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Women's Tennis All-Mountain West Conference Honors

BYU's Richardson and UNLV's Abram lead honors.

April 26, 2001

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - All-conference honors for the 2001 season were announced at the Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis Championship banquet in Fort Collins, Colo. BYU senior Jodi Richardson headlined the All-MWC team as the Player of the Year, while UNLV's Agnieszka Abram earned Freshman of the Year honors. Richardson, New Mexico's Natalia Alekhova and San Diego State's Whitney Wells and Katja Karrento were repeat all-conference performers after making the inaugural All-MWC squad in 2000.

The 2001 MWC Coach of the Year award will be announced at the conclusion of the 2001 MWC Women's Tennis Championships on Saturday, April 28. Following is the complete list of the 12-member singles team and the six doubles teams as selected by the MWC head coaches.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR--Richardson, a native of Canberra, Australia, posted a 6-1 record in conference play this season at the No. 1 singles position as she helped the Cougars go unbeaten in conference play en route to the regular season MWC title. She also teamed up with teammate Brooke Ferney for a 6-1 league mark in No. 1 doubles play. Richardson's overall singles record this season is 21-8.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR--Abram, from Warsaw, Poland, was 5-2 in MWC singles matches after winning five straight in the No. 2 spot to close out league play. She teamed with Paulina Janus for a 5-2 doubles record in the MWC and helped the Rebels to a third-place finish in the conference. Abram's overall singles record is 15-13.

2001 Mountain West Conference Women's Tennis All-Conference Team

Singles

Name                 Cl.   Institution
Brooke Parsons       Jr.   Air Force
Lu Oswald            Sr.   BYU
Domonique Reynolds   So.   BYU
*Jodi Richardson     Sr.   BYU
*Natalia Alekhova    Sr.   New Mexico
Paulina Janus        So.   UNLV
Agnieszka Abram      Fr.   UNLV
Lindsay Hedberg      So.   San Diego State
*Katja Karrento      So.   San Diego State
Silvia Tornier       So.   San Diego State
*Whitney Wells       Sr.   San Diego State
Jenny Bowman         Fr.   Wyoming

*two-time All-MWC performers

Doubles

Names                                 Institution
Jodi Richardson/Brooke Ferney         BYU
Domonique Reynolds/Lya Khoudoiarova   BYU
Courtney Choate/Sandy Lukowski        New Mexico
Silvia Tornier/Lindsay Hedberg        San Diego State
Whitney Wells/Julie Chidley           San Diego State
Paulina Janus/Agnieszka Abram         UNLV

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Jodi Richardson, Senior, BYU

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Agnieszka Abram, UNLV