Washington State University Athletics
Alvarez Sande, Nakagawa Earn All-Pac-12 Honors
May 03, 2024 | Tennis
PULLMAN, Wash. (May 3, 2024) – Washington State sophomores Eva Alvarez Sande and Yura Nakagawa each earned All-Pac-12 Women's Tennis honors for the 2024 season, the Pac-12 Conference announced Friday.
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Alvarez Sande, from Coruna, Galicia, Spain, was named to the All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team for the second-consecutive season. During the 2024 season, Alvarez Sande posted a 17-11 overall singles record and teamed with Elyse Tse to go 17-10 in doubles. Alvarez Sande played in the No. 1 singles and doubles position in each dual match during the season. Her best win of the season came against No. 39 Hannah Viller Moeller of California in straight sets.
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Nakagawa, a sophomore from Yokohama, Japan, earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades for the first time in her career. After opening the season winning 12 of her first 13 singles matches, Nakagawa posted an 18-12 singles record and a team-leading 19 doubles wins with partner Fifa Kumhom. Against USC, she defeated Grace Piper, ranked No. 51 nationally, her best win of the season.
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This season marks the fourth time since the Pac-12 moved to a full conference schedule in 1998 that Washington State had multiple players receive All-Pac-12 honors in the same year.
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Alvarez Sande, from Coruna, Galicia, Spain, was named to the All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team for the second-consecutive season. During the 2024 season, Alvarez Sande posted a 17-11 overall singles record and teamed with Elyse Tse to go 17-10 in doubles. Alvarez Sande played in the No. 1 singles and doubles position in each dual match during the season. Her best win of the season came against No. 39 Hannah Viller Moeller of California in straight sets.
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Nakagawa, a sophomore from Yokohama, Japan, earned All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention accolades for the first time in her career. After opening the season winning 12 of her first 13 singles matches, Nakagawa posted an 18-12 singles record and a team-leading 19 doubles wins with partner Fifa Kumhom. Against USC, she defeated Grace Piper, ranked No. 51 nationally, her best win of the season.
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This season marks the fourth time since the Pac-12 moved to a full conference schedule in 1998 that Washington State had multiple players receive All-Pac-12 honors in the same year.
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