Northwest Missouri State University junior
Sara Grozdanovic earned first-team all-MIAA women's tennis honors, while also capturing the league's Sportsmanship Award.
Grozdanovic (Berlin, Germany) has posted a singles record of 14-5 overall and 9-3 in dual play. She has gone 6-2 in MIAA singles matches. She is also one of three women's players that earned the MIAA Sportsmanship Award. She will share the honor with Fort Hays State's Lauren Lindell and Nebraska-Kearney's Claire Neil. Grozdanovic teamed with
Julie Rinderknech to earn honorable mention honors at No. 3 doubles.
Northwest junior
Marta Ferrando earned second-team all-MIAA status at No. 2 singles.
The Bearcats had three singles players and all three doubles teams earn honorable mention accolades -
Irene Recuenco (No. 2 singles),
Julia Aliseda (No. 4 singles),
Julie Rinderknech (No. 5 singles),
Tania Teruel/Ferrando (No. 1 doubles), Recuenco/Aliseda (No. 2 doubles) and Rinderknech/Grozdanovic (No. 3 doubles).
2018-19 MIAA Women's Tennis Awards and All-MIAA Teams
Co-Players of the Year: Adel-Byanu Abidullina - Central Oklahoma, Alexis Czapinski - Washburn
Freshman of the Year: Adel-Byanu Abidullina- Central Oklahoma
Coach of the Year: Lance Lysaught - Washburn
Sportsmanship Awards: Lauren Lindell - Fort Hays State, Claire Neil - Nebraska Kearney,
Sara Grozdanovic - Northwest Missouri
First-Team
No. 1 Singles - Adel-Byanu Abidullina- Central Oklahoma
No. 2 Singles - Alexis Czapinski - Washburn
No. 3 Singles - Paola Landin - Central Oklahoma
No. 4 Singles - Maria Soler Valverde - Washburn
No. 5 Singles - Svea Crohn - Washburn
No. 6 Singles -
Sara Grozdanovic - Northwest Missouri, Sarah Van Eeckhoudt - Central Oklahoma
No. 1 Doubles - Alexis Czapinski and Logan Morrissey - Washburn
No. 2 Doubles - Adel-Byanu Abidullina and Nikki Boyar - Central Oklahoma
No. 3 Doubles - Sarah Van Eeckhoudt and Alix Williams - Central Oklahoma
Includes Ties In Voting
Second-Team
No. 1 Singles - Tatjana Stoll - Northeastern State
No. 2 Singles - Mayra Jovic - Northeastern State
No. 3 Singles -
Marta Ferrando - Northwest Missouri, Klara Vickov - Southwest Baptist
No. 4 Singles - Diana Cabrera - Southwest Baptist
No. 5 Singles - Karla Tomaic - Northeastern State
No. 6 Singles - Silvana Caceres - Emporia State
No. 1 Doubles - Tatjana Stoll and Mayra Jovic - Northeastern State
No. 2 Doubles - Jacqueline Engelbrecht and Svea Crohn - Washburn
No. 3 Doubles - Camryn Parnell and Claire Neil - Nebraska Kearney
Includes Ties In Voting
Honorable Mentions
No. 1 Singles - Jill Van den Dungen - Southwest Baptist
No. 2 Singles - Isabella Dunlap - Central Oklahoma,
Irene Recuenco - Northwest Missouri
No. 4 Singles - Kirtana Bhat - Central Oklahoma,
Julia Aliseda - Northwest Missouri
No. 5 Singles - Nikki Boyar - Central Oklahoma,
Julie Rinderknech - Northwest Missouri
No. 6 Singles - Madison Lysaught - Washburn
No. 1 Doubles - Isabella Dunlap and Paola Landin - Central Oklahoma,
Tania Teruel and
Marta Ferrando - Northwest Missouri, Jill Van den Dungen and Klara Vickov - Southwest Baptist
No. 2 Doubles - Viktoria Mackova and Karen Santiago - Emporia State,
Irene Recuenco and
Julia Aliseda - Northwest Missouri
No. 3 Doubles - Silvana Caceres and Shannen Meyer - Emporia State, Melissa Vera and Emma Warnock - Northeastern State,
Julie Rinderknech and
Sara Grozdanovic - Northwest Missouri