For Immediate Release
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Player of the Year
Valeriya Monko
(So., Rostov-on-Don, Russia / International School In Novie Veshki, Moscow)
Augustana University
- Named NSIC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season
- Went 17-5 at No. 1 singles and 10-1 in NSIC contests
- Went 18-4 at No. 1 doubles with teammates Florentia Hadjigeorgiou & Emily Granson
- Was 6-0 at No. 1 doubles with Hadjigeorgiou and 4-1 with Granson during NSIC play
- Two-time All-NSIC first team selection
- Ranked in the ITA Top 75 National Singles Rankings for three weeks with her highest ranking coming on 3/10 being ranked 50th
- Ranked 29th in the ITATop 75 National Doubles Rankings with teammate Florentia Hadjigeorgiou, with their highest ranking being 29th
- Won doubles matches in 6-0 fashion five times this season.

NSIC Freshman of the Year
Charalampia Grammatikaki
(Fr., Athens, Greece / 3rd Lyceum of Kifisia)
Upper Iowa University
- Earned All-NSIC First Team honors as a freshman 
- Was 12-1 at No. 1 singles, including 10-1 in NSIC contests
- Finished season 10-3 in doubles play, with a 3-2 No. 1 doubles mark and 7-1 at No. 2 doubles
- Was 8-3 during the season in NSIC doubles action with teammate Jessa Michieli 

NSIC Coach of the Year
Ryan Kucera
(2nd Season)
Minnesota State University, Mankato 
- Led the Mavericks to a 11-8 overall record and a 8-3 NSIC record
- Guided the Mavericks to a tie for third in the NSIC standings
- Turned around a squad that went 1-10 during the 2021 season
- Led the Mavericks to their highest finish in the NSIC standings since 2009
- The eight NSIC wins are the most since the 2013 season (9) 
- Made first appearance in the NSIC Tournament since 2018
- Led the Mavericks to a NSIC Tournament semifinal berth, first tournament win since 2017
- Coached three All-NSIC performers this season
- First Maverick coach to be named the NSIC Tennis Coach of the Year

2022 NSIC All-Conference Teams  

First Team Singles
Laura Arce Vieyra	Sr.	AUGIE	Mexico City, Mexico
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou	So.	AUGIE	Deryneia, Cyprus
Valeriya Monko	So.	AUGIE	Rostov-On-Don, Russia
Shaelyn Johnson	So.	BSU	Grand Forks, N.D.
Tristen Bryant-Otake	Jr.	MSU	Kailua, Hawaii
Chloe Chong	Fr.	UMary	Selangor, Malaysia
Charalampia Grammatikaki	Fr.	UIU	Athens, Greece
Rachel Kelly	Jr.	WSU	Hopkins, Minn.
Beth Murman	Jr.	WSU	Fort Dodge, Iowa
Second Team Singles
Gabriela Jancikova	Fr.	AUGIE	Sosuvka, Czech Republic
Alexandra Kistanova	Jr.	AUGIE	Seversk, Russia
Sophie Groen	So.	BSU	Uigeest, Netherlands
Ilona Freitag	Fr.	UMary	La Chaux-De-Fonds
Elizabeth Felderman	Fr.	MSU	Mandan, N.D.
Avery Stilwell	Fr.	MSU	Litchfield, Minn.
Claudia Munoz Perez	Fr.	SCSU	Tarragona, Spain
Varvara, Ogorodnikova	So.	UIU	Samara, Russia
Marina Niehoff	Sr.	WSU	Waukesha, Wis.
First Team Double
Florentia Hadjigeorgiou	So.	AUGIE	Deryneia, Cyprus
Valeriya Monko	So.	AUGIE	Rostov-On-Don, Russia
Laura Arce Vieyra	Sr.	AUGIE	Mexico City, Mexico
Gabriela Jancikova	Fr.	AUGIE	Sosuvka, Czech Republic
Sophie Groen	So.	BSU	Uigeest, Netherlands
Shaelyn Johnson	So.	BSU	Grand Forks, N.D.
Tristen Bryant-Otake	Jr.	MSU	Kailua, Hawaii
Avery Stilwell	Fr.	MSU	Litchfield, Minn.
Rachel Kelly	Jr.	WSU	Hopkins, Minn.
Marina Niehoff	Gr.	WSU	Waukesha, Wis.
Second Team Double
Chloe Chong	Fr.	UMary	Selangor, Malaysia
Ilona Freitag	Fr.	UMary	La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Doaa Mohamed	Fr.	UMary	Cairo, Egypt
Emily Needham	Fr.	UMary	Cheyenne, Wyo.
Charalampia Grammatikaki	Fr.	UIU	Athens, Greece
Jessa Michieli	So.	UIU	Duncan, B.C
Beth Murman	Sr.	WSU	Fort Dodge, Iowa
Sara Anderson	So.	WSU	Owatonna, Minn.

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a 16-team union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 25 team national championships and crowned 90 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II
The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.