(SAN DIEGO) PLNU Women's Tennis players
Alina Kupfer and
Quin Brady were honored as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® selections, as announced on Tuesday.
Both players were selected to the Third Team, with Kupfer earning Academic All-America® honors for the second time in her career after being named to the First Team in 2024 while at Southern New Hampshire.
They are the first two Sea Lions in the program's NCAA era, and the third and fourth overall in program history, to receive Academic All-America® recognition, which is awarded for a combination of athletic and academic excellence.
Kupfer, PLNU's No. 1 singles player, has accumulated a 3.98 GPA as a business administration major and communication minor, while Brady has a 3.90 GPA as a psychology major.
In her first season at PLNU, Kupfer posted a 10-11 record in singles and an 8-13 mark in doubles, earning Second Team All-PacWest singles honors. Brady went 18-4 in both singles and doubles, the best record on the team for both, receiving Third Team All-PacWest recognition in singles and First Team honors in doubles.
Brady has a career 36-6 overall singles record at PLNU, which ranks third all-time in program history. She and partner
Arianna Audelo won the ITA West Regional in the fall, becoming the first Sea Lions to achieve the feat. The duo was ranked as high as No. 9 in the ITA national doubles rankings this year.
Both played an integral role in Point Loma's best season in program history since joining the NCAA.
This year, the Sea Lions went 20-5, setting a new NCAA-era program record for wins. PLNU also won a first ever PacWest Conference championship and picked up its first NCAA West Regional victory, earning the program's first trip to the NCAA Championships where Point Loma advanced to the national quarterfinals.
