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Kiss, Esker Earn MVC Honors

April 28, 2011

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Aniko Kiss and Hannah Esker of the Illinois State women's tennis team received all-conference and first team scholar-athlete honors, respectively, Thursday night at the Missouri Valley Conference Tennis Awards Banquet in St. Louis, Mo.

Kiss was named to the all-select team while Esker was named to the scholar-athlete first team for the second time in her collegiate career. Esker, an actuarial science major, carries a perfect 4.0 grade-point average (GPA) and has accumulated team-high 18 singles victories this season.

In order to receive scholar-athlete honors, student-athletes must be a at least a sophomore both academically and athletically. Nominees must hold at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA, and need to have participated in at least 75% of the regular-season or expected to participate in the MVC Championship.

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