Terentyeva Captures Spot on Southland Conference All-Academic First Team
5/19/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
2016 Southland Conference Women’s Tennis All-Academic Team Release
FRISCO, Texas – Once again, Stephen F. Austin senior Valeria Terentyeva landed a spot on the Southland Conference All-Academic Women’s Tennis team. For the second-straight year, Terentyeva secured First Team laurels and brings her total of Southland Conference All-Academic Team appearances to three after securing a place on the Second Team in 2014.
The honor comes after the St. Petersburg, Russia, product captured Capital One Academic All-District acclaim for the second-straight year by carrying a perfect 4.0 GPA in physics. Last Saturday, Terentyeva was one of SFA’s 55 student-athletes who participated in the university’s spring commencement ceremonies.
Terentyeva closed the books on her four-year career as a Ladyjack earlier in the spring by helping guide the squad to the second seed in the Southland Conference Tournament for the second season in a row. Competing primarily in the number three singles flight, Terentyeva compiled a record of 7-13 in her final collegiate campaign as well as a 6-11 mark in doubles action.
For her career, Terentyeva collected a singles mark of 49-39 which included a 23-19 showing against Southland Conference foes. Her career doubles record stands at 36-32 and included in that is her 15-6 figure as a junior which led to her being named to the All-Southland Conference Second Team in doubles.
Terentyeva, who was a key component in guiding the Ladyjacks to a share of the 2015 Southland Conference regular season title, found herself on the receiving end of a number of other prestigious SFA awards as well. She was named the Kathy McGough Award winner for being the graduating female student-athlete who held the highest cumulative GPA. Additionally, she captured the William H. Bailey Outstanding Physics graduate award for being the highest-ranking graduating physics major in the 2015-16 academic year.
Terentyeva is one of five All-Academic team members who possess a GPA of 4.0, joining Southeastern Louisiana’s Renee Villarreal, Northwestern State’s Natalya Krutova, Sam Houston State’s Maddie Mortimore and McNeese’s Julia Kral.
The all-academic teams are voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance administrators from each Southland Conference university. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.
Women's Tennis All-Academic Teams
| First Team | University | Cl. | Hometown | GPA | Major |
| Renee Villarreal^*4 | Southeastern La. | Sr. | Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico | 4.00 | Finance |
| Kaysie Hermsdorf*2 | Abilene Christian | Sr. | Spring, Texas | 3.61 | Nutrition |
| Lucile Pothier* | Abilene Christian | So. | Mouxy, France | 3.27 | Marketing |
| Hannah Brett* | McNeese | So. | Wokingham, Berkshire, UK | 3.24 | Health and Human Performance |
| Jelena Dzinic* | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | So. | Subotica, Serbia | 3.51 | Business |
| Natalya Krutova*3 | Northwestern State | Sr. | Sevastopol, Ukraine | 4.00 | Biology |
| Maddie Mortimore* | Sam Houston State | Sr. | Farnham, Surrey, England | 4.00 | Accounting/International Business |
| Valeria Terentyeva*3 | Stephen F. Austin | Sr. | St. Petersburg, Russia | 4.00 | Physics |
| Second Team | |||||
| Maider Martin | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Sr. | Hernani, Spain | 3.48 | Business |
| Julia Kral2 | McNeese | Jr. | Teublitz, Germany | 4.00 | Business Administration |
| Polina Ivanova | Northwestern State | Jr. | Moscow, Russia | 3.58 | Business Administration/Accounting |
| Judit Vives | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain | 3.32 | Psychology |
^Student-Athlete of the Year
*-Automatic Selection
2-Two-Time All-Academic Selection
3-Three-Time All-Academic Selection
4-Four-Time All-Academic Selection
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