Women's Tennis Sun Belt Conference

Sun Belt Announces 2020-21 Women's Tennis Postseason All-Conference & Individual Awards

NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced its 2020-21 women's tennis postseason honors Wednesday.
 
South Alabama's Yu Fujioka earned Player of the Year honors after registering a 15-4 overall record in singles action. Fourteen of Fujioka's 15 wins came in No. 1 singles. The senior defeated three ranked opponents this season.
 
Carla Pons has been named Player to Watch for her breakout junior season at UTA. Pons registered a career-high 21 singles wins. The Valencia, Spain native, boasted a perfect 5-0 record in conference action.
 
Texas State's Hana Kvapilova has earned Newcomer of the Year recognition for her perfect 6-0 singles mark in league play. Kvapilove posted a 12-1 overall record in No. 1 singles as her only loss this season came against Top-20 ranked Anna Turati.
 
After posting a team-best 17-2 overall singles record for South Alabama, Otoha Aoki was named Freshman of the Year. The Komaki, Japan native finished conference action 9-0 in singles.
 
Georgia Southern head coach Sean McCaffery has been named the Sun Belt Women's Tennis Coach of the Year. McCaffery helped lead the Eagles to its first SBC Tournament Championship in program history. Georgia Southern finished the regular season with a 19-8 overall record and a 7-3 mark in conference action. 
 
2021 Women’s Tennis All-Conference Honors
Player of the Year - Yu Fujioka (Sr. - Funabashi, Japan), South Alabama
Player to Watch - Carla Pons (Jr. - Valencia, Spain), UT Arlington
Newcomer of the Year - Hana Kvapilova (Sr. - Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic), Texas State
Freshman of the Year - Otoha Aoki (Fr. - Komaki, Japan), South Alabama
Coach of the Year - Sean McCaffrey, Georgia Southern
 
All-Conference First Team Singles
Yu Fujioka (Sr. - Funabashi, Japan), South Alabama
Hana Kvapilova (Sr. - Usti nad Orlici, The Czech Republic), Texas State
Somer Dalla-Bona (Sr. - Bokarina, Australia), Coastal Carolina
Nadja Meier (So. - Potsdam, Germany), Georgia Southern
Momoka Horiguchi (Jr. - Osaka, Japan), UT Arlington
Nikola Kohoutova (Sr. - Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic), South Alabama
 
All-Conference First Team Doubles
Charlotte Van Diemen (Sr. - Berkel en Rodenrijs, Netherlands) and Sophie Wagemaker (Fr. - Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands), Georgia Southern
María José Zacarias (Fr. - San Luis Potosi, Mexico) and Ksenia Aleshina (Fr. - Moscow Russia), App State
Otoha Aoki (Fr. - Komaki, Japan) and Aina Domingo-Bernabeu (Fr. - Barcelona, Spain), South Alabama
 
All-Conference Second Team Singles
Otoha Aoki (Fr. - Komaki, Japan), South Alabama
Carla Pons (Jr. - Valencia, Spain), UT Arlington
Victoire De Samucewicz (So. - Paris, France), Coastal Carolina
Matea Mihaljevic (Sr. - Osijek, Croatia), Troy
Floriane Picaut (Fr. - Verrieres le Buisson, France), Louisiana
Andreea Stanescu (Jr. - Bucharest, Romania), Georgia State
 
All-Conference Second Team Doubles
Somer Dalla-Bona (Sr. - Bokarina, Australia) and Jessie Mount (Sr. - Melbourne, Australia), Coastal Carolina
Nikola Kohoutova (Sr. - Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) and Yu Fujioka (Sr. - Funabashi, Japan) South Alabama
Floriane Picaut (Sr. - Verrieres-le-Buisson, France) and Clara Mantaux (Sr. - Montbeliard, France), Louisiana