KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced its postseason awards and All-MIAA teams for the 2025 women’s tennis season. Twenty-four singles players and 13 doubles pairs earned postseason honors for the 12-week regular season, highlighted by the Association’s four major award winners.
 
Missouri Western claimed two of the four major postseason honors with Cristina Granero Boj crowned the MIAA Player of the Year and Celia Castaño Malnero named the MIAA Freshman of the Year. Nebraska Kearney’s Narindra Ranaivo was honored with the Association’s Sportsmanship Award and Washburn’s Kirby Ronning was selected as the MIAA Coach of the Year by his peers.
 
Cristina Granero Boj earned the 2025 Player of the Year title after recording a league-best seven wins against MIAA opponents at the No. 1 position. The junior from Malaga, Spain, was also a First Team All-MIAA Doubles selection with teammate Elena Rey Garcia.
 
Western’s 2025 Freshman of the Year Celia Castaño Malnero finished 6-3 against league opponents in singles competition, mostly from the No. 3 position.  The first year from Asturias, Spain also collected postseason honors for her doubles play, named an Honorable Mention selection with teammate Johanna Priedite.
 
Narindra Ranaivo earned the MIAA’s Sportsmanship Award in the 2025 season. A senior from Moramanga, Madagascar helped Nebraska Kearney to a share of the 2025 regular season conference title with an MIAA record of 8-1. Ranaivo was also a First Team All-MIAA singles and doubles selection with a 6-2 singles record (MIAA) and a 7-2 record in MIAA doubles competition, playing with teammate Tanya Midzi from the No. 2 position.
 
Ichabods head coach Kirby Ronning was voted the 2025 Coach of the Year after leading Washburn to a share of the MIAA regular season title with a record of 8-1. The shared title was the Ichabods’ first regular season championship since 2019. First is Ronning’s first MIAA Women’s Coach of the Year honor and his third Coach of the Year award overall. The fifth-year head coach was also named MIAA/GAC Coach of the Year for the 2025 men’s tennis season.
 
The complete list of All-MIAA selections from the 2025 women’s tennis season is below.
 
The top six teams from the regular season advance to the 2025 MIAA Women’s Tennis Championship, hosted May 2-4 at the Cooper Tennis Complex in Springfield, Mo. For more information on the Association’s postseason women’s tennis tournament, visit theMIAA.com/WomensTennis.
   

FIRST TEAM ALL-MIAA SINGLES Cristina Granero Boj – Missouri Western, Jr. Renske Ubachs – Washburn, Jr. Pete Komada – Central Oklahoma, Jr. Alva Norberg – Northwest Missouri, Jr. Marielena Muench – Northwest Missouri, Jr. Fabiana Gamboa – Nebraska Kearney, Sr. Narindra Ranaivo – Nebraska Kearney, Sr. Tegan Heaton – Northeastern State, Sr. Dana Issabayeva – Newman, Sr. (Team Includes Ties) SECOND TEAM ALL-MIAA SINGLES Johanna Priedite – Missouri Western, So. Alexis Bernthal – Nebraska Kearney, Sr. Tanya Midzi – Nebraska Kearney, So. Irina Alfonso – Fort Hays State, Sr. Leonie Floeth – Washburn, Sr. Nefeli Zafeiri – Central Oklahoma, Sr. Perla Conde Vendrell – Emporia State, So. (Team Includes Ties) HONORABLE MENTION SINGLES Anika Ouwejan – Central Oklahoma, So. Celia Castaño Malnero – Missouri Western, Fr. Daniela Tijaro – Washburn, Fr. Sofia Kotliarova – Northeastern State, So. Yuliya Klimova – Emporia State, Fr. Masha Hatouka – Nebraska Kearney, Sr. Saajida Razick – Washburn, Fr. Giovanna Ferreira – Emporia State, So.

FIRST TEAM ALL-MIAA DOUBLES Narindra Ranaivo & Tanya Midzi – Nebraska Kearney Renske Ubachs & Daniela Tijaro – Washburn Camilla Franzin & Marielena Muench – Northwest Missouri Cristina Granero Boj & Elena Rey Garcia – Missouri Western Arianna De Bernardo & Taylor Conway – Arkansas-Fort Smith (Team Includes Ties) SECOND TEAM ALL-MIAA DOUBLES Miru Nonaka & Alva Norberg – Northwest Missouri Nefeli Zafeiri & Anika Ouwejan – Central Oklahoma Perla Conde Vendrell & Lillie Bizouerne – Emporia State HONORABLE MENTION DOUBLES Leonie Floeth & Peyton Koper – Washburn Suzana Faucz & Irina Alfonso – Fort Hays State Alexis Bernthal & Masha Hatouka – Nebraska Kearney Pete Komada & Ayaka Koga – Central Oklahoma Johanna Priedite & Celia Castaño Malnero – Missouri Western