Posted: Apr 29, 2022

Alexxii Bassette, Madeline Creel, Alonda Weaver Earn USA South All-Conference Awards

2022 USA South Women's Tennis Awards Announced

The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2022 All-Conference awards for women's tennis. Individually, Southern Virginia's Paula Snelson was named both Player and Rookie of the Year while Averett's Bert Poole earned Coach of the Year accolades. Also, the USA South recognized an All-Sportsmanship Team, consisting of one member from each competing school.

All awards were voted on by the women's tennis coach at each institution. The divisional team voting was completed only by those coaches in the particular division while the first team all-conference and individual award voting was completed by all coaches.

Snelson, a freshman from Brasilia, Brazil becomes the sixth player in USA South history to be named USA South Women's Tennis Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Playing at the number-one singles position this season, Snelson has posted an 12-1 overall record with a perfect 8-0 mark in USA South play. Her overall winning percentage of .923 leads the Conference and she is the only player at the top singles spot to be undefeated in League action while playing at least six matches at that position. For her efforts this season, Snelson earned First Team All-Conference and All-East Division honors while collecting USA South Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week accolades twice each.

Poole, in his seventh year as the head coach of Averett, received his first USA South Women's Tennis Coach of the Year honor and is the first Averett coach since 1999 to receive the accolades. Despite being picked third in the USA South East Division Preseason Coaches Poll, Poole led the Cougars to a perfect 9-0 Conference mark and the program's first regular season title, albeit of a divisional nature, since 2000. Overall, Averett has amassed a 13-4 record and is one win away from setting a program record for victories in a single-season. The Cougars are currently in the semifinal round of the USA South Tournament as the East Division's top-seeded team, seeking the program's first tournament championship.

Player & Rookie of the Year	Coach of the Year
Paula Snelson Southern Virginia	Bert Poole Averett

The 2022 USA South Women's Tennis All-Conference Team:

First Team All-Conference
Allexii Bassette, Huntingdon
Abby Caddick, Methodist
Kristal Dule, N.C. Wesleyan
Toni Laney, Methodist
Maxence Lippens, Averett
Paula Snelson, Southern Virginia
Abbey Grace Venham, Piedmont
Imani Vincent, Piedmont

----- East Division -----		----- West Division -----
First Team Abby Caddick, Methodist Kristal Dule, N.C. Wesleyan Toni Laney, Methodist Maxence Lippens, Averett Elisa Mariotti, N.C. Wesleyan Paula Ryhsen, Averett Annalise Schetsselaar, Southern Virginia Paula Snelson, Southern Virginia	Second Team Kamdyn Balko, Methodist Aly Henneberry, Meredith Megan Kidd, Methodist Jill Lawrence, Methodist Hayley McNair, William Peace Ellie Osborne, Meredith Megan Rekieta, Pfeiffer Inka Zeilstra, Averett	First Team Allexii Bassette, Huntingdon Madeline Creel, Huntingdon Melissa Gish, Piedmont Nicole Restrepo, Covenant Madelyn Savage, Covenant Marion Sloyan, Piedmont Abbey Grace Venham, Piedmont Imani Vincent, Piedmont	Second Team Lauren Carr, Covenant Alli Kogoy, Brevard Rachel Marsh, Piedmont Alyssa McSpadden, Piedmont Maggie Moody, Piedmont Sophie Trantham, Brevard Karson Troth, LaGrange Dakota Wilkes, Piedmont

All-Sportsmanship
Gor'Nese Turner, Agnes Scott
Paula Ryhsen, Averett
Agnes Dotse, Berea
Brooke Garland, Brevard
Alexis Baker, Covenant
Jada Ore, Greensboro
Alonda Weaver, Huntingdon
Maurie White, LaGrange
Liz Wine, Mary Baldwin
Elizabeth Shwaiko, Maryville
Aly Henneberry, Meredith
Valeria Matute, Methodist
Miguelina Paiva, N.C. Wesleyan
Megan Rekieta, Pfeiffer
Mia Vasher, Piedmont
Haley Gilley, Salem
Campbell Bueler, Southern Virginia
Kayla Lynch-McLain, William Peace