Women's Tennis Sweeps Big 12 Awards
4/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
April 28, 2008
WACO, Texas -
The Baylor women's tennis team made a clean sweep of the 2008 All-Big 12 Tennis Awards, claiming the Player, Freshman, Newcomer and Coach of the Year honors the league office announced on Monday.
Zuzana Zemenova was a unanimous selection for the Big 12 Player of the Year, while Taylor Ormond was tabbed Freshman of the Year. Jelena Stanivuk earned Newcomer of the Year honors, while head coach Joey Scrivano earned the league's Coach of the Year award.
The All-Big 12 honors are selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.
Zemenova is the first athlete in Big 12 history to win Player of the Year in four straight years in any sport. Baylor men's tennis player Benedikt Dorsch (2003-05) and
Ormond is the third BU women's player to win freshman recognition posting 26 wins in both singles and doubles play. She is currently ranked No. 43 in the nation. Her doubles partner Stanivuk claimed newcomer honors, finishing a combined 9-0 playing at positions No. 3-5. The award-winning duo tallied an 8-2 doubles mark in conference play.
Scrivano led the Bears to a dominating 28-2 overall record and third undefeated Big 12 Conference record. The Baylor women captured their third straight conference title while losing only twice on the season to Stanford and Northwestern, both ranked No. 1 nationally at the time.
In addition, Lenka Broosova was named to the 2008 All-Big 12 Singles Team for the second-straight season after posting a 44-4 overall record, including a 28-1 record in dual matches. Zemenova and Ormond also earned spots on the all-conference first-team.
Zemenova and Broosova were named to the 2008 All-Big 12 Doubles team following a 32-8 overall record. Jana Bielikova and Zuzana Chmelarova were also selected to the All-Big 12 Doubles team after fashioning a 9-5 record, including a 5-2 mark in Big 12 play.
Baylor won its third-straight Big 12 Tournament title on Sunday with a 4-1 win over No. 20 Texas. The Lady Bears will find out their NCAA Tournament plans during Tuesday's live announcement of the tournament pairings aired live on ESPN News at 1 p.m. A watch party with both the men's and women's tennis teams is scheduled for the Stone Reception Room at the
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Zuzana Zemenova, Baylor, Sr.*
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Jelena Stanivuk, Baylor, Fr.
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Taylor Ormond, Baylor, Fr.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Joey Scrivano, Baylor
ALL-BIG 12 TEAM
Singles
Lenka Broosova, Baylor, So.
Taylor Ormond, Baylor, Fr.
Zuzana Zemenova, Baylor, Sr.*
Monica Milewski,
Magdalena
Ana Maria Constantinescu,
Courtney
Elze'
Doubles
Zuzana Chmelarova/Jana Bielikova, Baylor
Zuzana Zemenova/Lenka Broosova, Baylor
Monica Milewski/
Imke Reimers/Jana Albers,
Vanja Corovic/Marija Milic,
Tiffany Clifford/Ana Blagodarova,
Samantha van der Drift/Janet
* - Unanimous selection
Players Mentioned
