| 4/29/2010 12:00:00 AM

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three singles players and one doubles team from 2010 MIAA Women's Tennis Tournament Champion Washburn were named All-MIAA First Team to headline the all-conference team released by the league office Thursday. The selections were made by the league's eight head coaches, and coaches were not permitted to vote for their own players.
 
Washburn senior Trang Le Nguyen was named MIAA Player of the Year for the second consecutive season after going a perfect 7-0 at No. 1 singles and 6-1 at No. 1 doubles during conference play. The Dak Lak, Vietnam, native dropped just one game in the MIAA Tournament at No. 1 singles, the championship match in which she won, 6-0, 6-1. Le Nguyen was also voted All-MIAA First Team at No. 1 singles and All-MIAA Second Team at No. 1 doubles.
 
Faiga Schmidt of Southwest Baptist is the 2010 MIAA Freshman of the Year after going 5-2 at No. 3 singles and 4-2 at No. 1 doubles in conference action. The Nova Hamburgo, Brazil, native also picked up All-MIAA Honorable Mention honors at both No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles.
 
Washburn head coach Dave Alden was voted 2010 MIAA Coach of the Year after leading the Lady Blues to a 6-1 conference record during the regular season and the MIAA Tournament Championship. It is the first women's coach of the year honor for Alden at Washburn.
 
Southwest Baptist senior Jolee Cook was honored with the Sportsmanship Award. The Rowlett, Texas, product also earned All-MIAA Second Team honors at No. 1 singles and All-MIAA Honorable Mention at No. 1 doubles.
 
Nebraska-Omaha and Emporia State tied for the second-most first team honorees with three (one singles player, 1 doubles duo each), followed by MIAA regular season champion Northwest Missouri with one.
 
With its conference tournament championship, Washburn earned the MIAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament. The Lady Blues will take on Abilene Christian from the Lone Star Conference May 6 in the first round of the South Central Region #1 preliminary round tournament.


2010 ALL-MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Trang Le Nguyen, Sr., Washburn
 
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Faiga Schmidt, Southwest Baptist
 
COACH OF THE YEAR
Dave Alden, Washburn
 
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Jolee Cook, Sr., Southwest Baptist

FIRST TEAM
1S: Trang Le Nguyen, Sr., Washburn** [r1]
2S: Morgan Rainey, So., Washburn**
3S: Veronica Castilla, Sr., Northwest Missouri [r1]
4S: Alyssa Castillo, So., Washburn
5S: Kelsey Haas, Sr., Nebraska-Omaha** [r1]
6S: Alex Crowe, Fr., Emporia State
1D:  Amanda Morris (So.)/Michelle Barger (Jr.), Emporia State
2D: Morgan Rainey (So.)/Whitley Zitsch (So.), Washburn
3D: Mary Lausten (So.)/Kelsie Olson (So.), Nebraska-Omaha
 
**Unanimous Selection
[r1] - Repeat first team selection from last season
 
SECOND TEAM
1S: Jolee Cook, Sr., Southwest Baptist
2S: Amanda Morris, So., Emporia State
2S: Johanna Olsson, Sr., Southwest Baptist
3S: Whitley Zitsch, So., Washburn
4S: Jenna Hendrickson, Jr., Southwest Baptist
4S: Sureena Weir, Jr., Northwest Missouri
5S: Lindsay Weideman, Fr., Northwest Missouri
6S: Mary Lausten, So., Nebraska-Omaha
1D: Trang Le Nguyen (Sr.)/Alyssa Castillo (So.), Washburn
2D: Veronica Castilla (Sr.)/Lisa Pendrak (Sr.), Northwest Missouri
3D: Brittney Browning (Jr.)/Sureena Weir (Jr.), Northwest Missouri

[Note: Ties in voting created an additional spot at 2S and 4S]

HONORABLE MENTION
Emporia State: Kirsten Ford, So., 3D; Emily Huston, Fr., 3D.
 
Nebraska-Omaha: Kelsie Olson, So., 2S; Heather Hottman, So., 3S/2D; Caitlin Christy, So., 6S; Samantha Thomas, So., 2D.
 
Northwest Missouri: Brittney Browning, Jr., 6S.
 
Southwest Baptist: Faiga Schmidt, Fr., 3S/1D; Sarah Sentlinger, Jr., 5S/2D; Jolee Cook, Sr., 1D; Johanna Olsson, Sr., 2D; Jenna Hendrickson, Jr., 3D; Misti Janisch, So., 3D; Crystal Guiot, So., 3D.  
 
Truman: Amy Ochs, Jr., 1S; Kelsey Kuykendall, Jr., 3S.
 
Washburn: Annie Doole, So., 5S; Kristin McKee, So., 6S.