Big South Announces 2010-19 Women's Tennis All-Decade Team
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) -- The Big South Conference announced today the 2010-19 Women’s Tennis All-Decade Team presented by Hercules Tires. The league’s All-Decade Teams were first unveiled as part of the Big South’s 30th Anniversary celebration in 2013-14 to recognize the student-athletes and coaches who excelled in their respective sport in each decade since the Conference’s founding in 1983.
A 15-person committee of Big South Conference administrators served as the official voting panel to determine the All-Decade Team, with fan voting comprising 20 percent of the overall total. The 2010-19 Women’s Tennis All-Decade Team is listed below in alphabetical order and features eight singles players, eight doubles players and one head coach. In case of ties, additional honorees have been added.
2010-19 WOMEN’S TENNIS ALL-DECADE TEAM PRESENTED BY HERCULES TIRES
Singles – Name, School - Notables
Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop - 2-time Player of the Year, 3-time All-Conference
Alice Garcia, Winthrop - 4-time All-Conference
Jordan Jenkins, Liberty - 4-time All-Conference
Olga Makhova, Charleston Southern - Player of the Year, 4-time All-Conference
Marketa Placha, Charleston Southern - 2-time Player of the Year, 2-time All-Conference
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop - 4-time Player of the Year, 4-time All-Conference
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina - 4-time All-Conference
Erica White, Gardner-Webb - Player of the Year, 3-time All-Conference
Elizaveta Zaytseva, Winthrop - 4-time All-Conference
Doubles – Name, School - Notables
Yasmine Alkema, Winthrop - 4-time All-Conference
Isabel Boada, Campbell - 3-time All-Conference
Jordan Jenkins, Liberty - 4-time All-Conference
Megan Kauffman, Winthrop - All-American, 4-time All-Conference
Nicolin Luecke, Charleston Southern - 3-time All-Conference
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop - All-American, 4-time All-Conference
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina - 2-time All-Conference
Alisa Soloveva, Winthrop - 3-time All-Conference
Head Coach, School - Notables
Cid Carvalho, Winthrop - 9 Championships, 9-NCAA Tournaments, 3-time Coach of the Year, 76-7 Big South record, 171-84 overall
Women’s Tennis All-Decade Team candidates were determined based on being at least one of the following: 1) Was a multiple All-Conference honoree in singles and/or doubles; 2) Was named an All-American; 3) Is a member of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame; 4) Student-athletes must be a college graduate or in good academic standing with their respective institution; 5) Won a Conference Championship as a coach and/or was voted Conference Coach of the Year. Candidates that participated in two different decades were placed in a specific decade based on consultation from member institutions. Member institutions also had final determination in regards to inclusion of student-athletes and coaches. Previous Women’s Tennis All-Decade Teams were recognized for the years 1987-89, 1990-99 and 2000-09.