Villarreal was named first team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana for the third straight season. Playing on the No. 1 court in singles play, she posted a 17-2 record this spring. Villarreal will enter her senior season ninth on the school's career victory list with a 55-6 singles record during her time in Hammond.
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Villarreal also continued to excel in the classroom. She was named first team CoSIDA Academic All-District and Southland All-Academic for the second straight season after maintaining a 4.0 grade point average as a finance major.
Villarreal, a Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico native, earns the honor for the second straight season, as she shared the 2013-14 award with soccer's Hope Sabadash. She joins Smekalova, Carter and Arnaudovska as the only two-time winners of Athlete of the Year in school history. The previous three to accomplish the feat are all in the Southeastern Athletics Hall of Fame.
