WOMEN'S TENNIS: Regis' Kiana Thompson Named 2022 GNAC Player and Rookie of the Year

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GNAC champion Colby-Sawyer
places five on All-GNAC teams

WINTHROP, Mass. – Regis College freshman Kiana Thompson has been voted the 2022 GNAC Women's Tennis Player and Rookie of the Year, as announced by the league office on Monday. The first-year from Boynton Beach, Fla. went undefeated record in both singles and doubles play at the No. 1 singles and doubles positions for the Pride.

Thompson was also an All-Tournament Team selection this past weekend as Regis advanced to the GNAC Championship Final at Colby-Sawyer College, which placed five on the All-GNAC teams and captured its second straight GNAC title and third in four years.

Thompson and sophomore teammate Samantha Gevry, a Second Team Singles selection, were also honored as the conference's top First Team Doubles pairing. 

Joining Thompson on the First Team Singles were Colby-Sawyer's Grace Carpenter and Alyssa Owens, Lesley University's Jessica Legendre, Regis' Katelyn Mogelnicki, and Simmons University's Libby Weed.

Lesley head coach Jessica Russo was voted the GNAC Coach of the Year by her coaching peers, as she helped lead the Lynx to their first-ever GNAC Touranment appearance and victory, a first-round win over Eastern Nazarene College. 

FIRST TEAM SINGLES
Grace Carpenter, Colby-Sawyer (So., Milford, N.H.)
Alyssa Owens, Colby-Sawyer (Jr., Grain Valley, Mo.)
Jessica Legendre, Lesley (Fr., Leesville , La.)
Katelyn Mogelnicki, Regis (Gr., Wethersfield, Conn.)
Kiana Thompson, Regis (Fr., Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Libby Weed, Simmons (Sr., Brooksville, Maine)

FIRST TEAM DOUBLES
Kiana Thompson / Samantha Gevry, Regis 

SECOND TEAM SINGLES
Mariah Mandulak, Albertus Magnus (Sr., Shelton, Conn.)
Isabella Gutierrez, Colby-Sawyer (So., Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
Emily Hill, Colby-Sawyer (Sr., Wilmington, Mass.)
Elise Hogan, Colby-Sawyer (So., Duxbury, Mass.)
Samantha Gevry, Regis (So., Dudley, Mass.)
Emily Kerr, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Sr., Portland, Conn.)

SECOND TEAM DOUBLES
Alyssa Owens / Elise Hogan, Colby-Sawyer

ALL-ROOKIE TEAM
Isabella Gutierrez, Colby-Sawyer (So., Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
Alyssa Owens, Colby-Sawyer (Jr., Grain Valley, Mo.)
Jessica Legendre, Lesley (Fr., Leesville , La.)
Kiana Thompson, Regis (Fr., Boynton Beach, Fla.)
Liliana Garcia, St. Joseph (Conn.) (Fr., Wethersfield, Conn.)
Annabelle Halloran, Simmons (Fr., Mill Valley, Calif.)

PLAYER OF THE YEAR - Kiana Thompson, Regis
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR - Kiana Thompson, Regis
COACH OF THE YEAR - Jessica Russo, Lesley
TEAM SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD - Albertus Magnus

ALL-SPORTSMANSHIP TEAM
Nayelli Garcia, Albertus Magnus
Amelia Campanella, Colby-Sawyer 
Maria Busila, Eastern Nazarene
Morgan Anderson, Lesley
Nora Connor, Regis
Kathleen Gilland, St. Joseph (Conn.)
Libby Weed, Simmons

Founded in 1995, the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) is an NCAA Division III association made up of 14 member institutions and over 3,500 student-athletes across the New England region. Each year, the GNAC sponsors and administers 20 championships, while balancing academic integrity, athletic opportunities and community involvement. 

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