LANCASTER, Pa. - Washington College seniors Eva Kading (Prairie Village, Kan./Shawnee Mission East) and Soleil Namunyola (New Rochelle, N.Y./New Rochelle and Seven Lakes [Texas]) and freshman Juanita Arbelaez (Cali, Colombia/Colegio Bolivat) have been named All-Centennial Conference in women's tennis in a vote conducted by the conference's women's tennis head coaches. Arbelaez was tabbed first team singles, Namunyola was selected honorable mention in singles and doubles, while Kading landed on honorable mention for doubles. In addition, freshman Jess Wilde (Attleborough, England/Culford School) was named to the Centennial Conference All-Sportsmanship Team.
Jess Wilde
Arbelaez went 12-8 this spring for the Shorewomen in singles, going 10-8 at first singles and 6-2 in eight Centennial matches. The freshman clinched Washington's first round victory in the conference
tournament at Dickinson.
Namunyola won eight matches this season, third on squad, and was the team's primary No. 2 player, playing 15 of her 20 dual matches at the two spot this campaign.
Kading and Namunyola prevailed in 11 matches as a duo this year as the tandem, tying for tops in wins on the doubles side. The pair played together 22 times this season, all at the top flight and tops on the team. The pair won at No. 1 doubles in the Centennial Tournament triumph at Dickinson.
Both Kading and Namunyola are All-Centennial for the second time, while Arbelaez is a first time all-conference selectee.
Wilde was named to the All-Sportsmanship for the first time. Each Centennial Conference member institution was permitted to nominate one student-athlete who exemplifies the best in sportsmanship for the All-Sportsmanship Team. The freshman went 10-6 at singles this spring and was one of three players on the team to reach double digits in wins on the singles side.