Reese Brantmeier
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Brantmeier & Tanguilig Named First-Team Academic All-America; Brantmeier Academic All-America Of The Year
June 3, 2025 | Women's Tennis, Academics
Four standouts on the court and in the classroom - University of North Carolina's Reese Brantmeier, Southern Arkansas University's Amelie Gindl, Pomona-Pitzer Colleges' Angie Zhou and Loyola University New Orleans' Lucy Carpenter - highlight the 2024-25 Academic All-America women's tennis team selected by College Sports Communicators, announced today.
Brantmeier (Division I), Gindl (Division II), Zhou (Division III), and Carpenter (NAIA) have each been named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for their respective divisions.
Tar Heel senior Carson Tanguilig joins Brantmeier as a first-team Academic All-America.
Division I
Brantmeier, a junior from Whitewater, Wis., has a 3.95 GPA, majoring in Exercise and Sport Science and Studio Art. She was the recipient of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis NCAA Elite 90 award and was the ACC's Women's Tennis Player of the Year. Brantmeier, ranked No. 7 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in singles, wrapped up an All-America season with an 18-2 mark at the No. 1 position for the Tar Heels. She went 24-5 in doubles during the spring, finishing the season at No. 2 nationally with Alanis Hamilton to earn her second All-America accolade from the ITA.
Brantmeier was the match-clinching point for the Tar Heels in April as they won their second consecutive ACC title. In 2024, she saw her season cut short due to injury, but earned ITA All-America honors, achieving a No. 9 ranking in singles with a 20-3 record and a 23-2 record in doubles action, where she was ranked No. 5 alongside Elizabeth Scotty. As a true freshman in 2023, Brantmeier ended the regular season ranked No. 9 in both singles and doubles, claiming ITA All-America honors
The University of Kentucky's Zoe Hammond is the lone member of the Academic All-America NCAA Division I women's tennis team to maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA in her undergraduate work. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.76.
Six student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America Division I women's tennis team – Stanford's Connie Ma, UCLA's Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Miami's Alexa Noel, South Carolina's Sarah Hamner, Texas A&M's Mary Stoiana and Georgia's Dasha Vidmanova. Ma was the 2023-24 Division I Women's Tennis Team Member of the Year, while Hamner is a three-time selection.
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Reese Brantmeier, University of North Carolina
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Reese Brantmeier University of North Carolina Jr. 3.95 Exercise & Sport Science and Studio Art
Elaine Chervinsky University of Virginia Sr. 3.57 Psychology
Julia Fliegner University of Michigan Sr. 3.83 Business Administration
Connie Ma (1) Stanford University Sr. 3.75 Human Biology
Carson Tanguilig University of North Carolina Sr. 3.74 Media & Journalism & Sport Administration
Dasha Vidmanova (2) University of Georgia Sr. 3.72 Finance
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Jessica Alsola University of California Sr. 3.86 Psychology
Ellie Coleman Duke University Sr. 3.83 Environmental Science/Policy
Melodie Collard University of Virginia Sr. 3.73/3.73 Kinesiology
Sarah Hamner (1) (4) University of South Carolina Sr. 3.86/3.86 Marketing
Alexa Noel (2) University of Miami Gr. 3.57 Sociology (U) / Sport Administration (G)
Mary Stoiana (6) Texas A&M University Sr. 3.77 Sport Management
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Alicia Dudeney University of Florida Sr. 3.78 Business Administration
Zoe Hammond University of Kentucky Jr. 4.00 Economics
Sofia Johnson Old Dominion University Sr. 3.70 Business Analytics
Anastasiia Lopata University of Georgia Jr. 3.56 Business
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (3) UCLA Jr. 3.63 Environmental Science
Sydni Ratliff The Ohio State University Sr. 3.88 Strategic Communications
Annabelle Xu University of Virginia Jr. 3.61 Commerce
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2023-24
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women' Tennis in 2023-24
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2023-24
(4) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
(6) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
Brantmeier (Division I), Gindl (Division II), Zhou (Division III), and Carpenter (NAIA) have each been named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year for their respective divisions.
Tar Heel senior Carson Tanguilig joins Brantmeier as a first-team Academic All-America.
Division I
Brantmeier, a junior from Whitewater, Wis., has a 3.95 GPA, majoring in Exercise and Sport Science and Studio Art. She was the recipient of the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis NCAA Elite 90 award and was the ACC's Women's Tennis Player of the Year. Brantmeier, ranked No. 7 by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in singles, wrapped up an All-America season with an 18-2 mark at the No. 1 position for the Tar Heels. She went 24-5 in doubles during the spring, finishing the season at No. 2 nationally with Alanis Hamilton to earn her second All-America accolade from the ITA.
Brantmeier was the match-clinching point for the Tar Heels in April as they won their second consecutive ACC title. In 2024, she saw her season cut short due to injury, but earned ITA All-America honors, achieving a No. 9 ranking in singles with a 20-3 record and a 23-2 record in doubles action, where she was ranked No. 5 alongside Elizabeth Scotty. As a true freshman in 2023, Brantmeier ended the regular season ranked No. 9 in both singles and doubles, claiming ITA All-America honors
The University of Kentucky's Zoe Hammond is the lone member of the Academic All-America NCAA Division I women's tennis team to maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA in her undergraduate work. The six members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.76.
Six student-athletes are repeat selections on the Academic All-America Division I women's tennis team – Stanford's Connie Ma, UCLA's Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Miami's Alexa Noel, South Carolina's Sarah Hamner, Texas A&M's Mary Stoiana and Georgia's Dasha Vidmanova. Ma was the 2023-24 Division I Women's Tennis Team Member of the Year, while Hamner is a three-time selection.
College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:
Reese Brantmeier, University of North Carolina
FIRST TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Reese Brantmeier University of North Carolina Jr. 3.95 Exercise & Sport Science and Studio Art
Elaine Chervinsky University of Virginia Sr. 3.57 Psychology
Julia Fliegner University of Michigan Sr. 3.83 Business Administration
Connie Ma (1) Stanford University Sr. 3.75 Human Biology
Carson Tanguilig University of North Carolina Sr. 3.74 Media & Journalism & Sport Administration
Dasha Vidmanova (2) University of Georgia Sr. 3.72 Finance
SECOND TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Jessica Alsola University of California Sr. 3.86 Psychology
Ellie Coleman Duke University Sr. 3.83 Environmental Science/Policy
Melodie Collard University of Virginia Sr. 3.73/3.73 Kinesiology
Sarah Hamner (1) (4) University of South Carolina Sr. 3.86/3.86 Marketing
Alexa Noel (2) University of Miami Gr. 3.57 Sociology (U) / Sport Administration (G)
Mary Stoiana (6) Texas A&M University Sr. 3.77 Sport Management
THIRD TEAM
Name School Yr. GPA Major
Alicia Dudeney University of Florida Sr. 3.78 Business Administration
Zoe Hammond University of Kentucky Jr. 4.00 Economics
Sofia Johnson Old Dominion University Sr. 3.70 Business Analytics
Anastasiia Lopata University of Georgia Jr. 3.56 Business
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer (3) UCLA Jr. 3.63 Environmental Science
Sydni Ratliff The Ohio State University Sr. 3.88 Strategic Communications
Annabelle Xu University of Virginia Jr. 3.61 Commerce
(1) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2023-24
(2) = 2nd team Academic All-America® Women' Tennis in 2023-24
(3) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2023-24
(4) = 1st team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
(6) = 3rd team Academic All-America® Women's Tennis in 2022-23
Congratulations to our two Academic All-America Selections announced by @CollSportsComm today! 🇺🇸
— Carolina Women's Tennis 🐏🎾 (@UNC_wtennis) June 3, 2025
Reese becomes our first Tar Heel named as the Team Member of the Year and the duo is the program's sixth and seventh all-time selections.
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