ITA Announces 2009 All-America Teams for NCAA Division I Tennis
SKILLMAN, N.J. — NCAA singles champions Mallory Cecil of Duke and Devin Britton of Mississippi highlight the 2009 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-America Teams for Division I men’s and women’s tennis, released today in conjunction with the season-ending Campbell/ITA national singles and doubles rankings.
Both Cecil and Britton captured the NCAA singles titles on Monday in College Station, TX. It was the first time two freshmen won the men’s and women’s NCAA singles titles in the same year. Britton became just the third freshman to capture award as a frosh while Cecil became the seventh since the current format was adopted in 1977. Both champions spent the previous five years training at the Nick Bollettieri Academy in Bradenton, Florida and entered college in January.
Also highlighting this year’s teams are NCAA doubles champs Mari Andersson and Jana Juricova from California and Dominic Inglot and Michael Shabaz from Virginia.
A player must meet any of the following criteria to earn ITA All-America honors:
Singles
- Top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Championships, or;
- Reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championships, or;
- Finish in the Top 20 of the final ITA Rankings.
Doubles
- Top eight seed in NCAA Doubles Championships, or;
- Reach quarterfinals of NCAA Doubles Championship, or;
- Finish in Top 10 of final ITA Rankings
2009 ITA All-America Teams
Division I Men’s Tennis
(S - Singles, D - Doubles)
Bruno Agostinelli | Kentucky (S) | |
Omar Altmann | Pepperdine (S, D) | |
Jean-Yves Aubone | Florida State (S) | |
Bassam Beidas | Pepperdine (D) | |
Jonas Berg | Mississippi (S, D) | |
Devin Britton | Mississippi (S) | |
Arnau Brugues | Tulsa (S) | |
Alex Clayton | Stanford (S) | |
Clay Donato | North Carolina (D) | |
Robert Farah | USC (S, D) | |
Taylor Fogleman | North Carolina (D) | |
Steven Foreman | Wake Forest (D) | |
Guillermo Gomez | Georgia Tech (S) | |
Jamie Hunt | Georgia (D) | |
Dominic Inglot | Virginia (S, D) | |
Dean Jackson | San Diego (S) | |
Steve Johnson, | USC (S, D) | |
Bryan Koniecko | Ohio State (S) | |
Austin Krajicek | Texas A&M (D) | |
Dimitar Kutrovsky | Texas (S) | |
Denes Lukacs | Baylor (S) | |
Steven Moneke | Ohio State (S) | |
Oleksandr Nedovyesov | Oklahoma State (S) | |
Cory Parr | Wake Forest (S, D) | |
John-Patrick Smith | Tennessee (S, D) | |
Conor Pollock | Texas A&M (S,D) | |
Tim Puetz | Auburn (D) | |
Bruno Rosa | Rice (S) | |
Davey Sandgren | Tennessee (D) | |
Nate Schnugg | Georgia (S, D) | |
Sanam Singh | Virginia (S) | |
Michael Shabaz | Virginia (D) | |
Neal Skupski | LSU (D) | |
Blake Strode | Arkansas (S) | |
Bram ten Berge | Mississippi (D) | |
Alexey Tysrenov | Auburn (D) | |
Daniel Vallverdu | Miami (S) | |
Michael Venus | LSU (S, D) | |
Jay Weinacker | NC State (S) |
Division I Women’s Tennis
(S - Singles, D - Doubles)
Mari Andersson | California (D) |
Hilary Barte | Stanford (S, D) |
Josipa Bek | Clemson (S, D) |
Marrit Boonstra | Florida (S) |
Csilla Borsanyi | Baylor (D) |
Lenka Broosova | Baylor (D) |
Lindsay Burdette | Stanford (D) |
Mallry Cecil | Duke (S) |
Fani Chifchieva | Auburn (S) |
Julia Cohen | Miami (S) |
Bianca Eichkorn | Miami (S) |
Megan Falcon | LSU (S) |
Irina Falconi | Georgia Tech (S) |
Amanda Fink | USC (D) |
Kristy Frilling | Notre Dame (D) |
Nadja Gilchrist | Georgia (D) |
Laura Gioia | Furman (S) |
Sophie Grabinski | North Carolina (D) |
Chelsey Gullickson | Georgia (S, D) |
Ina Hadziselimovic | Clemson (D) |
Michaela Hein | Arizona State (D) |
Jana Juricova | California (S, D) |
Renata Kucerkova | Fresno State (D) |
Lauren Lui | Northwestern (D) |
Sanaz Marand | North Carolina (S, D) |
Kelcy McKenna | Arizona State (S, D) |
Ani Mijacika | Clemson (S, D) |
Aurelija Miseviciute | Arkansas (S) |
Maria Mosolova | Northwestern (S) |
Gabriela Niculescu | USC (D) |
Ellah Nze | Duke (S) |
Anastasia Petukhova | Fresno State (D) |
Natalie Pluskota | Tennessee (D) |
Andrea Remynse | UCLA (D) |
Georgia Rose | Northwestern (D) |
Nina Munch-Soegaard | TCU (S) |
Yasmin Schnack | UCLA (S, D) |
Kelcy Tefft | Notre Dame (D) |
Laura Vallverdu | Miami-FL (S) |
Caitlin Whoriskey | Tennessee (D) |
Keri Wong | Clemson (D) |
Reka Zsilinszka | Duke (S) |
Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings (Final)
Men’s Singles Top 20
Rank Avg Player School Year 1 57.58 Oleksandr Nedovyesov Oklahoma State University Jr. 2 53.61 Arnau Brugues Univ. of Tulsa Sr. 3 53.28 John-Patrick Smith University of Tennessee, Knoxville So. 4 52.54 Bruno Agostinelli University of Kentucky Sr. 5 50.66 Robert Farah Univ. of Southern California Jr. 6 50.29 Steven Moneke Ohio State University Sr. 7 48.93 Michael Venus Louisiana State University Sr. 8 48.69 Denes Lukacs Baylor University Jr. 9 47.03 Bryan Koniecko Ohio State University Sr. 10 42.83 Nate Schnugg University of Georgia Jr. 11 37.57 Cory Parr Wake Forest University Sr. 12 37.5 Guillermo Gomez Georgia Tech So. 13 36.46 Blake Strode Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Sr. 14 35.71 Dimitar Kutrovsky Univ. of Texas at Austin Jr. 15 35.59 Dominic Inglot University of Virginia Sr. 16 35.15 Daniel Vallverdu Univ. of Miami (Florida) Sr. 17 34.48 Conor Pollock Texas A&M University Sr. 18 34.05 Alex Clayton Stanford University So. 19 33.56 Devin Britton Univ. of Mississippi Fr. 20 31.64 Jean-Yves Aubone Florida State University Jr.
Campbell/ITA College Tennis Rankings (Final)
Women’s Singles Top 20
Rank Avg Player School Year 1 61.88 Mallory Cecil Duke University Fr. 2 56.73 Maria Mosolova Northwestern University So. 3 54.14 Aurelija Miseviciute Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville Sr. 4 50.54 Ani Mijacika Clemson University Jr. 5 50.29 Julia Cohen Univ. of Miami (Florida) So. 6 49.13 Chelsey Gullickson Univ. of Georgia Fr. 7 47.8 Marrit Boonstra University of Florida So. 8 44.48 Jana Juricova California Fr. 9 43.86 Hilary Barte Stanford Fr. 10 41.81 Laura Vallverdu Univ. of Miami (Florida) Jr. 11 41.26 Kelcy McKenna Arizona State University So. 12 39.25 Irina Falconi Georgia Tech Fr. 13 36.51 Josipa Bek Clemson University Fr. 14 36.1 Megan Falcon Louisiana State University Sr. 15 35.11 Fani Chifchieva Auburn University Jr. 16 31.86 Melanie Gloria Fresno State Sr. 17 31.33 Laura Gioia Furman University Sr. 18 31.06 Yasmin Schnack UCLA So. 19 30.43 Sanaz Marand North Carolina So. 20 27.47 Reka Zsilinszka Duke University So.
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