KINGSTON, R.I. - Rhode Island was well represented on the 2025 Atlantic 10 Women's Tennis All-Conference Team, with four Rams combining for six league honors.

Freshman Katharina Spieth was both the A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie Award and a first-team selection. Junior Nikki Fernando was named to both the second team and to the academic all-conference team. Junior Sophie Herrman and senior Klara Nelander also earned all-academic honors, as Rhode Island claimed three of the six spots for the league.

In earning the A-10 Most Outstanding Rookie, Spieth is the first Rhode Island player in program history to win a major year-end award. She played No. 1 singles for Rhode Island, going 19-7 overall and 12-2 in dual matches. She and Fernando also were 9-8 together at No. 1 doubles. She was a four-time A-10 Rookie of the Week.

Fernando led Rhode Island with 20 singles wins, going 20-7 overall. She played mostly at No. 3 singles, going 14-1 in that spot. Heading into her senior season, Fernando already has 50 career singles victories and 49 doubles wins. In the classroom, she has a 3.96 grade-point average in molecular neuroscience. Fernando is a volunteer research assistant for URI's molecular neuroscience research lab.

Herrman earned academic all-conference for the second straight season. In addition to going 5-13 in singles play - mostly at No. 2 - she teamed with Nelander to go 13-7 in doubles play, including a 12-3 mark at No. 3 doubles. Herrman has a 4.0 GPA in cell and molecular biology. A research assistant with the Oaks Lab, studying nutrition and long-term health, she studies the effects of nutritional disparities on health outcomes throughout the life span. Additionally, Herrman is an Honors Program Ambassador, a Student Athlete Orientation Leader, a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Representative and a Peer Mentor for College of Environment and Life Sciences. She also is a volunteer tutor with UPchieve, working with students from low-income backgrounds in various subjects, including English, Chemistry, Biology, and College Counseling.

A two-year team captain, Nelander went 15-5 in singles play, including 1-0 at No. 5 and 11-1 at No. 6. She and Herrman were 13-7 in doubles play, including a 12-3 mark at No. 3 doubles. Nelander led a turnaround of the program, with the team going 29-13 over the last two seasons. Academically she earned Dean's List recognition eight times while earning a 4.0 GPA in Finance. A member of the URI Business and Finance Club, Nelander was invited to Harvard University for its National Conference for Women in Finance.

Rhode Island has earned five A-10 Academic All-Conference selections in two seasons with Jonas Brobeck as the head coach.

2025 Atlantic 10
Women's Tennis All-Conference Team
First Team
Kavya Patel, Davidson
Lorraine Bergmann, Fordham
Nevena Kolarevic, Fordham
Julianne Nguyen, Fordham
Mariana Campino, Massachusetts
Katharina Spieth, Rhode Island
Lara Bakhaya, Richmond
Sofia Barbulescu, Richmond
Andrea Campodonico, Richmond
Tania Isabel Andrade, VCU
Mariam Ibrahim, VCU
Sofia Thorne, VCU

Second Team
Savanna Kollock, Davidson
Natalie Osiecki, Dayton
Kaya Rand, Duquesne
Catalina Padilla, Fordham
Cenan Liu, George Mason
Victoria 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 Herrman, Rhode Island
Klara Nelander, Rhode Island
Most Outstanding Player - Nevena Kolarevic, Fordham
Most Outstanding Rookie - Katharina Spieth, Rhode Island
Coach of the Year - Rifa Kahfiani, VCU