Big Ten Release
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Illinois women's tennis juniors Asuka Kawai and Mia Rabinowitz were named to the 2020 All-Big Ten Team, as announced by the conference office Wednesday, May 20.
Kawai garners the honor for the second consecutive season, being honored last season as a unanimous selection. Rabinowitz tabs the All-Big Ten Team honor for the first time in her career.
Predominately playing at No. 1 singles for the Illini, Kawai put together an overall record of 2-1.
Seeing the most time on the second court, Rabinowitz finished with an overall record of 5-7, including two wins over nationally ranked singles opponents. play. The Tenafly, N.J., native secured the victory for the Fighting Illini over Big Ten opponent, Purdue, to give her a 1-0 mark in conference play. Earlier this season, Rabinowitz tabbed a Big Ten Tennis Athlete of the Week honor.
Illinois was just one of three conference programs to have multiple athletes named to the All-Big Ten Team. Michigan, Ohio State and Illinois all saw a pair of student-athletes earn the accolade.
ALL-BIG TEN TEAM
Asuka Kawai, Illinois
Mia Rabinowitz, Illinois
ELISE VAN HEUVELEN TREADWELL, IOWA
AYANA AKLI, MARYLAND
Andrea Cerdan, Michigan
GIULIA PAIRONE, MICHIGAN
Mary Lewis, Michigan State
Dalila Said, Minnesota
CLAIRE REIFEIS, NEBRASKA
JULIE BRYNE, NORTHWESTERN
SHIORI FUKUDA, OHIO STATE
Danielle Wolf, Ohio State
Ena Babic, Purdue
DENISE STOICA, WISCONSIN
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Shiori Fukuda, Ohio State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Ayana Akli, Maryland
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD HONOREES
Josie Frazier, IllinoisÂ
Annabelle Andrinopoulos, IndianaÂ
Danielle Bauers, IowaÂ
Saya Usui, MarylandÂ
Nicole Hammond, MichiganÂ
Sammie Memije, Michigan StateÂ
Cammy Frei, MinnesotaÂ
Isabel Adrover Gallego, NebraskaÂ
Hannah McColgan, Northwestern Â
Kolie Allen, Ohio StateÂ
Gracey Hirsch, Penn StateÂ
Zala Dovnik, PurdueÂ
Sydney Kaplan, RutgersÂ
Xinyu Cai, Wisconsin
UNANIMOUS SELECTION IN ALL CAPS
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