Four Rockets Named to 2018 Academic All-MAC Team

Toledo, Ohio -Senior Colleen O'Brien, senior Sidnay Huck, junior Claire Aleck and sophomore Dee Dee Leenabanchong were named to the 2018 Academic All-MAC team, the Mid-American Conference announced today.

"I'm so incredibly proud of the accomplishments of our student-athletes this year," head coach Tracy Mauntler said. "Not only do these four lead on the court with their hard work, but also in the classroom."

Huck and O'Brien have now won the honor three times in their careers while Aleck has been selected twice.

Nominees must have a minimum 3.20 cumulative grade point average to be eligible for the team.

2018 Women's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team (27):

^Claire Aleck, Toledo, Junior, 3.90 PGA, Exercise Science, Ada, Mich.
^*Sidnay Huck, Toledo, Senior, 3.60 GPA, Education, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dee Dee Leenabanchong, Toledo, Sophomore, 3.60 GPA, Information Systems, Bangkok, Thailand
^*Colleen O'Brien, Toledo, Senior, 3.57 GPA, Biology, Ann Arbor, Mich.

^Luisa Echeverry, Akron, Junior, 3.624 GPA, Mechanical Engineering, Cali, Colombia
^*Carli Knezevich, Akron, Senior, 3.371 GPA, Sport Management, Austin, Texas
Rita Pedroso, Akron, Sophomore, 3.90 GPA, International Business, Porto, Portugal
^Isabelle Dohanics, Ball State, Junior, 3.443 GPA, Biology, Cranberry Township, PA
^Polina Radeva, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.76 GPA, Psychology, Varna, Bulgaria
Ayumi Sasaki, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Individualized Business, Montreal, Quebec
Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.909 GPA, Business Management, Lviv, Ukraine
^Chantal Martinez Blanco, Buffalo, Junior, 3.739 GPA, Economics, San Juan, Puerto Rico
^Mercedes Losada Rubio, Buffalo, Junior, 3.626 GPA, Management, Granada, Spain
Anna Savchenko, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.681 GPA, English, Limassol, Cyprus
^Sanjana Sudhir, Buffalo, Junior, 3.599 GPA, Economics, Thrissur, India
^Alejandra Barcelo Almoyna, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.40 GPA, Entrepreneurship, Alicante, Spain
^*Andrea Martinovska, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.68 GPA, International Affairs, Plzn, Czech Republic
^Marie Mayerova, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.42 GPA, Criminology, Krmelin, Czech Republic
^*Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Miami, Senior, 3.82 GPA, Bioengineering, Moscow, Russia
^Emily Struble, Miami, Junior, 3.97 GPA, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Holt, Mich.
^*Abigail Dekkinga, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.62 GPA, Communications–Media Studies, Allegan, Mich.
^*Evelyn Youel, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.844 GPA, Mathematics Education, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Brodie Walker, Northern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.689 GPA, International Politics, Bristol, England
^Denise Azcui, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.93 GPA, Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering, Bloomington, Ind.
^Katja Fevralev, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.46 GPA, Fashion Design & Development, Bielefeld, Germany
^Melina Lyubomirova, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.63 GPA, Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
Gabriela Slavova, Western Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72 GPA, Pre-Human Resource Management, Sofia, Bulgaria

^2017 Academic All-MAC Team
*2016 Academic All-MAC Team

Players Mentioned

Claire Aleck

Sidnay Huck

Dee Dee Leenabanchong

Colleen O'Brien

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