ROCK HILL, S.C. – UVA Wise women's tennis junior Liza Akimenko has been named an All-South Atlantic Conference Honorable Mention in singles the league office announced Wednesday morning.

Akimenko finished the campaign with a 10-6 overall record at No. 1 singles as she ended the season with back-to-back conference wins on the road at Mars Hill and at home against Anderson. The 6-foot-1 junior compiled a 5-6 league mark at No. 1 singles, gaining three more conference victories over Catawba, Limestone, and Lincoln Memorial.

Queens University of Charlotte's Yana Fleyer was voted the 2021 South Atlantic Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year, while Wingate University's Elena Gunfaus was voted Freshman of the Year.  In addition, Wingate's head coach Michael Cabana was named the Coach of the Year.

2021 SAC Women's Tennis All-Conference

First Team Doubles
Sasha Davidzenka / Yana Fleyer, Queens
Annie McCullough / Caitlin McCullough, Tusculum
Elisa Aguirre / Judit Gonzalez Agud, Newberry

Second Team Doubles
Natasha Forrest / Hannah Price, Carson-Newman
Caity Klaassen / Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Emilie Hansen / Amber Lackey, Tusculum

Honorable Mention Doubles
Anna Greer / Katie Robeson, Anderson
Amy Griffiths / Lucy Spice, Newberry
Carrigan Blanchard / Anya Tarlouskaya, Anderson

First Team Singles
Yana Fleyer, Queens
Ana Carla Resende, Carson-Newman
Annie McCullough, Tusculum
Gemma Southwick, Lenoir-Rhyne
Elena Bompieri, Wingate
Elena Gunfaus, Wingate

Second Team Singles
Sasha Davidzenka, Queens
Camilla Ciaccia, Wingate
Viktorija Veselinova, Queens
Judit Gonzalez Agud, Newberry
Anna Greer, Anderson
Valentina Ascarrunz, Lincoln Memorial

Honorable Mention Singles
Liza Akimenko, UVA Wise
Una Pandurevic, Catawba
Elisa Aguirre, Newberry
Sophia Marchetta, Limestone
Alicia Wahlberg, Lenoir-Rhyne
Caitlin McCullough, Tusculum

Player of the Year
Yana Fleyer, Queens 

Freshman of the Year
Elena Gunfaus, Wingate

Coach of the Year
Michael Cabana, Wingate