2014 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America Teams Announced
By: Sam Knehans, Communications & Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2014 NAIA Women’s Tennis All-America teams Monday. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America committee, with 16 student-athletes being named to both the first and second teams.
National champion Georgia Gwinnett and national runner-up Embry-Riddle (Fla.) led all programs with four players from each team earning All-America honors. Valeria Podda (First Team), Judith van Fraaijenhoven (First Team), Paloma Cortina (Second Team) and Chiara Di Salvo (Second Team) were the All-Americans for the Grizzlies. Hui-I Huang (First Team), Anna Gotz (First Team), Kristina Marova (Second Team) and Eva Vilar (Second Team) were the Eagles’ All-Americans.
Semifinalists Xavier (La.) and Lindsey Wilson (Ky.), and quarterfinalist Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), each had three players achieve All-America status. Nour Abbes, who was named the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player at the national championship, headlined the trio of Gold Nuggets who received All-America honors.
Six programs—Brenau (Ga.), Embry-Riddle, Georgia Gwinnett, Lindsey Wilson, Oklahoma Baptist and Xavier—landed multiple players on the first team.
Chase Hodges of Georgia Gwinnett was named the 2014 NAIA Women’s Tennis National Coach of the Year. His Grizzlies defeated Embry-Riddle, 5-4, on Saturday, May 17, to win their first-ever national championship. The title was also the first in program history for Georgia Gwinnett, which is in its first year of eligibility for NAIA postseason.
2014 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America Teams
First Team
| Player | School | Year | Hometown |
| Jade Curtis*^+ | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Sr. | Saltash, England |
| Dominika Jasova*^+ | Brenau (Ga.) | Sr. | Kosice, Slovakia |
| Maria Perdomo Medina* | Brenau (Ga.) | Jr. | Canary Island, Spain |
| Hui-I Huang* | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | So. | Changhua, Taiwan |
| Anna Gotz | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Fr. | Garsten, Australia |
| Valeria Podda | Georgia Gwinnett | Fr. | Leiderdorp, Netherlands |
| Judith van Fraaijenhoven | Georgia Gwinnett | Fr. | Driebergen, Netherlands |
| Alejandra Galvis* | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | Cucuta, Colombia |
| Sarah Bernos | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | So. | Roz sur Couesnon, France |
| Anastasiia Baranova* | Oklahoma Baptist | So. | Sochi, Russia |
| Kateryna Shkot | Oklahoma Baptist | Fr. | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Theresa Schmaus*^+ | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sr. | Morbach, Germany |
| Juliet Labarthe* | Vanguard (Calif.) | Sr. | Oklahoma City, Okla. |
| Lauren Stratman | Westmont (Calif.) | So. | Goleta, Calif. |
| Nour Abbes | Xavier (La.) | Fr. | Tunis, Tunisia |
| Kourtney Howell*^ | Xavier (La.) | Sr. | Cypress, Texas |
Second Team
| Player | School | Year | Hometown |
| Lauren Ramey | Aquinas (Mich.) | Sr. | Martin, Mich. |
| Paula Diaz | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Fr. | Barquisimeto, Venezuela |
| Chanel Cunningham | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) | Sr. | Coffs Harbour, Australia |
| Kathryn Ashford | Biola (Calif.) | So. | Clovis, Calif. |
| Neesha Thirumalaichelvam*+ | Cumberlands (Ky.) | Sr. | Selangor, Malaysia |
| Alyssa Fuentes | Davenport (Mich.) | So. | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Kristina Marova* | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Sr. | Star Sediste, Czech Republic |
| Eva Vilar | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) | Fr. | Baione, Spain |
| Paloma Cortina | Georgia Gwinnett | Sr. | Malaga, Spain |
| Chiara Di Salvo | Georgia Gwinnett | Fr. | Cordoba, Argentina |
| Katie Wilson | Indiana Wesleyan | So. | Middletown, Ind. |
| Alicia Rodriguez | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Fr. | Bogota, Colombia |
| Rachel Hodas | Milligan (Tenn.) | So. | Knoxville, Tenn. |
| Maja Plavsic* | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | Sr. | Pula, Croatia |
| Sophie Angner | Vanguard (Calif.) | So. | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Brion Flowers* | Xavier (La.) | So. | Lafayette, La. |
* 2013 NAIA Women's Tennis All-American
^ 2012 NAIA Women's Tennis All-American
+ 2011 NAIA Women's Tennis All-American
Honorable Mention
| Player | School |
| Celine Lenertz | Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) |
| Breanna Honer | Bethel (Kan.) |
| Steph Shogren | Bethel (Kan.) |
| Molly O'Grady | Bethel (Ind.) |
| Zalina Nazarova | Brenau (Ga.) |
| Stephanie Moniz | Brenau (Ga.) |
| Jenna Sallee | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Megan Charity | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Alexi Loomis | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
| Amanda Timm | Cardinal Stritch (Wis.) |
| Priti Rijal | Coastal Georgia |
| Luisa Lopes | Coastal Georgia |
| Emily Spiech | Davenport (Mich.) |
| Paola Montero | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
| Paula Ortiz Couder | Embry-Riddle (Fla.) |
| Luma Schwab | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Ines Costamagna | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Helena Korompis | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Victoria Svensson | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Rachel Bottorff | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Whitney Batliner | IU Southeast (Ind.) |
| Anna Gaprindashvili | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
| Brittney Horlacher | Marian (Ind.) |
| Emma Sheehan | McPherson (Kan.) |
| Brooke Vorhees | McPherson (Kan.) |
| Kayla Kelly | Milligan (Tenn.) |
| Sarah Rainwater | Milligan (Tenn.) |
| Daniella Arcila | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
| Carolina Viteri | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
| Ekaterina Vezhenkova | Tennessee Wesleyan |
| Gabrielle Alford | Vanguard (Calif.) |
