Freshman Stephanie Puentes (Bogota, Columbia) of the Goldey-Beacom College women's tennis team has been honored as the GBCAthletics.com Student-Athlete of the Month for June, 2012.
Puentes earned the honor after being named as the 2011-12 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II East Region Women's Tennis Rookie of the Year.
Honored as the 2011-12 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Women's Tennis Player and Rookie of the Year, Puentes earned first team All-CACC honors after leading Goldey-Beacom to the CACC Championship Match. She posted a 13-2 overall singles record, including a 7-1 mark in the CACC. In addition, she was 7-7 in doubles matches.
During the Fall season, she became the first player to earn a win over Concordia College junior Yuliya Plevako (Astana, Kazakhstan) in 20 conference matches. In addition, she also handed Holy Family University junior Juliana Victoria (Guayaquil, Ecuador) her first singles loss of the season.