KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its women’s tennis postseason awards and All-MIAA teams from the 2024 season.
 
Twenty-one individuals and 12 doubles duos earned All-MIAA honors in the 2024 women’s tennis season while five individuals from five different institutions tabbed the Association's major postseason awards.
 
Washburn’s Maja Jung was crowned the MIAA Player of the Year. A senior from Bielefeld, Germany, Jung owns an 18-3 singles record and a 15-4 doubles record. Playing mostly from the No. 1 position, Jung went 7-1 in singles and 6-2 in doubles against MIAA opponents. She ended the regular season on a nine-match win streak, helping the Ichabods to the No.4 seed in the MIAA postseason tournament.
 
Nebraska Kearney’s Fabiana Gamboa was named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. The first-year from Maracaibo, Venezuela finished the regular season with a 13-7 singles record and an 8-4 doubles record. She’s competed at almost every position this season and owns records of 2-0 at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 singles. Gamboa helped the Lopers clinch the MIAA regular season championship for the first time in program history. Nebraska Kearney enters the Association’s postseason tournament as the top seed with a league record of 7-1.
 
Fort Hays State’s Grace Unruh, Missouri Western’s Maria Saez and Northwest Missouri’s Laura Prieto Sieiro each tied for the MIAA Sportsmanship Award.
 
Lopers head coach Scott Shafer was voted as the MIAA Coach of the Year by his peers. In his 11th season, Shafer led Nebraska Kearney to its first-ever MIAA regular season title and the top seed in the postseason tournament. The Lopers finished 7-1 in the MIAA and own a record of 18-4 overall.
 
Below is the complete list of the 2024 women’s tennis postseason awards and All-MIAA teams.
 
The Association’s top six teams from the season advanced to the 2024 MIAA Women’s Championship, hosted by the University of Central Oklahoma May 3-5 at Edmond Center Court in Edmond, Okla. For more information about the 2024 postseason tournament, visit theMIAA.com/Women’sTennis.
 
2024 All-MIAA Women’s Tennis Teams and Postseason Awards
Player of the Year – Maja Jung – Washburn
Freshman of the Year – Fabiana Gamboa – Nebraska Kearney
Co-Sportsmanship Award – Grace Unruh – Fort Hays State
Co-Sportsmanship Award – Maria Saez – Missouri Western
Co-Sportsmanship Award – Laura Prieto Sieiro – Northwest Missouri
Coach of the Year – Scott Shafer – Nebraska Kearney

First Team
No. 1 Singles – Maja Jung (Washburn)
No. 2 Singles – Melisa Becerra (Nebraska Kearney)
No. 3 Singles – Narindra Ranaivo (Nebraska Kearney)
No. 4 Singles – Laura Prieto Sieiro (Northwest Missouri)
No. 5 Singles – Maria Saez (Missouri Western)
No. 6 Singles – Angela Per Moreno (Northwest Missouri)
No. 1 Doubles – Lara Schmid & Maja Jung (Washburn)
No. 2 Doubles – Melisa Becerra & Narindra Ranaivo (Nebraska Kearney)
No. 3 Doubles – Renske Ubachs & Maddie Shelley (Washburn)

Second Team
No. 1 Singles – Dana Issabayeva (Newman)
No. 2 Singles – Pete Komada (Central Oklahoma)
No. 3 Singles – Sandra Mari Marti (Northeastern State)
No. 4 Singles – Cristina Granero Boj (Missouri Western)
No. 5 Singles – Marielena Muench (Northwest Missouri)
No. 6 Singles – Lara Schmid (Washburn)
No. 1 Doubles – Blythe Buntrock & Pete Komada (Central Oklahoma), Carolina Oliveira & Sofia Pignataro (Northwest Missouri)*
No. 2 Doubles – Tessa Kwakernaak & Angela Per Moreno (Northwest Missouri)
No. 3 Doubles – Tegan Heaton & Sandra Mari Marti (Northeastern State), Anika Ouwejan & Karyna Yurchenko (Central Oklahoma)*
*Reflects Ties in Voting

Honorable Mention
No. 1 Singles – Anya Chavez (Missouri Western)
No. 2 Singles – Tessa Kwakernaak (Northwest Missouri), Renske Ubachs (Washburn)
No. 3 Singles – Sofia Pignataro (Northwest Missouri)
No. 4 Singles – Karyna Yurchenko (Central Oklahoma), Isabella Martensson (Washburn)
No. 5 Singles – Alexis Bernthal (Nebraska Kearney)
No. 6 Singles – Tanya Midzi (Nebraska Kearney), Paige Stranghoner (Emporia State)
No. 1 Doubles – Anya Chavez & Isabella MacGibbon (Missouri Western)
No. 2 Doubles – Isabella Martensson & Peyton Koper (Washburn)
No. 3 Doubles – Jazmin Zamorano & Masha Hatouka (Nebraska Kearney), Marielena Muench & Laura Prieto Sieiro (Northwest Missouri)