Atlanta, GA—The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference released its 2013 SIAC Men's and Women's Tennis All-Conference Team as voted by the SIAC Tennis Coaches Association and Benedict College was well represented, with three selections on the men's team and four selections on the women's team.
Benedict College sophomores
Zibusiso Ndimande, the 2012 SIAC Player and Freshman of the Year, and
Shane Latchman were named to the men's All-SIAC First Team in singles and doubles. Giovanni Platter was named to the Second Team in men's singles.
For the women, senior
Chloe Jean-Charles and junior
Glory Zhou were both named to the women's All-SIAC First Team in singles.
Jessica Carswell and
Belinda Camacho were named to the First Team in doubles. Senior
Jessica Carswell was named to the Second Team in singles.
Benedict's Ndimande and Latchman were both named to the SIAC men's tennis All-Academic Team. Ndimande is a sophomore majoring in computer engineering and has a 3.77 GPA. Latchman is also a sophomore majoring in computer engineering and has a 3.95 GPA.
The Benedict College women's tennis team was named the SIAC All-Academic Team Champion and placed two on the All-Academic Team.
Glory Zhou, a junior majoring in environmental health science, carries a 3.95 GPA, while
Jessica Carswell, a senior majoring in biology, has a 3.91 GPA.
Stillman College junior Janguen Lee, who was voted as SIAC Men's Tennis Player of the Year, leads the men's team. Lee, a native of Soul, South Korea, dominated opponents during the regular season finishing with a conference best 12-1 record overall and a perfect 6-0 in SIAC matches in the No. 1 singles spot for the Tigers.. Lee also went perfect in the conference with his teammate David Torres in doubles at 6-0 during the regular season. The tandem were named to the All-SIAC First Team Doubles team as well.
Joining Lee on the All-SIAC First Team is another Stillman player, Luis Mendoza, followed by 2012 SIAC Player and Freshman of the Year
Zibusiso Ndimande of Benedict College,
Shane Latchman, also from Benedict, Morehouse College's Noah Terry and Fort Valley State University's James Nick Hernandez.
Joining the tandem of Lee and Torrez for All-SIAC First Team Doubles honors are Ndimande and Latchman of Benedict and Hernandez and Joshua Turner from Fort Valley State.
Freshman of the Year was awarded to Stillman's Vladyslav Zhyrov, who went 8-3 overall and 5-0 in SIAC matches in his first season as the team's No. 3 singles player, while Tigers head coach William Riley was awarded SIAC Men's Coach of the Year after leading Stillman to a 19-2 overall and 12-0 record in the conference.
Headlining the list for the women's team is SIAC Women's Player of the Year Litia Godinet, also from Stillman College. A native of American Samoa, Godinet finished the season 23-1 and 12-0 in the conference in route to claiming the top honors in the women's division. As the team's top singles player, she was the cornerstone of Stillman's 23-1 team record this season. She also was named to the All-SIAC First Team Doubles Team, along with her teammate Veronika Kalugina.
Also selected to the women's All-SIAC First team was Godinet's teammate Nair Tolomeo,
Glory Zhou of Benedict,
Chloe Jean-Charles, also from Benedict, Brionne Bachus from Clark Atlanta University, and Gabriella Louis from Fort Valley State University.
Kimberly Bowen of Tuskegee was voted Freshman of the Year after a 6-5 overall record as the team's top singles player for the Tigerettes, while SIAC Women's Coach of the Year was awarded to Clark Atlanta's Autumn Williams, who led the Lady Panthers to a 10-1 record this season in the SIAC.
2013 SIAC Men's Tennis All-Conference Team
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Name
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Class
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Institution
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Zibusiso Ndimade
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Sophomore
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Benedict College
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Shane Latchman
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Sophomore
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Benedict College
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Janguen Lee
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Junior
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Stillman College
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Luis Mendoza
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Freshman
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Stillman College
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Noah Terry
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Junior
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Morehouse College
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James Nick Hernandez
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Junior
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Fort Valley State University
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First Team Doubles
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Names
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Institution
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Zibusiso Ndimande & Shane Latchman
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Benedict College
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Janguen Lee & David Torrez
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Stillman College
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James Nick Hernandez & Joshua Turner
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Fort Valley State University
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Second Team Singles
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Name
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Class
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Institution
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Giovanni Platter
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Junior
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Benedict College
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Vladyslav Zhyrov
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Freshman
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Stillman College
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Chris Hawthorne
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Junior
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Morehouse College
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Kahai Hall
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Junior
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Morehouse College
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Gabriel Byrd
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Senior
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Tuskegee University
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Andrew Knight
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Sophomore
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Tuskegee University
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Second Team Doubles
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Names
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Institution
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Kahai Hall & Jabez Beazer
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Morehouse College
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Noah Terry & Chris Hawthorne
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Morehouse College
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Gabriel Byrd & Andrew Knight
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Tuskegee University
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Player of the Year: Janguen Lee, Stillman College
Freshman of the Year: Vladyslav Zhyrow, Stillman College
Coach of the Year: William Riley, Stillman College
2013 SIAC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team
First Team Singles
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Name
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Class
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Institution
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Litia Godinet
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Junior
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Stillman College
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Nair Tolomeo
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Freshman
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Stillman College
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Chloe Jean-Charles
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Senior
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Benedict College
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Glory Zhou
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Sophomore
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Benedict College
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Brionne Bachus
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Junior
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Clark Atlanta
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Gabriella Louis
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Sophomore
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Fort Valley State
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First Team Doubles
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Names
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Institution
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Jessica Carswell & Belinda Camacho
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Benedict College
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Litia Godinet & Veronika Kalugina
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Stillman College
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Vonnica Boyogueno & Brionne Bachus
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Clark Atlanta University
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Second Team Singles
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Name
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Class
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Institution
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Jessica Carswell
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Senior
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Benedict College
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Asia Boyd
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Junior
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Clark Atlanta University
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Vanessa Jean-Baptist
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Sophomore
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Clark Atlanta University
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Reanah Kellogg
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Senior
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Albany State University
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Yonelle Aromin
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Junior
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Fort Valley State University
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Angela Corredor
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Freshman
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Stillman College
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Second Team Doubles
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Names
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Institution
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Asia Boyd & Ivory Conley
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Clark Atlanta University
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Vanessa Bolar & Naima Simpkins
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Fort Valley State University
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Nair Tolomeo & Angela Corredor
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Stillman College
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SIAC Women's Player of the Year: Litia Godinet, Stillman College
SIAC Freshman of the Year: Kimberly Bowen, Tuskegee University
SIAC Coach of the Year: Autumn Williams, Clark Atlanta University
SIAC Men's All-Academic Team
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Name
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Class
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Major
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GPA
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Institution
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Felipe Farias
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Senior
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Business
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4.0
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Stillman College
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Shane Latchman
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Sophomore
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Computer Engineering
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3.95
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Benedict College
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Santiago Robles
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Sophomore
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Business
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3.93
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Stillman College
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Alexander Zobec
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Senior
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Business
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3.90
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Stillman College
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Jelffrey Farias
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Junior
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Business
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3.85
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Stillman College
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Zibusiso Ndimande
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Sophomore
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Computer Engineering
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3.77
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Benedict College
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SIAC Men's Tennis All-Academic Team Champion: Stillman College
SIAC Women's All-Academic Team
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Name
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Class
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Major
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GPA
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Institution
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Morgan Moore
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Sophomore
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Biology
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4.0
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Lane College
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Akili Smith-Washington
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Sophomore
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4.0
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Tuskegee University
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Glory Zhou
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Junior
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Environmental Health Science
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3.95
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Benedict College
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Christian Patterson
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Junior
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3.95
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Tuskegee University
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Maria Saddler
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Senior
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Tuskegee
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3.92
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Tuskegee University
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Jessica Carswell
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Senior
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Biology
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3.91
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Benedict College
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SIAC Women's Tennis All-Academic Team Champion: Benedict College
