Women's Tennis 25-Year Team (
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ST. LOUIS - The 2017-18 season is a landmark one for the Missouri Valley Conference and for women’s sports. To help celebrate the 45th anniversary of Title IX and the 25th anniversary of women’s sports, the Valley is naming 25-Year Anniversary Teams for each of the Valley’s sponsored women’s sports.
Team composition for each sport has been determined by a 25-person committee (two representatives from each MVC institution and a panel of five voters from the Conference office). The team composition includes years in which league teams competed under the MVC umbrella during the past 25 years (1992-2017) and does not include competition from the current season.
The Missouri Valley Conference was founded in 1907 and is the nation’s second oldest Division I athletics conference. Women’s sports were incorporated into the MVC in 1992, having previously competed under the Gateway Conference banner from 1982-92. In August 2017, the Conference announced its 2018 Hall of Fame Class, which featured three women (in the six-person class). A total of 22 women’s athletes, coaches and pioneers have been honored by the MVC as part of the Hall.
The voting panel determined a ‘Top 10’ from a list of 25 finalists. Those top 10 honorees are listed below, and the top vote-getter is denoted.
Women’s Tennis (sponsorship from 1992-present): Eleven different programs (including affiliate members) have sponsored
women’s tennis in the Missouri Valley Conference during the past 25 years, including; Bradley (1992-present); Creighton (1992-2013); Drake (1992-present); Evansville (1995-2017); Illinois State (1992-present); Indiana State (1992-2009); Missouri State (1992-06; 2015-present); Northern Iowa (1992-present); Southern Illinois (1992-2017); Stony Brook - affiliate (2017-present); Wichita State (1992-2017); Valparaiso also competes in women’s tennis. Valpo joined the Conference for the 2017-18 season.
Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Tennis 25-Year Team
| Name |
School |
Years |
Notable Honors |
| Maddie Johnson |
Drake |
2013-16 |
4-time all-MVC; No. 3 singles champ; No. 3 doubles champ; 2-time Elite 18 |
| Alesia Mikalayeva |
Illinois State |
1999-02 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA doubles qualifier; No. 1 singles champ; No. 2 singles champ; 3-time No. 1 doubles champ; 2000 Freshman of the Year |
| *Liina Suurvarik |
Illinois State |
2001-04 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA singles and doubles qualifier; 3-time No. 1 singles champ; No. 2 singles champ; 4-time No. 1 doubles champ; 2001 Freshman of the Year |
| Jennifer Migan |
Indiana State |
2004-08 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA singles and double qualifier; 3-time No. 1 singles champ; 3-time No. 1 doubles champ; 2005 Freshman of the Year; 2008 Player of the Year |
| Melanie Delsart |
Southern Illinois |
2010-13 |
4-time all-MVC; No. 1 singles champ; 2-time No. 1 doubles champ; 2010 Freshman of the Year |
| Lutfiana Budiharto |
Wichita State |
2009-12 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA singles qualifier; 2-time No. 2 doubles champ; Freshman of the Year; 3-time Player of the Year |
| Stephanie Dalmacio |
Wichita State |
2007-10 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA doubles qualifier; No. 1 singles champ; No. 1 doubles champ |
| Lisa Field |
Wichita State |
1994-98 |
4-time all-MVC; NCAA doubles qualifier; 2-time No. 1 singles champ; No. 2 double champ |
| Gabriela Porubin |
Wichita State |
2015-17 |
3-time all-MVC; NCAA singles qualifier; 2015 Freshman of the Year; 2016 Player of the Year |
| Madina Rakhim |
Wichita State |
2006-07 |
2-time all-MVC; NCAA singles qualifier, 2007 Player of the Year; No. 1 player on first NCAA winning women’s team |
*denotes No. 1 choice in balloting