PAC-12 SINGLES PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Angelica Blake, Stanford
PAC-12 FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Katherine Hui, Stanford
PAC-12 DOUBLES TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tian Fangran/Elise Wagle, UCLA
PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Lele Forood, Stanford
The Pac-12 announced today postseason honors and all-conference designations for the 2024 womens tennis season, as determined by a polling of the leagues head coaches. Stanfords Angelica Blake and Katherine Hui were named Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year and Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, respectively. 2023 Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year Tian Fangran from UCLA earned Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year honors with partner Elise Wagle. Stanfords Lele Forood was named Pac-12 Coach of the Year for the second-straight season.
PAC-12 SINGLES PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Angelica Blake, Gr., Stanford (Boca Raton, Fla.)
Blake won her first-career Pac-12 Singles Player of the Year award, the second-straight for Stanford after teammate Alexandra Yepifanova earned the honor in 2023. Blake is 11-4 singles on the year (10-4 in duals on Court 1), riding a six-match winning streak en route to the No. 17 overall singles ranking in the country. The graduate student from Boca Raton, Fla., was undefeated at the Pac-12 Womens Tennis Tournament in Ojai, dropping only nine games in three matches to lead Stanford to the tournament title.
PAC-12 FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Katherine Hui, Fr., Stanford (San Diego, Calif.)
Stanfords Katherine Hui picked up Pac-12 Freshman of the Year honors after compiling a 14-5 record singles, including a 13-3 mark in duals. The San Diego native has primarily seen time on Court 5 for the Cardinal, but is a combined 5-0 in her appearances across Courts 2-4 this season. Hui earned Second Team All-Pac-12 acclaim for her efforts in her debut season. Its the seventh all-time Freshman of the Year honor for Stanford and first since fellow All-Pac-12 honoree Connie Ma won the award in 2022.
PAC-12 DOUBLES TEAM OF THE YEAR: Tian Fangran, So. (Beijing, China) & Elise Wagle, Jr., (Niskayuna, N.Y.), UCLA
Tian Fangran and Elise Wagle, the No. 13 doubles pair in the country, were named Pac-12 Doubles Team of the Year. The pair went 9-3 in decided matches, including a five-match winning streak to end the regular season and Pac-12 Tournament. Its the third time in four years the Bruin women have earned the annual doubles award, including the second-straight year for Wagle, who teamed up with First Team All-Pac-12 honoree Kimmi Hance to secure the acclaim in 2023. Wagle is just the seventh woman in Pac-12 history to become a two-time winner of the annual doubles award and only the fourth to win the award with two different partners (Jada Hart, UCLA; Lauren Kalvaria, STAN; Lauren Barnikow, STAN).
PAC-12 COACH OF THE YEAR: Lele Forood, Stanford
Lele Forood repeats as Pac-12 Coach of the Year after guiding the Cardinal to its third-straight 2024 Pac-12 Womens Tennis Tournament title; its her eighth Pac-12 Coach of the Year title across her distinguished career at Stanford. Forood guided Stanford to an 8-1 regular season record in Pac-12 play to finish second overall in the league standings before dispatching No. 7-seed Arizona, No. 3-seed USC, and No. 4-seed Cal en route to the tournament title. Stanford is currently the No. 2 team in the nation heading into the the NCAA Championships.
2024 PAC-12 WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Name
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School
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Year
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Hometown
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Angelica Blake
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Stanford
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Gr.
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Reece Carter
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Arizona
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So.
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Victoria, British Columbia
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Emma Charney
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USC
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So.
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Mount Pleasant, SC
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Tian Fangran
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UCLA
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So.
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Beijing, China
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Snow Han
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USC
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R-Jr.
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Wuhan, China
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Kimmi Hance
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UCLA
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Jr.
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Torrance, Calif.
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Valentina Ivanov
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California
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Sr.
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Sydney, Australia
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Connie Ma
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Stanford
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Jr.
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Dublin, Calif.
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Giulia Morlet
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Arizona State
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Sr.
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Paris, France
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Grace Piper
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USC
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Jr.
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Taunton, Somerset, England
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Hannah Viller Moeller
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California
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Sr.
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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Alexandra Yepifanova
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Stanford
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Jr.
|
Hollywood, Fla.
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SECOND TEAM
Name
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School
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Year
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Hometown
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Jessica Alsola
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California
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Jr.
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Fresno, Calif.
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Eva Alvarez Sande
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Washington State
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So.
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Coruna, Galicia, Spain
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Erin Cayetano
|
USC
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Gr.
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Long Beach, Calif.
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Aya El Sayed
|
Colorado
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Sr.
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Alexandria, Egypt
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Bianca Fernandez
|
UCLA
|
Fr.
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Montreal, QC, Canada
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Chelsea Fontenel
|
Arizona State
|
So.
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Basel, Switzerland
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Alexia Jacobs
|
Washington
|
Fr.
|
Calgary, Canada
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Katherine Hui
|
Stanford
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Fr.
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San Diego, Calif.
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Marcela Lopez
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Utah
|
So.
|
Frisco, Texas
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Yuhan Liu
|
Utah
|
So.
|
Nanning, China
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Astrid Olssen
|
Washington
|
Gr.
|
Hagan, Norway
|
Katja Wiersholm
|
California
|
Jr.
|
Kirkland, Wash.
|
HONORABLE MENTION (received at least one vote):
Marianna Argyrokastriti, ASU; Alexis Blokhina, STAN; Brandelyn Fulgenzi, ARIZ; Ahmani Guichard, UCLA; Kat Lyman, UTAH; Uxia Martinez Moral, ORE; Erika Matsuda, WASH; Lan Mi, CAL; Mao Mushika, CAL; Yura Nakagawa, WSU; Emilija Tverijoniate, ASU; Elise Wagle, UCLA, Kayla Wilkins, ARIZ; Melissa Sakar, WASH; Patricija Spaka, ASU; Mila Stanojevic, COLO; Valencia Xu, STAN