NEW ORLEANS - App State senior
María José Zacarias and freshman
Ksenia Aleshina were named First-Team All-Sun Belt doubles on Wednesday, as the league announced all-conference awards.
Zacarias earns her third postseason conference honor while Aleshina nabs her first all-conference award. The Mountaineers' top tandem in the lineup were recognized after finishing 10-3 overall and 7-2 in league action.
The pairing's 10 wins led No. 1 doubles and the 7-2 mark also led all No. 1 doubles tandems in the Sun Belt
Zacarias/Aleshina put together a season-best six-match win streak and finished the year with an 8-1 showing over their last nine contests.
Their top-three victories in league play came against South Alabama, Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina, who all advanced to the Sun Belt Tournament semifinals, with the Jaguars and Eagles advancing to the championship round.
App State finished with six victories, four of which came in league action.
Individual Awards -
Coach of the Year - Sean McCaffrey, Georgia Southern
Player of the Year - Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (Sr. Funabashi, Japan)
Player to Watch - Carla Pons, UT Arlington (Jr. Valencia, Spain)
Newcomer of the Year - Hana Kvapilova, Texas State (Sr. Usti nad Orlici, The Czech Republic)
Freshman of the Year - Otoha Aoki, South Alabama (Fr. Komaki, Japan)
All-Conference First Team Singles
Yu Fujioka, South Alabama (Sr. Funabashi, Japan)
Hana Kvapilova, Texas State (Sr. Usti nad Orlici, The Czech Republic)
Somer Dalla-Bona, Coastal Carolina (Sr. Bokarina, Australia)
Nadja Meier, Georgia Southern (So. Potsdam, Germany)
Momoka Horiguchi, UT Arlington (Jr. Osaka, Japan)
Nikola Kohoutova, South Alabama (Sr. Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic)
All-Conference First Team Doubles
Charlotte Van Diemen (Sr. Berkel and Rodenrijs, Netherlands) and Sophie Wagemaker (Fr.
Zuid-Scharwoude, Netherlands), Georgia Southern
María José Zacarias (Sr. San Luis Potosi, Mexico) and Ksenia Aleshina (Fr. Moscow Russia), App State
Otoha Aoki (Fr. Komaki, Japan) and Aina Domingo-Bernabeu (Fr. Barcelona, Spain), South Alabama
All-Conference Second Team Singles
Otoha Aoki, South Alabama (Fr. Komaki, Japan)
Carla Pons, UT Arlington (Jr. Valencia Spain)
Victoire De Samucewicz, Coastal Carolina (So. Paris, France)
Matea Mihaljevic, Troy (Sr. Osijek, Croatia)
Floriane Picaut, Louisiana (Jr. Verrieres le Buisson, France)
Andreea Stanescu, Georgia State (Jr. Bucharest, Romania)
All-Conference Second Team Doubles
Somer Dalla-Bona (Sr. Bokarina, Australia) and Jessie Mount (Sr. Melbourne, Australia), Coastal Carolina
Nikola Kohoutova (Sr. Kralupy nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) and Yu Fujioka (Sr. Funabashi, Japan) South Alabama
Floriane Picaut (Sr. Verrieres le Buisson France) and Clara Mantaux (Sr. Montbeliard, France), Louisiana
