NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced its 2018-19 women's tennis postseason honors Wednesday, headlined by South Alabama sophomore Yu Fujioka named Player of the Year, Coastal Carolina sophomore Somer Dalla-Bona named Player to Watch, Georgia State freshman Eva Chivu named Freshman of the Year, Coastal Carolina graduate student Jennifer Brown named Newcomer of the Year and Appalachian State head coach Blake Mosley named Coach of the Year.
 
These awards, along with the All-Sun Belt first and second teams, were voted on by the league’s 11 head coaches. 
 
Fujioka earns Sun Belt Player of the Year honors after being named Freshman of the Year a season ago. With a 14-2 spring singles record, she ranks tied for third in the conference in spring winning percentage (.875). Fujioka went 7-0 in league dual matches in singles, all at No. 2. The All-Sun Belt first-team selection won 13 singles matches in straight sets, including five in conference play. Fujioka holds a 35-2 career singles record in dual matches.
 
Also with a 14-2 spring singles record, Dalla-Bona enters Sun Belt Women's Tennis Championship with a 13-match winning streak at No. 3 singles. Dalla-Bona garnered recognition on the All-Sun Belt first team in singles after going undefeated in league play (10-0). She closed the regular season with back-to-back Sun Belt Athlete of the Week accolades.
 
Chivu is making an immediate impact in her first season with the Panthers, earning a spot on the All-Sun Belt first team in singles to go along with her Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honor. She enters the conference championship on a seven-match winning streak and a 20-11 overall singles record. Chivu's 12 singles wins this spring all have come at the No. 1 spot. She won eight of her nine singles matches against conference foes.
 
Brown closed the spring season with a 10-4 record and a 4-1 mark in Sun Belt matches in singles. Playing primarily at the No. 2 spot, the All-Sun Belt second-team pick posted the league's best record at 8-1. She also earned All-Sun Belt first-team honors in doubles combining for a 7-1 record in conference play.
 
Mosley guided Appalachian State to its first Sun Belt regular-season title, closing the regular season on a four-match winning streak. His Mountaineers has won their last eight matches at home since falling to Davidson in the season opener on January 19.
 
Coastal Carolina led the way in All-Sun Belt honors with three singles players and one double team recognized.
 
The 2019 Sun Belt Women's Tennis Championship begins on Thursday, April 18 and concludes on Sunday, April 20 at the Peachtree City Tennis Center in Peachtree City, Ga. Live coverage of Thursday's quarterfinal matches can be heard on RadioTennis.com. The semifinal and championship matches are set for live coverage on ESPN+, available online and via the WatchESPN app. Live results are available on SunBeltSports.org.
 
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2018-19 SUN BELT WOMEN’S TENNIS POSTSEASON AWARDS
All-Sun Belt First Team
Singles
Somer Dalla-Bona, Coastal Carolina (So., Bokarina, Australia)
Eva Chivu, Georgia State (Fr., Constanta, Romania)
Daniela Ramirez, Georgia State (Sr., Merida, Venezuela)
Maria Emilia Alfaro, ULM (Fr., Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (So., Tokyo Funabashi, Japan)
Alexandria Stiteler, South Alabama (Sr., Bradenton, Fla.)
 
Doubles
Sandra Anglesjö (So., Norrköping, Östergötland, Sweden) and Teodora Sevo (So., Futog, Serbia), Appalachian State
Jennifer Brown (Gr., Peterborough, England) and Jessie Mount (So., Melbourne, Australia), Coastal Carolina
Pei Ju Hsieh (So., Changhua, Taiwan) and Chunxi Guo (Fr., Chengdu, China), Troy
 
All-Sun Belt Second Team
Singles
Teodora Sevo, Appalachian State (So., Futog, Serbia)
Pornpawee Pramethong, Arkansas State (So., Bangkok, Thailand)
Jennifer Brown, Coastal Carolina (Gr., Peterborough, England)
Viktorija Demcenkova, Coastal Carolina (Sr., Riga, Latvia)
Damira Muminovic, Georgia State (Jr., Tuzla, Bosnia)
Ana Perez, Texas State (Sr., Quito, Ecuador)
 
Doubles
Arianne de Winter (Jr., Nieuwerkerk aan den Ijssel, South Holland, Netherlands) and Emilia Bujan (Sr., Santo Tome, Corrientes, Argentina), Georgia Southern
Momoka Horiguchi (So., Osaka, Japan) and Carla Pons (So., Valencia, Spain), UTA
Matea Mahaljevic (So., Osijek, Croatia) and Tingting Pei (Fr., Kunming, China), Troy
 
Sun Belt Player of the Year
Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (So., Tokyo Funabashi, Japan)
 
Sun Belt Player to Watch
Somer Dalla-Bona, Coastal Carolina (So., Bokarina, Australia)
 
Sun Belt Freshman of the Year
Eva Chivu, Georgia State (Fr., Constanta, Romania)
 
Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year
Jennifer Brown, Coastal Carolina (Gr., Peterborough, England)
 
Sun Belt Coach of the Year
Blake Mosley, Appalachian State