ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The American Midwest Conference (AMC) has announced its first-ever AMC Women's Tennis All-Conference Team.

Tamara Klimek of Missouri Baptist headlines the selections, as she was selected as the Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year.

"Tamara deserves every bit of recognition she is getting," said Missouri Baptist Head Coach Cole Stevenson. "She's hardworking, a great teammate, extremely competitive and immensely talented. Words cannot explain how much she has impacted our tennis program."

Klimek finished the regular-season with an 11-1 record in the No. 1 singles position and 11-2 in the No. 1 doubles spot.

Missouri Baptist head coach Cole Stevenson was named AMC Women's Tennis Coach of the Year after leading the Spartans to an 12-3 record (4-1 in AMC), the No. 2-seed in the 2018 Unaffiliated Grouping Tournament and the Spartans are "receiving votes" in the latest NAIA Women's Tennis Coaches' Top 25 Poll for the first time since the 2015-16 preseason poll.

"I am very honored to have other great coaches that I look up to, vote for me," said Stevenson. "I cannot take any credit though, as my girls are just awesome and love each other so much."

Joining Klimek on the first-team are teammates Thais Castiglioni and Krista Tyson; and Karyna Sagalai, Julia Perez and Zlata Shuraeva from William Woods.

Perez (William Woods) finished the season with a 6-11 record (3-1 at No. 1 singles) to earn AMC Women's Tennis Freshman of the Year. Perez helped the Owls to a 13-6 overall record and the No. 1-seed in the Unaffiliated Grouping Tournament.

Ana Zavala (William Woods), Selinde Tatum (Freed-Hardeman), Teah Flynn (Lindenwood-Belleville), Emily Stevenson (St. Louis Pharmacy), Felicia Cesar (William Woods) and Nahir Montoya (Lindenwood-Belleville) all earned Second-Team All-Conference.

The AMC has also announced the inaguarl Champions of Character Team and Academic All-AMC Team.

The American Midwest Conference Champions of Character Team highlights one individual from each of the participating schools that shows excellence in the five NAIA core values of respect, integrity, responsibility, servant leadership and sportsmanship. Each school is allowed to nominate one athlete per sport for this award.

The Academic All-AMC Team acknowledges those athletes who excel in the classroom. The athlete must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA and complete the season.

The Unaffiliated Grouping: American Midwest Conference/Heart of America Athletic Conference has also announced the All-Conference Team and Players of the Year. Those can be seen below.

AMC Player of the Year: Tamara Klimek, Missouri Baptist
AMC Coach of the Year: Cole Stevenson, Missouri Baptist
AMC Newcomer of the Year: Tamara Klimek, Missouri Baptist
AMC Freshman of the Year: Julia Perez, William Woods
AMC Team Champion: William Woods Owls.

AMC Women's Tennis All-Conference First-Team:

AMC Women's Tennis All-Conference Second-Team:

2018 AMC Women's Tennis Champions of Character Team:

2018 AMC Women's Tennis Academic All-AMC Team:

Women's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference First-Team (Singles):

** Denotes Unaffiliated Grouping Player of the Year

Women's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference First-Team (Doubles):

Women's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference Second-Team (Singles):

Women's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference Second-Team (Doubles):

Men's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference First-Team (Singles):

** Denotes Unaffiliated Grouping  Player of the Year

Men's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference First-Team (Doubles):

Men's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference Second-Team (Singles):

Men's Unaffiliated Grouping: AMC/HAAC All-Conference Second-Team (Doubles):