Eight MSC Women's Tennis Student-Athletes Earn NAIA All-America Team Honors

5/23/2025 5:20:35 PM

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Eight Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis student-athletes earned NAIA All-America Team honors, NAIA officials announced on Friday.

The NAIA All-America Selection Committee selected honorees.

Lindsey Wilson's (Ky.) Aina Bernabeu -- the Mid-South Conference Women's Tennis Player of the Year -- headlines the MSC All-Americans. She is one of three MSC student-athletes to earn first-team honors.

Joining Bernabeu on the first team is Cumberlands' (Ky.) Karen Kondo and Lindsey Wilson's Anastasiia Vorobiova.

Cumberlands' Marina Nagai, Lindsey Wilson's Mariangeles Mateu, and Bethel's (Tenn.) Sofia Canto Hurtado was named to the second team while Campbellsville's (Ky.) Oriana Espinoza and Cumberland's (Tenn.) Emilia Nowak picked up third-team honors.

All eight honorees also earned All Mid-South Conference honors this season.

 

First Team

Name

Institution

Class

Hometown

Aina Bernabeu

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Graduate

Castellar del Valles, Spain

Karen Kondo

Cumberlands (Ky.)

Senior

Tokyo, Japan

Anastasiia Vorobiova

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Senior

Odessa, Ukraine

 

Second Team

Name

Institution

Class

Hometown

Marina Nagai

Cumberlands (Ky.)

Junior

Kanagawa, Japan

Mariangeles Mateu

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)

Sophomore

Valencia, Spain

Sofia Canto Hurtado

Bethel (Tenn.)

Sophomore

Puebla, Mexico

 

Third Team

Name

Institution

Class

Hometown

Oriana Espinoza

Campbellsville (Ky.)

Senior

Maracay, Venezuela

Emilia Nowak

Cumberland (Tenn.)

Freshman

Poland, Poland