2025 All-Big West Women’s Tennis Team and Awards
The Big West is proud to reveal its 2025 All-Big West Women’s Tennis Team and Awards, four days after the conclusion of the 2025 Big West Women’s Tennis Championship. The teams and awards were voted on by the league's 10 head coaches.
UC Santa Barbara senior
Amelia Honer is The Big West Player of the Year for the third consecutive year. It is the ninth time overall, fifth in a row, that a Gaucho has won the league’s top individual honor. Honer went 16-2 overall, all at the No. 1 position, including a 5-1 mark during conference play. The Newtown, Pa. product not only is an All-Big West First Team selection as a singles player, but also as a doubles pair with
Ali Benedetto, going 3-0 overall and 1-0 in Big West action, all at the No. 1 spot.
Long Beach State’s
Cecilia Costa is The Big West Freshman of the Year. The Beach rookie went 16-6 overall, going 1-2 at No. 1 and 15-4 at No. 2, and 7-2 in league matches. In doubles, Costa, with partner
Paulina Franco Martinessi, had a 3-0 overall record, 2-0 in league play, all at the top of the lineup.
UC Santa Barbara head coach
Simon Thibodeau is The Big West Coach of the Year. It is the third time that Thibodeau has won the conference’s top coaching accolade. The 13th-year head coach guided the Gauchos to a 16-8 overall record and going a perfect 9-0 in conference play to win the regular-season crown. UC Santa Barbara won the 2025 Big West Women’s Tennis Championship as the top seed, defeating No. 4 seed Long Beach State 4-0 in the semifinals and topping No. 2 seed Cal Poly 4-2 for the title. The Gauchos are ranked No. 32 in the latest ITA rankings released on May 1. UC Santa Barbara will represent The Big West in the upcoming NCAA Women’s Tennis Championship with a matchup against Rice at Texas A&M on Friday, May 2 at 9 a.m. PT.
Singles players on the All-Big West First Team are Honer, Long Beach State’s
Cecilia Costa (16-6, 7-2 BW) and
Diana De Simone (9-9, 4-5 BW), Cal Poly’s
Peyton Dunkle (15-3, 6-1 BW), UC San Diego’s
Julia Haynes (16-3, 7-2 BW), Cal State Fullerton’s
Sein Myoung (15-4, 9-0 BW)
and
Ana Vilcek (11-3, 7-1 BW) of Hawai‘i.
The doubles pairs on the All-Big West First Team are UC Santa Barbara’s Benedetto and Honer, Long Beach State’s Costa and Franco Martinessi, Cal Poly’s
Kennedy Buntrock and
Romane Mosse (13-5, 4-2 BW), and UC Davis’
Mika Ikemori and
Daisy Maunupau (10-5, 4-4 BW).
All-Big West Second Team singles players include Buntrock, Ikemori, UC Irvine’s
Kayla Meraz (9-7, 2-5 BW), UC Santa Barbara’s
Marie Weissheim (11-9, 5-1 BW), UC Riverside’s
Ramey Yu (10-7, 3-5 BW) and Cal State Fullerton’s
Seha Yu (11-6, 6-3 BW).
Doubles pairs on the All-Big West Second Team are Cal Poly’s Dunkle and
Amy Leather (10-5, 5-2 BW), UC Irvine's
Carolyna Fowler and
Yen Nhi Huynh (13-4, 5-3 BW), UC San Diego's Haynes and
Kelly Leung (3-2, 3-0 BW), and
Sheena Masuda and
Peppi Ramstedt (9-6, 5-3 BW) of Hawai'i.
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2025 All-Big West Women's Tennis Teams Awards
Player of the Year: Amelia Honer, UC Santa Barbara
Freshman of the Year: Cecilia Costa, Long Beach State
Coach of the Year: Simo Thibodeau, UC Santa Barbara
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| 2025 All-Big West First Team |
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| Student-Athlete(s) |
Institution |
Hometown |
| Cecilia Costa |
Long Beach State |
Recife, Brazil |
| Diana De Simone |
Long Beach State |
Rome, Italy |
| Peyton Dunkle |
Cal Poly |
Arroyo Grande, Calif. |
| Julia Haynes |
UC San Diego |
Fullerton, Calif. |
| Amelia Honer |
UC Santa Barbara |
Newtown, Pa. |
| Sein Myoung |
Cal State Fullerton |
Hwaseong, South Korea |
| Ana Vilcek |
Hawai‘i |
Pancevo, Serbia |
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| Ali Benedetto & Amelia Honer |
UC Santa Barbara |
Winnetka, Ill. & Newtown, Pa. |
| Kennedy Buntrock & Romane Mosse Cal Poly |
Cal Poly |
Henderson, Nev. & Viroflay, France |
| Cecilia Costa & Paulina Franco Martinessi |
Long Beach State |
Recife, Brazil & Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Mika Ikemori & Daisy Maunupau |
UC Davis |
Huntington Beach, Calif. & San Francisco, Calif. |
| 2025 All-Big West Second Team |
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| Student-Athlete(s) |
Institution |
Hometown |
| Kennedy Buntrock |
Cal Poly |
Henderson, Nev. |
| Mika Ikemori |
UC Davis |
Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Kayla Meraz |
UC Irvine |
Fullerton, Calif. |
| Marie Weissheim |
UC Santa Barbara |
Itzehoe, Germany |
| Ramey Yu |
UC Riverside |
Guangdong, China |
| Seha Yu |
Cal State Fullerton |
Wonju, South Korea |
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| Peyton Dunkle & Amy Leather |
Cal Poly |
Arroyo Grande, Calif. & Bath, England |
| Carolyna Fowler & Yen Nhi Huynh |
UC Irvine |
San Diego, Calif. & Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Julia Haynes & Kelly Leung |
UC San Diego |
San Diego, Calif. & Hong Kong, China |
| Sheena Masuda & Peppi Ramstedt |
Hawai‘i |
Hong Kong & Helsinki, Finland |
| Honorable Mention Singles: Raphaelle Leroux (UC Santa Barbara), Romane Mosse (Cal Poly), Peppi Ramstedt (Hawai‘i), Solia Valentine (UC Davis), Yuliia Zhytelna (CSUN) |
| Honorable Mention Doubles: Johanna Hiesmair & Thea Jagare (Long Beach State), Angela Ho & Victoria Santibanez Luna (CSUN), Angela Ho & Yuliia Zhytelna (CSUN), Nikola Homolkova & Ana Vilcek (Hawai‘i), Raphaelle Leroux & Marie Weissheim (UC Santa Barbara), Natalie Lynch & Jessica MacCallum (Cal Poly), Madison Shepperson & Yuliia Zhytelna (CSUN), Kaytlin Taylor & Seha Yu (Cal State Fullerton) |