Chicago State's
Katarina Dukic was named to the third team on the inaugural 2023-24 Academic All-America® women's tennis teams selected by the College Sports Communicators announced today. She finished her college career with a perfect 4.00 undergraduate grade point average in mathematics and completed her Master's in Mathematics with a 3.85 GPA.
Dukic is a two-time Horizon League All-Academic Team honoree, a CSC Academic All-District selection, was named a 2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete and to the 2024 Spring Horizon League Academic Honor Roll. She was named the CSU Athletic Department Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year two consecutive seasons and also earned team MVP honors following the 2022 season. As a sophomore, she was an initiate for Epsilon Beta, CSU's Sophomore Honor Society, was named to the President's Honor Roll, was a 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete and was named Academic All-WAC. On the court, Dukic, was named a Horizon League All-League second team honoree in 2024 and was a first-team honoree a season ago. She finished her Chicago State career tied for second in all-time singles victories with 59.
Division I
Six of the 20 members of the Academic All-America® Division I women's tennis team boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.25.
Five student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division I women's tennis team – Stanford University's
Valencia Xu, University of South Carolina's
Sarah Hamner, Ohio State University's
Irina Cantos Siemers, University of Miami's
Isabella Pfennig, and University of Virginia's
Natasha Subhash. Subash is a three-time selection.
Division II
Eight of the 18 members of the Academic All-America Division II women's tennis teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.855.
There are four repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division II women's tennis team –
Anais Ruyssen of Wayne State,
Maja Jung of Washburn University,
Emily Barrett of Tiffin University and
Vasileia Griva of Grand Valley State.
The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance
structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division II
Academic All-America® program.
Division III
Nine of the 17 members of the Academic All-America® Division III women's tennis teams boast a perfect 4.0 GPA in their undergraduate work or graduate school. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.935.
There are four repeat selections – Case Western Reserve University's
Lily McCloskey and
Hannah Kassaie, Johns Hopkins University's
Mary Beth Hurley and Linfield University's
Sarah Forester -- on the Academic All-America® Division III women's tennis team. Kassaie was the 2022-23 Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for women's tennis.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance
structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 Division III
Academic All-America® program.
NAIA
Teodora Jovic of Georgia Gwinnett College is the lone member of the Academic All-America® NAIA women's tennis team to maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA in her undergraduate work. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.848.
Stephanie Fernandez of Georgia Gwinnett College,
Vanja Vidanovic of Keiser University and
Vitoria Barandas of Ave Maria University as repeat selections on the Academic All-America® Division II women's tennis team.
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist the College Sports Communicators with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2023-24 NAIA Academic All-America® program.
2023-24 Academic All-America ®
Women's Tennis Team
NCAA Division I
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Connie Ma Stanford University Jr. 3.74 Human Biology
Tian Fangran UCLA So. 3.61 Psychology
Valencia Xu (2) Stanford University Jr. 4.00 International Relations
Sarah Hamner (1) University of South Carolina Jr. 3.91 Accounting
Kari Miller University of Michigan Sr. 3.84 Business Administration
Elizabeth Scotty University of North Carolina Sr. 3.85 Media & Journalism & Political Science
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Dasha Vidmanova University of Georgia Jr. 3.74 Finance
Alexandra Yepifanova Stanford University Jr. 3.59 Science, Technology & Society
Sophie Abrams NC State University Sr. 4.00 Biological Sciences
Elise Wagle UCLA Jr. 3.59 Economics
Fiona Crawley University of North Carolina Sr. 3.73 English & Comparative Literature
Alexa Noel University of Miami Jr. 3.62 Sociology
Hannah Viller Moeller University of California Sr. 3.67 Economics
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Jill Lambrechts Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Gr. 4.00/4.00 Biology (U) / Biological Science (G)
Katja Wiersholm University of California Jr. 3.84 Undeclared
Irina Cantos Siemers (1) Ohio State University Gr. 3.74/4.00 Kinesiology
Natasha Subhash (2) (5) University of Virginia Gr. 3.92/4.00 Commerce (U) / Accounting (G)
Katarina Dukic Chicago State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Mathematics
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer UCLA So. 3.77 Environmental Science
Isabella Pfennig (1) University of Miami Sr. 3.99 Economics
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Connie Ma, Stanford University
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women' Tennis in 2022-23
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women' Tennis in 2022-23
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
(5) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women's At- Large in 2021-22
2023-24 Academic All-America ®
Women's Tennis Team
NCAA Division II
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Anais Ruyssen (3) Wayne State University Jr. 3.78 Management
Lara Schmid Washburn University Sr. 4.00 Mathematics
Nadja Meier Flagler College Sr. 3.53 Business Administration
Maria Saez Camara Missouri Western State University Gr. 4.00/4.00 Kinesiology
Maja Jung (3) Washburn University Sr. 3.85 Kinesiology
Alina Kupfer Southern New Hampshire University So. 3.97 Marketing
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Emily Barrett (3) Tiffin University Jr. 3.87 Exercise Science
Salma Djoubri Lynn University So. 3.50 Sports Management
Katarina Liedbeck Adelphi University So. 4.00 Computer Science
Laia Pasini Florida Southern College Sr. 4.00 Advertising & Public Relations
Letizia Corsini Angelo State University So. 3.60 Mechanical Engineering
Jess Purdy Wilmington University (DE) Sr. 4.00 Liberal Studies
Greta Schieroni Lynn University Jr. 4.00 International Business Management
Clara Versier Barry Sr. 3.73 Biology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Miruna Tudor Azusa Pacific University Gr. 3.58/3.90 Sports Management (G)
Vasileia Griva (3) Grand Valley State Sr. 3.93 Human Resources Management
Emily Hafner Metropolitan State University of Denver Sr. 3.97/4.00 Business Administration (G)
Hannah Yip Midwestern State Jr. 4.00 Geoscience
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Anais Ruyssen, Wayne State University
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
2023-24 Academic All-America ®
Women's Tennis Team
NCAA Division III
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Angie Zhou Pomona-Pitzer Jr. 3.89 Computer Science
Lily McCloskey (1) Case Western Reserve University Jr. 4.00 Biomedical Engineering
Rena Lin University of Chicago Gr. 4.00/4.00 Program Humanities
Hannah Kassaie (1) Case Western Reserve University Jr. 4.00 Nutrition
Mary Beth Hurley (2) Johns Hopkins University Gr. 3.92/3.80 Nursing
Erica Ekstrand Williams College Sr. 3.80 History
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Sahana Raman Middlebury College Jr. 3.81 Neuroscience
Ricki Budewitz Concordia Wisconsin Sr. 3.99/4.00 Business Administration (G)
Ava Deguzman Baruch College Jr. 4.00 Computer Information Systems
Rebecca Jackson UT Dallas Sr. 4.00 Neuroscience
Lindsay Eisenman Claremont-Mudd-Scripps So. 3.89 Science Management
Alisha Chulani Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Jr. 3.74 Engineering
Sarah Forester (3) Linfield University Sr. 4.00 Biochemistry
Katherine Taylor Transylvania University Jr. 4.00 Biology
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Mackenzie Lindow University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Sr. 4.00/4.00 Special Education
Cassie Lee University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jr. 3.89 Human Performance
Sarah Yang Carnegie Mellon University Jr. 3.73 Electrical & Computer Engineering
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Angie Zhou, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women' Tennis in 2022-23
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
2023-24 Academic All-America ®
Women's Tennis Team
NAIA
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Stephanie Fernandez (1) Georgia Gwinnett College Sr. 3.80 Business Management
Teodora Jovic Georgia Gwinnett College Sr. 4.00 English Writing
Vanja Vidanovic (2) Keiser University Jr. 3.74 Business Analytics
Lucy Carpenter Loyola University New Orleans Sr. 3.80/3.85 MBA
Martina Picardi Southeastern University Jr. 3.82 Sport Management
Delfina Stuzynska Morningside University Sr. 3.88 Business Administration
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Vitoria Barandas (2) Ave Maria University Jr. 3.77 Accounting
Emily Clotelter Morningside University Sr. 3.78 Biology & Chemistry
Marina Nagai University of the Cumberlands So. 3.88 Business Administration
Ximena Matamoros Cornerstone University Jr. 3.74/3.74 Biology
Flaminia Guidantoni Southeastern University Sr. 3.56/3.87 Global Business Administration (G)
Anastasiia Ivanchenko Lindsey Wilson College Jr. 3.68 Business Administration
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Stephanie Fernandez, Georgia Gwinnett College
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
