The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference

Babson Park, Mass. - The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) announced its 2007 Women's Tennis Post-Season awards on Tuesday. Regular season and tournament champion Wellesley College led the way with five First Team and three Second Team selections; league runner-up MIT followed with three First Team and four Second Team selections.

MIT Sophomore Leslie Hansen (Fairfax, Va.), last season's NEWMAC Rookie of the Year, was named the 2007 NEWMAC Athlete of the Year. She was also named to the First Team at number one singles. Wellesley First-Year Shivani Saxena (Milan, Italy) was named NEWMAC Rookie of the year and made the First Team at number three singles. In addition, Wellesley Coach Christine Franek was named NEWMAC Coach of the Year and Wellesley captured the league's Sportsmanship Award.

Joining Saxena on the First Team from Wellesley were senior Trish Devine (Westport, Mass.) at number two, first-year Jacqueline Shen (Calgary, Alberta, CA) at number four, sophomore Meghan Stubblebine (Bridgeville, Penn.) at number five and sophomore Mohona Siddique (Chevy Chase, Md.) at number six. Hansen and senior Mariah Hoover (Orlando, Fla.) were named First Team at number one doubles. Their MIT teammates, sophomore Anisa McCree (Acton, Mass.) and first-year Liz Denys (Naperville, Ill.), were named First Team at number two doubles.

2007 NEWMAC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team and Award Winners

NEWMAC Athlete of the Year:

Leslie Hansen, MIT

NEWMAC Coach of the Year:

Christine Franek, Wellesley College

NEWMAC Rookie of the Year:

Shivani Saxena, Wellesley College

NEWMAC Sportsmanship Award:

Wellesley College

FIRST TEAM

#1 Singles: Leslie Hansen, MIT

#2 Singles: Trish Devine, Wellesley

#3 Singles: Shivani Saxena, Wellesley

#4 Singles: Jacqueline Shen, Wellesley

#5 Singles: Meghan Stubblebine, Wellesley

#6 Singles: Mohona Siddique, Wellesley

#1 Doubles: Leslie Hansen and Mariah Hoover, MIT

#2 Doubles: Anisa McCree and Liz Denys, MIT

SECOND TEAM

#1 Singles: Jennifer Schwarzkopf, Wellesley

#2 Singles: Sarah Geocaris, Wheaton

#3 Singles: Mariah Hoover, MIT

#4 Singles: Yi Wang, MIT

#5 Singles: Melissa Diskin, MIT

#6 Singles: Anisa McCree, MIT

#1 Doubles: Jen Schwarzkopf and Trish Devine, Wellesley

#2 Doubles: Hali Walther and Jacqueline Shen, Wellesley

NEWMAC Announces 2007 Women's Tennis All-Conference Team