GRINNELL - The Midwest Conference announced its 2026 All-MWC Singles and Doubles teams and annual award winners, and Cornell women's tennis is prominently featured. 

Senior Michaela Clark was name MWC Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The Rams also earned the MWC Newcomer of the Year for the second year in a row, as freshman Emmie Kinder was tabbed with the honor. 

Clark fo the second time, along with senior Mac Graves for the third time, were All-MWC selections in both singles and doubles. Joining them on the All-MWC doubles selection list are Kinder and sophomore Annika Dox, the first in each of their careers. 

Clark competed at the top of Cornell's lineup in both singles and doubles, earning strong records of 10-4 in singles, and 11-2 on the doubles courts. Clark rewrote the history books by becoming the first women's tennis player in program history to reach the ITA Midwest Regional Singles Semifinals. Partnering with Graves, the duo went a perfect 6-0 in MWC doubles play and advanced ot the Round of 32 at the regional tournament. 

Clark joins Marie Schutte (2003, 2004) and Lindsey Pfalmer (2000, 2002) as Rams to garner Conference Player of the Year honors twice in a career. 

Kinder put together a strong rookie fall season, posting identical 9-4 records in both singles and doubles. Her fall is highlighted by an ITA Midwest Regional Round of 64 appearance after her first career win at the event this past September, along with a win at No. 3 singles over 25th-ranked Grinnell during this fall's dual meet. 

Kinder is just the third Cornell women's tennis player named Conference Newcomer of the Year, following Clark in 2025 and Cami Gricus in 2018. She also collected her first career All-MWC selection in doubels. 

Graves has now earned both singles and doubles recognition three years in a row, to go along with an All-MWC doubles selection her freshman year. Graves finished this fall with a 7-5 mark in singles and a 10-2 record in doubles, putting her just two wins shy of the all-time program wins record of 152 set by Julia Thome '18. 

Graves reached the Round of 32 at the regional event last month, the furthest run in her career. 

Dox recorded her first All-MWC honor, appearing in the doubles selections. A 9-4 record in the half court primairly with Kinder, Dox scored strong wins over NAIA's 12th-ranked Morningside and 62nd-ranked Luther. 

Head Coach Trent Schneider guided the Rams to a 9-5 overall record and their fouth straight top-three conference finish, marking a postseason bid for the ninth time in the past eleven years. Along with the record-breaking regional performance by Clark, the Rams defeated Luther for the first time since 2006. 

Cornell enters the MWC Team Tournament as the NO. 3 seed to be contested on May 1-2, 2027. The Rams open spring competition on Feb. 28 with a home dual against Augustana.