{"id":642081,"date":"2026-05-02T02:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642081\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T02:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T02:12:09","slug":"history-made-karli-roux-named-hardings-first-gac-player-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/642081\/","title":{"rendered":"History Made: Karli Roux Named Harding\u2019s First GAC Player of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 BENTONVILLE, Ark. \u2013 Senior Karli Roux<\/a> made history Thursday as she became the first Harding Lady Bison to be named the Great American Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year, headlining the league’s 2026 postseason honors.<\/p>\n

Roux, a Cape Town, South Africa native, was a unanimous First Team All-GAC selection. Her Player of the Year nod marks a milestone for the Harding program, which had previously seen several First Team selections but never the conference’s top individual prize.<\/p>\n

The honor caps a decorated career for Roux, who earned her third consecutive All-GAC First Team selection. She previously garnered First Team honors in 2024 and 2025, and was a Second Team selection as a freshman in 2023. Roux finished the 2026 regular season with a 17-5 singles record, including a dominant 13-4 mark at the No. 1 position.<\/p>\n

Joining Roux on the podium was freshman Brooke Coffman<\/a>, who earned Second Team All-GAC honors. Coffman, a Naperville, Illinois native, provided a steady presence for the Lady Bisons in her debut season, including a pivotal straight-sets victory at No. 2 singles in the regular-season finale against Arkansas Tech.<\/p>\n

The Lady Bisons enter the GAC Tournament at Memorial Park this weekend as the No. 3 seed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Story Links \u00a0 BENTONVILLE, Ark. \u2013 Senior Karli Roux made history Thursday as she became the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-642081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}