2023 News-Herald girls tennis all-stars – News-Herald

Kenston’s Brooke McNeal is the 2023 News-Herald girls tennis player of the year. (Kenston Athletics)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Brooke McNeal

Kenston, junior

In a campaign with five News-Herald coverage area state qualifiers across singles and doubles in both divisions, McNeal separated herself in two facets to be 2023 News-Herald girls tennis player of the year. The first was she was the lone player to win a match at state, taking her Division II opening-round tilt against Lima Shawnee’s Rose Kottapalli before being ousted in the second round by eventual state runner-up Martha Thompson of Indian Hill. The second was McNeal recorded four wins, all in straight sets, to be the D-II Akron District champion, this area’s lone district top placer.

FIRST TEAM

(in alphabetical order; doubles teams are deemed one entity separated by a dash)

Elena Fleming, Jr., NDCL

D-I state qualifier, 3rd district

Dani Forte, So., Hawken

D-II state qualifier, 2nd district

Abigail Lynch, Fr., Gilmour

D-II state qualifier, 5th district

Valeria Kislyansky, Fr.-Hayley Gerber, Sr., Hawken

D-II state qualifier, 2nd district

Bea Hardacre, Sr.-Bella Hsieh, Jr., Hawken

Advanced to 2nd round D-II district

SECOND TEAM

(in alphabetical order; doubles teams are deemed one entity separated by a dash)

Lucy Paulin, Jr., NDCL: D-I district qualifier

Audrey Austin, Jr., Perry: D-II district qualifier

Ana Paglio, Sr.-Maddie Menough, Jr., Mentor: D-I district qualifier

Madison Davila, Sr.-Alex Ungaro, Jr., Kenston: D-II district qualifier

HONOR ROLL

(in alphabetical order; doubles teams are deemed one entity separated by a dash)

Andrews Osborne: Chloe Whittingham; Beachwood: Eva Zhang; Beaumont: Lily Dixon; Brush: Na’imah Taylor; Chagrin Falls: Kate Quinn-Shannon McElhinney; Chardon: Lydia Plante; Geneva: Addison DiPofi-Abby Griffiths; Gilmour: Natalie Andelova; Harvey: Aliyah Arebalo; Hawken: Izzy Young; Kenston: Anna Spivak; Lake Catholic: Kendall Pikor; Madison: Gabriella Montez; Mayfield: Annabelle Kamerman; Mentor: Anna Siatkowski; NDCL: Erin Lee-McKenna Morgan; North: Kayla Gomolka-Adrianna Vujica; Perry: Hannah Green-Alexa Titus; Riverside: Mia Morton; South: Lindsay Nejak; West Geauga: Rachel Aronova