Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Take Five of Seven ITA Midwest Regional Awards
5/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 11, 2005
EVANSTON, Ill. - Out of a possible seven Midwest Regional Awards the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) dished out Wednesday, May 11, the Northwestern women's tennis team mopped up five of them.
For the coaching staff, Claire Pollard earned her third-career ITA/Wilson Coach of the Year nod and Leigh Weinraub was tabbed as the region's Assistant Coach of the Year for the first time in her four years with the `Cats. Pollard also earned the Midwest Coach of the Year honor in 2001 and 2003.
The Wildcat players faired well too, as freshman Audra Cohen (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) was named Rookie Player of the Year, sophomore Alexis Prousis (Lake Forest, Ill./Lake Forest) was crowned as the Player to Watch and junior Cristelle Grier (Epsom, England/Putney) earned the Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award.
"It's great to get all these individual awards, but it's really a testament to how well we've played as a team this year," Pollard said.
MIDWEST REGIONAL AWARD WINNERS
ITA/Wilson Coach of the Year - Claire Pollard (Northwestern)
ITA Assistant Coach of the Year - Leigh Weinraub (Northwestern)
ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship - Cynthia Goulet (Illinois)
ITA Senior Player of the Year - Cynthia Goulet (Illinois)
ITA Rookie Player of the Year - Audra Cohen (Northwestern)
ITA Player to Watch - Alexis Prousis (Northwestern)
ITA Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award - Cristelle Grier (Northwestern)
