The SMU men's tennis duo of
Johan Brunstrom and
Eric Cohn, and Fresno State women's pair of
Kim Niggemeyer and
Simone Jardim,and singles player
Chloe Carlotti were all named ITA All-Americans for the 2001-2002 year. The announcement was made by the ITA (Intercollegiate Tennis Association) on Tuesday.
The Brunstrom and Cohn pair went 20-11 on the year, highlighted by a trip to the finals of the ITA Indoor Doubles Championship in Dallas in November. Both Brunstrom and Cohn were named All-WAC first team. For Brunstrom, it marked the second straight year the Sweden native was named All-America in doubles play. Last year, Brunstrom was awarded with former Mustang Jon Wallmark.
For Fresno State, Kim Niggemeyer earned another All-America honor, after landing the singles title last season. Niggemeyer and partner Jardim earned All-America status as their doubles team went 29-10 on the season and earned first-team all-WAC honors. WAC Freshman of the Year, Chloe Carlotti made her way to the round of 16 at the NCAA Championship, giving her the title of All-American.
To earn ITA All-American honors, a player must achieve one of the following: (singles) top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Championships, reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championships, or finish in the top 20 of the final Omni Hotels Collegiate; (doubles) top eight seed in NCAA Doubles Championships, reach quarterfinals of NCAA Doubles Championship, or finish in top 10 of final Omni Hotels Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
2001-02 ITA All-American Teams (S - singles, D - doubles):
Men
Romain Ambert, Mississippi State (S)
Benjamin Becker, Baylor (S)
Matias Boeker, Georgia (S, D)
Johan Brunstrom, SMU (D)
Michael Calkins, Illinois (D)
James Cameron, Furman (D)
John Chesworth, Furman (D)
Tobias Clemens, UCLA (S)
Eric Cohn, SMU (D)
Andrew Colombo, Auburn (D)
Amer Delic, Illinois (S, D)
Rodrigo Echagaray, Texas (D)
John Fruttero, California (S, D)
Al Garland, Pepperdine (S)
Peter Handoyo, Tennessee (S)
Thomas Haug, Minnesota (D)
Ryan Haviland, Stanford (S)
K.J. Hippensteel, Stanford (S)
Bo Hodge, Georgia (D)
Phillip King, Duke (S, D)
Daniel Klemetz, Middle Tennessee (S)
Marc Kovacs, Auburn (D)
Robert Kowalczyk, California (D)
Andy Leber, Texas-Arlington (S)
Scott Lipsky, Stanford (D)
Carlos Lozano, BYU (D)
Oliver Maiberger, San Diego State (S, D)
Harsh Mankad, Minnesota (S, D)
David Martin, Stanford (S, D)
Marcin Matkowski, UCLA (S, D)
Ryan Moore, Southern California (D)
Ryan Newport, Texas A&M (S)
Travis Parrott, Portland (S)
Nick Rainey, Southern California (S, D)
Bobby Reynolds, Vanderbilt (S)
Ryan Redondo, San Diego State (D)
Jean-Julien Rojer, UCLA (D)
Thomas Schneiter, UNLV (S)
Jean Simon, Texas (S)
Casey Smith, Notre Dame (D)
Javier Taborga, Notre Dame (S, D)
Mario Toledo, Tennessee (S)
Gert Vilms, BYU (D)
Brandon Wagner, Georgia (S)
Todd Widom, Miami (Fla.) (S)
Jesse Witten, Kentucky (S)
Michael Yani, Duke (D)
Jose Zarhi, Texas (D)
Women
Hillary Adams, Duke (D)
Lauren Barnikow, Stanford (S)
Bea Bielik, Wake Forest (S, D)
Janet Bergman, Wake Forest (D)
Megan Bradley, UCLA (S, D)
Tiffany Brymer, Southern California (D)
Erin Burdette, Stanford (S)
Nataly Cahana, Old Dominion (S)
Chloe Carlotti, Fresno State (S)
Claire Carter, Washington (D)
Vilmaria Castellvi, Tennessee (S)
Agata Cioroch, Georgia (S)
Lindsay Dawaf, Florida (S, D)
Adria Engel, Arizona State (S, D)
Lauren Fisher, UCLA (D)
Simone Jardim, Fresno State (D)
Amanda Johnson, Duke (S)
Lauren Kalvaria, Stanford (S, D)
Darija Klaic, Washington (D)
Dora Krstulovic, Arizona State (D)
Debbie Larocque, Arizona (D)
Gabriela Lastra, Stanford (S, D)
Jessica Lehnhoff, Florida (S, D)
Petya Marinova, UCLA (D)
Carolina Mayorga, Kentucky (D)
Kelly McCain, Duke (S, D)
Maja Mlakar, Arizona (S, D)
Kim Niggemeyer, Fresno State (D)
Andrea Ondrisova, Virginia Commonwealth (S)
Jewel Peterson, Southern California (S, D)
Alice Pirsu, Pennsylvania (S)
Kate Pinchbeck, North Carolina (S)
Mira Radu, Mississippi (S)
Sarah Riske, Vanderbilt (S, D)
Aleke Tsoubanos, Vanderbilt (D)
Sara Walker, UCLA (S, D)
Sarah Witten, Kentucky (D)