HAMMOND, La. – After a strong performance on the court and in the classroom, Southeastern Louisiana sophomore Katya Cornejo was selected to the 2019 Southland Conference Women's Tennis All-Academic Teams, which the league office announced on Thursday.
 
Cornejo, an Aguascalientes, Mexico native, was named to the second team. She entered the current semester with a 4.0 cumulative grade point average as an engineering technology major.
 
Last month, Cornejo and her doubles partner Flory Bierma were named All-Southland Conference at the No. 3 doubles position. The pair was 4-3 versus league opposition on the No. 3 court this spring.
 
In singles play, Cornejo's biggest win came in a 4-3 comeback victory over Stephen F. Austin. With the match tied 3-3, Cornejo rallied past SFA's Kyndall Misak for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 triumph on the No. 6 court to give SLU the victory.
 
Southland Conference Player of the Year Sahaja Yamalapalli of Sam Houston State was named Student-Athlete of the Year. Yamalapalli's only league singles loss of the regular season came to SLU's Putri Insani and she carried a 4.0 GPA as a food science and nutrition major.
 
To be eligible for Southland All-Academic notice, student-athletes must carry a 3.0 GPA or higher and be in at least their second season at their current school. First team All-Southland and CoSIDA Academic All-District performers are automatic selections. The teams are voted on by head coaches, academic coordinators and sports information directors from the 13 league institutions.
 
2019 Southland Conference Women's Tennis All-Academic Teams
 
Student-Athlete of the Year: Sahaja Yamalapalli, Sam Houston State
 
First Team
Name – Class – School – Hometown – Major – GPA
Sahaja Yamalapalli – So. – Sam Houston State – Hyderabad, India – Food Science & Nutrition – 4.00
Lusine Chobanyan – Jr. – Sam Houston State – Yerevan, Armenia – Accounting – 3.82
Emilija Dancetovic – Jr. – Northwestern State – Belgrade, Serbia – Business Administration – 3.80
Judit Castillo Gargallo – Jr. – Northwestern State – Teruel, Spain – Health & Exercise Science – 3.93
Illeana Mocciola – So. – Abilene Christian – Rio Negro, Argentina – Management – 3.81
Marli Van Heerden – Sr. – Central Arkansas – George, South Africa – Accounting – 3.79
 
Second Team
Name – Class – School – Hometown – Major – GPA
Katya Cornejo – So. – Southeastern Louisiana – Aguascalientes, Mexico – Engineering Technology – 4.00
Trang Dao – Sr. – New Orleans – Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Exercise Physiology – 3.70
Charoline Erlandsson – Sr. – McNeese – Stockholm, Sweden – Management – 3.72
Jordan Henry – Sr. – Abilene Christian – Oklahoma City, Okla. – Communication Disorders – 4.00
Ela Iwaniuk – Jr. – Northwestern State – Konarskie, Poland – Physical Sciences – 3.53
Maria Maldonado – Jr. – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – El Ejido, Spain – Finance – 4.00
 
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