KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Northwest Missouri State men’s and women’s tennis teams were each well represented in the MIAA postseason awards which were released by the league office on Wednesday. Northwest sophomore Romain Boissinot was the MIAA Men’s Player of the Year and head coach Mark Rosewell was named MIAA Coach of the Year for the 25th time.
Boissinot, last season’s MIAA Freshman of the Year, was one of three first team All-MIAA selections for the Bearcats. Josef Altmann earned first team honors at No. 5 singles and Fin Glowick was first team at No. 6 singles. Glowick and Altmann were also awareded first team honors at No. 3 doubles. Hicham Azzaoui earned second team honors at No. 4 singles while Mauro Tete and Aymeric Autones earned second team honors at No. 2 doubles. Earning honorable mention accolades were Tete (No. 2 singles) and Alvaro Riveros (No. 3 singles). Riveros and Boissinot were honorable mention at No. 1 doubles.
Camila Quesada earned second team honors at No. 1 singles, as did Aniek Kolen at No. 4 singles and Marianne Hull at No. 6 singles. Earning honorable mention for Northwest were Lorena Rivas Jarolim (No. 2 singles), Margaux Jaquet (No. 3 singles) and Stephanie Mannix (No. 5 singles). Quesada and Rivas Jarolim earned honorable mention honors at No. 1 doubles, as did Mannix and Kolen at No. 3 doubles.
Both men’s and women’s teams earned NCAA Tournament bids. The Bearcat men will host Nebraska-Kearney on Tuesday, May 5, at 1 p.m. The Northwest women will travel to Tahlequah, Okla., to face Nebraska-Kearney on Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m.
2015 ALL-MIAA MEN’S TENNIS TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR Romain Boissinot, Nothwest Missouri
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Sherif Abohabaga, Southwest Baptist
COACH OF THE YEAR Mark Rosewell, Northwest Missouri
Co-SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Andrew Davids, Emporia State,
Chris Blodig, Southwest Baptist & Matthew Barlow, Washburn
FIRST TEAM
1S: Romain Boissinot, Northwest Missouri
2S: Yoshi Ysa, Lindenwood
3S: Matthew Barlow, Washburn
4S: Mohab El Zanaty, Nebraska-Kearney
5S: Josef Altmann, Northwest Missouri
6S: Fin Glowick, Northwest Missouri
1D: Georges Wakim/Lucas Garces, Nebraska-Kearney
2D: Mohab El Zanaty/Joey Richards, Nebraska-Kearney
3D: Fin Glowick/Josef Altmann, Northwest Missouri
SECOND TEAM
1S: Martin Wieand, Washburn
2S: Sherif Abohabaga, Southwest Baptist
3S: Chris Blodig, Southwest Baptist
4S: Hicham Azzaoui, Northwest Missouri
5S: Yannick Doering, Southwest Baptist
6S: Jack Nicholson, Nebraska-Kearney
1D: Kristof Kinal, Sherif Abohabaga, Southwest Baptist
2D: Mauro Tete/Aymeric Autones, Northwest Missouri
3D: Jack Nicholson/Justin Nguyen, Nebraska-Kearney
Honorable Mention
#1S: Kristof Kinal, SBU
#2S: Blake Hunter, WU; Mauro Tete, NW
#3S: Lucas Garces, UNK; Alvaro Riveros, NW
#4S: Johannes Rabenhorst, LWU; Torben Semrau, SBU
#5S: Dario Munoz-Poletti, WU; Patrick Cameron, ESU; Aaron Reekie, UNK
#6S: Payton Hays, ESU; Ale Belote, SBU
#1D: Andrew Davids/Gerard Pont, ESU; Alvaro Riveros/Romain Boissinot, NW
#2D: Patrick Cameron/Keenan Smith, ESU; Chris Blodig/Torben Semrau, SBU
#3D: Yannick Doering/Alex Belote, SBU
2015 ALL-MIAA WOMEN’S TENNIS TEAM
PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Maria Josie Zehnder, Southwest Baptist
Co-COACH OF THE YEAR: Amanda Stone, Northeastern State & John Bryant, Southwest Baptist
Co-SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD: Alina Gorina, Central Oklahoma & Tawni Griffey, Emporia State
FIRST TEAM
1S: Fanni Varga, Southwest Baptist
2S: Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
3S: Molly Worden, Northeastern State
4S: Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State
5S: Barbora Jirickova, Northeastern State
6S: Kari Emery, Nebraska-Kearney
1D: Kristina Savchenkov/Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
2D: Maria Josie Zehnder/Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
3D: Kari Emery/Emma Neil, Nebraska-Kearney
SECOND TEAM
1S: Camila Quesada, Northwest Missouri
2S: Maria Josie Zehnder, Southwest Baptist
3S: Paula Jimenez, Nebraska-Kearney
4S: Aniek Kolen, Northwest Missouri
5S: Emily Semo, Central Oklahoma
6S: Marianne Hull, Northwest Missouri
1D: Fanni Varga/Christina Zentai, Southwest Baptist
2D: Molly Worden/Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State
3D: Barbora Jirickova/Easton Parker, Northeastern State
Honorable Mention
#1S: Kristina Savchenkov, NSU; Alina Gorina, UCO
#2S: Christina Zentai, SBU; Lorena Rivas Jarolim, NW; Brittney Ricci, FHSU
#3S: Lani Tuemmers, SBU; Margaux Jaquet, NW
#4S: Kaley Clark, ESU; Emma Neil, UNK
#5S: Stephanie Mannix, NWMSU; Amy Fugit, ESU; Zorana Jovanovic, SBU
#6S: Lucia Cerchlanova, NSU; Meara Smith, MWSU; Daria Panferova, NSU
#1D: Camila Quesada/Lorena Rivas Jarolim, NW; Casyn Buchman/Jodie Blackim, WU
#2D: Paula Jimenez/Kristin Weems, UNK
#3D: Stephanie Mannix/Aniek Kolen, NW; Beatrix Federer/Zorana Jovanovic, SBU; Natasa Brnovic/Olya Burak, UCO
— Northwest Sports Information —