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Four men and four women earn the honor from Stanford.
June 1, 2001
STANFORD, Calif. -- The ITA announced the NCAA Division I All-American Team today, with eight Stanford players making the list. Four men and four women qualified by reaching the following criteria:For singles: being a top 16 seed in the NCAA Singles Championships, reaching the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles Championships or finishing in the top 20 of the final WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings, For doubles: being a top eight seed in the NCAA Doubles Championships, reaching the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships or finishing in the top 10 of the final WingspanBank.com Collegiate Tennis Rankings.
For the men, K.J. Hippensteel and Alex Kim earned All-America status in singles, while Scott Lipsky and David Martin were named to the team for doubles. The men ended their season as quarterfinalists at the NCAA Championships and the No. 2 team in the country.
On the women's side, Lauren Barnikow earned All-America honors for doubles, while Laura Granville, Lauren Kalvaria and Gabriela Lastra were named All-Americans in both singles and doubles. The women captured the 11th NCAA Team Championship in school history and Granville took her second consecutive NCAA Singles title by defeating Kalvaria in the finals. Granville and Lastra also advanced to the NCAA Doubles final match.