San Antonio - Trinity had three women's tennis players earn All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference honors, highlighted by first-year Mackenzie Knoop being named the SCAC Player of the Year.

Knoop was joined on the 2012 All-SCAC team by junior Thavindra Ekanayake and sophomore Kylie Hornbeck.  Ekanayake also earned All-SCAC honors last season, as well as being named Honorable Mention All-SCAC in 2010.  All three players were also chosen for the SCAC All-Tournament Team this season. 

The All-SCAC voting is conducted by the head coaches in the conference, and Trinity was the only school with three honorees.  The Tigers recently won the SCAC Championship for the first time since 2006, defeating Sewanee 6-3 in the final.  Trinity will play in the NCAA Playoffs, starting this weekend. 

Knoop posted a 15-6 singles record this season, and is ranked third in the region in singles.  Along with Ekanayake, Knoop also has a record of 14-8 in doubles this season, and the duo are ranked fifth regionally.  She is Trinity's first Player of the Year honoree since Lizzie Yasser won the award in 2002. 

Last fall, Knoop won the ITA Singles and Doubles Regional Championships, finishing sixth nationally in the ITA Small College National Championships in singles. 

Ekanayake and Hornbeck sport identical 18-6 singles records, and the pair lead the team in singles victories for the season.  Ekanayake is 16-8 overall in doubles (most of that with Knoop), while Hornbeck holds a 13-11 record in doubles this year. 

Trinity is led by Head Coach Russell McMindes and Assistant Coach Jacob McMindes.  Coach Russell McMindes is in his first season coaching the Tiger women, and has also been the head coach for the Trinity men's team for the past three years.  In SCAC men's tennis voting, he was named the SCAC Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season.