ITA Announces 2015 All-America Teams for NAIA Tennis
SKILLMAN, NJ (May 29) -- The ITA has announced the 2015 All-America Teams for Men's and Women's NAIA tennis. Georgia Gwinnett College led all schools with six combined All-Americans. Auburn University Montgomery and Lindsey Wilson College each had five All-Americans, and Xavier University (LA) and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University both tallied four.
A player must meet either of the following criteria to earn ITA All-America honors:
Singles: Finish in the Top 20 of the final Oracle/ITA National NAIA Collegiate Tennis Rankings
Doubles: Finish in the Top 10 of the final Oracle/ITA National NAIA Collegiate Tennis Rankings
2015 ITA NAIA All-Americans
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| Player | School | S/D | Player | School | S/D | |
| Nicolas Pinones-Haltenhoff | Auburn Montgomery | S | Desiree Jackson | Arizona Christian | S | |
| Vincent Dubosclard | Auburn Montgomery | S | Alice Baudeigne | Auburn Montgomery | S | |
| Manuel Raga | Bethany | S | Anna Rudolfova | Auburn Montgomery | D | |
| Christian Wickenhauser | Concordia - Irvine | S/D | Paula Diaz | Auburn Montgomery | D | |
| Till Guttenberger | Concordia - Irvine | D | Fatyha Berjane | Brenau | S | |
| Deni Zmak | Embry-Riddle | S/D | Maria Perdomo-Medina | Brenau | S | |
| Jaime Sanchez-Canamares Rios | Embry-Riddle | S/D | Jitsupa Sirinit | Cardinal Stritch | D | |
| Connor Clements | Georgia Gwinnett | D | Volvy Boilevin | Cardinal Stritch | D | |
| Jordan Cox | Georgia Gwinnett | S/D | Ivana Vlakic | Concordia - Irvine | S | |
| Kevin Konfederak | Georgia Gwinnett | S/D | Alyssa Fuentes | Davenport | D | |
| Matias Hatem | Georgia Gwinnett | S/D | Puck Luttikhuis | Davenport | D | |
| Edberg Espinoza | Lindsey Wilson | S/D | Hui-I Huang | Embry-Riddle | S/D | |
| Francisco Charters | Lindsey Wilson | D | Anna Gotz | Embry-Riddle | D | |
| Joan-Marc Fajula Rodriguez | McPherson | S | Amy Fritz | Evangel | S | |
| Daniel Rueda | Northwestern Ohio | S/D | Laura Wehner | Georgia Gwinnett | D | |
| Thommy Johansson | Northwestern Ohio | D | Valeria Podda | Georgia Gwinnett | S/D | |
| Alvaro Iturriaga | Northwood | D | Jessica Worring | Graceland | S | |
| Rafael Lenz | Northwood | D | Sagung Putri Dwinta | Lewis Clark State | S | |
| Daniel Aguilera | Oklahoma Baptist | S | Alicia Rodriguez | Lindsey Wilson | S | |
| Oscar Cornella | Olivet Nazarene | S | Fiona Curty | Lindsey Wilson | S | |
| Brendan Aguilar | San Diego Christian | S/D | Henar Munoz | Lindsey Wilson | S | |
| Leonardo Urquidi | San Diego Christian | D | Adelaide Wood | Northwood | S | |
| David Veliz | Southeastern (FL) | S/D | Anastasia Baranova | Oklahoma Baptist | S/D | |
| Gelawdiyos Haile | Southeastern (FL) | D | Kateryna Shkot | Oklahoma Baptist | S/D | |
| Fabio Silva | Vanguard | S | Priscila Nunez | Olivet Nazarene | D | |
| Roger Muri | Vanguard | S/D | Seraphine Buchmann | Olivet Nazarene | D | |
| Stefan Kilchhofer | Vanguard | S/D | Camille Gbaguidi | Savannah College | S/D | |
| Kyle Montrel | Xavier (LA) | S | Carolina Viteri | Savannah College | D | |
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Ines Costamagna | Westmont | D | |||
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Lauren Stratman | Westmont | S/D | |||
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Caroline Vernet | Xavier (LA) | S/D | |||
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Nour Abbes | Xavier (LA) | S | |||
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Simone-Alyse Ewell | Xavier (LA) | D | |||
To view the entire listing of the 2015 ITA All-Americans from all divisions, as well as former ITA All-Americans, please click here.
About the ITA Awards program:
As the governing body of collegiate tennis, the ITA promotes both the athletic and academic achievements of varsity collegiate tennis players. The ITA, which is comprised of nearly 1,700 men's and women's varsity coaches and 20,000 student-athletes from over 1,200 institutions, has a comprehensive awards program for players and coaches to honor excellence in academics, leadership, sportsmanship and athletic performance. Awards are given to both men and women, on the Regional and National levels to all Divisions represented within the ITA (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, and Community and Junior Colleges). The ITA annually recognizes over 3,000 student-athletes on an individual and team basis from over 500 different varsity tennis programs. For more information on the ITA Awards program, please visit http://www.itatennis.com/AwardsAndRankings/ITA_Award_Winners.htm