CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference women’s tennis awards were announced on Thursday, as North Carolina’s Reese Brantmeier and SMU’s Amelie Van Impe were voted the ACC Women’s Tennis Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, respectively, by the league’s 17 head coaches. NC State head coach Simon Earnshaw was voted the Coach of the Year.
The No. 2 nationally ranked singles player, Brantmeier, helped lead North Carolina to its fourth consecutive ACC Championship title match appearance. In the fall, Brantmeier won the 2025 NCAA Singles Championship, becoming just the second in program history to do so. She was named the ACC Player of the Week three times, ACC Doubles Team of the Week twice, alongside teammate Alanis Hamilton, and was ranked in the top three nationally for each ITA ranking released this season.
No. 21 Van Impe closed out the regular season with a singles record of 13-3 and doubles record of 15-2 with partner Caroline McGinley, as the No. 25 doubles team in the nation. Van Impe was named the ACC Freshman of the Week four times, the ACC Player of the Week two times and was a member of the ACC Doubles Team of the week twice. With eight ACC weekly awards on the season, Van Impe has the most of any ACC Women’s Tennis player this year.
Leading NC State to a 10-2 league record and its second ACC Championship title, Earnshaw was voted the ACC Coach of the Year. The honor is the second of his career, having also won the award in 2023 after leading the Wolfpack to its first ACC title in program history. NC State recorded three top-25 victories with wins over No. 6 North Carolina, No.7 Virginia and No. 21 California. At the 2026 ACC Women’s Tennis Championship, the Wolfpack secured the doubles point in all three of their matches and dropped just two singles contests throughout the tournament.
2026 ACC Women’s Tennis Yearly Awards
Player of the Year: Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina
Freshman of the Year: Amelie Van Impe, SMU
Coach of the Year: Simon Earnshaw, NC State
2026 ACC Women’s Tennis All-ACC Teams
All-ACC Singles
First Team
Berta Passola Folch, California
Irina Balus, Duke
Mia Slama, NC State
Reese Brantmeier, North Carolina
Amelie Van Impe, SMU
Monika Ekstrand, Stanford
Second Team
Raquel Gonzalez, Miami
Anna Zyryanova, NC State
Oby Kajuru, North Carolina
Tatum Evans, North Carolina
Annabelle Xu, Virginia
Vivian Yang, Virginia
Third Team*
Johanne Svendsen, California
Rinon Okuwaki, Clemson
Aspen Schuman, Duke
Alejandra Cruz, Georgia Tech
Gabriella Broadfoot, NC State
Bianca Molnar, Notre Dame
Alyssa Ahn, Stanford
*Seven on the third team due to a tie in voting.
All-ACC Doubles
First Team
Reese Brantmeier & Alanis Hamilton, North Carolina
Victoria Osuigwe & Gabriella Broadfoot, NC State
Melodie Collard & Vivian Yang, Virginia
Second Team
Shavit Kimchi & Irina Balus, Duke
Oby Kajuru & Susanna Maltby, North Carolina
Amelie Van Impe & Caroline McGinley, SMU
Third Team
Bianca Molnar & Bojana Pozder, Notre Dame
Annabelle Xu & Martina Genis Salas, Virginia
Arina Gamretkaia & Özlem Uslu, Virginia Tech