Winthrop’s Lauren Proctor Captures Big South Player and Freshman of the Year Honors

ROCK HILL, SC – Winthrop freshman Lauren Proctor has been voted the Big South Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year by the league’s head coaches, it was announced today by the conference office.

In addition to Proctor’s accolades, five other Eagle players received Big South honors.  Senior Alice Garcia (Brasillia, Brazil) and sophomore Mariana Humberg (Sao Paulo, Brazil) joined Proctor on the All-Big South Singles First Team, and Humberg joined her partner, Proctor, on the All-Big South Doubles First Team.

Junior Caitlin Cridland (Perth, Australia) was selected on the All-Big South Singles Second Team and was joined by her doubles partner, freshman Megan Kauffman (Perth, Australia), on the All-Big South Doubles Second Team.  Senior Tijana Uzelac(Belgrade, Serbia) was named to the Big South All-Academic team.

Proctor (Bradenton, FL) went a perfect 9-0 in Conference singles play and 19-3 overall in her debut season. In doubles, she paired with the 2015 Big South Freshman of the Year Mariana Humberg in all but one match to compile a 15-5 overall record and 7-2 mark in conference play.  Proctor claimed two Freshman of the Week awards this season and was named the Big South Player of the Week for matches played February 1-7. She is the sixth women’s tennis player in Big South history to garner both the Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year awards in the same season.

Liberty head coach Jeff Maren was tabbed Coach of the Year, while Charleston Southern junior Nicolin Luecke (Herne, Germany) was voted the Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Big South’s Sports Information Directors.

2016 BIG SOUTH WOMEN’S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE AND AWARD WINNERS

First Team All-Conference Singles
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop
Alice Garcia, Winthrop
Libby Scott, Coastal Carolina
Maria Khaval, Liberty
Irina Karangozishvili, Campbell
Evangeline Crist, Liberty
Sophie Cloessner, Charleston Southern
Mariana Humberg, Winthrop

First Team All-Conference Doubles
Valerie Thong/Evangeline Crist, Liberty
Lauren Proctor/Mariana Humberg, Winthrop
Libby Scott/Sara Bondar, Coastal Carolina
Nicolin Luecke/Brianna Thompson, Charleston Southern

Second Team All-Conference Singles
Belen Rivera, Liberty
Nicolin Luecke, Charleston Southern,
Rokia Sacko, Gardner-Webb
Caitlin Cridland, Winthrop
Romane Delay, Coastal Carolina
Hannah Francisco, UNC Asheville
Georgina Segarra, Campbell
Brianna Thompson, Charleston Southern

Second Team All-Conference Doubles
Maria Khaval/Anna Dollar, Liberty
Caitlin Cridland/Megan Kauffman, Winthrop
Georgina Boada/Isabel Segarra, Campbell
Rokia Sacko/Mary Walker Mixon, Gardner-Webb

Player of the Year
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop

Freshman of the Year
Lauren Proctor, Winthrop

Coach of the Year
Jeff Maren, Liberty

Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Nicolin Luecke, Charleston Southern

All-Academic Team
Maud Mrad, Campbell
Nicolin Luecke, Charleston Southern
Marie Babayan, Coastal Carolina
Rokia Sacko, Gardner-Webb
Evangeline Crist, Liberty
Anna Pelak, Longwood
Demi Henschel, Presbyterian College
Natalie Sayer, Radford
Hunter Hall, UNC Asheville
Tijana Uzelac, Winthrop