The American Rivers Conference announced that Simpson College junior Anna Wanek (Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) has been selected Women’s Tennis Player of the Year for the 2020 season. Wanek, in her first year competing for the Storm, earned both singles and doubles All-Conference honors, in addition to her MVP accolade. Wanek is the second Simpson women’s tennis player to win MVP recognition, joining Kathy Nedved, who earned co-MVP honors in 1996. The Urbandale, Iowa native won the 2020 Women’s Tennis A-Flight Singles championship back on October 17. The junior finished the conference season with an undefeated 8-0 singles record at No. 1 and 14-0 overall. At. No. 1 doubles, Wanek and partner Emily King (Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood) finished 5-3 in conference action and 8-3 overall. Additionally, Wanek was named a three-time A-R-C Player of the Week in 2020 (9/28/20, 10/5/20, 10/19/20).
