The Missouri Valley Conference is pleased to announce the 2019 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Teams. Ten student-athletes have been named to the 2019 MVC Scholar-Athlete Teams; eight of those student-athletes were named to the First Team. The scholar-athlete teams are decided by a vote of the league’s women’s tennis sports information directors, with approval from head coaches.
2019 Scholar-Athlete Team (
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This year’s first team includes six players that have received previous MVC women’s tennis scholar-athlete first-team recognition. Bradley’s Malini Wijesinghe is a three-time first-team honoree.
Twenty-seven student-athletes were nominated for the Valley’s scholar-athlete team. The criterion for the honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must have participated in at least 75% of the regular-season matches or be projected to play in the MVC Championship, with at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA (on a 4.00 scale). Student-athletes must have reached sophomore status in both athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen, redshirt freshmen and first-year transfers were not eligible).
2019 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Ana Carrion-Rodriguez # |
Stony Brook |
Sr. |
3.90 |
Politics and Spanish Language and Literature |
| Veronika Golanova # |
Illinois State |
R-Sr. |
4.00 |
Exercise Science |
| Fati Khamissi #% |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Cell & Molecular Biology |
| Jordan Kopfer # |
Valparaiso |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Health Sciences |
| Jana Kustkova # |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
3.88 |
Finance and Business Management |
| Malini Wijesinghe #^ |
Bradley |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Biochemistry, Spanish and Philosophy |
# 2018 First Team, *2018 Honorable Mention, ^ 2017 First Team, % 2017 Honorable Mention
2019 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Natalia Barbery * |
Bradley |
Jr. |
3.68 |
Industrial Engineering (Engineering Management) |
| Valentina Caro |
UNI |
So. |
3.71 |
Psychology and Individual Studies: Health Sciences |
| Alye Darter * |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
3.74 |
Communications Science & Disorders |
| Liza Petushkova |
Drake |
So. |
3.61 |
Accounting/Finance |
*2018 Honorable Mention