FRISCO, Texas - Brandelyn Fulgenzi of UIW was named the 2023 Southland Conference Women's Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year, as the annual All-Academic Team was announced Thursday.

Fulgenzi claims the double award honor of both Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year, carrying a 3.57 grade point average in sports management. Along with her Player of the Year honors, she earned First Team All-Conference at No. 1 singles as well as No. 1 doubles with teammate Estefania Gonzalez. Fulgenzi went 6-1 in conference play at No. 1 singles with a conference-best 15-2 overall mark at No. 1 singles. Fulgenzi and Gonzalez were a perfect 7-0 at No. 1 doubles in conference action and were also undefeated in the regular season. She was an ITA Texas Region Doubles Champion in the fall and remained in the ITA doubles rankings all season.

Conference champion A&M-Corpus Christi and UIW shared the conference lead with three all-academic selections each, while Southeastern had two picks and McNeese, NJIT, Nicholls, and Northwestern State each had one selection.

The all-academic teams are voted on by a head coach, sports information director and an academic/compliance staff member from each Southland Conference institution. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA and completed one full academic year at the nominating institution to qualify for All-Academic selection. Student-Athlete of the Year nominees must have earned at least a 3.2 GPA on a 4.0 scale and demonstrated athletics achievement for at least two years at the nominating institution.

Student-Athlete of the Year: Brandelyn Fulgenzi, UIW

First Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Brandelyn Fulgenzi *	UIW	Gr.	Las Vegas, N.M.	3.57	Sports Management
Victoire Delattre *	A&M-Corpus Christi	Sr.	Valenciennes, France	3.29	Chemistry
Emma Aucagne	A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Saint-Fons, France	3.96	Criminal Justice
Putri Insani	Southeastern	Gr.	Jakarta, Indonesia	3.80	MBA (Grad)/Accounting (Undergrad)
Gargi Pawar	UIW	So.	Pune, India	4.00	Accounting and Management Information Systems
Kateryna Rublevska	A&M-Corpus Christi	Jr.	Kharkiv, Ukraine	4.00	Management

Second Team

Name	School	Yr.	Hometown	GPA	Major
Carla Bouygues	Nicholls	Sr.	Bout-du-Pont-de-Larn, France	3.77	Finance
Ayu Ishibashi	Northwestern State	So.	Chiba, Japan	4.00	Health and Exercise Science
Flory Bierma	Southeastern	Gr.	Kapelle, The Netherlands	3.975	Health and Kinesiology (Grad)/Sport Management (Undergrad)
Sophia Kermet	UIW	Sr.	Lakeland, Fla.	3.90	Biology
Shalom Salvi	NJIT	Jr.	Modena, Italy	3.95	Mathematical Sciences
Ariane Monlleo Sanchis	McNeese	So.	Valencia, Spain	3.86	General Business Administration

  * All-Conference First Team singles, Automatic Selection