Hang Nguyen Tabbed on the NAIA Women's Tennis All-America Team
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the 2024 NAIA Women's Tennis All-America teams. Honorees were selected by the NAIA All-America Selection Committee. Sixteen student-athletes were chosen to comprise first, second & third teams.
National champion Georgia Gwinnett led all schools with three, first-team selections and four overall. Justine Lespes, Teodora Jovic, and Iryna Lysykh were the first team selections for Grizzlies. Lespes was named the Marvin P. Richmond Outstanding Player at the national championship over the weekend, her second-consecutive year to earn the honor. Both Lespes and Lysykh have earned the honor twice in their career.
Xavier (La.) & Keiser (Fla.) both had two listed on the first team (Violet Apisah/Katie Visnevscaia of Keiser and Mbali Langa/Amira Bergaoui of Xavier). Keiser, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) and Xavier each had three student-athletes named to the All-America teams.
FIRST TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Iryna Lysykh | Georgia Gwinnett | Sr. | Severodonetsk, Ukraine |
| Justine Lespes | Georgia Gwinnett | Jr. | La-Teste-de-Buch, France |
| Teodora Jovic | Georgia Gwinnett | Sr. | Gorokan, Australia |
| Sofia Munoz | Indiana Wesleyan | So. | Madellin, Columbia |
| Violet Apisah | Keiser (Fla.) | So. | Sydney, Australia |
| Katie Visnevscaia | Keiser (Fla.) | Sr. | Chisinau, Moldova |
| Anastasiia Vorobiova | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Jr. | Odessa, Ukraine |
| Lucy Carpenter | Loyola (La.) | Sr. | Croton-On-Hudson, N.Y. |
| Olivia Scattini | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Sr. | Concordia, Argentina |
| Valentina Urelli Rinaldi | Menlo (Calif.) | Sr. | Milan, Italy |
| Alizee Ripolies | Northwestern Ohio | Sr. | Perpignan, France |
| Liliana Drukerova | Union (Ky.) | Jr. | Czech Republic |
| Victoria Vieten | William Carey (Miss.) | Fr. | Dusseldorf, Germany |
| Hanna Lindeboom | William Woods (Mo.) | Jr. | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Mbali Langa | Xavier (La.) | Sr. | Johannnesburg, South Africa |
| Amira Bergaoui | Xavier (La.) | Fr. | Tunis, Tunisia |
SECOND TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Kaavya Palani | Bethel (Ind.) | Jr. | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Edisa Hot | Bethel (Tenn.) | Sr. | Bar, Montenegro |
| Sofia Canto Hurtado | Bethel (Tenn.) | Fr. | Puebla, Mexico |
| Laura Matamoros | Cornerstone (Mich.) | Jr. | Cucuta, Columbia |
| Maria Purizaca | Doane (Neb.) | Fr. | Lima, Peru |
| Silva Avakian | Friends (Kan.) | So. | Pasadena, Calif. |
| Jimena Ramirez | Grace (Ind.) | Jr. | Alicante, Spain |
| Yasmin Imamniyazova | Marian (Ind.) | Fr. | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| Sandra Recuenco | Middle Georgia State | So. | Valencia, Spain |
| Lena Golz | Middle Georgia State | Sr. | Erfurt, Germany |
| Agustina Olivero | Midway (Ky.) | So. | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Karolina Mrowiecova | Mobile (Ala.) | So. | Havirov, Czech Republic |
| Line Jensen | Morningside (Iowa) | Fr. | Humlebaek, Denmark |
| Martina Picardi | Southeastern (Fla.) | So. | Avellino, Italy |
| Anna Ruiz Masip | Westcliff (Calif.) | 5th Year | Terrassa, Spain |
| Kyra Akinnibi | Xavier (La.) | 5th Year | London, England |
THIRD TEAM
| Name | School | Class | Hometown |
| Marina Nagai | Cumberlands (Ky.) | So. | Kanagawa, Japan |
| Hang Nguyen | Dillard (La.) | Fr. | Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam |
| Versace Gatti | Georgia Gwinnett | So. | Wyckoff, N.J. |
| Victoria Savvides | Holy Cross (Ind.) | So. | Cyprus |
| Kia Carvalho-Landell | Holy Cross (Ind.) | Sr. | England |
| France Antezana | Indiana Wesleyan | Jr. | Cochabamba, Bolivia |
| Patricia Apisah | Keiser (Fla.) | So. | Sydney, Australia |
| Mariangeles Mateu | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Fr. | Valencia, Spain |
| Darija Mladenovic | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | Sr. | Nis, Serbia |
| Annemart Kleijn | LSU Alexandria (La.) | Sr. | Meppel, The Netherlands |
| Michelle Irigoyen | Marian (Ind.) | Fr. | Antiguo Cuscatlan, El Savador |
| Camila Sanchez | McPherson (Kan.) | So. | Bradenton, Fla. |
| Tracy Llamas | Saint Mary (Kan.) | 5th Year | La Carlota, Western Visayas, Philippines |
| Anna Bintsarovskaya | St. Francis (Ill.) | So. | Chachkov, Belarus |
| Olivia Alcala | Tennessee Wesleyan | So. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Elena Gunfaus | Westcliff (Calif.) | 5th Year | Terrassa, Spain |
Courtsey of NAIA
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