The 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Selection Show can be viewed live at NCAA.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET
MIAMI – FIU women's tennis standout
Yasmine Kabbaj has been honored as the 2022 Conference USA Freshman of the Year, league officials announced Monday.
She is the second FIU women's tennis student-athlete to receive the C-USA Freshman of the Year Award – following
Maryna Veksler, who captured the honor in 2016.
Kabbaj, along with senior teammate
Kamila Umarova, were also recognized with All-Conference USA Singles second team status, while Umarova and
Andjela Skrobonja were named to the All-Conference USA Doubles First Team.
Kabbaj was also listed on the All-Conference USA Freshmen Team.
Nationally ranked for a majority of the season, most recently at No. 116, Kabbaj posted an overall record of 19-5 in singles play, including a 13-1 mark while playing in the No. 1 singles position.
Kabbaj won each of her last 13 singles matches and 11 of those 13 victories came in straight sets. She currently boasts an overall singles mark of 19-5 and is 13-1 while playing in the No. 1 position.
She defeated the currently ranked No. 72 singles player, University of Florida's Marlee Zein in straight sets and No. 106, UCF's Evgeniya Levashova, also in straight sets. She also recorded a straight set win over ETSU's Laylo Bakhodirova, who is currently slotted No. 117 among singles players nationally.
Umarova closed out the season with 17 consecutive singles wins while posting a 15-0 record while playing at the No. 2 position and 2-0 in the No. 1 slot.
Currently holds an overall mark of 20-2 in singles action, with her only two defeats coming during fall tournament action. Umarova has not been defeated in singles play since Oct. 29 and boasts over 50 wins in her FIU career.
This is the third consecutive season she is being recognized with league honors after earning first team Conference USA status in both 2020 and 2021.
She has won nearly 80 percent of the singles matches and over 66 percent of the doubles matches in her career.
Nationally ranked for the majority of the season and as high as the No. 62, the doubles tandem of Skrobonja and Umarova posted an overall record of 14-5 in the No. 1 position and tabbed victories in 10 of their most recent 12 matches overall.
The pair's other two losses came in the opening two dual matches of the season against nationally-ranked Florida and Illinois.
Umarova and Skrobonja have defeated the current doubles tandems that are currently ranked nationally at No. 33 (UCF) and No. 85 (North Texas). Were previously named as the top doubles pair of the 2021 C-USA Championship.
The FIU women's tennis team is currently ranked No. 41 overall nationally and is in play for an at-large bid to the 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship. The 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Selection Show is scheduled for Monday, May 2 at 6:30 p.m. ET.
The 2022 NCAA Women's Tennis Selection Show can be viewed live at NCAA.com beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET
2022 Conference USA Tennis Award Winners
Player of the Year
Yuliia Staroduvsteva, Old Dominion
Freshman of the Year
Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Newcomer of the Year
Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Outstanding Singles Player of the Championship
Yuliia Staroduvsteva, Old Dominion
Outstanding Doubles Team of the Championship
Yuliia Staroduvsteva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Coach of the Year
Anthony Davison, Charlotte
All Conference Singles- 1st Team
Yuliia Starodubtseva, Old Dominion
Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Alexandra Vicktorovich, Old Dominion
Rocio Safont, Charlotte
Ruxi Schech, Charlotte
Matrina Kudelova, Florida Atlantic
Katerina Filip, Florida Atlantic
Anna Bowtell, Rice
All Conference Singles- 2nd Team
Lucie Devier, North Texas
Jasmine Adams, North Texas
Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Ebru Zeynep Yazgan, Southern Miss
Sydney Clarke, UAB
Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Kamila Umarova, FIU
All Conference Doubles- 1st Team
Yuliia Staroduvsteva/Tatsiana Sasnouskaya, Old Dominion
Margaux Maquet/Lucia Quiterio, Charlotte
Maria Budin/Diae El Jardi, Rice
Andjela Skrobonja/Kamila Umarova, FIU
All Conference Doubles- 2nd Team
Lucie Devier/Maria Ponomareva, North Texas
Alexandra Viktorovich/Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Anastasia Smirnova/Allison Zipoli, Rice
Ruxie Schech/Kaavya Sawhney, Charlotte & Matrina Kudelova/Katerina Filip, FAU
All Conference Freshman
Yasmine Kabbaj, FIU
Sofia Johnson, Old Dominion
Allison Zipoli, Rice
Emma Vanderheyden, Marshall
Lexie Silna, Florida Atlantic
Lucie Petruzelova, Charlotte & Jasmine Adams, North Texas
