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Emporia State Tennis Earns CSC Academic All-District Honors

Three men and two women earn academic award from College Sports Communicators

2026 ESU Tennis Academic All-District Graphic for Calvo, Sarunic, Mattenberger, Whichman and Klimova

Men's Tennis | 5/12/2026 12:27:00 PM

May 12, 2026-The Emporia State men's and women's tennis teams combined for five Academic All-District as selected by College Sports Communicators.  Diego Calvo, Anton Sarunic and Alexis Mattenberger for the men's team along with Sheriden Wichman and Yuliya Klimova were all named CSC Academic All-District for their work in the classroom.

Calvo is a junior with a 3.75 GPA in business. He was an honorable mention All-MIAA selection in singles for the Hornets.  He was 13-5 in singles action and went 11-7 in doubles play.

Sarunic has a 3.50 GPA in business as a graduate student. He earned Second-Team All-MIAA honors in singles. He was 3-2 in MIAA play in singles with a 5-7 overall record while going 9-6 in doubles.

Mattenberger is a sophomore with a 3.57 GPA in business. He was 5-8 in singles play with a 3-3 mark in doubles action.

Whichman has a 3.98 GPA in biology in her senior year. She was 9-10 in singles with a 4-1 mark at #1 and #2 while going 10-10 in doubles play.

Klimova is a sophomore with a 3.68 GPA in computer science. She was 9-10 in doubles and went 4-15 in the top three singles positions.

To be nominated, student-athletes ust be in the lineup for 75 percent of an institution's days of competition (regional competition such as ITAs and non-team scored events do not count).

Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees for the women will be announced June 2 with the women to follow on June 3.

The Division II CSC Academic All-America® program is partially supported financially by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the program.
 
Emporia State 2025-26 Academic All-District Men's Tennis
Diego Calvo Junior 3.75 Business Maslianco, Italy
Anton Sarunic Grad Student  3.50 Business  Opatija, Croatia
Alexis Mattenberger  Sophomore 3.57  Business Trelex, Switzerland
 
 
Emporia State 2025-26 Academic All-District Women's Tennis
Sheriden Wichman  Senior 3.98 Biology Topeka, Kan.
Yuliya Klimova Sophomore   3.68   Computer Science  Almaty, Kazakhstan 
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Diego Calvo

Diego Calvo

Junior
Alexis Mattenberger

Alexis Mattenberger

Sophomore
Anton Sarunic

Anton Sarunic

Graduate Student
Yuliya  Klimova

Yuliya Klimova

5' 7"
Sophomore
Sheriden Wichman

Sheriden Wichman

Senior

Players Mentioned

Diego Calvo

Diego Calvo

Junior
Alexis Mattenberger

Alexis Mattenberger

Sophomore
Anton Sarunic

Anton Sarunic

Graduate Student
Yuliya  Klimova

Yuliya Klimova

5' 7"
Sophomore
Sheriden Wichman

Sheriden Wichman

Senior