Van Impe Named ACC Freshman of the Year, Two Mustangs Earn All-ACC Honors
Apr 23 | Women's Tennis
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (SMU/theACC.org) – SMU women's tennis player Amelie Van Impe has been named the ACC Freshman of the Year in honors announced Thursday by the Atlantic Coast Conference. Â
Additionally, Van Impe earned a spot on the All-ACC Singles First Team, while junior Caroline McGinley and Van Impe were named to the All-ACC Doubles Second Team. Â Â
The honors mark the first postseason recognition for the program since joining the ACC in 2024. Â Â
Van Impe is the third player in program history to be named conference Freshman of the Year and the first since Hatamoza Shahzoda earned the honor in the CUSA in 2010.  Â
Van Impe has moved up to a season-best No. 21 ITA singles ranking this week with a 13-3 overall record this season. Her current ranking is the highest by a SMU women's tennis athlete since the 2011 season.Â
The Belgium native went 7-2 in conference play, including a win over then ITA No. 1 and ACC Player of the Year Reese Brantmeier. Van Impe has five total wins over ranked players this spring and enters NCAA Championship play on a seven-match singles winning streak.Â
Van Impe has also been ranked as high as No. 10 in the ITA doubles rankings alongside Caroline McGinley. The tandem went 15-2 in dual match play and started the spring 11-0. Van Impe and McGinley have five ranked doubles wins this season, including a victory over then-No. 3-ranked Melodie Collard and Vivian Yang, who earned first-team honors by the league's coaches.  Â
The No. 25 Mustangs will learn their postseason fate on Monday, April 27, when the 2026 NCAA Women's Tennis Championship Selection Show streams live on NCAA.com at 3:30 p.m. CT.  Â
Yearly Awards
Player of the Year: Reese Brantmeier, North CarolinaÂ
Freshman of the Year: Amelie Van Impe, SMUÂ
Coach of the Year: Simon Earnshaw, NC StateÂ
  ****Please note that each team for singles & doubles are in alphabetical order – not point order.Â
***There are 7 athletes on the third team due to a tie in voting.Â
All-ACC Singles:Â
First- TeamÂ
Berta Passola Folch, CaliforniaÂ
Irina Balus, DukeÂ
Mia Slama, NC StateÂ
Reese Brantmeier, North CarolinaÂ
Amelie Van Impe, SMUÂ
Monika Ekstrand, Stanford
Second-TeamÂ
Raquel Gonzalez, MiamiÂ
Anna Zyryanova, NC StateÂ
Oby Kajuru, North CarolinaÂ
Tatum Evans, North CarolinaÂ
Annabelle Xu, VirginiaÂ
Vivian Yang, Virginia
*Third-TeamÂ
Johanne Svendsen, CaliforniaÂ
Rinon Okuwaki, ClemsonÂ
Aspen Schuman, DukeÂ
Alejandra Cruz, Georgia TechÂ
Gabriella Broadfoot, NC StateÂ
Bianca Molnar, Notre DameÂ
Alyssa Ahn, StanfordÂ
*Seven on the third team due to a tie in voting.Â
All-ACC Doubles:Â
First-TeamÂ
Reese Brantmeier & Alanis Hamilton, North CarolinaÂ
Victoria Osuigwe & Gabriella Broadfoot, NC StateÂ
Melodie Collard & Vivian Yang, VirginiaÂ
Second-TeamÂ
Shavit Kimchi & Irina Balus, DukeÂ
Oby Kajuru & Susanna Maltby, North CarolinaÂ
Amelie Van Impe & Caroline McGinley, SMUÂ
Third-TeamÂ
Bianca Molnar & Bojana Pozder, Notre DameÂ
Annabelle Xu & Martina Genis Salas, VirginiaÂ
Arina Gamretkaia & Özlem Uslu, Virginia TechÂ
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