June 26, 2001

PRINCETON, N.J. - National Freshman of the Year Ansley Cargill (Atlanta, Ga.) of Duke was one of 12 women's tennis players selected to the 2001 Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team released on Tuesday, which will be honored by the ITA, TENNIS Magazine and Rolex Watch, U.S.A., August 24 at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, N.Y.

The ITA and TENNIS Magazine selected this 18th edition of the Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team, which includes the nation's top-ranked men's and women's tennis players at the NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA and NJCAA levels, as well as the winners of the 2001 Rolex National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships, the third leg of the ITA Collegiate Grand Slam. This year's TENNIS Magazine/Arthur Ashe Jr., Leadership and Sportsmanship Award (announced on a later date) winners will also be honored.

Joining Cargill on the women's team are: Lauren Barnikow of Stanford, Bea Bielik of Wake Forest, Elena Blanina of Methodist (N.C.), Laura Granville of Stanford, Antonina Grib of Brenau (Ga.), Whitney Laiho of Florida, Gabriela Lastra of Stanford, Jessica Lehnhoff of Florida, Lauren Kalvaria of Stanford, Ginger Lowdermilk of Tyler (Texas) Junior College and Anzela Zguna of Rollins (Fla.).

The Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team will be treated by Rolex and TENNIS Magazine to a weekend in New York, highlighted by the Aug. 24 activities at the West Side Tennis Club. Following a continental breakfast at West Side, the Rolex All-Stars will participate in doubles play with guests from Rolex, TENNIS Magazine and the ITA. The Rolex All-Stars will then be honored at a special luncheon and presented their awards by tennis legend Stan Smith, a former U.S. Open and Wimbledon champion. Smith, who also won NCAA titles while at the University of Southern California. He is also Special Advisor/Coach for the United States Tennis Association and an instruction editor for TENNIS Magazine.

The ITA and TENNIS have selected a Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team since 1984. There are 27 former Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team members competing in the Wimbledon men's and women's singles and doubles championships this week. Among those are: Nicole Arendt, Byron and Wayne Black, Bob and Mike Bryan, Mahesh Bhupathi, Rick Leach, Cecil Mamiit, Todd Martin, Alex O'Brien, Lilia Osterloh, Lisa Raymond, Sargis Sargsian and Chris Woodruff.