Amber Peters Selected to All-CIAA Tennis Team

HAMPTON, Va. - The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association in conjunction with its Tennis Coaches Association announces their selections for the 2015 Women's Tennis All-CIAA Team, Rookie of the Year and Player of the Year. Bowie State junior Amber Peters (Lanham, Md.) named to the team.

Chowan University's Natalaya Kamenshchikova is Player of the Year for the second straight year. Johnson C. Smith's Kayla Roman is this year's Rookie of the Year.

A two-time player of the week, Kamenschchikova finished the regular season with an overall singles record of 18-5 from the #1 position.  She went 12-1 in conference competition.

Roman's CIAA singles record was 6-0 from the #6 position.

The CIAA and Johnson C. Smith University will host the 2015 Women's Tennis Championships from April 16-18 at the Hornets’ Nest Park Tennis Complex in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2015 ALL-CIAA Women's Tennis Team

NAME	SCHOOL	CLASS	HOMETOWN
Khadijah Battle	Johnson C. Smith	Junior	Atlanta, Ga.
Aja Grant	Winston-Salem State	Freshman	Winston-Salem, N.C.
Monet Graves	Virginia State	Sophomore	Washington, DC
Marilyne Kamegne	Shaw	Freshman	Yaounde, Cameroon
Natalya Kamenshchikova	Chowan	Senior	Novosibirsk, Russia
Jessica Medina	Shaw	Senior	Villavicencio, Colombia
Amber Peters	Bowie State	Junior	Lanham, Md.
Shondra Redfern	Livingstone	Junior	Salisbury, N.C.
Kaylin Roman	Johnson C. Smith	Freshman	Atlanta, Ga
Ana Ruzir	Shaw	Junior	Zagreb, Croatia
Zaire Simmons	Virginia State	Senior	Sandys, Bermuda
Sharmane Tonkins	Virginia State	Senior	Newport News, Va.

Player of the Year

Natalya Kamenshchikova

Chowan

Senior

Novosibirsk, Russia

Rookie of the Year

Kaylin Roman

Johnson C. Smith

Freshman

Atlanta, Ga