Women's Tennis

Pac-12 announces 2024 women's tennis postseason awards

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 School Year Hometown
Angelica Blake Stanford Gr. Boca Raton, Fla.
Reece Carter Arizona So. Victoria, British Columbia
Emma Charney USC So. Mount Pleasant, SC
Tian Fangran UCLA So. Beijing, China
Snow Han USC R-Jr. Wuhan, China
Kimmi Hance UCLA Jr. Torrance, Calif.
Valentina Ivanov California Sr. Sydney, Australia
Connie Ma Stanford Jr. Dublin, Calif.
Giulia Morlet Arizona State Sr. Paris, France
Grace Piper USC Jr. Taunton, Somerset, England
Hannah Viller Moeller California Sr. Copenhagen, Denmark
Alexandra Yepifanova Stanford Jr. Hollywood, Fla.

SECOND TEAM

Name School Year Hometown
Jessica Alsola California Jr. Fresno, Calif.
Eva Alvarez Sande Washington State So. Coruna, Galicia, Spain
Erin Cayetano USC Gr. Long Beach, Calif.
Aya El Sayed Colorado Sr. Alexandria, Egypt
Bianca Fernandez UCLA Fr. Montreal, QC, Canada
Chelsea Fontenel Arizona State So. Basel, Switzerland
Alexia Jacobs Washington Fr. Calgary, Canada
Katherine Hui Stanford Fr. San Diego, Calif.
Marcela Lopez Utah So. Frisco, Texas
Yuhan Liu Utah So. Nanning, China
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