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BEMIDJI – Former Bemidji High ÍáÍáÂþ»­ girls tennis player Alexis Konecne has been named NSIC Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year.

Konecne led Minnesota State Moorhead to five dual wins in conference play and 12 wins overall. The Dragons tallied 73 singles and 37 doubles wins during the year, the most since 2019. MSUM had four singles players and a pair of doubles teams with 10 or more wins this season.

Konecne helped guide the doubles team of Shaelyn Johnson and Luzmary Diaz Castillo to a school record 16 wins. Junior Tiannah Gu matched the MSUM single-season school record for singles wins with 16.

Konecne is the first Dragon to earn coach of the year honors since 2007, and just the fourth time an MSUM coach has earned the honor.

Bemidji State sophomores Ana Lucia Ibanez Castro and Valesca Rodriguez each earned College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honors.

To be eligible for the CSC Academic All-District Team, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically. An undergraduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and a graduate student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as both an undergraduate and a grad student.

Along with academic requirements, the student-athletes must be in the lineup for 70% of an institution’s days of competition.