DENVER - The 2015-2016 All-WAC teams have been named, following a vote of the WAC's six head coaches. NM State's Ashvarya Shrivastav headlines the awards, earning WAC Player of the Year honors, while UT Rio Grande Valley's Tara Donaho was named WAC Freshman of the Year and Grand Canyon's Gregory Prudhomme earned WAC Coach of the Year honors.
Shrivastav was the pick for WAC Player of the Year after going 4-1 at #1 singles in conference matches and 17-12 overall. She finished 13-13 overall in doubles play and 10-8 with partner Rimpledeep Kaur.
Donaho earned WAC Freshman of the Year honors after going 4-1 at #6 singles play and 2-1 at #2 doubles play with partner Reegan Greenwood.
Prudhomme was named WAC Coach of the Year after leading the ‘Lopes to a second place regular season finish with a WAC record of 4-1 and an overall record of 9-8.
The complete WAC teams are listed below.
First Team All-WAC Singles
Ashvarya Shrivastav, NM State
Lana Macukat, Grand Canyon
Tatum Prudhomme, Grand Canyon
Lana Rinaldi, Grand Canyon
Michelle Lui, Seattle U
Susie Baklini, Grand Canyon
First Team All-WAC Doubles
Michelle Lui/Kelli Woodman, Seattle U
Tatum Prudhomme/Susie Baklini, Grand Canyon
Kylie Waschuk/Alexandra Petrzalkova, Grand Canyon
Second Team All-WAC Singles
Marina Albert, Missouri-Kansas City
Eli Arnaudova, NM State
Reegan Greenwood, UT Rio Grande Valley
Tara Donaho, UT Rio Grande Valley
Doris Aleksovska, UT Rio Grande Valley
Kelli Woodman, Seattle U
Second Team All-WAC Doubles
Lana Rinaldi/Lana Macukat, Grand Canyon
Chloe Jolliff/Lindsay Harlas, NM State
Erika Castillo Lopez/Gabrielle Joyce, NM State
Player of the Year: Ashvarya Shrivastav, NM State
Freshman of the Year: Tara Donaho, UT Rio Grande Valley
Coach of the Year: Gregory Prudhomme, Grand Canyon