CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The 2021 All-American Rivers Conference Women's Tennis Team, as voted by the league's head coaches:

2021 All-American Rivers Conference Women's Tennis Team
Most Valuable Player Madison Schultz Coe College
Coaching Staff of the Year Central College Head Coach - Ryun Ferrell Assistant Coach - Trevor Budewitz Assistant Coach - Laura Bade
Singles	School	Year	Hometown/High School
Alyssa Lewton #	Central College	Sr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Centennial
Bronwyn Metcalf * %	Central College	Sr.	Pella, Iowa/Pella
Madison Schultz	Coe College	Fr.	Jasper, Ga./James Madison
Lauren Diiulio %	Loras College	Jr.	Bettendorf, Iowa/Davenport Assumption
Shelby Cook ! ^ & # @	Luther College	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
Renata Martinez	Luther College	Fr.	Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico/Tecnológico de Monterrey
Sofia Sackett # @	Luther College	So.	Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic
Natalia Smith	Luther College	So.	Littleton, Colo./Chatfield
Brooke Sailer ^ & @	Nebraska Wesleyan	Jr.	Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East
Emily King > ^ # @	Simpson College	Sr.	Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood
Anna Wanek # @ $	Simpson College	Sr.	Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic
Meadow LaDuke	Wartburg College	Fr.	Saint Michael, Minn./Saint Michael
Doubles	School	Year	Hometown/High School
Maddie Hartley %	Central College	Sr.	Clarinda, Iowa/Clarinda
Alyssa Lewton #	Central College	Sr.	Ankeny, Iowa/Centennial
Lauren Diiulio %	Loras College	Jr.	Bettendorf, Iowa/Davenport Assumption
Shelby Cook ! ^ & # @	Luther College	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy
Lexi Hastings & #	Luther College	Jr.	Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie
Renata Martinez	Luther College	Fr.	Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico/Tecnológico de Monterrey
Sofia Sackett # @	Luther College	So.	Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic
Natalia Smith	Luther College	So.	Littleton, Colo./Chatfield
Emily King > ^ # @	Simpson College	Sr.	Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood
Anna Wanek # @ $	Simpson College	Sr.	Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic
Meadow LaDuke	Wartburg College	Fr.	Saint Michael, Minn./Saint Michael
Natalie Kaiser	Wartburg College	Fr.	Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Senior
Honorable Mention	School	Year	Hometown/High School
Nicole Lange	Buena Vista University	Sr.	Harlan, Iowa/Harlan
Emma Lassen ^ @	Coe College	Jr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson
Eliza Sundermann ~ ^ & # @	Coe College	Sr.	Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Washington
Isabella Hoppenjans ! ~ ^ &	Coe College	Sr.	Edmond, Okla./Casady
Isabel Schwabe %	Loras College	Jr.	Carroll, Iowa/Kuemper
Ana Olimpio	Luther College	Fr.	Brazlandia, Brazil/Colégio Ideal
Previous Honors
$ - 2020 Most Valuable Player
@ - 2020 All-Conference (singles)
# - 2020 All-Conference (doubles)
% - 2020 Honorable Mention All-Conference
^ - 2019 All-Conference (singles)
& - 2019 All-Conference (doubles)
* - 2019 Honorable Mention All-Conference
~ - 2018 All-Conference (singles)
! - 2018 All-Conference (doubles)
> - 2018 Honorable Mention All-Conference

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference announced today that Coe College freshman Madison Schultz (Jasper, Ga./James Madison) has been selected Women’s Tennis Player of the Year for the 2021 season. The Central College coaching staff, directed by head coach Ryun Ferrell and assisted by Trevor Budewitz and Laura Bade, earned Coaching Staff of the Year honors. In addition to the major awards the league announced the 22-member All-Conference team.
 
Ferrell, in his eighth season at the helm of the women’s team, guided the Dutch to a second-place finish. The Dutch finished conference play with a 6-2 mark and an 8-7 overall record. Central’s Coaching Staff of the Year honor is the first under the direction of Ferrell and the fifth for the program.
 
Schultz, in her first season, is earning All-Conference recognition along with her MVP accolade. She is the first Kohawk to earn MVP honors since Lauren French won it in 2018. She finished conference dual play with a 5-0 record at No.1 singles and a 3-0 mark at No.2 singles.
 
Central’s Alyssa Lewton (Ankeny, Iowa/Centennial) becomes a two-time All-Conference doubles honoree and is picking up her first singles honor. Lewton finished conference play with a 3-4 record at No.2. Lewton partnered with senior Maddie Hartley (Clarinda, Iowa/Clarinda) and joins Lewton on the All-Conference doubles team. Hartley is picking up her first All-Conference doubles accolades after earning honorable mention recognition a year ago. The two partnered to compile a 5-2 record at No.1, and a first-place finish in A-Doubles at the 2021 A-R-C Individual Tournament. Also joining Lewton on the All-Conference singles team is senior Bronwyn Metcalf (Pella, Iowa/Pella). She finished third at this year’s Individual Tournament. Metcalf concluded conference play with a mark of 3-5 at No.1 singles.
 
Loras College’s Lauren Diiulio (Bettendorf, Iowa/Davenport Assumption) is earning her first All-Conference singles and doubles honors after being named honorable mention a year ago. The junior finished conference play with a 3-5 record at No.1 singles and 5-3 at No.1 doubles.
 
Nebraska Wesleyan’s Brooke Sailer (Lincoln, Neb./Lincoln East) becomes a three-time All-Conference singles honoree along with a 2019 All-Conference doubles honoree. Sailer finished conference play with a 6-1 mark at No.1 singles.
 
Simpson College’s Emily King (Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood) is picking up her third All-Conference singles honor and second All-Conference doubles honor in addition to 2018 honorable mention accolades. In conference play, King finished 6-2 at No.2 singles. In doubles competition, King partnered with fellow doubles All-Conference performer Anna Wanek (Urbandale, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) to compile a 6-1 record at No.1. Wanek also earned All-Conference singles honors after a 6-2 showing at No.1. She is a 2020 All-Conference performer in singles and doubles as well as the 2020 Most Valuable Player.
 
Meadow LaDuke (Saint Michael, Minn./Saint Michael) of Wartburg College is collecting her first All-Conference singles honor after finishing 3-4 at No.1 singles and 1-0 at No.3. LaDuke is also picking up her first All-Conference doubles honor. In doubles competition, LaDuke partnered with teammate Natalie Kaiser (Dubuque, Iowa/Dubuque Senior) to compile a 4-3 record at No.1 doubles. Kaiser is picking up her first All-Conference doubles honor.
 
Luther College, the 2021 American Rivers Conference regular season champions, finished with a perfect 8-0 record. The Norse had four players earn both doubles and singles All-Conference honors and a fifth pick up doubles accolades.
 
The Norse were led by two-time All-Conference singles and three-time doubles honoree Shelby Cook (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Kennedy). The senior compiled a conference record of 3-2 at No.1 singles. Cook claimed the silver medal in the A-Singles flight at the 2021 A-R-C Individual Tournament. In doubles competition, Cook partnered with fellow doubles All-Conference performer Natalia Smith (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield) to compile a 3-1 record at No.1 doubles. Smith also earned All-Conference singles honors after a 4-1 record at No.2 and 1-1 at No.1 singles. The duo picked up the bronze medal in the A-flight of the 2021 A-R-C Individual Tournament.
 
Sophomore Sofia Sackett (Des Moines, Iowa/Dowling Catholic) is the third Norse to be recognized as an All-Conference performer in singles and doubles this season. The Des Moines, Iowa native put together an impressive campaign, going 5-0 at No.3 singles and 2-0 at No.2. Joining Sackett in All-Conference doubles and singles is teammate Renata Martinez (Atizapan de Zaragoza, Mexico/Tecnológico de Monterrey). In singles play, Martinez compiled a perfect record of 7-0 among No. 3, 5, and 6 singles and took home the gold at the 2021 A-R-C Individual Tournament. In her first year, Martinez is also an All-Conference performer in singles and doubles this season. Sackett is a two-time All-Conference singles and doubles honoree.
 
Rounding out the All-Conference honoree from Luther is junior Lexi Hastings (Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie). Hastings is earning her third All-Conference doubles honor after putting together a 6-0 record at No.1, 2, and 3 doubles with different partners. Hastings partnered with Martinez in the 2021 A-R-C Individual Tournament A-Doubles flight and finished with a silver medal.