Mid-American Conference

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE ANNOUNCES 2018 WOMEN’S TENNIS ACADEMIC ALL-MAC TEAM
Cleveland, Ohio – The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced the 2018 Women’s Tennis Academic All-MAC Team with 27 students named to the honor. 
 
Heading this year’s list are seven three-time Academic All-MAC selections, including Akron senior Carli Knezevich, Eastern Michigan senior Andrea Martinovska, Miami senior Anastasiia Vashiukhina, Northern Illinois seniors Abigail Dekkinga and Evelyn Youel and Toledo senior’s Sidnay Huck and Colleen O’Brien.
 
Thirteen two-time Academic All-MAC selections include Akron junior Luisa Echeverry, Ball State junior Isabelle Dohanics, Bowling Green junior Polina Radeva, Buffalo juniors Chantal Martinez Blanco, Mercedes Losada Rubio and Sanjana Sudhhir, Eastern Michigan senior Alejandra Barcelo Almoyna and junior Marie Mayerova, Miami junior Emily Struble, Toledo junior Claire Aleck, Western Michigan juniors Denise Azcui, Katja Fevralev and Melina Lyubomirova.
 
First-time selections include Akron’s Rita Pedroso, Bowling Green’s Ayumi Sasaki and Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, Buffalo’s Anna Savchenko, Northern Illinois’ Brodie Walker, Toledo’s Dee Dee Leenabanchong and Western Michigan’s Gabriela Slavova.
 
Nominees must have a minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average to be eligible for the team.
 
2018 Women’s Tennis Academic All-MAC Team (27):
^Luisa Echeverry, Akron, Junior, 3.624 GPA, Mechanical Engineering, Cali, Colombia
^*Carli Knezevich, Akron, Senior, 3.371 GPA, Sport Management, Austin, Texas
Rita Pedroso, Akron, Sophomore, 3.90 GPA, International Business, Porto, Portugal
^Isabelle Dohanics, Ball State, Junior, 3.443 GPA, Biology, Cranberry Township, PA
^Polina Radeva, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.76 GPA, Psychology, Varna, Bulgaria
Ayumi Sasaki, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Individualized Business, Montreal, Quebec
Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.909 GPA, Business Management, Lviv, Ukraine
^Chantal Martinez Blanco, Buffalo, Junior, 3.739 GPA, Economics, San Juan, Puerto Rico
^Mercedes Losada Rubio, Buffalo, Junior, 3.626 GPA, Management, Granada, Spain
Anna Savchenko, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.681 GPA, English, Limassol, Cyprus
^Sanjana Sudhir, Buffalo, Junior, 3.599 GPA, Economics, Thrissur, India
^Alejandra Barcelo Almoyna, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.40 GPA, Entrepreneurship, Alicante, Spain
^*Andrea Martinovska, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.68 GPA, International Affairs, Plzn, Czech Republic
^Marie Mayerova, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.42 GPA, Criminology, Krmelin, Czech Republic
^*Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Miami, Senior, 3.82 GPA, Bioengineering, Moscow, Russia
^Emily Struble, Miami, Junior, 3.97 GPA, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Holt, Mich.
^*Abigail Dekkinga, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.62 GPA, Communications–Media Studies, Allegan, Mich.
^*Evelyn Youel, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.844 GPA, Mathematics Education, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Brodie Walker, Northern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.689 GPA, International Politics, Bristol, England
^Claire Aleck, Toledo, Junior, 3.90 PGA, Exercise Science, Ada, Mich.
^*Sidnay Huck, Toledo, Senior, 3.60 GPA, Education, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dee Dee Leenabanchong, Toledo, Sophomore, 3.60 GPA, Information Systems, Bangkok, Thailand
^*Colleen O’Brien, Toledo, Senior, 3.57 GPA, Biology, Ann Arbor, Mich.
^Denise Azcui, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.93 GPA, Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering, Bloomington, Ind.
^Katja Fevralev, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.46 GPA, Fashion Design & Development, Bielefeld, Germany
^Melina Lyubomirova, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.63 GPA, Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
Gabriela Slavova, Western Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72 GPA, Pre-Human Resource Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
 
^2017 Academic All-MAC Team
*2016 Academic All-MAC Team