Three Cavaliers Earn Academic All-America Honors
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia women’s tennis seniors Elaine Chervinsky, Melodie Collard, and junior Annabelle Xu have been named 2025 Academic All-Americans, as selected by College Sports Communicators, the organization announced Tuesday (June 3). The award recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom.
Chervinsky was named to the first team. Collard earned second team honors, while Xu was named to the third team.
Chervinsky and Collard won the 2024-25 NCAA Doubles Championship in the fall, becoming the first Cavaliers to win the NCAA Doubles title. The pair also became the first Cavaliers to hold the number one doubles ranking, a ranking they held from early February until May. In singles, Chervinsky advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship in the fall. In the round of 16. she defeated the top seed and top-ranked Mary Stoiana of Texas A&M 6-3, 6-0. On the season, Chervinsky led the team in singles, finishing with a 28-8 record. This is her first CSC Academic All-America honor.
Collard finished the season with a 31-3 doubles record with Chervinsky and a 14-2 mark in dual matches. In singles, Collard finished second on the team in singles wins with 25 and went 14-6 in dual matches. She ended the year ranked No. 3 in doubles with Chervinsky and No. 121 in singles. This is the first CSC Academic All-America honor for Collard.
Xu ended the season with a 22-12 singles record, advancing to the second round of the NCAA Singles Championship. She set new career-highs in her singles ranking, reaching as high as No. 21. She also had a career year in doubles, finishing 28-9 on the year with partner Martina Genis Salas. This is Xu’s first CSC Academic All-America honor.
Chervinsky, Collard, and Xu join Natasha Subhash as the only players in program history to be named CSC Academic All-Americans.
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Reese Brantmeier, University of North Carolina
| FIRST TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Reese Brantmeier | University of North Carolina | Jr. | 3.95 | Exercise Science and Studio Art |
| Elaine Chervinsky | University of Virginia | Sr. | 3.57 | Psychology |
| Julia Fliegner | University of Michigan | Sr. | 3.83 | Business Administration |
| Connie Ma (1) | Stanford University | Sr. | 3.75 | Human Biology |
| Carson Tanguilig | University of North Carolina | Sr. | 3.74 | Media & Journalism & Sport Administration |
| Dasha Vidmanova (2) | University of Georgia | Sr. | 3.72 | Finance |
| SECOND TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Jessica Alsola | University of California | Sr. | 3.86 | Psychology |
| Ellie Coleman | Duke University | Sr. | 3.83 | Environmental Science/Policy |
| Melodie Collard | University of Virginia | Sr. | 3.73/3.73 | Kinesiology |
| Sarah Hamner (1) (4) | University of South Carolina | Sr. | 3.86/3.86 | Marketing |
| Alexa Noel (2) | University of Miami | Gr. | 3.57 | Sociology (U) / Sport Administration (G) |
| Mary Stoiana (6) | Texas A&M University | Sr. | 3.77 | Sport Management |
| THIRD TEAM | ||||
| Name | School | Yr. | GPA | Major |
| Alicia Dudeney | University of Florida | Sr. | 3.78 | Business Administration |
| Zoe Hammond | University of Kentucky | Jr. | 4.00 | Economics |
| Sofia Johnson | Old Dominion University | Sr. | 3.70 | Business Analytics |
| Anastasiia Lopata | University of Georgia | Jr. | 3.56 | Business |
| Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer | UCLA | Jr. | 3.63 | Environmental Science |
| Sydni Ratliff | The Ohio State University | Sr. | 3.88 | Strategic Communications |
| Annabelle Xu | University of Virginia | Jr. | 3.61 | Commerce |
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women’s Tennis in 2023-24
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women’ Tennis in 2023-24
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women’s Tennis in 2023-24
(4) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women’s Tennis in 2022-23
(6) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women’s Tennis in 2022-23