Lata Assudani named SLC tennis student athlete of the year
4/19/2007 1:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
FRISCO , Texas - Sam Houston State's Lata Assudani has been named the 2007 Capital One Southland Conference Women's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year and Academic All-SLC selection. Assudani, a native of Nagpur , India , posted a 3.86 grade point average in international business.
Assudani, a 2007 CoSIDA Academic All-District VI team selection and a SLC All-Academic team selection last year, has been a named to the school's Dean's List and is a member of the Bearkat Student Athlete Advisory committee. She is a member of the women's tennis team that has the highest GPA of any of Sam Houston State 's 16 varsity sports teams.
She set Sam Houston State 's career records for most singles victories (57) and most doubles victories (56) in her three years at the school. She was a first-team All-Southland Conference selection at No. 1 doubles, as she earned the highest ITA regional ranking in doubles in Bearkat history (12th). She helped lead the Bearkat women's tennis program to the highest SLC regular-season finish (second), highest post-season tournament seed (No. 2) and best league won-lost record (9-2) in the Bearkat's 20 years of Southland Conference tennis.
Sam Houston State placed three student-athletes on the All-Academic team, including Irina Sotnikova, who posted a 3.7 GPA in international business and Brooke Mills, who registered a 3.73 GPA in health and kinesiology.
The all-academic team honors student-athletes who were selected all-conference and/or named as a national allacademic recipient this year while also earning at least a 3.00 grade point average. Student-athletes must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition. The student-athlete of the year is annually presented to the individual in each conference sport who achieves excellence in academics and athletics. Nominees shall have earned at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average to go along with superior athletics achievement.
2007 CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S TENNIS FIRST-TEAM
Student-Athlete School Class Hometown GPA Major
Lata Assudani * Sam Houston State Sr. Nagpur, India 3.88 International Business
Breda Kovac ^ Southeastern Louisiana Jr. Ljubljana, Slovenia 3.93 Business
Maria Gutierrez ^ Lamar So. San Antonio , Venezuela 3.82 Civil Engineering
Irina Sotnikova Sam Houston State So. Riga , Latvia 3.7 International Business
Sandra Kukla UTSA So. Apolda , Germany 4.0 Communications
Karen Scida UTSA So. Tucuman , Argentina 3.8 Chemistry
WOMEN'S TENNIS SECOND-TEAM
Student-Athlete School Class Hometown GPA Major
Nina Knavs Southeastern La. Jr. Ljubljana , Slovenia 3.93 Business
Erika Iriarte A&M-Corpus Christi So. San Jeronimo Lidice , Mexico 3.81 Art
Brooke Mills Sam Houston State Sr. College Station, Texas 3.73 Health/Kinesiology
Jana Simurkova Southeastern La. Jr. Trencin, Slovak Republic 3.5 Finance
Gabriela Gadena Stephen F. Austin So. Sofia , Bulgaria 4.0 Hospitality Administration
Bonnie Phillips Southeastern La. Jr. Mt. Maunganui , New Zealand 3.5 Accounting
*Voted the 2007 Women's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year
^ - CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
