DALLAS – Kennesaw State's Ema Baraniakova was named a Conference USA Spring Spirit of Service Award Recipient, the league announced Thursday.

The award honors student-athletes with significant community service endeavors, good academic standing and participation in their sport.

Baraniakova has completed a total of 19.5 hours of community service and volunteering. She volunteered to teach and coach tennis for adolescents within the AYTEF (Atlanta Youth Tennis & Education Foundation) organization. AYTEF is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that provides free and low-cost tennis and education programs for youth in grades K-8. Based in Marietta, GA, The sophomore was able to participate in their afterschool tennis program in order to empower youth through tennis and education.

On the court, Baraniakova was 9-4 in singles and 11-2 in doubles action. She went 6-0 over her final seven singles matches that were completed. Baraniakova earned a CUSA First Team All-Conference selection for singles and she and Sofia Madrid were named to the First Team All-Conference doubles squad.

In the classroom, she holds a 3.38 GPA in Health and Physical Activity Leadership.