Mast Named NCCAA All-AmericanWINONA LAKE – Grace College’s Emily Mast capped off a memorable junior season by being named NCCAA First Team All-American in women’s tennis.
Mast is the first recorded women’s tennis player at Grace to achieve All-American status from the NCCAA. She went a combined 23-6 for the fall season while playing at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.
Mast posted a 12-2 mark at No. 1 doubles, the second-most doubles’ wins for a single season in program history. She also went 11-4 while playing as Grace’s top singles’ player.
In just two years as a Lady Lancer, Mast already ranks No. 9 in both career singles’ wins and doubles’ wins. She was also named to the All-Crossroads League Team during the fall.
Additionally, Carrie Copeland was named to the Google Cloud CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. CoSIDA honors student-athletes for both academic and athletic accomplishments.
Molly Fitzpatrick and Jenna Jackson, along with Mast and Copeland, were also named Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes. Grace’s four Scholar-Athletes tied for the fourth-most in the nation. To become a Scholar-Athlete, a player must have achieved upperclassman status and post a GPA of at least 3.5.
The Lady Lancers won a program-record 14 matches under head coach Marcus Moore in 2018-19, advancing to the semifinals of the Crossroads League Tournament.
