Eastern Michigan Athletics
Eastern Tennis Lands Two on Academic All-MAC List
5/18/2026 10:05:00 AM | Tennis
Daneva and Mendez Carreño each earned their second academic honor of the year
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) -- The Mid-American Conference announced its annual Academic All-MAC list for women's tennis, May 18, with two members of the Eastern Michigan University program earning the academic award for the 2025-26 season. Iva Daneva and Regina Mendez Carreño earned their first and second academic awards, respectively, from the MAC and their second academic honor of the year after being named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team last week.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests scheduled or completed. First-year students and ANY transfer students in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments for the current season only are considered.
Daneva (Kavadarci, North Macedonia/DSU Sportska Akademija) posted a 9-12 combined record after coming off an injury that cut her freshman season short. Despite going 0-3 in singles play, she was 9-9 in doubles action, including 8-8 when paired with Mendez Carreño throughout the dual season with two matches going unfinished despite the duo leading in their match. The two paired together from the start of the spring with their wins in the first two matches of the season, clinching the doubles point for the Eagles. Daneva also was paired with MAC Freshman of the Year Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya (Serang, Indonesia/SMAN 2 Kota Serang), with the team going 1-1 in MAC play, including a tough 7-6(4) decision in the season finale.
Carreño (Los Cabos, Mexico/Picacho McGregor) was a major contributor in her senior season as she completed 28 singles and 28 doubles matches (56 combined) after playing 65 total singles and doubles matches in her first three years in Ypsilanti. She finished the 2025-26 season with 20 wins, including a 12-16 mark in singles play and an 8-20 mark in doubles. Her singles win total tied her career high (12 in 2024-25) while her doubles victories more than doubled the seven she accumulated previously. Additionally, she won her first MAC singles match with a 6-3, 6-2 home win over Isabella Righi of Northern Illinois University while she posted two wins in doubles action against MAC foes after having not played in a conference doubles match in her first three seasons.
Overall, the two honors attained brought the program's total to 56 while Daneva became the 36th different Eastern player to be honored. By earning her second award, Mendez Carreño became the 16th Eastern player to garner multiple Academic All-MAC awards in a career.
The Academic All-MAC honor is for a student-athlete who has excelled in athletics and academics. To qualify, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA and have participated in at least 50 percent of the contests scheduled or completed. First-year students and ANY transfer students in their first year of residence are not eligible for the award. Outstanding academic and athletic accomplishments for the current season only are considered.
Daneva (Kavadarci, North Macedonia/DSU Sportska Akademija) posted a 9-12 combined record after coming off an injury that cut her freshman season short. Despite going 0-3 in singles play, she was 9-9 in doubles action, including 8-8 when paired with Mendez Carreño throughout the dual season with two matches going unfinished despite the duo leading in their match. The two paired together from the start of the spring with their wins in the first two matches of the season, clinching the doubles point for the Eagles. Daneva also was paired with MAC Freshman of the Year Cylova Zuleyka Hukmasabiyya (Serang, Indonesia/SMAN 2 Kota Serang), with the team going 1-1 in MAC play, including a tough 7-6(4) decision in the season finale.
Carreño (Los Cabos, Mexico/Picacho McGregor) was a major contributor in her senior season as she completed 28 singles and 28 doubles matches (56 combined) after playing 65 total singles and doubles matches in her first three years in Ypsilanti. She finished the 2025-26 season with 20 wins, including a 12-16 mark in singles play and an 8-20 mark in doubles. Her singles win total tied her career high (12 in 2024-25) while her doubles victories more than doubled the seven she accumulated previously. Additionally, she won her first MAC singles match with a 6-3, 6-2 home win over Isabella Righi of Northern Illinois University while she posted two wins in doubles action against MAC foes after having not played in a conference doubles match in her first three seasons.
Overall, the two honors attained brought the program's total to 56 while Daneva became the 36th different Eastern player to be honored. By earning her second award, Mendez Carreño became the 16th Eastern player to garner multiple Academic All-MAC awards in a career.
2026 Women's Tennis Academic All-MAC Team
Ball State
Alana Bristow, Sophomore, Financial Analysis, 3.933
Sydney Hrehor, Senior, Biology, 3.442
Sarah Shahbaz, Junior, International Business + Accounting, 3.886
Isabel Tanjuatco, Junior, Business Administration, 3.967
Jemima Williams-Phillips, Political Science, 3.9117
Bowling Green
Leticia Fonseca, Senior, Exercise Science, 4.000
Qianyu Liu, Junior, Sport Management, 3.923
Konstantina Adamopoulou, Junior, Pre-Exercise Science, 3.727
Buffalo
Esmee Anrdresen, Graduate Student, Master of Business Administration, 3.52
Blanca Berges, Sophomore, Business Administration, 3.86
Maria Glowacka, Sophomore, Business Administration/ Finance, 3.87
Julia Laspro, Junior, Biomedical Sciences, 3.599
Liv Roestel, Sophomore, Business Administration, 3.93
Eastern Michigan
Iva Daneva, Sophomore, Exercise Science, 3.88
Regina Mendez Carreño, Senior, Exercise Science, 3.51
Massachusetts
Ella Faessler, Senior, Biology, 3.94
Renata Farima, Graduate Student, Management (MSBA), 4.00
Martina Pavissich, Sophomore, Education & Psychology, 3.80
Amelia Tye, Junior, Marketing, 3.70
Miami
Maria Luisa Oliveira, Sophomore, Business, 3.72
Avery Voss, Sophomore, Marketing, 3.66
Northern Illinois
Irmak Budak, Sophomore, Psychology, 3.349
Jenna Horne, Senior, Finance, 3.355
Theodora Kousiou, Sophomore, Kinesiology, 3.652
Nataly Ninova, Senior Manufacturing Engineering Technology, 3.41
Isabella Righi, Senior, Biomedical Engineering, 3.907
Lucia Yecora, Sophomore, Kinesiology, 3.415
Toledo
Neha Guru, Sophomore, Business, 3.954
Jone Ibanez, Junior, Bioengineering, 3.619
Annika Munson, Sophomore, Biology, 3.911
Gaby Rondon, Junior, Marketing, 3.769
JJ Scholten, Sophomore, Neuroscience, 3.884
Western Michigan
Lola Glantz, Grad Student, PSYCHOLOGY: IND/ ORG BEHVR MGMT, 4.0
Audrey Smitek, Senior, Accounting, 3.89
Polina Khotko, Grad Student, Exercise Science, 3.36
Julia Frazier, Junior, Sport Management, 3.58
Frida Weijerman, Sophomore, Pre-Marketing, 3.83
Sienna Osborne, Sophomore, EXERCISE SCI: CLINICAL/ PREPOF, 3.69
Marielou Baudouin, Sophomore EXERCISE SCI: CLINICAL/ PREPOF, 3.79
Eastern Michigan's All-Time Academic All-MAC Honorees
36 Eagles with 56 awards earned
Barcelo Almoyna, Alejandra • 2017, 2018
Brichackova, Sabina • 2023, 2024, 2025
Brown, Rhonda • 1989
D'Amelio, Lisa • 2003
Daneva, Iva • 2026
Danielak, Tina • 1997, 1998
Eloundou, Linda • 2024
Frankowski, Vanessa • 2008
Friedrichs, Daphne • 2015
Gamarnik, Shari • 2003
Ganesan, Vasavi • 2021, 2022
Ghdirimic, Christina • 1994
Kaercher, Denise • 1987, 1988
Kansuthi, Jean • 1998
Khaw, Paulena • 1997
Lincaru, Amalia • 2004
Martinovska, Andrea • 2016, 2017, 2018
Mayerova, Marie • 2017, 2018
Mebuke, Nino • 2014
Mendez Carreńo, Regina • 2025, 2026
Mokelke, Naomi • 1992
Morin, Marie • 1988
Parfenyuk, Yana • 2006, 2007
Pelayo, Luisa • 2021
Piatek, Julia • 2021
Pommiers, Emma-Lou • 2021, 2022
Popma, Isabelle • 2021, 2022
Prince, Stacy • 1996
Quiroz, Andrea • 2024
Saenko, Kseniia • 2025
Sharma, Renu • 2016, 2017
Shved, Daniella • 2024
Supejova, Klara • 2014, 2015, 2016
Veleva, Anna • 2016, 2017
Vichare, Prerna • 2023, 2024, 2025
Whitney, Grace • 2021, 2022
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