The College of New Jersey’s freshman Jackie Shtemberg has been named both the New Jersey Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Player and Rookie of the Year for the 2006 season.

A five-time NJAC Rookie of the Week selection, Shtemberg finished her Fall season with a 16-3 mark in singles and a 15-3 overall record in doubles play. She posted a 4-0 mark in NJAC singles competition against the number one players from each conference institution, and teamed with Christina Contrafatto to post a 4-0 mark against the league’s top doubles tandems.

Shtemberg earned All-American honors in both single and doubles play at the ITA National Small College Championships contested at Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, FL. She finished sixth nationally in singles and teamed with Contrafatto to place fifth nationally in the doubles competition.

TCNJ head coach Scott Dicheck was selected as the NJAC Coach of the Year by his peers. In 2006, he continued the Lions’ 24-season unbeaten streak in conference play which spans the entire history of women’s tennis in the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Since the inception of women’s tennis as a conference sport back in 1982, TCNJ has posted a 116-0 record in league competition, including a mark of 34-0 under Dicheck’s leadership. In seven seasons at the helm of TCNJ's program, he has produced an overall record of 76-21.

2006 NJAC WOMEN'S TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE SELECTIONS