May 11, 2012

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WALNUT CREEK, Calif.—Sophomore Jacqueline Cako was named to the All-Pac-12 second team, the Conference announced Friday. The all-conference honors are decided in a vote of the league’s 11 coaches.

Cako, a sophomore from Brier, Wash., earned her second-consecutive second-team honor from the conference. In her two years at ASU, Cako holds a combined 39-9 record and has been named a two-time NCAA All-American.

In the fall, Cako made it to the finals of the ITA All-American Championships and earning runner-up honors after a hard-fought three-set battle against Florida’s Allie Will. In the tournament, Cako defeated a string of top-ranked players including reining NCAA Singles Champion and then No. 1-ranked Jana Juricova of California in the quarterfinals.

Cako competes in the 2012 NCAA Singles Championship, May 23-28 in Athens, Ga. The sophomore was named a top-16 seed for the tournament, earning All-American honors for the second-straight season.

ALL-PAC-12 TEAMS

First Team
Nicole Gibbs, So., STAN*
Robin Anderson, Fr., UCLA*
Mallory Burdette, Jr., STAN
Jana Juricova, Sr., CAL
Zoe Scandalis, Fr., USC
Zsofia Susanyi, Fr., CAL

*Unanimous selection

Second Team
Jacqueline Cako, So., ASU
Sabrina Santamaria, Fr., USC
Denise Dy, Sr., WASH
Danielle Lao, Jr., USC
Anett Schutting, So., CAL
Liudmila Vasilieva, WSU^
Stacey Tan, Jr., STAN^

Honorable Mention
Lacey Smyth, So., ARIZ
Anastasia Putilina, Sr., UTAH
Annie Goransson, Jr., CAL
Kaitlyn Christian, So., USC