SUWANEE, Ga. - In exclusive voting by the head coaches in the league, Janelle Arita of DePauw University has been selected the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Women’s Tennis Player-of-the-Year for the second consecutive year. In that same balloting, DePauw’s Scott Riggle was voted Women’s Coach-of-the-Year for the fourth straight year.
Arita, a senior from Mililani, Hawaii, posted a 22-8 singles
record (88-24 in her career) and is currently ranked third in the
Central region in singles play. A three time all-American, Arita
has posted a 26-7 doubles record (91-28 in her career) this season
with teammate and all-SCAC performer Kelly Gebert. In the winter,
Arita posted a 2-4 overall record (singles/doubles) at the 2011
Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Women’s
Indoor National Championship to help the Tigers to a seventh-place
finish. Arita, who has won 10 straight singles matches, helped lead
DePauw to its fourth straight SCAC championship, a 7-2 win over
Sewanee, on April 24.
For the seventh time in nine years, DePauw’s Riggle has been
recognized by his peers as the SCAC Women’s Tennis
Coach-of-the-Year. Only Butch Newman of Trinity (eight times) has
more women’s tennis COTY awards than Riggle. His 17th-ranked
Tigers earned their fourth straight SCAC title after defeating
19th-ranked Sewanee, 7-2, in the 2011 SCAC championship match.
Riggle has compiled a 195-77 record in 11 seasons at DePauw,
including this year’s 13-8 mark, and has led the Tigers to
seven consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances.
For the entire 2011 Women's Tennis All-SCAC team, click here.
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