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Ying Shek Named Freshman of the Year to Lead All-Mountain West Tennis Honors

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San José State's Cheuk Ying Shek was named Mountain West Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year and was also named All-Mountain West Doubles with Irena Muradyan, announced by the conference Tuesday night. The conference also announced that Muradyan and Carolina Millan were named to the All-Mountain West Singles team.

For the Spartans, Ying Shek is their first Mountain West Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year since Muradyan was named in 2021. 

Cheuk Ying Shek, Fr., Sai Kung, Hong Kong

  • Mountain West Freshman of the Week (1/31/24, 2/21/24, 3/20/24)
  • Went on a four match win streak in singles (2/25-3/15/24)
  • Has an overall doubles score of 15-6, tied for the second highest amount of wins on the team in 2023-24
  • Went 11-11 in both single and dual matches in 2023-24

Irena Muradyan, Sr., Yerevan, Armenia

  • Mountain West Player of the Week (3/13/24, 4/16/24)
  • This is her second All-Mountain West singles Honor (2021) and first All-Mountain West Doubles honor
  • 13-10 overall singles record, 10-7 in dual matches in 2023-24
  • Her 13 single wins were tied for most on team in 2023-24
  • Won the highest amount of doubles matches this season with 16

Carolina Millan, Sr., Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico

  • Mountain West Player of the Week (1/31/24)
  • This is her fourth All-Mountain West Singles (2021, 22, 23)
  • 11-9 overall singles record, 7-7 in dual matches in 2023-24
  • Won six singles matches in a row (9/29/23 - 2/25/24) and had a four match doubles win streak (9/29/23 - 1/25/24)

UP NEXT: The Spartans play No. 9 seed Boise State in the first round of the Mountain West Championship from the Darling Tennis Center in Las Vegas, Nev. on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m.

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