Douglas Named Big 12 Freshman of the Year
5/1/2019 5:57:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Ellie Douglas was honored by the Big 12 Conference on Wednesday with Freshman of the Year honors.
FORT WORTH, Texas – For the first time in program history, TCU women's tennis freshman Ellie Douglas earned Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors as she and Aleksa Cveticanin were honored with All-Big 12 awards as announced by the conference office on Wednesday.
Douglas was a unanimous selection as Big 12 Freshman of the Year and also to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. The McKinney, Texas native rounded out the postseason honors by also being named to the All-Big 12 Singles First Team and the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team with sophomore Aleksa Cveticanin. Douglas becomes the seventh TCU player to earn All-Big 12 singles team honors while she and Cveticanin are the fourth pair to make an All-Big 12 doubles team.
Douglas, who earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship, racked up 11 wins this season including five over ranked opponents. Douglas has been ranked for the last month in the singles poll and has climbed to as high as No. 51. Douglas, who joined the team in January, played solely at the No. 1 position in both singles and doubles and racked up six singles wins in her first season in the Big 12.
As a pair, Douglas and Cveticanin picked up 12 victories including two over ranked foes. The duo also scored six wins in Big 12 action and posted a 10-match winning streak during the spring season. Douglas and Cveticanin entered the rankings the first week of March and stayed there the rest of the season as the pair climbed to as high as No. 27.
The team portion of the TCU women's tennis team's season came to an in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship. The Horned Frogs finished the 2019 season with 12 wins overall including two over ranked opponents.
2019 All-Big 12 Awards
Coach of the Year: Todd Chapman, Kansas
Player of the Year: Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Oleksandra Korashvili, Oklahoma, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Ellie Douglas, TCU*
First Team - Singles
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas, Sr.*
Oleksandra Korashvili, Oklahoma, Jr.
Katarina Stresnakova, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Ellie Douglas, TCU, Fr.
Petra Granic, Texas, Jr.
Anna Turati, Texas, Jr.*
Bianca Turati, Texas, Jr.*
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech, Sr.*
First Team - Doubles
Janet Koch/Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas
Anastasia Rychagova/Sonia Smagina, Kansas
Sofia Blanco/Catherine Guliher, Oklahoma State
Anna Turati/Bianca Turati, Texas*
Second Team - Singles
Jessica Hinojosa, Baylor, Jr.
Livia Kraus, Baylor, So.
Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas, Sr.
Maria Toran Ribes, Kansas, Jr.
Sonia Smagina, Kansas, Fr.
Anna Turco, Kansas State, So.
Camila Romero, Oklahoma, So.
Martina Capurro, Oklahoma, So.
Second Team - Doubles
Kristina Sorokolet/Angie Shakraichuk, Baylor
Maria Toran Ribes/Malkia Ngounoue, Kansas
Camila Romero/Martina Capurro, Oklahoma
Aleksa Cveticanin/Ellie Douglas, TCU
All-Freshman Team
Ekaterina Grib, Iowa State
Sonia Smagina, Kansas*
Catherine Gulihur, Oklahoma State
Ellie Douglas, TCU*
Kennedy Bridgforth, Texas Tech
Antonela Stoica, Texas Tech
Big 12 Individual Champions
No. 1 Singles: Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech (8-1)
No. 2 Singles: Anna Turati, Texas (9-0)
No. 3 Singles: Petra Granic, Texas (8-1)
No. 4 Singles: Marina Guinart, Oklahoma State (6-0)
No. 5 Singles: Sofia Blanco, Oklahoma State (6-1)
No. 6 Singles: Katie Poluta, Texas (6-0), Lana Rush, Texas Tech (6-2)
Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves or their own student-athletes.
* Unanimous Selection
Douglas was a unanimous selection as Big 12 Freshman of the Year and also to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. The McKinney, Texas native rounded out the postseason honors by also being named to the All-Big 12 Singles First Team and the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team with sophomore Aleksa Cveticanin. Douglas becomes the seventh TCU player to earn All-Big 12 singles team honors while she and Cveticanin are the fourth pair to make an All-Big 12 doubles team.
Douglas, who earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship, racked up 11 wins this season including five over ranked opponents. Douglas has been ranked for the last month in the singles poll and has climbed to as high as No. 51. Douglas, who joined the team in January, played solely at the No. 1 position in both singles and doubles and racked up six singles wins in her first season in the Big 12.
As a pair, Douglas and Cveticanin picked up 12 victories including two over ranked foes. The duo also scored six wins in Big 12 action and posted a 10-match winning streak during the spring season. Douglas and Cveticanin entered the rankings the first week of March and stayed there the rest of the season as the pair climbed to as high as No. 27.
The team portion of the TCU women's tennis team's season came to an in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship. The Horned Frogs finished the 2019 season with 12 wins overall including two over ranked opponents.
2019 All-Big 12 Awards
Coach of the Year: Todd Chapman, Kansas
Player of the Year: Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech, Sr.
Newcomer of the Year: Oleksandra Korashvili, Oklahoma, Jr.
Freshman of the Year: Ellie Douglas, TCU*
First Team - Singles
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas, Sr.*
Oleksandra Korashvili, Oklahoma, Jr.
Katarina Stresnakova, Oklahoma State, Sr.
Ellie Douglas, TCU, Fr.
Petra Granic, Texas, Jr.
Anna Turati, Texas, Jr.*
Bianca Turati, Texas, Jr.*
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech, Sr.*
First Team - Doubles
Janet Koch/Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas
Anastasia Rychagova/Sonia Smagina, Kansas
Sofia Blanco/Catherine Guliher, Oklahoma State
Anna Turati/Bianca Turati, Texas*
Second Team - Singles
Jessica Hinojosa, Baylor, Jr.
Livia Kraus, Baylor, So.
Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas, Sr.
Maria Toran Ribes, Kansas, Jr.
Sonia Smagina, Kansas, Fr.
Anna Turco, Kansas State, So.
Camila Romero, Oklahoma, So.
Martina Capurro, Oklahoma, So.
Second Team - Doubles
Kristina Sorokolet/Angie Shakraichuk, Baylor
Maria Toran Ribes/Malkia Ngounoue, Kansas
Camila Romero/Martina Capurro, Oklahoma
Aleksa Cveticanin/Ellie Douglas, TCU
All-Freshman Team
Ekaterina Grib, Iowa State
Sonia Smagina, Kansas*
Catherine Gulihur, Oklahoma State
Ellie Douglas, TCU*
Kennedy Bridgforth, Texas Tech
Antonela Stoica, Texas Tech
Big 12 Individual Champions
No. 1 Singles: Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech (8-1)
No. 2 Singles: Anna Turati, Texas (9-0)
No. 3 Singles: Petra Granic, Texas (8-1)
No. 4 Singles: Marina Guinart, Oklahoma State (6-0)
No. 5 Singles: Sofia Blanco, Oklahoma State (6-1)
No. 6 Singles: Katie Poluta, Texas (6-0), Lana Rush, Texas Tech (6-2)
Coaches are not allowed to vote for themselves or their own student-athletes.
* Unanimous Selection
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