Girls Tennis

Amherst Steele High School senior Kayla Bussard was named the 2025 Southwestern Conference Most Valuable Girls Tennis Player following the conclusion of the SWC Girls Tennis season.

Avon High School Head Coach Eric Korey was selected 2025 SWC Coach of the Year.

The SWC Tournament champions earned All-SWC first team honors, while the runner-up finishers received All-SWC second team recognition. Each school also received up t0 two honorable mention.

2025 SWC MVP
Kayla Bussard, Amherst Steele

2025 SWC Coach of the Year
Eric Korey, Avon

2025 All-SWC First Team
First Singles: Kayla Bussard, Amherst Steele
Second Singles: Sienna Nagy, Amherst Steele
Third Singles: Danica Knepper, Elyria
First Doubles: Avery Brown & Malaya Marijan, Avon Lake
Second Doubles: Grace Gedeon & Karina Marsden, Avon

2025 All-SWC Second Team
First Singles: Ashley DeHaven, Avon
Second Singles: Nora Fiest, Avon
Third Singles: Emma Timko, Amherst Steele
First Doubles: Samantha Gault & Sam Jackson, Avon
Second Doubles: Maria Bak & Madison Clappas

2025 All-SWC Honorable Mention
Sadi Dorazio, Amherst Steele
Cali Smith, Amherst Steele
Hasita Kotagiri, Avon
Kathleen Boatwright, Avon Lake
Lyla Head, Avon Lake
Lilly Jones, Berea-Midpark
Ava Vucenovic, Berea-Midpark
Emma McLaughlin, Elyria
Amya Williams, Elyria
Danica Hazzard, Midview
Brynn Wuensch, Midview
Emily Klepper, North Ridgeville
Cassy Sole, North Ridgeville
Alison Dirk, Olmsted Falls
Zoe Pafford, Olmsted Falls

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week for September 1-6 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week
Sienna Nagy
Amherst Steele
Freshman

Sienna went 5-0 with league wins against Olmsted Falls and Midview and then victories against Vermilion, Midview and Elyria Catholic en route to a second singles championship at the LCAAA Invitational. All matches were won without dropping a set.

Other Notable Performances:

Christiana Hetman (So.), Avon
Finished the week 4-0 and won the third singles championship at the LCAAA Invitational as the seventh seed.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Tennis Athletes of the Week for August 18-24 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Tennis Athletes of the Week
Samantha Gault and Sam Jackson
Avon
Sophomores

The first doubles tandem went 3-0 with wins over Brecksville-Broadview Hts., Uniontown Lake and North Ridgeville last week.

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week for August 1-16 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week
Kayla Bussard
Amherst Steele
Senior

Kayla is off to a 4-0 start at first singles. She has straight sets wins over Berea-Midpark, Avon Lake, Glenoak and a 2024 district qualifier at Strongsville. Bussard also paired with freshman Sienna Nagy and was runner-up at the Norwalk Doubles Tournament.

Other Notable Performances:

Ashley DeHaven (Jr.), Avon
The first singles player is 3-0 with wins over North Ridgeville and Brecksville-Broadview Heights as well as a thrilling three-set win over Brunswick.

Midview High School senior Katarina Yates was named the 2024 Southwestern Conference Most Valuable Girls Tennis Player following the conclusion of the SWC Girls Tennis season.

Midview High School Head Coach Jill Yates and North Ridgeville High School Head Coach Chuck Grant were selected 2024 SWC Co-Coaches of the Year.

The SWC Tournament champions earned All-SWC first team honors, while the runner-up finishers received All-SWC second team recognition. Each school also gets up t0 two honorable mention.

2024 SWC MVP
Katarina Yates, Midview

2024 SWC Co-Coaches of the Year
Jill Yates, Midview
Chuck Grant, North Ridgeville

2024 All-SWC First Team
First Singles: Katarina Yates, Midview
Second Singles: Elizabeth Meiners, Avon Lake
Third Singles: Kathleen Boatwright, Avon Lake
First Doubles: Avery Brown & Autumn Korey, Avon Lake
Second Doubles: Samantha Gault & Karina Marsden, Avon

2024 All-SWC Second Team
First Singles: Kayla Bussard, Amherst Steele
Second Singles: Maddie Heun, Avon
Third Singles: Teresa Sherwood, Avon
First Doubles: Nimrit Dhillon & Sam Jackson, Avon
Second Doubles: Maya Kliment & Malaya Marijan, Avon Lake

2024 All-SWC Honorable Mention
Sadi Dorazio, Amherst Steele
Cali Smith, Amherst Steele
Ashley DeHaven, Avon
Aubrey Babiuch, Avon Lake
Amber Korey, Avon Lake
Gianna Colonna, Berea-Midpark
Malayna Weber, Berea-Midpark
Emma McLaughlin, Elyria
Amya Williams, Elyria
Danica Hazzard, Midview
Brynn Wuensch, Midview
Jordan Focht, North Ridgeville
Cassy Sole, North Ridgeville
Molly Murphy, Olmsted Falls
Abby Pirnat, Olmsted Falls

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Tennis Athletes of the Week for September 16-21 this evening. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Tennis Athletes of the Week
Ava Vucenovic and Addison Hall
Berea-Midpark
Junior / Senior

Ava and Addison went 2-0 last week at First Doubles, winning in straight sets over both Willoughby South and Cleveland Heights.

Avon High School and Avon Lake High School secured a share of the the 2024 Southwestern Conference Girls Tennis Championship following the results of the SWC Girls Tennis Tournament Tuesday (September 17) evening.

The Eagles have now won six straight league titles and seven overall (2015, 2019-24). The Shoregals won their eighth-known SWC title (1978, 1980, 2003-06, 2019, 2024). The two schools also tied atop the standings in 2019.

The overall team champion is determined 50% by the regular season and 50% by the SWC Tournament.

Final Standings

T1. Avon – 15
T1. Avon Lake – 15
3. Amherst Steele – 9.5
T4. North Ridgeville – 9
T4. Olmsted Falls – 9
6. Midview – 8.5
7. Berea-Midpark – 4
8. Elyria – 2

Avon High School had one first, three second and a third place finish en route to winning the 2024 Southwestern Conference Girls Tennis Tournament Championship Tuesday (September 17). It was the sixth straight league tournament title for the Eagles, who hosted the event again this season. [Complete Results (PDF)]

Avon went head-to-head against rival Avon Lake High School in four of the five league finals. Avon Lake’s Elizabeth Meiners defeated Avon’s Maddie Heun in straight sets in the Second Singles bracket. Kathleen Boatwright won Third Singles for the Shoregals by defeating the Eagles’ Teresa Sherwood 6-3, 6-1. Avon Lake also won at First Doubles when Autumn Korey and Avery Brown topped Sam Jackson and Nimrit Dhillon 6-1, 6-0. Avon took home the title at Second Doubles as Samantha Gault and Karina Marsden won 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Midview High School’s Katarina Yates defeated Amherst Steele High School’s Kayla Bussard 6-1, 6-2 in the finals of the First Singles bracket to win the Middies’ first ever SWC singles championship. Yates also won the 2022 First Doubles title with her older sister Gabby in 2022.

Final Team Standings

1. Avon 35
2. Avon Lake 32
3. Olmsted Falls 24
T4. Amherst Steele 23
T4. Midview 23
6 North Ridgeville 21
7. Berea-Midpark 13
8. Elyria 9

The Southwestern Conference released its Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week for September 9-14 this afternoon. Below is this week’s honoree:

Girls Tennis Athlete of the Week
Katarina Yates
Midview
Senior

Kat finished the week 5-0 with a key win over Avon Lake to lock up the top seed at first singles. She also advanced to Tuesday’s SWC title match with a pair of SWC Tournament wins. Yates is now 20-0 on the year.

Other Notable Performances:

Gianna Colonna (Fr.), Berea-Midpark
Earned three wins last week and advanced to the SWC Tournament Semifinals and will play for third place at third singles on Tuesday.