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Martina Okalova Named American Athletic Conference’s Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award
7/29/2020 10:01:00 AM | Women's Tennis
IRVING, Texas –– The University of Tulsa tennis star Martina Okalova was selected as the American Athletic Conference's Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women's tennis, as announced today by the league office.
In marks the second straight season that a Tulsa tennis student-athlete has won the women's tennis scholar-athlete of the year award. Each individual sport Scholar-Athletes of the Year will receive a $2,000 postgraduate scholarship.
Okalova, from Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, has maintained a 3.65 GPA in exercise & sports science with a pre-med track.
In 2019, Okalova was one-half of Tulsa's doubles All-America team as she and teammate Vera Ploner advanced to the 2019 quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. She and her doubles partner has posted a 48-14 record over the past two seasons.
In singles player the last two seasons, including this year's shortened spring season due to COVID-19, Okalova has won 27 matches, mostly at the No. 1 position.
Okalova is a two-time all-American Athletic Conference performer.
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