2018 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America Teams Announced
By Jed Flemming, Athletic Communications and Media Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2018 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America teams Tuesday. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America committee, with 16 student-athletes being named to both the first and second teams, while 15 individuals earned honorable mention honors.
Georgia Gwinnett, Keiser (Fla.), and Xavier (La.) all tied for the most All-Americans with three. Emerald Able of Georgia Gwinnett made the jump from honorable mention in 2017 to first team All-American in 2018. Megane Bianco of Keiser and Charlene Goreau of Xavier earn first team accolades for their respective schools.
Camille Gbaguidi of SCAD Savannah (Ga.) notched her fourth first team honors in a row this year. Right behind her are Charlene Goreau of Xavier and Mariah Plauth of Mobile (Ala.) with their third-straight first team awards. Megane Bianco of Keiser and Kaede Amano of Campbellsville (Ky.) earn their second-straight honors to complete the list of first team winners returning from 2017.
Overall, 17 student-athletes earned themselves a second-straight All-American status.
Chase Hodges of Georgia Gwinnett was named the 2018 NAIA Women's Tennis National Coach of the Year after leading the Grizzlies to their third-consecutive national championship title.
2018 NAIA Women's Tennis All-American Teams
| 1st Team | School |
| Peeraya Charoensirisutthikul | Brenau (Ga.) |
| Kaede Amano | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Ainhoa Garijo Garrido | Cumberland (Tenn.) |
| Emerald Able | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Henar Munoz | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Madeline Bosnjak | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Daniela Farfan | Keiser (Fla.) |
| Megane Bianco | Keiser (Fla.) |
| Alba Perny | LSU Alexandria (La.) |
| Tamara Klimek | Missouri Baptist |
| Mariah Plauth | Mobile (Ala.) |
| Sarah Schaerer | San Diego Christian (Calif.) |
| Camille Gbaguidi | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
| Isidora Petkovic | Union (Ky.) |
| Mariia Borodii | Xavier (La.) |
| Charlene Goreau | Xavier (La.) |
| 2nd Team | School |
| Tomomi Nagao | Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Lizzie Bauss | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Alex Mella | Indiana Wesleyan |
| Aleksandra Grela | Keiser (Fla.) |
| Jovana Peric | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
| Minja Gligic | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
| Miljana Milojevic | LSU Alexandria (La.) |
| Emily Chang | Mobile (Ala.) |
| Sarah Urbanek | San Diego Christian (Calif.) |
| Simran Kejriwal | SCAD Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Jessica Emoto | Tabor (Kan.) |
| Ljiljana Pajcin | Union (Ky.) |
| Alisa Reshetnikova | University of Northwestern Ohio |
| Gloria Kaufman | William Carey (Miss.) |
| Zlata Shuraeva | William Woods (Mo.) |
| Angela Charles-Alfred | Xavier (La.) |
| Honorable Mention | School |
| Majella Nobile | Campbellsville (Ky.) |
| Marianela Landi | Cumberland (Tenn.) |
| Jaclyn Jewell | Cumberlands (Ky.) |
| Maria Prados Cid | Georgia Gwinnett |
| Kelsey Brown | Hastings (Neb.) |
| Julianna Heino | Keiser (Fla.) |
| Fiona Curty | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) |
| Manuela Alban | Loyola (La.) |
| Arianna Pepper | Loyola (La.) |
| Koral Martinez | Loyola (La.) |
| Skylar McDonald | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) |
| Camila Puente | University of Northwestern Ohio |
| Lorena Jimenez | William Carey (Miss.) |
| Ana Zavala | William Woods (Mo.) |
| Yi Chen Pao | Xavier (La.) |
