The Missouri Valley Conference announces the 2021 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Teams. Laura Arciniegas of Illinois State highlights the team as the Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
2021 Scholar-Athlete Team (
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Sixteen student-athletes have been named to the 2021 MVC Scholar-Athlete Teams; eight of those student-athletes were named to the First Team. This year’s first team includes four players that have received previous MVC women’s tennis scholar-athlete first-team recognition.
Twenty-six 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 3.30 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).
The scholar-athlete teams are decided by a vote of the league’s women’s tennis sports information directors, with approval from head coaches.
2021 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Laura Arciniegas* |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
4.0 |
Sport Management (Masters) |
| Ellie Burger* |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.86 |
General Business |
| Olivia Czerwonka |
Valparaiso |
So. |
3.75 |
Nursing |
| Natalia Barbery* |
Bradley |
Sr. |
3.70 |
Industrial Engineering (Engineering Management) |
| Liza Petushkova* |
Drake |
Sr. |
3.73 |
Accounting and Finance |
| Alyson Piskulic |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Cell and Molecular Biology |
| Mathilde Sreeves |
Stony Brook |
So. |
3.96 |
Computer Science (Philosophy Minor) |
| Daria Walczak |
Drake |
Jr. |
3.94 |
International Business |
*2020 Scholar-Athlete First Team
2021 Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Team
| Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| Jelena Vujicic |
Illinois State |
Sr. |
4.0 |
Sport Management (Masters) |
| Emma Carr |
UNI |
So. |
3.72 |
Biology |
| Claire Czerwonka |
Valparaiso |
Sr. |
3.52 |
Nursing |
| Olivia Fain |
UNI |
Jr. |
3.55 |
Biology |
| Bozana Lojpur |
Bradley |
So. |
3.32 |
Chemistry (Business) |
| Claire Martin |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Marketing Research |
| Nikki Perlwitz |
Bradley |
So. |
3.35 |
International Studies |
| Mara Presot |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Hospitality Leadership |
*2019 Honorable Mention