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RICHARDSON, Texas –– Texas-Dallas senior Rachel Houston and Texas Lutheran freshman Sofia Vega have been named most valuable players in their respective divisions to highlight the 2013 American Southwest Conference women’s tennis awards as voted on by the league’s head coaches, the ASC office announced on Friday (May 3).
 
Houston (Plano, Texas / Plano Senior HS) earned the title of East Division Most Valuable Player after going 13-3 in singles play, including a perfect run playing No. 3 singles against division opponents. Her play also helped the Comets to their first conference and division championships.
 
Vega (Corpus Christi, Texas / Flour Bluff HS) earned the title of West Division Most Valuable Player after going 16-1 at No. 1 singles, including a perfect 5-0 run through division play. Her performance also helped the Bulldogs to their first ASC tournament appearance since 2006.
 
Houston and Vega were also named to the prestigious ASC All-Conference Team and landed on their respective division’s First Team. Houston was also a part of the all-conference and all-division No. 1 doubles team with partner Casey Johnson. Vega and teammate Caitlin Zarr landed on their division’s second-team No. 2 doubles spot.
 
Also appearing on the ASC All-Conference Team in singles were Texas-Dallas’ Auvi Tran (No. 2) and Mindy Tiu (No. 4); and Texas-Tyler’s Haley Albro (No. 5) and Emily Evans (No. 6). In doubles, Albro and teammate Nicole Musngi (No. 2) were honored as well as the Texas-Tyler team of Evans and Katy Zagurski (No. 3). Texas-Dallas’ Jean-Jean Gwo, Megan Tan and Cindy Tiu were at-large selections as members of the ASC champion team.
 
Tran was named ASC East Division Freshman of the Year. Johnson, a sophomore, was named newcomer of the year in the East, while Mary Hardin-Baylor senior Brittni Fausett took the honor in the West. Mississippi College senior Mitzi Morgan, a native of Clinton, Miss., won sportsmanship athlete of the year honors in the East, while Schreiner’s Kelley Spahn, a senior from Gonzales, Texas, earned the award in the West. Texas-Dallas’ Bryan Whitt (East) and Mary Hardin-Baylor’s James Cohagan (West) took coach of the year honors after guiding division crowns. Whitt also led an ASC title.

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE
WOMEN'S TENNIS 2013 ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
Singles
No. 1	Sofia Vega	Fr.	Texas Lutheran	Corpus Christi, Texas (Flour Bluff HS)
No. 2	Auvi Tran	Fr.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (Plano Senior HS)
No. 3	Rachel Houston	Sr.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (Plano Senior HS)
No. 4	Mindy Tiu	Jr.	Texas-Dallas	Friendswood, Texas (FHS)
No. 5	Haley Albro	Fr.	Texas-Tyler	League City, Texas (Clear Creek HS)
No. 6	Emily Evans	So.	Texas-Tyler	Fredericksburg, Texas (FHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Casey Johnson & Rachel Houston, Texas-Dallas
No. 2	Haley Albro & Nicole Musngi, Texas-Tyler
No. 3	Emily Evans & Katy Zagurski, Texas-Tyler
*At-Large
Jean-Jean Gwo, Texas-Dallas
Megan Tan, Texas-Dallas
Cindy Tiu, Texas-Dallas
(*At-Large; Included as member of ASC champion team)
ASC EAST DIVISION HONORS AND AWARDS
East Division Most Valuable Player: Rachel Houston, #3/1, Sr., Texas-Dallas
East Division Newcomer of the Year: Casey Johnson, #1/1, So., Texas-Dallas
East Division Freshman of the Year: Auvi Tran, #2/2, Texas-Dallas
East Division Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Mitzi Morgan, #1/1, Sr., Mississippi College
East Division Coach of the Year: Bryan Whitt, Texas-Dallas
ASC ALL-EAST DIVISION
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
-EAST FIRST TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Casey Johnson	So.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (SFA)
No. 2	Auvi Tran	Fr.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (Plano Senior HS)
No. 3	Rachel Houston	Sr.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (Plano Senior HS)
No. 4	Mindy Tiu#	Jr.	Texas-Dallas	Friendswood, Texas (FHS)
	Janae Warren#	Fr.	Texas-Tyler	New Braunfels, Texas (NB Christian)
No. 5	Haley Albro	Fr.	Texas-Tyler	League City, Texas (Clear Creek HS)
No. 6	Emily Evans	So.	Texas-Tyler	Fredericksburg, Texas (FHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Casey Johnson & Rachel Houston, Texas-Dallas
No. 2	Haley Albro & Nicole Musngi, Texas-Tyler
No. 3	Emily Evans & Katy Zagurski, Texas-Tyler
-EAST SECOND TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Jessica Blundell	Jr.	Texas-Tyler	Rowlett, Texas (RHS)
No. 2	Jennifer Payne	So.	Texas-Tyler	Amarillo, Texas (Midwestern St.)
No. 3	Nicole Musngi	Fr.	Texas-Tyler	Rowlett, Texas (Garland HS)
No. 4	Miranda Lamb	Jr.	LeTourneau	Burkburnnet, Texas (BHS)
No. 5	Jean-Jean Gwo	Jr.	Texas-Dallas	Plano, Texas (Plano West HS)
No. 6	Katie Kema	Fr.	Mississippi College	Pelham, Ala. (PHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Jessica Blundell & Jennifer Payne, Texas-Tyler
	Mitzi Morgan & Molly Nicholas, Mississippi College
No. 2	Auvi Tran & Jean-Jean Gwo, Texas-Dallas
No. 3	Abby Bassie & Katie Kema, Mississippi College
-EAST HONORABLE MENTION-
Singles
No. 1	Sarah Case	Jr.	LeTourneau	Van Alystne, Texas (North Central Texas)
No. 2	Molly Nichols	Sr.	Mississippi College	Madison, Miss. (Jackson Prep)
	Whitney Lewis	Jr.	Ozarks	Hartman, Ark. (HHS)
No. 3	Kayla Bonina#	Jr.	LeTourneau	Carrollton, Texas (Christian Academy)
	Allison Boyd#	Jr.	Mississippi College	Brookhaven, Miss. (BHS)
No. 5	Abby Bassie	So.	Mississippi College	Gunnison, Miss. (Bayou Academy)
No. 6	Kalli Simpson	Jr.	Ozarks	Henderson, N.V. (HHS)
Doubles
No. 2	Tara Richards & Stephanie Cloud, Ozarks
	Allison Boyd & Shelby Wagner, Mississippi College
No. 3	Kalli Simpson & Mollie Grace Wilkinson, Ozarks
ASC WEST DIVISION HONORS AND AWARDS
West Division Most Valuable Player: Sofia Vega, Fr., #1/1, Texas Lutheran
West Division Newcomer of the Year: Brittni Fausett, #1/1, Sr., Mary Hardin-Baylor
West Division Freshman of the Year: Sofia Vega, #1/1, Texas Lutheran
West Division Sportsmanship Athlete of the Year: Kelley Spahn, #5/3, Sr., Schreiner
West Division Coach of the Year: James Cohagan, Mary Hardin-Baylor
ASC ALL-WEST DIVISION
(# indicates tie in voting at that position)
-WEST FIRST TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Sofia Vega	Fr.	Texas Lutheran	Corpus Christi, Texas (Flour Bluff HS)
No. 2	Caitlin Zarr	So.	Texas Lutheran	La Grange, Texas (LGHS)
No. 3	Ash Lee Bilbo	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	College Station, Texas (Bryan HS)
No. 4	Hannah Warren	Fr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	The Woodlands, Texas (TWHS)
No. 5	Kelley Spahn	Sr.	Schreiner	Gonzales, Texas (Gonzales HS)
No. 6	Tawnie Yeaw	Fr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Foothill Ranch, Calif. (Calvary Chapel)
Doubles
No. 1	Brittni Fausett & Ash Lee Bilbo, Mary Hardin-Baylor
No. 2	Teresa Gaitan & Karyn Swink, Schreiner
No. 3	Chaley Shiffler & Angelie Juaneza, Mary Hardin-Baylor
-WEST SECOND TEAM-
Singles
No. 1	Brittni Fausett	Sr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Cameron, Texas (Tarleton State)
No. 2	Chaley Shiffler	Jr.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch HS)
No. 3	Teresa Gaitan	Jr.	Schreiner	Uvalde, Texas (UHS)
No. 4	Karyn Swink	Fr.	Schreiner	Shertz, Texas (Samuel Clemens HS)
No. 5	Angelie Juanaeza	So.	Mary Hardin-Baylor	Katy, Texas (Morton Ranch HS)
No. 6	Alicia Abell	Fr.	Texas Lutheran	Columbus, Texas (CHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Sofia Vega & Caitlin Zarr, Texas Lutheran
No. 2	Tram Le & Kelci Jackson, Hardin-Simmons#
	Hannah White & Lizzie Ostroff, Mary Hardin-Baylor#
No. 3	Kelley Spahn & Brooke Ohlman, Schreiner
-WEST HONORABLE MENTION-
Singles
No. 1	Leanna Haynes	Fr.	Schreiner	Odessa, Texas (Permian HS)
No. 2	Angie Nhan	Sr.	Hardin-Simmons	Abilene, Texas (AHS)
No. 3	Samantha Guerrero	Jr.	Howard Payne	Big Lake, Texas (Reagan County HS)
No. 4	Yvonne Castillo#	Sr.	Texas Lutheran	Converse, Texas (Judson HS)
	Tram Le#	S.	Hardin-Simmons	San Angelo, Texas (Cornerstone HS)
No. 5	Katherine Hermann	So.	Texas Lutheran	El Campo, Texas (ECHS)
No. 6	Brooke Ohlman	Fr.	Schreiner	Shertz, Texas (Byron P. Steele HS)
	Shelby Saul	Fr.	Hardin-Simmons	Canadian, Texas (CHS)
Doubles
No. 1	Genene Haddad & Angie Nhan, Hardin-Simmons
No. 3	Katherine Hermann & Alicia Abell, Texas Lutheran
	Amelia Cheney & Shelby Saul, Hardin-Simmons