CLEVELAND – Western Michigan's Polina Khotko has been named the Mid-American Conference Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year, while Lindsey Zieglar, Karin Hamilton and Khotko have been named to the All-MAC team.
Khotko, although a junior is eligible for Freshman of the Year as she is in her first year of tennis eligibility. She becomes the first Bronco to win MAC Freshman of the Year since Nini Sujashvili in 2011 and the sixth in program history. She also earned Second Team All-MAC honors after going 9-1 in MAC singles play and 3-3 in doubles.