AASU's Stupak Honored on ITA All-Star Team

NEW YORK, N.Y. (August 26) – Armstrong Atlantic State women's tennis standout Iuliia Stupak was treated to a weekend in New York, N.Y., during the US Open as a member of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-Star team.

The team was honored during a luncheon at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) President's Suite during Arthur Ashe Kids' Day, presented by Hess.

The 25th edition of the ITA Collegiate All-Star Team includees the nation's top-ranked men's and women's tennis players from the season-ending ITA Collegiate Tennis rankings for all divisions.

Stupak finished the 2008 spring season as the No. 1 singles player in the nation for a second consecutive season, compiling a perfect 23-0 singles record and earning ITA Senior Player of the Year honors. She teamed with sophomore Gabriella Kovacs to fashion a 29-3 doubles record and a No. 3 national ranking, earning ITA All-America honors in both singles and doubles, and was also a first-team ESPN: The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American.

The Kiev, Ukraine, native is the second AASU player to earn ITA Collegiate All-Star team honors twice in a career as she also earned the honor as a junior in 2007, joining Zsofia Golopencza (2002, 2004). Other AASU women's players to earn the honor include Sandra Van der Aa (1995) and Luisa Cowper (2006).