BATON ROUGE — LSU’s Megan Falcon of the women’s tennis team was a unanimous selection to the All-SEC First Team, the league office announced Tuesday.
Falcon, a senior from Alameda, Calif., became the first Lady Tiger in school history to earn All-SEC recognition in three seasons as she earned unanimous honors to the first team for the third straight year.
Falcon finished the regular season with an 8-3 record against conference foes playing at the No. 1 position in singles. Falcon finished 8-3 last season in SEC play to earn first team status, and she was a perfect 11-0 her sophomore season in 2007 on her way to earning SEC Player of the Year recognition.
With a 30-7 singles record this season Falcon is closing in on 100 career victories as she currently holds a 95-17 record which places her in a tie for 11th in school history. She needs two more wins to join a three-way tie for eighth place with former Lady Tigers Ana Paula Mores, Bruna Colosio and Sarah Stewart who finished their careers with 97 wins.
Falcon is currently ranked 13th nationally in singles and 19th in doubles with partner Mykala Hedberg, and the two have combined for a 26-7 record.
The league office released the All-SEC first and second teams, player of the year, coach of the year, scholar-athlete of the year and the All-Freshman team based on the votes of the league coaches. The first and second teams are each comprised of 12 players, and the freshman team lists five players.
The 23rd-ranked Lady Tigers will be back in action in the first round of the SEC Tournament Thursday at 12:30 p.m. CDT at Arkansas’ UA Varsity Tennis Courts. LSU, the 10th seed, will take on seventh-seeded Ole Miss.
SEC AWARDS
Coach of the Year: Mike Patrick and Sonia Hahn-Patrick, Tennessee
Player of the Year: Aurelija Miseviciute, Arkansas
Freshman of the Year: Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Aurelija Miseviciute, Arkansas
All-SEC First Team
Aurelija Miseviciute, Arkansas*
Fani Chifchieva, Auburn*
Alex Haney, Auburn
Marrit Boonstra, Florida*
Joanna Mather, Florida
Anastasia Revzina, Florida
Nadja Gilchrist, Georgia
Monika Dancevic, Georgia
Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia
Megan Falcon, LSU*
Kristi Boxx, Ole Miss
Ana Marija Zubori, South Carolina
Caitlin Whoriskey, Tennessee
All-SEC Second Team
Tiffany Welcher, Alabama
Ela Kaluder, Arkansas
Anouk Tigu, Arkansas
Jessica Alexander, Florida
Cameron Ellis, Georgia
Yvette Hyndman, Georgia
Naoko Ueshima, Georgia
Karen Nijssen, Ole Miss
Gira Schofield, South Carolina
Samantha Orlin, Tennessee
Natalie Pluskota, Tennessee
Catherine Newman, Vanderbilt
Jackie Wu, Vanderbilt
All-Freshman Team
Joanna Mather, Florida
Chelsey Gullickson, Georgia*
Nadja Gilchrist, Georgia
Kristi Boxx, Ole Miss
Natalie Pluskota, Tennessee
*unanimous