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Shocker Tennis Teams Earn Awards at 2014 MVC Tennis Banquet

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Shocker Tennis Teams Earn Awards at 2014 MVC Tennis Banquet

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The Missouri Valley Conference has announced the 2014 men's and women's tennis All-Conference teams, with representation from six different conference schools between the men's and women's selections. Student-athletes named to the All-Conference team were honored at the annual Missouri Valley Conference tennis awards banquet Thursday evening in Normal, Ill., preceding the Valley Team Tennis Championship hosted by Illinois State University.

The All-Conference team is comprised of one individual from each of the six singles flight classes, as well as three doubles teams from each of the doubles flight classes. In addition, six other individuals are chosen regardless of flight distinction and are named to an "All-Select" Team.

Individuals earning selection to the All-Conference singles team via the flight-selection process are not eligible for the at-large select team. The All-Conference team is chosen by a vote of league coaches.

Scholar-Athlete honors require athletes to meet performance standards to be eligible for selection.  A student-athlete must hold a cumulative 3.2 GPA, at least a sophomore in athletic and academic standing, and have participated in 75% of the regular season or projected participation in the MVC Championship to earn a spot on the MVC Scholar-Athlete team.

The WSU women's tennis team won 11 awards. This included three on the MVC Women's Tennis All-Conference Singles Team, one on the MVC Women's Tennis All-Conference All-Select Team, a doubles pair on the MVC Women's Tennis All-Conference Doubles Team, the MVC Women's Tennis Player of the Year, the MVC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year, three on the Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team and one as a MVC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention.

Julia Schiller (at No. 1 singles), Rebecca Pedrazzi (at No. 2 singles) and Veronika Blaskova (at No. 6 singles) each were named to the MVC Women's Tennis All-Conference Singles Team. Lucia Kovalova was named to the All-Select Team while Schiller/Abby Stevens were named to the MVC Women's Tennis All-Conference Doubles Team at No. 3 doubles.

Schiller was named the MVC Women's Tennis Player of the year for the first time in her career after registering a 6-0 conference record at No. 1 singles. Shocker women's tennis head coach Colin Foster was named the MVC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year after leading his team to a 6-0 record in conference match play as he led the Shockers to their sixth straight regular season title.

Montse Blasco Fernandez, Blaskova and Kovalova each were named to the MVC Women's Scholar-Athlete First Team and Pedrazzi was named as a MVC Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention.

On the men's side, Ilija Cuic and Tin Ostojic were named to the 2014 MVC Men's Tennis All-Conference All-Select Team.

Both Wichita State tennis teams will be in action on Saturday as they look to defend their MVC Tournament Championships from last season. The 54th ranked Shocker women's tennis team takes on the winner of the Northern Iowa/Illinois State matchup at 10 a.m. on Saturday while the men's tennis team competes against Southern Illinois on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The MVC Tournament Championship previews for each Shocker tennis team will be posted on Friday. Live stats will be available for the MVC Tournament Championship from the Valley in the schedule page and the schedule box on the home page, and the results for each match will be posted after the completion of play.

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2014 Valley Women's Tennis All-Conference 

SINGLES
No. 1 – Julia Schiller, Wichita State
No. 2 – Rebecca Pedrazzi, Wichita State

No. 3 – Maddie Johnson, Drake
No. 4 – Nell Boyd, Drake
No. 5 – Jordan Eggleston, Drake
No. 6 – Veronika Blaskova, Wichita State

ALL-SELECT TEAM
Klavdija Rebol, Drake
Marketa Trousilova, Evansville
Phyllis Tigges, Illinois State
Anita Lee, Southern Illinois
Natasha Tomishima, Southern Illinois
Lucia Kovalova, Wichita State

DOUBLES
No. 1 – Madeliene Baillon/Phyllis Tigges, Illinois State
No. 2 – Anita Lee/Korey Love, Southern Illinois
No. 3 – Julia Schiller/Abby Stevens, Wichita State

Player of the Year:
Julia Schiller, Wichita State


Freshman of the Year:
Ariel Dechter, Bradley

Coach of the Year:
Colin Foster, Wichita State

2014 Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team

Carly Miles, Bradley

Maddie Johnson, Drake

Kelsey Costales, Evansville

Kadi Ilves, Illinois State

Heather Nisbet, Illinois State

Phyllis Tigges, Illinois State

Anita Lee, Southern Illinois

Korey Love, Southern Illinois

Montse Blasco Fernadez, Wichita State

Veronika Blaskova, Wichita State

Lucia Kovalova, Wichita State 

2014 Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention

Adele Henke, Bradley

Marketa Trousilova, Evansville

Gisela Cairo Baza, Southern Illinois

Natasha Tomishima, Southern Illinois

Rebecca Pedrazzi, Wichita State

2014 Valley Men's Tennis All-Conference 

SINGLES
No. 1 – Alen Salibasic, Drake
No. 2 – Jorge Cavero, Southern Illinois
No. 3 – Robin Goodman, Drake
No. 4 – Matt Frost, Drake
No. 5 – Ravi Patel, Drake
No. 6 – Ben Mullis, Drake

ALL-SELECT TEAM
Ben Lott, Drake
Erik Brunskog, Illinois State
Michal Kianicka, Southern Illinois
Jonny Rigby, Southern Illinois
Ilija Cuic, Wichita State
Tin Ostojic, Wichita State

 
DOUBLES
No. 1 – Michal Kianicka/Jonny Rigby, Southern Illinois
No. 2 – Ben Mullis/Alen Salbasic, Drake
No. 3 – Matt Frost/Ravi Patel, Drake

Player of the Year:
Alen Salibasic, Drake

Freshman of the Year:
Michal Kianicka, Southern Illinois

Coach of the Year:
Davidson Kozlowski, Drake
Dann Nelson, Southern Illinois

2014 Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete First Team

Ashton Kalhorn, Bradley

Arthur Romanet, Bradley

Hamish Weerasinghe, Bradley

Robin Goodman, Drake

Ben Mullis, Drake

Alen Salibasic, Drake

Jakub Eisner, Illinois State

Rolando Torrellas, Illinois State

Jacob Wilson, Illinois State

Rafael Cuadrillero, Southern Illinois

Jonny Rigby, Southern Illinois

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Players Mentioned

Ilija Cuic

Ilija Cuic

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6' 1"
Senior
Tin Ostojic

Tin Ostojic

PLAYER
6' 2"
Sophomore
Montse Blasco Fernandez

Montse Blasco Fernandez

PLAYER
Senior
Veronika Blaskova

Veronika Blaskova

PLAYER
Senior
Lucia Kovalova

Lucia Kovalova

PLAYER
Junior
Rebecca Pedrazzi

Rebecca Pedrazzi

PLAYER
Sophomore
Julia Schiller

Julia Schiller

PLAYER
Sophomore
Abby Stevens

Abby Stevens

PLAYER
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Ilija Cuic

Ilija Cuic

6' 1"
Senior
PLAYER
Tin Ostojic

Tin Ostojic

6' 2"
Sophomore
PLAYER
Montse Blasco Fernandez

Montse Blasco Fernandez

Senior
PLAYER
Veronika Blaskova

Veronika Blaskova

Senior
PLAYER
Lucia Kovalova

Lucia Kovalova

Junior
PLAYER
Rebecca Pedrazzi

Rebecca Pedrazzi

Sophomore
PLAYER
Julia Schiller

Julia Schiller

Sophomore
PLAYER
Abby Stevens

Abby Stevens

Sophomore
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