TEMPE, Ariz. – Five Sun Devils have earned Pac-12 All-Conference selections, highlighted by First Team honors for junior Giulia Morlet and freshman Chelsea Fontenel, the conference announced Thursday.
Junior Marianna Argyrokastriti and graduate student Domenika Turkovic were named to the Second-Team, while graduate student Sedona Gallagher received an Honorable Mention.
Full Pac-12 release
All-Conference
First Team
Jessica Alsola, CAL
Angelica Blake, STAN
Reece Carter, ARIZ
Eryn Cayetano, USC
Chelsea Fontenel, ASU
Haley Giavara, CAL
Connie Ma, STAN
Giulia Morlet, ASU
Hikaru Sato, WASH
Madison Sieg, USC
Fangran Tian, UCLA
Alexandra Yepifanova, STAN
Second Team
Eva Alvarez Sande, WSU
Marianna Argyrokastriti, ASU
Antonia Balzert, COLO
Emma Charney, USC
Sara Choy, STAN
Snow Han, USC
Kimmi Hance, UCLA
Erika Matsuda, WASH
Astrid Olsen, WASH
Domenika Turkovic, ASU
Katja Wiersholm, CAL
Valencia Xu, STAN
Honorable Mention (received at least one vote): Kaila Barksdale, UTAH; Naomi Cheong, USC; Aya El Sayed, COLO; Sedona Gallagher, ASU; Jennifer Kerr, WASH; Marcela Lopez, UTAH; Uxia Martinez Moral, ORE; Berta Passola Folch, CAL; Grace Piper, USC; Madison Tattini, UTAH; Betina Tokac, COLO; Hannah Viller Moeller, CAL; Elise Wagle, UCLA; Salma Ziouti, ARIZ.
Singles Player of the Year: Alexandra Yepifanova, Stanford
Doubles Team of the Year: Kimmi Hance/Elise Wagle, UCLA
Freshman/Newcomer of the Year: Fangran Tian, UCLA
Coach of the Year: Lele Forood, Stanford
It's the second consecutive First Team selection for the Paris, France, native Morlet, whose 14 starts for the Sun Devils this spring came on singles Court 1. Ranked a career-best No. 54 in singles in early February, Morlet closed out the regular season with a pair of victories against Utah's Madison Tattini and Arizona's Salma Ziouti. Alongside Gallagher on doubles Court 2, the pair went a team-best 13-3.
With Morlet nursing a foot injury in mid-February, the Sun Devils turned to the rookie Fontenel to fill in on singles Court 1. In five matches atop the Sun Devil lineup, Fontenel went 3-2, defeating Baylor's No. 94 Isabelle Harvison for the first win over a ranked opponent in her career.
After Morlet's return, Fontenel slid to No. 2, where she has since defeated USC's No. 42 Eryn Cayetano and Snow Han, with the latter coming in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament.
Consistently ranked in singles this spring by the ITA, Fontenel was listed a career-high No. 98 in early April.
Along with Morlet and Fontenel, the Sun Devils have a terrific supporting cast. Argyrokastriti led the team in wins (17), and Turkovic and doubles partner Patricija Spaka were one of 32 duos selected to compete in the NCAA Doubles Championships.
Gallagher is tied for Fontenel for second-most wins on the team this spring (15), with 12 of those coming on Court 5.
The Sun Devils are back in action on Friday, May 5, when the team opens the NCAA Tournament with a First Round matchup against Wake Forest in Knoxville.