2011 NAIA Women's Tennis All-Americans Announced
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2011 Women's Tennis All-Americans. Players were selected by the All-America committee. Thirty-two student-athletes were named to the First and Second Teams, while 13 others were honorable mention selections.
Headlining the 2011 honorees are Kristin Strimple of Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and Sheryl Bon-Bakalov of Azusa Pacific (Calif.). Strimple has been named a First-Team All-American all four years, while Bon-Bakalov earned Second-Team honors in 2008 and 2009 and has been a First-Team selection the past two seasons.
Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), Azusa Pacific (Calif.), Embry-Riddle (Fla.), Fresno Pacific (Calif.) and Oklahoma Christian led the way with three All-Americans. Each of those schools had a pair of First-Team selections and one Second-Team honoree.
The 2011 All-America list is composed of one graduate student, seven seniors, nine juniors, eight sophomores and seven freshmen.
| First Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Ana Veselinovic | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Jr. | Herceg-Novi, Montenegro |
| Jade Curtis | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Fr. | Saltash, England |
| Natalie McNall | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | Jr. | Pasadena, Calif. |
| Sheryl Bon-Bakalov | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | Sr. | Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Lyn See Choo | Brenau (Ga.) | Jr. | Kuching, Malaysia |
| Yi Ching Chen | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
| Ekaterina Komendova | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Moscow, Russia |
| Sara Celma | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | So. | Valencia, Spain |
| Marie Boura | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | So. | Vendome, France |
| Trina Slapeka | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Jr. | Jurmala, Latvia |
| Hermon Brhane | Oklahoma Christian | Fr. | Dreieich, Germany |
| Lucie Sipkova | Oklahoma Christian | Fr. | Pardubice, Czech Republic |
| Kristin Strimple | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | Sr. | Solana Beach, Calif. |
| Hillary Collins | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sr. | La Quinta, Calif. |
| Olga Kozhevnikova | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | Sr. | Krasnodar, Russia |
| Gabriella Bergmanova | Vanguard (Calif.) | Jr. | Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic |
| Second Team | |||
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Morgane Zowczak | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | So. | Yutz, France |
| Emily Harris | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) | Fr. | Scottsdale, Ariz. |
| Bettina Radke | Concordia (Calif.) | Sr. | Herzberg am Harz, Germany |
| Jordan Kimura | Concordia (Calif.) | Grad Student | Launga Niguel, Calif. |
| Neesha Thirumalaichelvam | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Fr. | Selangor, Malaysia |
| Rocio Frej | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Jr. | Zaragoza, Spain |
| Cristina Valledares | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | So. | Sevilla, Spain |
| Dominika Jasova | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) | Fr. | Kosice, Slovakia |
| Slavica Milanovic | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | Split, Croatia |
| Adriana Gonzalez | McKendree (Ill.) | So. | Lima, Peru |
| Andreea Constantinescu | Oklahoma Christian | So. | Bucharest, Romania |
| Ashley Litchfield | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) | Sr. | Acton, Calif. |
| Theresa Schmaus | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Fr. | Morbach, Germany |
| Deisi Bolvar | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) | So. | Bogata, Columbia |
| Kateryna Malakhova | Vanguard (Calif.) | Sr. | Nova Kakhovka, Ukraine |
| Maja Vuzem | William Carey (Miss.) | Jr. | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Honorable Mention | |||
| Name | School | ||
| Kvetka Hajkova | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | ||
| Tanya Murtagh | Campbellsville (Ky.) | ||
| Anita Henestrosa | Campbellsville (Ky.) | ||
| Yumiko Justin | Fresno Pacific (Calif.) | ||
| Lisa Massey | Indiana Wesleyan | ||
| Paloma Cortina | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) | ||
| Guiliana Gonzalez | McKendree (Ill.) | ||
| Elanqua Griffin | Missouri Valley | ||
| Aziza Butoyi | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | ||
| Erica Engelbrecht | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | ||
| Germania Bedon | Taylor (Ind.) | ||
| Nikki Chambers | William Jewell (Mo.) | ||
| Paula Peters | William Jewell (Mo.) | ||
