Junior | Barcelona, Catalunya |
| Aarushi Kakkar | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Fifth Year | Chandigarh, India |
| Alessia Piccoliori | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sophomore | S. Cristina, Italy |
| Anna Bintsarovskaya | St. Francis (Ill.) | Freshman | Chachkov, Belarus |
| Marielena Muench | Westcliff (Calif.) | Sophomore | Estenfeld, Germany |
| Hanna Lindeboom | William Woods (Mo.) | Sophomore | Groningen, Netherlands |
HONORABLE MENTIONS
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Deondra Bacchus | Arizona Christian | Junior | Glendale, Ariz. |
| Daniela Herrera | Bethel (Kan.) | Sophomore | Juarez, Mexico |
| Emerson Banning | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Sophomore | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia |
| Ximena Matamoros | Cornerstone (Mich.) | Junior | Cucuta, Colombia |
| Jessica Hernandez | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Senior | Bogota, Colombia |
| Kia Carvalho-Landell | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Junior | Birmingham, England |
| Maldini Simic | Hope International (Calif.) | Freshman | Manchester, United Kingdom |
| Breann Barger | Indiana Wesleyan | Junior | Craigville, Ind. |
| Linda Marino | IU East (Ind.) | Junior | Bucaramanga, Colombia |
| Alicia Romero | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Senior | Cordoba, Spain |
| Valentina Urelli | Menlo (Calif.) | Junior | Italy |
| Maria Toledo | Mobile (Ala.) | Senior | Trinidad, Bolivia |
| Ana Cetina | Northwestern Ohio | Junior | Chia, Colombia |
| Karen Kondo | Union (Ky.) | Sophomore | Tokyo, Japan |
| Rin Igarashi | Union (Ky.) | Freshman | Gifu, Japan |
| Francesca Aguirre | Westmont (Calif.) | Sophomore | Weston, Fla. |
