California State University, Northridge’s  Jolene Coetzee, Sasha Turchak, and Yuliia Zhytelna have been named to the 2023 Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team, selected by College Sports Communicators.

The 2023 Academic All-District, Women’s Tennis Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. In addition, the CSC Academic All-America program separately recognizes women’s tennis honorees in four divisions; NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA.

Academic All-District honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced on June 1. The CSC Academic All-District teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages.

Coetzee and Angela Ho were selected first-team All-Conference in doubles. Playing exclusively at number one, Coetzee and Ho went 12-5 for the Matadors during the Spring. Counting Fall Tournament play, Coetzee and Ho are 18-7. Coetzee and Ho were the first CSUN doubles team to earn first-team All-Conference honors since 2016 (Mickey Hsu/Kristen Poei).

The pair entered the Division I ITA Collegiate Tennis National Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point in doubles this past week at number 89. Coetzee maintains a 3.793 GPA in her Kinesiology Exercise Science major.

Yuliia Zhytelna

Zhytelna and Turchak were both named second-team All-Conference in singles. Playing primarily number 3, Zhytelna recorded a team-high 15 singles victories (15-4). Turchak served as the Matadors’ number two player for most of the season. She went 12-7.

Coetzee was selected honorable mention All-Conference in singles for the second time in her career. The number one CSUN player, Coetzee went 7-12.

Finally, Zhytelna and Turchak were named honorable mention All-Conference in doubles. The duo played together in 22 matches at number two, posting a 14-8 record.

Turchak maintains a 4.00 GPA in her psychology major. Zhytelna maintains a 3.813 GPA in her Journalism Broadcast and Urban Studies and Planning majors.

Sasha Turchak

The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America programs. In addition, the NAIA CSC Academic All-America program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.

Voting for the Academic All-America tennis teams begins Tuesday, May 9, at 12 p.m. ET and closes Tuesday, May 16, at 11:59 p.m. ET. All CSC members are eligible to vote on the ballots in their division. To vote, go to CSC’s website.

For more information about CSC Academic All-District and Academic All-America Teams program, visit the website.