Cleveland, OH – The Toledo women's tennis team had five athletes earn Academic All-Mid-American Conference honors, league officials announced on Tuesday. Mackenzie Bowman, Sidnay Huck, Emily Mazzola, Colleen O'Brien and Lauren Thai were selected due to their outstanding efforts in the classroom, as well as on the tennis court.
 
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.
 
A total of 28 student-athletes were named to the 2016 Women's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team. Seniors Mackenzie Bowman, Emily Mazzola and Lauren Thai earned this award for the second-consecutive year and sophomores Sidnay Huck and Colleen O'Brien are first-time selections.
 
2016 Women's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team (28):
Ariadna Blinova, Akron, Sophomore, 3.32 GPA, Civil Engineering, Riga, Latvia
Sophia Geier, Akron, Sophomore, 3.93 GPA, Sport Management, Burgebrach, Germany
Carli Knezevich, Akron, Sophomore, 3.28 GPA, Sport Management, Austin, Texas
^Martina Zerbola, Akron, Senior, 3.96 GPA, Accounting, Neuquen, Argentina
^Toni Ormond, Ball State, Junior, 3.936 GPA, Teaching Foreign Language, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Antonina Farrar, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.291 GPA, Inclusive Early Childhood, Perrysburg, Ohio
Drew Fillis, Bowling Green, Senior, 3.534 GPA, Athletic Training, Toledo, Ohio
Emily Witt, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.545 GPA, Biology, Grafton, Ohio
Tanja Stojanovska, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.778 GPA, Exercise Science, Ohrid, Macedonia
Christine Haraldson, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.463 GPA, Management, Hoelviken, Sweden
Andrea Martinovska, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.68 GPA, Communication, Plzn, Czech Republic
Renu Sharma, Eastern Michigan, Sophomore, 3.31 GPA, Undeclared, Fardabad, India
^*Klara Supejova, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.56 GPA, Sport Management, Plzn, Czech Republic
^Andreea Badileanu, Miami, Junior, 3.55 GPA, Bioengineering, Bucharest, Romania
Nelli Ponomareva, Miami, Sophomore, 3.23 GPA, University Studies, Krasnodar, Russia
^Ana Rajkovic, Miami, Senior, 3.30 GPA, Chemical Engineering, Belgrade, Serbia
Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Miami, Sophomore, 3.74 GPA, Bioengineering, Moscow, Russia
^Cristina Alvarez, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.95 GPA, Electrical-Computer Engineering, Zaragoza, Spain
Abigail Dekkinga, Northern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.84 GPA, Media Studies, Allegan, Mich.
Evelyn Youel, Northern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.88 GPA, Mathematics Education, Crystal Lake, Ill.
^Mackenzie Bowman, Toledo, Senior, 3.481 GPA, Bioengineering, Bothell, Wash.
Sidnay Huck, Toledo, Sophomore, 3.468 GPA, Early Childhood Education, Fort Wayne, Ind.
^Emily Mazzola, Toledo, Senior, 3.588 GPA, Communication, Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Colleen O'Brien, Toledo, Sophomore, 3.527 GPA, Biology, Ann Arbor, Mich.
^Lauren Thai, Toledo, Senior, 3.738 GPA, Biology, Galloway, Ohio
^Meika Ashby, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.55 GPA, Recreation: Sport Management, Kalamazoo, Mich.
^Tracy Kuhle, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.96 GPA, Marketing, Decatur, Ill.
Olivia Myers, Western Michigan, Sophomore, 3.51 GPA, Exercise Science, Belmont, Ohio
 
^2015 Academic All-MAC Team
*2014 Academic All-MAC Team