ITA Announces 2014 All-America Teams for NAIA Tennis
SKILLMAN, NJ (May 30) -- The ITA has announced the 2014 All-America Teams for Men's and Women's NAIA tennis. The men and women from Auburn University at Montgomery led the way with a total of six players earning ITA All-America honors, four women and two men.
A player must meet any of the following criteria to earn ITA All-America honors:
Singles: Finish in the Top 20 of the final ITA College Tennis Rankings
Doubles: Finish in the Top 10 of the final ITA College Tennis Rankings
| MEN | WOMEN | |||||
| Player | School | S/D | Player | School | S/D | |
| Nik Artaev | Aquinas | D | Paula Diaz | Auburn Montgomery | D | |
| Aaron Hendrick | Aquinas | S/D | Anna Rudolfova | Auburn Montgomery | D | |
| Nicolas Pinones-Haltenhoff | Auburn Montgomery | S | Bright Phakamad | Auburn Montgomery | D | |
| Zinelabidine Jouini | Auburn Montgomery | S | Jade Curtis | Auburn Montgomery | S/D | |
| Andre de Almeida | Belhaven | S | Zalina Nazarova | Brenau | D | |
| Manuel Raga | Bethany | S/D |
Maria Perdomo-Medina |
Brenau | S | |
| Edgardo Tapia | Bethany | D | Dominika Jasova | Brenau | S/D | |
| Jose Zaatini | Coastal Georgia | D | Neesha Thirumalaichelvam | Cumberlands (KY) | S | |
| Louis Volclair | Coastal Georgia | D | Hui-I-Huang | Embry-Riddle | S/D | |
| Christian Wickenhauser | Concordia | S | Kristina Marova | Embry-Riddle | D | |
| Antonio (Juan) Manuel Marcelo | Cumberland (TN) | S | Anna Gotz | Embry-Riddle | S | |
| Jordan Parker | Davenport | S | Amy Fritz | Evangel | S | |
| Simon Felix | Embry-Riddle | D | Helena Korompis | Georgia Gwinnett | D | |
| Demi Zmak | Embry-Riddle | S/D | Paloma Cortina | Georgia Gwinnett | S | |
| Mark Verryth | Georgia Gwinnett | S | Valeria Podda | Georgia Gwinnett | S/D | |
| Bruno Tiberti | Georgia Gwinnett | S | Jessica Worring | Graceland | S | |
| Birkir Gunnarsson | Graceland | S/D | Alejandra Galvis | Lindsey Wilson | S | |
| Daniel Razo Torres | Graceland | D | Sarah Bernos | Lindsey Wilson | S | |
| Francisco Charters | Lindsey Wilson | D | Justyna Wojcik | Northwood (FL) | S | |
| Fabricio Morales | Lindsey Wilson | D | Anastasiia Baranova | Oklahoma Baptist | S/D | |
| Rafael Bulnes | McPherson | S | Kateryna Shkot | Oklahoma Baptist | S/D | |
| Ronnie Myburgh | Northwestern Ohio | D | Maja Plavsic | SCAD - Savannah | D | |
| Daniel Rueda | Northwestern Ohio | S/D | Theresa Schmaus | SCAD - Savannah | S/D | |
| Dario Macanovic | Oklahoma Baptist | D | Tetiana Kovalska | St. Thomas (FL) | S | |
| Marco Carvajal | Oklahoma Baptist | S/D | Juliet Labarthe | Vanguard | S | |
| Roger Muri | Vanguard | S/D | Kate Stratman | Westmont | D | |
| Stefan Kilchhofer | Vanguard | S/D | Lauren Stratman | Westmont | S/D | |
| Joshua Barnard | Westmont | D | Simone-Alyse Ewell | Xavier (LA) | D | |
| Tim Goranson | Westmont | S | Nour Abbes | Xavier (LA) | S/D | |
| Rodrigo Schaefer | Westmont | S/D | Kourtney Howell | Xavier (LA) | S/D | |
| Kyle Montrel | Xavier (LA) | S | Brion Flowers | Xavier (LA) | D | |
To view the entire listing of the 2014 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
