Women's Tennis | 4/30/2014 2:15:05 PM

Kansas City, Mo. – MIAA Women’s Tennis Tournament Champion Southwest Baptist placed five on the All-MIAA first team released today. Regular Season Co-Champion Northeastern State and third place Nebraska-Kearney each got two on the first team as well.

Fanni Varga, for the second straight year, has been named the MIAA Player of the Year. Valeriia Efimenko of Northeastern State who earned second team honors in singles was named the freshman of the year.

Nebraska-Kearney head coach Jake Saulsbury has been named the MIAA Coach of the Year. Washburn’s Caysn Buchman won the 2014 Sportsmanship awards.

2014 ALL-MIAA WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist 

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State 

COACH OF THE YEAR
Jake Saulsbury, Nebraska-Kearney

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Casyn Buchman, Washburn  

FIRST TEAM
1S: Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist 
2S: Mehak Singh, Southwest Baptist
3S: Christina Zentai, Southwest Baptist
4S: Martina Bruzikova, Northeastern State
5S: Britni Norfolk, Nebraska-Kearney 
6S: Zorana Jovanovic, Southwest Baptist
1D: Fanni Varga/Christina Zentai, Southwest Baptist 
2D: Kristina Savchenkov/Barbora Jirickova, Northeastern State
3D: Paula Jimenez/Renee Hoekstra, Nebraska-Kearney

SECOND TEAM
1S: Kristina Savchenkov, Northeastern State
2S: Petra Pesic, Central Oklahoma 
3S: Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State 
4S: Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
       Aniek Kolen, Northwest Missouri 
5S: Andjela Panovski, Southwest Baptist 
6S: Kari Emery, Nebraska-Kearney 
1D: Jodie Blackim/Casyn Buchman, Washburn
2D: Mehak Singh/Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
3D: Houda Bellamine/Maria Lodge, Northeastern State 

Honorable Mention
#1S: Alina Gorina, UCO; Nicole Jara, ESU;
Vanessa Gunawan, UNK; Casyn Buchman, WU
#2S: Tawni Griffey, ESU; Houda Bellamine, NSU; Alexis Bartek, NWMSU
#3S: Kristin Richardson, UCO; Paula Jimenez, UNK 
#4S: Emily Fink, UNK
#5S: Emilee Semo, UCO; Somer Schmidt, ESU; Barbora Jirickova, NSU
#6S: Amy Fugit, ESU; Alexandra Medvedeva, LWU;
Renee Hoekstra, UNK; Lucia Cerchlanova, NSU
#1D: Nicole Jara/Tawni Griffey, ESU; Vanessa Gunawan/Kari Emery, UNK
Valeriia Efimenko/Martina Bruzikova, NSU
#2D: Emily Fink/Kristin Weems, UNK 
#3D: Amy Fugit/Somer Schmidt, ESU; Paula Carvajaleno/Andjela Panovski, SBU