Buss Earns All-Big 12 Honor

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman tennis player Liza Buss has been selected to the All-Big 12 Second Team and the league's all-freshman team.

Buss is just the third Cyclone tennis player to earn All-Big 12 honors, joining Sabrina Evers (2004) and Erin Karonis (2009).

Buss, a Togliatti, Russia native, went 23-8 in singles play and matched the school record with 26 doubles wins during her rookie campaign. During the dual part of the season, Buss was 12-4 at No. 2 singles, where she played the majority of the season.

Buss teamed up with Sami Budai at the top doubles slot and went 14-6 during the dual season.

All-Big 12 Honors
Coach of the Year: Chris Young, Oklahoma State
Player of the Year: Breaunna Addison, Texas
Newcomer of the Year: Olaya Garrido-Rivas, TCU
Freshman of the Year: Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas

First Team
Singles
Breaunna Addison, Texas
Blair Shankle, Baylor
Viktoriya Lushkova, Oklahoma State
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas
Neda Koprcina, Texas
Katarina Adamovic, Oklahoma State
Vladica Babic, Oklahoma State
Lily Miyazaki, Oklahoma

Doubles
Dani Wagland & Breaunna Addison, Texas
Kiah Generette & Blair Shankle, Baylor
Seda Arantekin & Caroline Wegner, TCU
Lily Miyazaki & Emma Devine, Oklahoma

Second Team
Singles
Smith Hinton, Kansas
Seda Arantekin, TCU
Kelsey Laurente, Oklahoma State
Alex Valenstein, Texas Tech
Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech
Sarah Dvorak, Texas Tech
Kiah Generette, Baylor
Liza Buss, Iowa State

Doubles
Katarina Adamovic & Vladica Babic, Oklahoma State
Viktoriya Lushkova & Carla Tur Mari, Oklahoma State
Alex Valenstein & Gabriela Talaba, Texas Tech
Maria Alvarez & Kelsey Laurente, Oklahoma State

All-Freshman Team
Anastasia Rychagova, Kansas
Alex Valenstein, Texas Tech
Felicity Maltby, Texas Tech
Liza Buss, Iowa State
Millie Stretton, Kansas State
Nina Khmelnitckaia, Kansas

Players Mentioned

Liza Buss

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