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Fourteen Big 12 tennis student-athletes were named ITA Tennis All-Americans for singles and/or doubles action.
For the men, nine individuals were honored, while the remaining five hailed from the league’s women’s tennis programs.
TCU’s Alex Rybakov was named a singles ITA All-American after a season in which the senior reached the semifinal round of the NCAA Tennis Championship in singles play.
Jimmy Bendeck and Sven Lah of Baylor earned doubles All-America honors, while teammate Johannes Schretter garnered singles recognition.
Texas’ Christian Sigsgaard was the only Big 12 student-athlete to be named an All-American for both singles and doubles.
On the women’s side, three Jayhawks collected All-America honors, including the doubles tandem of Janet Koch and Nina Khmelnitckaia.
Texas Tech’s Felicity Maltby, the unanimous Big 12 Player of the Year, was named an All-American for her singles action this season. During the 2019 NCAA Tennis Championship, the senior made program history by being the first Lady Raider to advance to the quarterfinal round in the singles tournament.
Big 12 ITA Tennis All-Americans
Men
Johannes Schretter, Baylor (S)
Jimmy Bendeck, Baylor (D)
Sven Lah, Baylor (D)
Alex Rybakov, TCU (S)
Yuya Ito, Texas (S)
Christian Sigsgaard, Texas (S/D)
Harrison Scott, Texas (D)
Parker Wynn, Texas Tech (D)
Bjorn Thomson, Texas Tech (D)
Women
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas (S)
Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas (D)
Janet Koch, Kansas (D)
Katarina Stresnakova, Oklahoma State (S)
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech (S)
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