WASHINGTON – Fordham junior Nevena Kolarevic was honored as the Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis Most Outstanding Performer, while Rhode Island freshman Katharina Spieth was named Most Outstanding Rookie. VCU head coach Rifa Kahfiani received Coach of the Year, the league announced on Monday.  

The three major awards as well as the All-Conference teams were voted on by the A-10 women’s tennis head coaches. The All-Academic team was chosen by the league’s communications directors.  

Kolarevic, a Belgrade, Serbia native, went undefeated in the spring with a 13-0 record in singles and 9-0 in A-10 competition. She played nearly all singles and doubles matches at the No. 1 spot. Kolarevic claimed the Fall A-10 Doubles Championship alongside her teammate Julianne Nguyen. The duo earned an ITA National Doubles ranking of 109. A two-time A-10 Player of the Week, she went 11-5 in doubles and 5-2 amongst the conference.  

Spieth, a native of Stuttgart, Germany, posted a 12-2 record at No. 1 singles during the spring season. She went 3-1 in the conference with three unfinished matches. Spieth, a four-time A-10 Rookie of the Week, compiled a 19-7 overall record and made the semifinals of the A-10 Conference fall individual tournament. She qualified for the round of 64 at the ITA Regionals. Spieth helped Rhode Island to its second-best season in program history, while playing on court one in singles and doubles. 

In her first season as interim head coach, Kahfiani led VCU to the 2025 A-10 Women’s Tennis Championship title. Under Kahfiani, the fifth-seeded Rams defeated the third-seeded Richmond Spiders. A former ITA pro and Oregon Duck, she guided VCU to a 14-11 record and 3-2 mark in the A-10.  

2024-25 Atlantic 10 Women’s Tennis End-of-Season Awards 

MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMER: Nevena Kolarevic, Fordham 

MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE: Katharina Spieth, Rhode Island 

COACH OF THE YEAR: Rifa Kahfiani, VCU 

ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM 

Kavya Patel, Davidson 

Lorraine Bergmann, Fordham 

Nevena Kolarevic, Fordham 

Julianne Nguyen, Fordham 

Mariana Campodonico, Massachusetts 

Katharina Spieth, Rhode Island 

Lara Bakhaya, Richmond 

Sofia Barbulescu, Richmond 

Andrea Campodonico, Richmond 

Tania Isabel Andrade, VCU 

Mariam Ibrahim, VCU 

Sofia Thorne, VCU 

ALL-CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM 

Savanna Kollock, Davidson 

Natalie Osiecki, Dayton 

Kaya Rand, Duquesne 

Catalina Padilla, Fordha 

Cenan Liu, George Mason 

Vicotria Sasinka, George Washington 

Ella Faessler, Massachusetts 

Thamonpan Jonglertrakul, Massachusetts 

Amelia Tye, Massachusetts 

Nikki Fernando, Rhode Island 

Wiktoria Czerny, Saint Joseph’s 

Yelizaveta Karlova, VCU 

ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM 

Kavya Patel, Davidson 

Natalie Osiecki, Dayton 

Mariana Campino, Massachusetts 

Nikki Fernando, Rhode Island 

Sophie Hermann, Rhode Island 

Klara Nelander, Rhode Island