Skillman, N.J. – Oberlin College women's tennis coach
Constantine Ananiadis has been named the 2012 Wilson/ITA Central Region Coach of the Year.
Under the tutelage of Ananiadis the women's tennis team finished 2nd in the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships after completing the regular season with a 19-6 overall record and an unblemished 3-0 mark in the NCAC East Division. This season's win total matches the program's previous best mark established during the 1991 season when the team finished 19-11 and includes a 14 match undefeated run up to the NCAC Championship Match.
Ananiadis and three other regional Coaches of the Year will be recognized during an awards banquet Wednesday, May 23
rd at the NCAA Individual Championships in Cary, N.C. A National Coach of the Year will be announced at that time. Senior
Ariel Lewis will be competing at the Championships for the third time in her career May 24-26.
Ananiadis, previously named the NCAC Coach of the Year, guided four players to All-NCAC recognition this spring. Lewis was named NCAC Player of the Year and to the First-Team for the fourth consecutive season.
Brenna Sheldon earned Second-Team accolades while
Finley Gates and
Grace Porter were selected Honorable Mention.
"I'm certainly honored, humbled, and surprised by this award. I've been very fortunate to have had great mentors and supporters throughout my career starting with my coach as a student-athlete at Stetson, Pierre Pilote. The various AD's I've worked for as well as the head coaches I worked under at UVA (Brian Boland and Phil Rogers) have also helped me and supported me immensely throughout my career and I'm for ever grateful to all of them. They've all helped me define who I am as a person and a coach, said Ananiadis of the recognition. “Lastly here at Oberlin, the wonderful group of young ladies we had on the team this year as well as coach Erikson, all deserve this award. It was our collective effort that made this season a success."
ITA Release
