Herendeen named Big 12 Coach of the Year
April 30, 2025 | Women's Tennis
LUBBOCK, Texas – After leading the Lady Raiders to the Big 12 regular season title and the Big 12 Tournament title, head coach Adam Herendeen was named the Big 12 Coach of the Year announced by the league office on Wednesday afternoon. In addition, four Lady Raiders earned All-Big 12 accolades in Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, Avelina Sayfetdinova, Mariia Hlahola and Hailey Murphy.
Herendeen, who is in his third season at the helm of the Lady Raiders, coached the team to a 22-2 record, two Big 12 titles (both since 2017), six top-25 victories, back-to-back 20+ win seasons and the program's 13th straight NCAA appearance. Herendeen has become the winningest coach in his first three seasons, recording 56 wins which is the most since Mickey Bowes's 49 in 1980-83.
Herendeen was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the first time in his career. This is also the fourth time he received Coach of the Year honors during his coaching career. This season, Herendeen aided the Lady Raiders to their first top-10 victory since 2018 after downing No. 10-ranked NC State in January. He also helped Texas Tech to a program record 12 conference wins. Coaching the team to a top-15 ranking since February 20, Herendeen and the Lady Raiders will be hosting the NCAA First and Second Rounds this weekend for the sixth time in program history and first time in seven years.
Earning her first conference award is Dmitrichenko, who was named an All-Big 12 First Team Singles selection. Dmitrichenko has been on fire in singles this season – leading the Lady Raiders in total wins and dual wins. Boasting a 24-4 overall singles record and a 19-1 dual singles record, Dmitrichenko went 11-1 in Big 12 play and was a perfect 10-0 at the court two position. In addition, she leads the team with a 4-0 record over ranked opponents and clinched both Big 12 titles in the regular season and in the conference tournament.
Dmitrichenko, along with teammate Hailey Murphy, were also named All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles honorees. The duo has played at court two all season, putting together a 13-2 record at the position. Going 14-4 overall as a pair, the tandem recently picked up a win over UCF's No. 2 duo and snapped a 13-match win streak for them, helping the Lady Raiders to win the tournament championship. They are now on a seven-match win streak and went 7-2 during the Big 12 regular season.
Another doubles pair to receive conference recognition is the pairing of Mariia Hlahola and Avelina Sayfetdinova, who are All-Big 12 First Team Doubles selections. Currently ranked No. 8 in the ITA doubles rankings and holding a program record ranking of No. 4 achieved on March 18, the duo play at the top of the lineup and hold a 17-3 record there. Leading the team with 25 overall doubles wins and 17 dual doubles wins as a duo, they went 10-1 in Big 12 play and tally a team-best 11 wins over ranked doubles teams.
Sayfetdinova, who plays at court one in singles, earned All-Big 12 Second Team Singles honors for the second time of her career. The Lady Raider has played at the top of the lineup all season and picked up seven wins there as well as two against ranked opponents. One of these wins was over No. 110-ranked and 2025 Big 12 Player of the Year in UCF's Olivia Lincer as Sayfetdinova gave Lincer her first singles loss of the dual season to clinch the win over the Knights back on March 23. Â
Texas Tech will host Boston University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this Friday at 1 p.m. at the McLeod Tennis Center.
Full List of Awards
Player of the Year- Olivia Lincer, UCF
Freshman of the Year- Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Newcomer of the Year- Na Dong, Baylor
Scholar-Athlete of the Year- Tanvi Narendran, Arizona
Coach of the Year- Adam Herendeen, Texas Tech
All-Big 12 First Team Singles
Josie Usereau, Arizona
Sara Svetac, Arizona State
Emilija Tverijonaite, Arizona State
Yujia (Bobo) Huang, BYU
Sophia Biolay, UCF
Aya El Aouni, UCF
Olivia Lincer, UCF
Gracie Mulville, Kansas
Melisa Ercan, Oklahoma State
Anastasiya Komar, Oklahoma State
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko, Texas Tech
All-Big 12 First Team Doubles
Cristina Tiglea/Luba Kostenko, Baylor
Olivia Lincer/Hannah Rylatt, UCF
Heike Janse Van Vuuren/Gracie Mulville, Kansas
Anastasiya Komar/Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
Jade Otway/Isabel Pascual, TCU
Avelina Sayfetdinova/Mariia Hlahola, Texas Tech
All-Big 12 Second Team Singles
Midori Castillo-Meza, Arizona
Na Dong, Baylor
Luba Kostenko, Baylor
Mila Stanojevic, Colorado
Julia Camblor, Iowa State
Anna Supapitch Kuearum, Iowa State
Kyoka Kubo, Kansas
Maralgoo Chogsomjav, Kansas State
Gracie Epps, Oklahoma State
Jade Otway, TCU
Avelina Sayfetdinova, Texas Tech
Emma Kamper, Utah
All-Big 12 Second Team Doubles
Josie Usereau/Danielle Tuhten, Arizona
Patricia Spaka/Lily Taylor, Arizona State
Sophia Biolay/Aya El Aouni, UCF
Anna Supapitch Kuearum/Cristina Ramos Sierra, Iowa State
Kylie Collins/Marcela Lopez, Oklahoma State
Yekaterina Dmitrichenko/Hailey Murphy, Texas Tech
All-Big 12 Freshman Team
Lily Taylor, Arizona State
Aya El Aouni, UCF
Olivia Bergler, UCF
Julia Camblor, Iowa State
Melisa Ercan, Oklahoma State
Rose Marie Nijkamp, Oklahoma State
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