Westlake, Ohio  - Oberlin College senior standout Ariel Lewis captured the North Coast Athletic Conference's Player of the Year award while earning a place on the All-NCAC first team for the fourth consecutive season.  Brenna Sheldon was named to the second-team while Finley Gates and Grace Porter received Honorable Mention accolades.  Head coach Constantine Ananiadis was selected as the 2012 NCAC Women's Coach of the Year for his efforts in guiding the team to a second place finish at the conference championships.
 
Lewis, a Vacaville, Calif. native, has also been selected by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to participate in the 2012 NCAA Individual Championships held May 24-26 at the Cary Tennis Park in Cary, N.C.  This is her third selection to the finals having previously represented Oberlin during her freshman and junior seasons.
 
Lewis concluded the 2012 regular season with a 23-5 record in singles competition and added 19 doubles wins bringing her Oberlin College career totals to 93-26 in singles play and 65-52 as a doubles player.  Lewis sits atop the Oberlin College women's tennis record book with her 158 career wins.
 
Sheldon, a sophomore from Sebastopol, Calif., competed primarily as the Yeowomen's No.2 singles player recording a 15-4 mark.  She also contributed a 13-4 doubles record to this season's effort.
 
Making her third appearance as an Honorable Mention selection, Gates, a Fairway, Kan. native, finished this season 11-10 playing in all three of the top spots.
 
Porter, a first-year from Bainbridge, Wash., received recognition for her solid play in the middle of the lineup finishing the season 14-12.  She and senior partner Gates combined in the top doubles spot for the Yeowomen.
 
Ananiadis, in his fifth season, received the Coach of the Year recognition by a vote of his peers for his efforts in guiding the team to the second-place finish and a 19-6 season mark.  The Yeowomen's win total of 19 matches the previous best mark established during the 1990-91 season when Oberlin also boasted the Player and Coach of the Year.
 
“I'd like to thank the league's coaches for this honor.  To be recognized by one's peers is certainly the biggest recognition there is.  Having said that, I'd like to point out that we had a great group of young ladies this season that came together at the right time, stayed healthy, and fulfilled their potential.  That's all.  I was not any better this year than I was last year as a coach,” said Ananiadis.  “Our team's performance this spring was certainly a team effort and everyone together deserves part of this award.  And it goes without saying of course that Coach Erikson deserves the biggest part. Without his support over the years, none of this would be possible.”