- 2008 CoSIDA Academic All-America (Third Team)
Knavs, a Ljubljana, Slovenia native and a 2008 third team CoSIDA Academic All-America selection, used her four years of eligibility to earn both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In her first three years, she completed her undergraduate studies in business with a 3.94 grade point average. In her senior season, she earned her MBA, finishing her graduate studies with a 4.0 grade point average. In her four years with the program, Knavs was the recipient of a multitude of academic honors. She was named the Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year in both 2006 and 2008. Knavs was named to the SLC All-Academic team three times and the Academic All-District VI team twice.Her performance on the court was just as impressive, as she was a key member of a Lady Lion team that won SLC regular season titles in 2006, 2007 and 2008, while also representing the league in the NCAA Tournament as the SLC Tournament champion in 2005, 2006 and 2007. One of only two players in school history to be named All-Southland Conference in singles play four times, Knavs was a first team All-SLC selection at the No. 6 position in 2008, posting a 19-2 singles mark. Knavs did not lose a regular season SLC singles match in her final three seasons with the Lady Lions and finished her career ranked third on the school’s career list with 66 singles victories.
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