Nebraska’s Raphaelle Lacasse was named to the First-Team All-Big Ten team and was the recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award as the conference announced the awards on Wednesday afternoon. Lacasse is the first Husker to earn a first-team award since 2022 and her honor is the seventh all-time Big Ten accolade.
The senior from Montreal, Canada, has had a stellar doubles and singles season, surpassing a combined 30 wins. In doubles, she has played every match in the No. 1 spot with partners Isabel Adrover Gallego and Maja Pietrowicz, earning a record of 23-12. On the singles side, Lacasse finished the regular season with an 11-11 mark, including an 8-5 record in spring competition.
Big Ten Awards
Individual Awards
Player of the Year: Kari Miller, Sr., Michigan
Freshman of the Year: Luciana Perry, Ohio State
Coach of the Year: Ronni Bernstein, Michigan
All-Big Ten Team*
Megan Heuser, Jr., Illinois
Daianne Hayashida, So., Iowa
SELMA CADAR, Gr., Maryland
Julia Fliegner, Jr., Michigan
Gala Mesochoritou, Sr., Michigan
KARI MILLER, Sr., Michigan
Raphaelle Lacasse, Sr., Nebraska
MARIA SHUSHARINA, Sr., Northwestern
IRINA CANTOS SIEMERS, Gr., Ohio State
Luciana Perry, Fr., Ohio State
Sydni Ratliff, Jr., Ohio State
Sofiya Chekhlystova, Sr., Penn State
Carmen Gallardo Guevara, Jr., Purdue
Yana Gurevich, Sr., Rutgers
MARIA SHOLOKHOVA, So., Wisconsin
Sportsmanship Award Honorees
Alice Xu, Illinois
Li Hsin Lin, Indiana
Pia Kranholdt, Iowa
Maria Budin, Maryland
Lily Jones, Michigan
Nicole Conard, Michigan State
Zeyneb Sarioglan, Minnesota
Raphaelle Lacasse, Nebraska
Kiley Rabjohns, Northwestern
Madeline Atway, Ohio State
Alina Lebedeva, Penn State
Carmen Gallardo, Purdue
Naomi Karki, Rutgers
Ellison Reynoldson, Wisconsin