Katarina Dukic Named Third Team on 2023-24 Women’s Tennis Academic All-America Teams

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