AUSTIN, Texas – Winona State University's Kendra Kappes has been named a 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-American for her standout performances on the tennis court and in the classroom. Kappes, who earns Academic All-America standing for the first time in her career, was named to the At-Large Third Team.

The Google Cloud Academic All-America At-Large Team includes the sports of tennis, fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, water polo, bowling, crew, field hockey and wrestling.

The junior from Neenah, Wisconsin was named Second Team All-NSIC in 2019 after posting a 10-7 record at Singles No. 2. She is a three-time All-Conference recipient in her Warrior career.

In the classroom, Kappes is studying Biology: Cell & Molecular/Pre-Optometry and has maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA at Winona State University. She is a two-time NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honoree and was named the 2019 NSIC Elite 18 Award winner as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA at this year's conference tennis tournament.

The Division II Google Cloud Academic All-America program is financially supported by the NCAA national governance structure to recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined efforts in competition and in the classroom. The award is voted on by CoSIDA members.

Kappes joins Abby Bohanski (soccer) and Jordyn Kleman and Alison Nowak (softball) as Winona State University student-athletes to be named Academic All-Americans in 2018-19.