Chattanooga natives, Samantha and Harper Caswell both earned SoCon tennis Honors for their prospective schools as college freshmen at UTC and Furman.
photo by GoMocs.com/Furman Sports Information
Two former Baylor School tennis standouts were honored by the Southern Conference Wednesday. Samantha Caswell who plays at UTC was named Southern Conference Freshman of the Year and Second Team All Conference in Doubles. Her twin sister, Harper, who plays for Furman was named Second Team All Conference in singles and named to the All Freshman team.
Samantha Caswell went 15-5 during the spring for UTC, including a 5-1 mark at No. 4 singles during league play. The Lookout Mountain, Ga., native spent the entire year at No. 1 doubles with Kayla Jones, and the tandem finished the spring season with a 16-3 mark.
Harper Caswell was chosen to the team at flight five singles after posting a 4-1 league mark at the position in her rookie campaign. Harper, who was 8-10 overall in singles play as a rookie, also posted a 7-9 overall doubles record this season to earn a spot on the league's All-Freshman team.
The Caswell sisters led Baylor School to four straight TSSAA D-II AA state team titles, 2011-2014.
The Postseason balloting was conducted by the league's head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes.
2015 SoCon Women’s Tennis Postseason Awards
First Team
Singles
Lyn Yee Choo, ETSU
Regina Nychytailova, ETSU
Ansley Speaks, Furman
Alex Moreno-Kaste, Furman
Stephanie N’tcha, Samford
Kayla Jones, Chattanooga
Doubles
Lyn Yee Choo/Ana Gerbasi, ETSU
Ansley Speaks/Alex Moreno-Kaste, Furman
Stephanie N’tcha/Carita Moolman, Samford
Second Team
Singles (by position)
No. 1 – Kayla Gammie, UNCG
No. 2 – Yasmeen Ebada, Samford
No. 3 – Jessica Northcutt, Samford
No. 4 – Carita Moolman, Samford
No. 5 – Harper Caswell, Furman
No. 6 – Savannah Wood, Samford
Doubles (by position)
No. 1 – Samantha Caswell/Kayla Jones, UTC
No. 2 – Yasmeen Ebada/Jessica Northcutt, Samford
No. 3 – Melissa Esguerra/Ioanna Markesini, ETSU
All-Freshman
Melissa Esguerra, ETSU
Ioanna Markesini, ETSU
Harper Caswell, Furman
Samantha Caswell, Chattanooga
Savannah Wood, Samford
Samantha Russell, Wofford
Player of the Year
Stephanie N’tcha - Samford
Freshman of the Year
Samantha Caswell, Chattanooga
Sportsmanship Award
Jessica Brumit, ETSU
Coach of the Year
David Vest, Samford