NAIA Women’s Tennis All-Americans Released
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2021 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 with one honorable mention selection named. Maria Genovese, Tereza Koplova, Selina Pichler, Iryna Lysykh and Ale Ferrer represented the Grizzlies on the first team while Marta Maestro 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. Camilla Abbate and Alisha Hussain were both honored with first-team honors for the Seahawks.
Montreat (N.C.) and Xavier (La.) 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 Xavier are second with four. Union (Ky.), SCAD Savannah (Ga.) and Montreat (N.C.) all have two selections on the two teams.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | Class | Insitution | Hometown |
| Lara Teodoro | Jr. | Ave Maria (Fla.) | Campo Mourao, Brazil |
| Maria Genovese | Jr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Lewisville, Texas |
| Tereza Koplova | So. | Georgia Gwinnett | Velky Orechov, Czech Republic |
| Selina Pichler | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Vienna, Austria |
| Iryna Lysykh | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Severodonetsk, Ukraine |
| Ale Ferrer | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Barcelona, Spain |
| Maddie Bemisderfer | Jr. | Indiana Wesleyan | Fort Wayne, Ind. |
| Camilla Abbate | So. | Keiser (Fla.) | Bologna, Italy |
| Alisha Hussain | Jr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Hvidovre, Denmark |
| Stephanie Petit | Jr. | Montreat (N.C.) | Argentina |
| Valerie Quiceno Ibarguen | Jr. | Montreat (N.C.) | Colombia |
| Stephanie Fernandez | Fr. | Reinhardt (Ga.) | Caracas, Venezuela |
| Priya Sukkanha | Jr. | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Nothaburi, Thailand |
| Teodora Jovic | Fr. | Union (Ky.) | NSW, Australia |
| Lailaa Bashir | So. | Xavier (La.) | Jackson, Miss. |
| Angela Charles-Alfred | Sr. | Xavier (La.) | Saint-Pierre, Martinique |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | Class | Institution | Hometown |
| Lisa Keller | Sr. | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Neustadt, Germany |
| Ainoha Garijo Garrido | Sr. | Cumberland (Tenn.) | Albacete, Spain |
| Tomomi Nagao | Jr. | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Gifu, Japan |
| Marta Maestro | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Madrid, Spain |
| Maissane Aik | Fr. | Keiser (Fla.) | Montlucon, France |
| Hannah Lairmore | Fr. | Keiser (Fla.) | New Orleans, La. |
| Alexandra Parra | So. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Maturin, Venezuela |
| Lucy Carpenter | Fr. | Loyola (La.) | Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y. |
| Laura Fernanda Eugenio De Hilario | Fr. | Saint Katherine (Calif.) | |
| Angela Rinaldi | Jr. | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Thiene (Vicenza), Italy |
| Yue Yu | Fr. | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Dalian, China |
| Tara Gilich | Fr. | Tennessee Wesleyan | Perth, Australia |
| Ljiljana Pajcin | 5th Yr. | Union (Ky.) | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Cade Pierson | Sr. | Westmont (Calif.) | Solvang, Calif. |
| Kyra Akinnibi | Jr. | Xavier (La.) | London, England |
| Farah Baklouti | Sr. | Xavier (La.) | Sfax, Tunisia |
HONORABLE MENTION
| Name | Class | Institution | Hometown |
| Juana Zambrano | So. | Brenau (Ga.) | Lima, Peru |
| Klara Smolikova | 5th Yr. | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) | Jilava, Czech Republic |
| Liza Velykorodna | Fr. | Georgia Gwinnett | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Thais Mendez | Sr. | Indiana Wesleyan | Vina del Mar, Chile |
| Aynara Armas | Fr. | Indiana Wesleyan | Canary Islands, Spain |
| Lucia Mora | Jr. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Yopal, Colombia |
| Parisa Rachdanone | So. | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Darija Mladenovic | Fr. | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Nis, Serbia |
| Maria Alvarez | Fr. | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Madrid, Spain |
| Alexia Desmet | So. | Middle Georgia State | Belgium |
| Nicole Bueno | Jr. | Montreat (N.C.) | Providence, R.I. |
| Camila Puente | Sr. | Northwestern Ohio | Cali, Colombia |
| Giulia Leali | Jr. | Ottawa (Ariz.) | Mantova, Italy |
| Patricia Eftenoiu | Sr. | Ottawa (Kan.) | Bucharest, Romania |
| McKenna Mountain | Fr. | Saint Katherine (Calif.) | |
| Barbara Damiani | Sr. | San Diego Christian (Calif.) | Genova, Liguria, Italy |
| Simran Kejriwal | Sr. | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) | Mumbai, India |
| Eika Johanna Weber | 5th Yr. | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Oslo, Norway |
| Kierstin Hensley | Sr. | Shawnee State (Ohio) | Ashland, Ky. |
| Thamara Pinto | Jr. | Texas Wesleyan | Lima, Peru |
| Marina Prieto | Fr. | William Carey (Miss.) | Barcelona, Spain |
| Valeriya Shurbina | So. | William Carey (Miss.) | Mykolayiv, Ukraine |
| Zlata Shuraeva | Sr. | William Woods (Mo.) | Moscow, Russia |
| Ana Zavala | Sr. | William Woods (Mo.) | Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
