CLEVELAND – The Western Michigan women's tennis team saw four Broncos named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference team, as juniors Denise Azcui, Katja Fevralev and Melina Lyubomirova and sophomore Gabriela Slavova earned the award.  

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The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests for that particular sport.

A total of 27 student-athletes were named to the team from this past season. The Broncos along with Buffalo and Toledo led the way with four on the 2018 team while Akron, Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois followed behind with three each.

In her first year of eligibility Slavova earned the award while Azcui, Fevralev and Lyubomirova are three of thirteen two-time All-MAC selections this year.

Head Coach Ryan Tomlinson stated,"I couldn't be more proud of these four being named Academic All-MAC. They are true student-athletes. People don't understand how hard it is to balance everything that is on these student-athletes plates." 

Denise Azcui | Junior | Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering | 3.93 GPA
Azcui was recently voted the Amy Yeast co-MVP Team Award. The captain finished with a 19-11 singles record including an impressive 6-2 record at No. 3 in MAC play. She concluded the season winning eight of her last 10 matches and went 5-5 in doubles play at No. 5 during the season. Azcui also received the Robert E. Boughner Engineering Student-Athlete Award back on Feb. 20.
 
Katja Fevralev | Junior | Fashion Design & Development | 3.46 GPA
In her third season with WMU, Fevralev finished 11-7 in singles with a winning record at No. 4 at 8-5. She started the MAC season at an unblemished 2-0 record before suffering a season-ending injury. Prior to that she was riding a four-match winning streak. Fevralev was also the only player to own over a .500 record in doubles play at 9-6 overall with a 6-6 record at No. 1.
 
Melina Lyubomirova | Junior | Management | 3.63 GPA
The All-MAC Second Team member was also voted the Amy Yeast co-MVP Team Award. The captain finished with a 19-12 overall record including 16-7 dual match record and an impressive 7-1 stint during MAC play, all which were team-highs. She went 6-4 at No. 1 and 10-3 at No. 2 for the Broncos and led all WMU players with a 10-match winning streak. She also went 14-15 in doubles and held a 7-6 record at No. 1. 
 
Gabriela Slavova | Sophomore | Pre-Human Resource Management | 3.72 GPA
Slavova went 14-14 in singles with a 9-10 dual match record. She held a 9-2 record from Nov. 3 to Feb. 25 and finished MAC season at 2-5. She also went 4-5 in doubles play at No. 2 and held a perfect 2-0 record with partner Fevralev during the season.
 
2018 Women's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team (27):
^Luisa Echeverry, Akron, Junior, 3.624 GPA, Mechanical Engineering, Cali, Columbia
^*Carli Knezevich, Akron, Senior, 3.371 GPA, Sport Management, Austin, Texas
Rita Pedroso, Akron, Sophomore, 3.90 GPA, International Business, Porto, Portugal
^Isabelle Dohanics, Ball State, Junior, 3.443 GPA, Biology, Cranberry Township, PA
^Polina Radeva, Bowling Green, Junior, 3.76 GPA, Psychology, Varna, Bulgaria
Ayumi Sasaki, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 4.00 GPA, Individualized Business, Montreal, Quebec
Marharita-Sophia Tavpash, Bowling Green, Sophomore, 3.909 GPA, Business Management, Lviv, Ukraine
^Chantal Martinez Blanco, Buffalo, Junior, 3.739 GPA, Economics, San Juan, Puerto Rico
^Mercedes Losada Rubio, Buffalo, Junior, 3.626 GPA, Management, Granada, Spain
Anna Savchenko, Buffalo, Sophomore, 3.681 GPA, English, Limassol, Cyprus
^Sanjana Sudhir, Buffalo, Junior, 3.599 GPA, Economics, Thrissur, India
^Alejandra Barcelo Almoyna, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.40 GPA, Entrepreneurship, Alicante, Spain
^*Andrea Martinovska, Eastern Michigan, Senior, 3.68 GPA, International Affairs, Plzn, Czech Republic
^Marie Mayerova, Eastern Michigan, Junior, 3.42 GPA, Criminology, Krmelin, Czech Republic
^*Anastasiia Vasiukhina, Miami, Senior, 3.82 GPA, Bioengineering, Moscow, Russia
^Emily Struble, Miami, Junior, 3.97 GPA, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Holt, Mich.
^*Abigail Dekkinga, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.62 GPA, Communications–Media Studies, Allegan, Mich.
^*Evelyn Youel, Northern Illinois, Senior, 3.844 GPA, Mathematics Education, Crystal Lake, Ill.
Brodie Walker, Northern Illinois, Sophomore, 3.689 GPA, International Politics, Bristol, England
^Claire Aleck, Toledo, Junior, 3.90 PGA, Exercise Science, Ada, Mich.
^*Sidnay Huck, Toledo, Senior, 3.60 GPA, Education, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Dee Dee Leenabanchong, Toledo, Sophomore, 3.60 GPA, Information Systems, Bangkok, Thailand
^*Colleen O'Brien, Toledo, Senior, 3.57 GPA, Biology, Ann Arbor, Mich.
^Denise Azcui, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.93 GPA, Industrial & Entrepreneurial Engineering, Bloomington, Ind.
^Katja Fevralev, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.46 GPA, Fashion Design & Development, Bielefeld, Germany
^Melina Lyubomirova, Western Michigan, Junior, 3.63 GPA, Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
Gabriela Slavova, Western Michigan, Sophomore, 3.72 GPA, Pre-Human Resource Management, Sofia, Bulgaria
 
^2017 Academic All-MAC Team
*2016 Academic All-MAC Team