May 4, 2016-The Emporia State men's and women's tennis teams combined to have seven players earn some type of All-MIAA recognition for the league coaches.

Tawni Griffey was named the Sportsmanship Award Winner for the second straight year and earned honorable mention All-MIAA honors at #1 singles. She went 15-8 in singles on the season and 7-3 in the MIAA, all at the #1 position.  She was joined on the honorable mention team by Lori Ahuja and Sarah Durham at #6 singles. Ahuja was undefeated in four matches at #6 singles and 10-13 on the season.  Durham went 12-2 in an injury plagued season, with a 5-1 record at #6 singles.

Farhan Sadique was a second-team All-MIAA pick at #6 singles and teamed with Collin Conner to be named honorable mention at #3 doubles.  Sadique was 12-3 on the season with a 6-0 record at #6 singles while going 3-1 in MIAA singles action.  Sadique and Connor were 9-6 as a doubles team with a 2-3 record in MIAA play.  They were joined on the honorable mention All-MIAA team by Patrick Cameron and Matheus Mota at #2 doubles. They only played four matches together on the season, going 4-0 at the #2 slot.

2016 All-MIAA Women's Tennis Team
First-Team
1S: Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
2S: Maria Josie Zehnder, Southwest Baptist
3S: Lara Soares, Southwest Baptist  
4S: Molly Worden, Northeastern State
5S: Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
6S: Jenny Bond, Central Oklahoma
1D: Patricia Husakova/Molly Worden, Northeastern State
2D: Maria Josie Zehnder/Lani Tuemmers, Southwest Baptist
3D: Paula Jimenez/Emma Neil, Nebraska-Kearney
Second-Team
1S: Alli Hodges, Central Oklahoma
2S: Daria Panferova, Northeastern State
3S: Valeriia Efimenko, Northeastern State
4S: Klara Vickov, Southwest Baptist
5S: Emilie Semo, Central Oklahoma
6S: Karla Tomaic, Northeastern State
1D: Christina Zentai/Lara Soares, Southwest Baptist
2D: Sthefani Rodriguez/Sherry Sun, Nebraska-Kearney
3D: Kaja Emersic/Andrea Gallardo, Northwest Missouri
Honorable Mention (Emporia State only)
#1S: Tawni Griffey, ESU
#6S: Lori Ahuja, ESU; Sarah Durham, ESU
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Patricia Husakova, Northeastern State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Alli Hodges, Central Oklahoma
COACH OF THE YEAR
Amanda Stone, NSU  
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Tawni Griffey, Emporia State  

2016 All-MIAA Men's Tennis Team
First-Team
1S: Sherif Abohabaga, Southwest Baptist
2S: Alvaro Riveros, Northwest Missouri  
3S: Sergi Fontcuberta, Northwest Missouri
4S: Torben Semrau, Southwest Baptist  
5S: Fin Glowick, Northwest Missouri
5S: Goerges Wakim, Nebraska-Kearney  
6S: Lucas Garces, Nebraska-Kearney
1D: Alvaro Riveros/Sergi Fontcuberta, Northwest Missouri
2D: Lucas Garces/Mohab Elzanaty, Nebraska-Kearney
3D: Josef Altmann/Mauro Tete, Northwest Missouri
Second-Team
1S: Romain Boissinot, Northwest Missouri  
2S: Matt Barlow, Washburn  
3S: Gyorgy Agoston, Southwest Baptist  
4S: Mauro Tete, Northwest Missouri
4S: Joey Richards, Nebraska-Kearney
5S: Raul Caballero, Southwest Baptist  
6S: Aymeric Autones, Northwest Missouri
6S: Farhan Sadique, Emporia State  
1D: Sherif Abohabaga/Gyorgy Agoston, Southwest Baptist
2D: Romain Boissinot/Aymeric Autones, Northwest Missouri  
3D: Aaron Reekie/Joey Richards, Nebraska-Kearney  
Honorable Mention (Emporia State only)
#2D: Patrick Cameron/Matheus Mota, ESU
#3D: Farhan Sadique/Collin Connor, ESU;  
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Sherif Abohabaga, Southwest Baptist
CO-FRESHMEN OF THE YEAR
Alejandro Valarezo Plaza, Washburn
Sergi Fontcuberta, Northwest Missouri
Gyorgy Agoston, Southwest Baptist
COACH OF THE YEAR
Mark Rosewell, Northwest Missouri  
SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD
Filip Bogic, Lindenwood