2023 West Virginia University Tennis Guide

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CONFERENCE BIG 12

The Big 12 Conference celebrates its 27th year, as it continues to promote the strength and success of the nation’s premier athletic conferences under the direction of sixth-year commissioner Bob Bowlsby.

The Big 12 Conference is comprised of 10 members – Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech and West Virginia. The conference office is headquartered in Irving, Texas.

The Conference’s hard work ethic and strong values have translated to enormous success in its first 26 years. Since it began competition in 1996-97, the league can boast of 77 NCAA team titles and 718 individual national championships.

Widely regarded as one of the top tennis conferences in the country, the league encompasses five states and nearly 38 million people. More than 4,200 student-athletes from across the United States and around the world compete annually in the sports sponsored by the conference. Texas won its second straight national championship in 2022, and Texas (1), Baylor (14), Oklahoma (24), Texas Tech (32), Iowa State (34) and Oklahoma State (39) finished the year in the in the ITA team rankings.

Kansas will serves as the host of the 2023 Big 12 Women’s Tennis Tournament at the Jayhawk Tennis Center in Lawrence, Kansas.

THE BIG 12 CONFERENCE IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CONFERENCES IN THE NATION, AND WE COMPETE AGAINST SOME OF THE TOP TEAMS IN COLLEGE TENNIS. IT’S EXCITING TO BE A PART OF THE BIG 12, BECAUSE WE ARE CHALLENGED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT IS NOT EASY TO COMPETE IN THE BIG 12, AND IT NEVER WILL BE. BUT IT SETS AN EXTREMELY HIGH BAR FOR US, AND THAT’S WHY WE ALL DECIDED TO COME TO WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY – TO BE CHALLENGED AT THAT HIGHEST LEVEL, TO WORK AND BUILD TOWARDS THAT AND TO, ULTIMATELY, SEE HOW FAR WE CAN PUSH THIS PROGRAM.

–MIHA LISAC

SPOTLIGHT IN THE

Choosing to become a Mountaineer is special. Without a professional sports team in the state, the 1.8 million people throughout the region love West Virginia University athletics.

No school helps its student-athletes more than the people at WVU.

Mountaineers have the unique opportunity to represent themselves, their teammates and their university to news, media, alumni, friends, family and the general public.

If you take advantage of these opportunities, it can have a positive effect, not only on your career as a studentathlete at West Virginia, but also on your life after you have donned the Old Gold and Blue.

WEST VIRGINIA IS A SPECIAL PLACE, UNLIKE ANY OTHER. I FEEL EXTREMELY PRIVILEGED TO BE IN THE POSITION THAT I AM IN. I AM ABLE TO HELP THESE YOUNG LADIES MATURE AND PREPARE FOR LIFE AFTER TENNIS. I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING SPECIAL TOGETHER, AND WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT HERE AT WVU.

–MIHA LISAC

COMMUNITY IN THE

Representing West Virginia University, the city of Morgantown and the state of West Virginia in a charitable manner is important to the WVU women’s tennis team. The Mountaineers are constantly involved in community service activities throughout the state. The team has a continuing relationship with Habitat for Humanity, the WVU Children’s Hospital and the United States Tennis Association (USTA), which makes the team aware of any volunteer openings in the area.

The women’s tennis team also hosts youth camps and clinics throughout the year in order to involve the community with the program. Each year, the Mountaineer tennis team also hosts the Martha Thorn Invitational and conducts a charitable giving initiative to benefit local outreaches and causes in the Morgantown community.

Becoming successful and positive role models on and off the court are important to the WVU women’s tennis team. The Mountaineers give back to Morgantown and its surrounding communities every chance they get.

COMMUNITY SERVICE IS ONE OF THE MOST CRUCIAL THINGS THAT WE DO. THIS IS A VERY SMALL, TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR US IS A PART OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORTS US SO WELL. NOT JUST US AS THE TENNIS TEAM BUT THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT OVERALL. IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION. –MIHA

ALWAYS A MOUNTAINEER ONCE A MOUNTAINEER,

In 2014, former West Virginia University women’s tennis player Jo Marie (Cinco) Bohn was inducted into the 24th annual WVU Sports Hall of Fame at the Caperton Indoor Practice Facility.

“It was so unexpected. As I look back on the previous inductees and their past collegiate accomplishments, I was completely shocked that I was inducted into the WVU Sports Hall of Fame,” Bohn said.

A former standout for the women’s tennis team, Bohn put together a career record of 214-73 from 1988 to 1992 under former coach Martha Thorn. Bohn received her degree in sports management from WVU in 1992, and 22 years later she continues to remain at the top of the record book.

The 1989 Atlantic 10 Conference Freshman of the Year, Bohn finished her career as the 1992 Atlantic 10 Senior of the Year and remains the only player in WVU history to win more than 60 matches in one season and have two 30-win seasons in singles matches. Bohn also was honored with a spot on the Atlantic 10 AllTournament Team in her final season as a Mountaineer.

“This honor means a lot to me. I come from a small women’s sport at a large University,” Bohn said, a native of Charleston, West Virginia. “I also come from a small high school, Charleston Catholic High, so to receive the highest collegiate athletic award one can acquire is an amazing feeling.”

Although, the highlight of her college years were not the accolades she received year after year, but simply donning the Old Gold and Blue.

“I enjoyed the team, traveling and even the band practicing as we practiced on the courts. It still gives

me chills to hear “The Pride of West Virginia” play at games today. I truly can say that I miss it all,” Bohn said. As the assistant coach for the women’s tennis team at the University of Charleston from 2012-14, Bohn encouraged her players to live in the moment and to not take the game they love for granted.

“As a college athlete you only get four years to play, so why not give it your all and leave with no regrets,” Bohn said. “Then hopefully down the road you can look back and be proud of your contribution to your University.”

Bohn resides in Charleston with husband, Pete Bohn, and their two children, Jada and Xavier. She is currently a tennis instructor at the local YMCA and the Charleston Tennis Club.

The 2014 class also included Michael Anti (rifle), Chris Enochs (baseball), George King (men’s basketball), Mike Krak (golf), Gene Lathey (football), Mike Logan (football) and Lester Rowe (men’s basketball).

The class brought the number of total inductees to 156.

JO MARIE (CINCO) BOHN

TRAINING ATHLETIC

The West Virginia University athletic training program looks to get its student-athletes back on the court in a timely manner, while providing quality health care for its studentathletes and coaches.

The scope of the athletic training services encompass various domains, which include injury recognition, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention, education and counseling that enables the athlete to maintain optimal quality of life beyond the span of athletic competition.

Multiple athletic training rooms are available for studentathletes, as the rooms are furnished with the latest technology and equipment.

The athletic training staff works side by side with the team physicians and athletic administration to assure that the student-athletes receive quality care throughout their career at WVU.

CONDITIONING STRENGTH &

Athletic excellence and strength and conditioning go hand-in-hand at West Virginia University. WVU’s strength and conditioning staff ensures that all student-athletes are on yearlong programs designed to continue improving the fitness capabilities needed in their sports.

To keep athletes improving and in peak physical condition, WVU offers a variety of training areas and an array of strength programs designed to increase performance. Student-athletes will have their own program individually calculated and updated throughout the year. At WVU, student-athletes can rest assured that their strength staff is monitoring their performance on a daily basis.

Equipped with excellent amenities and staffed by some of the finest strength coaches in the nation, athletes who come to WVU know that they are in good hands when it comes to their athletic capacity.

THE GOAL OF THE STRENGTH PROGRAM FOR TENNIS IS TO ENHANCE THEIR ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE AND COMBAT INJURIES. MY PROGRAM FOCUSES ON GENERAL STRENGTH AS WELL AS STRENGTHENING THE MUSCLES AROUND COMMON INJURY AREAS THAT PERTAIN TO TENNIS SPECIFICALLY. WE TRAIN SMART AND TRAIN OPTIMAL IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL ON THE COURT AND WIN.

–ZACK ALLEN

DEVELOPMENT STUDENT-ATHLETE

West Virginia University offers a variety of services and programs to help student-athletes maximize their academic potential. Department staff members work with coaches, on campus student service providers and faculty to help student-athletes meet the unique demands of the classroom, the sporting arena and the personal-social challenges they face as developing adults.

While many of the headlines center on the Mountaineers’ accomplishments on the court, WVU athletes have also made some noteworthy strides in the classroom.

To help its student athletes achieve academic success, one of the nation’s finest facilities resides in the WVU Coliseum – The Athletic Academic Performance Center. The 8,000-square foot facility provides individual and group study areas, a plethora of computer stations and the latest in fingerprint technology used when signing in.

Following the 2019-20 season, Giovanna Caputo, AnneSophie Courteau, Anastasiia Bovolskaia and Nicole roc all represented the Mountaineers on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. Of the 45 student-athletes to make the

Academic All-Big 12 First Team, Caputo and Roc were two of just 11 selections to achieve a perfect, 4.0 grade point average (GPA).

The 2019-20 award winners marked the second consecutive first-team selection for Caputo and Courteau. In 2018-19, Bovolskaia and Roc were selected to the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.

It also marked the seventh straight season that at least three WVU student-athletes have been named to the first team.

West Virginia women’s tennis team was named an AllAcademic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the seventh consecutive year in 2019-20. Giovanna Caputo, Anne-Sophie Courteau, Anastasiia Bovolskaia and Nicole Roc were also was tabbed as ITA Scholar-Athletes.

Since joining the Big 12 Conference in 2012-13, 50 studentathletes have been named to the Academic All-Big 12 teams, including 29 first-team selections, four second-team selections and 17 all-rookie selections.

West Virginia going first is in our blood

It's in our sweat and it's in our nature. So we will go above. We will go beyond.

And when everyone goes back, Mountaineers #GoFirst

CHARACTER

Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867.

RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION

R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Research Activity, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.

ACCREDITATION

WVU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Many programs hold specialized accreditation.

GOVERNANCE

The WVU Board of Governors is the University’s governing body. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. E. Gordon Gee is WVU’s 24th president.

CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES

The WVU System is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown (ranked R1, the highest research category institution) to the student-centered focus of WVU Potomac State College in Keyser to the technologyintensive programs at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley, we are leveraging our talents and resources to create a better future for West Virginia and the world.

The WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley offers more than 35 majors, including one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the country, as ranked by U.S. News & World Report.

WVU Potomac State College in Keyser has one of the lowest tuition rates of all the nation’s four-year institutions. Offering more than 65 majors, this campus combines the personal attention of a small college with the benefits of a major university.

The WVU System also includes WVU Health Sciences locations in Charleston and Martinsburg, as well as seven farms and five forests throughout the state and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.

The WVU Morgantown campus is in a town named “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown, population 30,855, was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider and is within easy traveling distance of Washington, D.C., to the east, Pittsburgh, Pa., to the north, and Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio, to the northwest. Other rankings: Kiplinger.com included Morgantown in their 10 great places to live list; one of “Best Sports Cities” by Sporting News; 5th “Best Small Metro” by Forbes; one of “50 Smartest Places to Live” by Kiplinger’s; and the second-ranking “Best College Town for Jobs” by Forbes.

STUDENT PROFILE

Fall 2022 WVU System enrollment was 27,367

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

WVU recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 25 Truman Scholars, 46 Goldwater Scholars, 4 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 6 Morris

K. Udall Scholars, 5 USATodayAll-USA CollegeAcademic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 28 Boren Scholars, 72 Gilman Scholars, 70 Fulbright Scholars, 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 35 Critical Language Scholars, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar, 27 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and one Schwarzman Scholar

FACULTY AND STAFF PROFILE

Excellent faculty — 19 of whom have been named Carnegie Foundation Professors of the Year — guide and mentor students. Sixty-six percent of WVU Morgantown classes are taught by full-time instructional faculty.

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS

Fourteen Morgantown colleges and schools offer 355+ majors in agriculture, natural resources and design; applied and human sciences; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts; dentistry; engineering and mineral resources; law; media; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

Students can choose from among 500+ student organizations or participate in an active intramural program or a variety of club sports.

SERVICE AND LEARNING

The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty. WVU earned the Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classification — joining only six percent of all universities. It is the only institution in West Virginia the foundation recognizes for its community engagement.

PARENTS CLUB

The Mountaineer Parents Club, with 20,000-plus members, connects parents and families with the student experience.

ALUMNI

Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 210,000+ graduates worldwide in some 135 nations.

PRIVATE SUPPORT

New gifts and pledges received for the fiscal year 2020-21 totaled $270.1 million. The combined gifts were made by 18,216 donors in 38,480 transactions.

ADMISSION AND APPLICATION

TIMELINE

Our test-optional policy means that students can apply for undergraduate admission without an ACT or SAT score. In place of test scores, emphasis is placed on the following for test-optional applicants: cumulative and core GPA, meeting academic requirements, rigor of high school curriculum, college preparatory coursework and intended major. Students have until June 1, whether applying regular admission or test optional, to submit updated academic credentials, including test scores and transcripts, for merit scholarship eligibility. Applications are processed beginning Aug. 15 for admission the following fall. WVU has a rolling admissions policy, and there is no official application deadline.

HEAD COACH

MIHA LISAC

Miha Lisac enters his 10th season as the head coach of the West Virginia University tennis program. The 2009 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Coach of the Year, Lisac previously spent six seasons as head coach at Georgia State, where he built one of the top Division I programs in the nation.

Lisac is a former student-athlete at Georgia State and served as the men’s assistant coach for two years. In 2007, Lisac was named head coach of the women’s tennis team at his alma mater. While at Georgia State, Lisac led the women’s tennis program to one conference title, back-to-back CAA Championship final appearances and two other berths in the CAA Championship semifinals

His overall record as a head coach stands at 118-162. The highlight of his tenure came in 2009 when he guided Georgia State to the first NCAA Championship appearance in school history and was named CAA Coach of the Year.

At West Virginia

In his ninth season at West Virginia, Lisac coached the first doubles team (Camilla Bossi and Ting-Pei Chang) in school history to be ranked in the ITA doubles ranking, climbing as high as No. 42. Also, during the fall slate, sophomore Momoko Nagato and junior Penny Hsieh advanced to the quarterfinals at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Atlantic Super Regionals. The duo’s appearance in the quarterfinals marks WVU’s first time since Kat Lyman and AnneSophie Courteau in 2019.

Additionally, Momoko Nagato and Anastasiia Bovolskaia earned spots on the Acadmeic All-Big Big 12 first team.

Lisac’s eighth season at WVU provided him with some unprecedented challenge which were brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. West Virginia’s fall tournament schedule was shortened as the Mountaineers competed in one event of the inaugural Intercollegiate Tennis Association Fall Circuit. In the event, newcomer Momoko Nagato earned a trio of wins to claim a second-place finish and catapult WVU into the spring season.

Beginning the season a month later than usual, WVU rattled off three consecutive victories to open its dual season, including a sweep over Cleveland State to open the 2021 campaign. The Mountaineers faced five ranked opponents to open Big 12 play, before injuries and roster limitations forced the team to end its season on April 7. West Virginia concluded the season with a 3-6 mark.

In his seventh season with the Mountaineers, Lisac led the team to a 7-3 mark and the first winning season since 2010, when WVU finished the year with a record of 17-7. West Virginia began the season with a pair of sweeps before rattling off five more wins to begin the season 7-0. It marked the best start to a season since 1986, when WVU began the year 12-0. Following a rocky start to Big 12 Conference play, Lisac and the Mountaineers saw their season cut short in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lisac and the Mountaineers finished the 2019 season with a record of 10-12, the best mark WVU had achieved since 2010 (17-7). WVU competed against six ranked opponents in 2019, including four in the top 25 nationally, and swept four opponents. West Virginia’s four sweeps were the most since 2008, when WVU finished the season with eight.

Led by two 30-win seasons from Anne-Sophie Courteau and Anastasiia Bovolskaia, six Mountaineers finished with 15 or more wins, five finished with 20 or more wins and three finished with 25 or more wins.

Seven Mountaineers were named to Academic All-Big 12 teams in 2019, including five student-athletes who were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, the most in the Big 12 conference. Abigail Rosiello capped the season by being named to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District and All-America Teams, West Virginia’s second selection in as many years.

West Virginia wrapped up the 2018 season with a 7-14 overall record while competing against at least eight teams ranked in the top 50 of the ITA/Oracle team rankings for the second consecutive year. The highlight of the campaign came with a 4-1 win over Iowa State, WVU’s first Big 12 conference win in program history. The win solidified the program’s growth under Lisac’s watch and marked another milestone in his goal to become consistent Big 12 contenders.

In addition to leading WVU past in-state rival Marshall for the second straight year, West Virginia also saw four Mountaineers post at least 20 wins in singles and doubles play during the year. Paula Goetz capped the season by being named to the CoSIDA Google Cloud Academic All-District and All-America Teams, the Mountaineers’ first selection in program history.

WVU concluded the 2017 campaign with a 4-16 overall record, facing eight opponents that were ranked in the top 50. Lisac led the Mountaineers to a win over Marshall, ending the Thundering Herd’s four-match winning streak in the series.

The season also saw two Mountaineers, Christina Jordan and Habiba Shaker, head to the ITA All-American Championships for the first time under Lisac. In the spring, Shaker led the team in singles play with a record of 8-5 at the No. 1 position, while Paula Goetz paced the Mountaineers in doubles with a 9-7 record.

West Virginia capped its 2016 season with a 6-15 overall record, competing against seven opponents ranked in the nation’s top 50 throughout the spring season. Lisac guided the Mountaineers to a No. 75 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) national ranking for what was believed to be the first time in program history. In that same week, West Virginia edged Cornell in a 4-3 battle for the first time since 1995 to tie the all-time series record at two apiece on Feb. 27, 2016.

West Virginia concluded its 2015 campaign with a 9-13 overall record. The Mountaineers recorded nine straight wins for the first time since 2010 and earned the program’s 450th win at Toledo on Jan. 31.

In the spring season, WVU competed against nine ranked opponents, with its last five competitors ranked in the nation’s Top 40. Hailey Barrett earned her first victory over a ranked opponent in 2015, defeating Baylor’s then-ranked No. 82 Rachael Jakes-Baker in straight sets.

Carolina Lewis was the first player since 2003 to tally 20 singles wins in a season, ending her freshman campaign with a 24-6 singles record. Habiba Shaker also held a team-best mark in doubles play (125) as she teamed up with Lyn Yuen Choo, Yvon Martinez, Barrett and Lewis throughout the spring season.

In his first season at West Virginia, Lisac led the freshmen tandem of Kaja Mrgole and Oana Manole to a No. 9 ranking by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) in the Atlantic Region entering the spring season. The WVU duo finished the fall season at 5-8 and battled their way to the quarterfinals at the USTA/ITA Regional in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Vivian Tsui tallied three straight wins at the USTA/ITA Regionals and made it further in the main singles draw bracket than any other Mountaineer, after surviving the qualifying bracket.

In the spring season, freshmen Oana Manole and Kaja Mrgole led the team with a combined 24 wins in singles and doubles. Mrgole posted a team-high 13 wins in the spring.

At Georgia State

Lisac’s final season with Georgia State was a benchmark year for the program, as Abigail Tere-Apisah became the school’s first-ever tennis All-American, after advancing to the Round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championship. Tere-Apisah also took home CAA Player of the Year and Most Outstanding Performer honors. Whitney Byrd and Maryna Kozachenko became just the second pair in Lisac’s tenure to earn All-CAA First Team Doubles honors. The team advanced to its second straight CAA finals and earned its highest ITA Ranking in school history (No. 38 on Feb. 25, 2012). The team finished the season ranked in the ITA National Team Rankings for a third consecutive year, after defeating three nationally ranked opponents.

In 2010-11, the Panthers achieved a No. 55 ranking to finish the season, earning a spot at the national indoor tournament in the spring. The tournament took the top 64 teams in the nation. GSU enjoyed an outstanding season, advancing to the CAA Championship final and earning a 15-4 overall record, including an 8-2 mark on the road.

In Lisac’s third season as coach, the team reached the semifinal round of the CAA Tournament for the third straight year, while also producing two All-CAA athletes in Diana Nakic (first team singles, second team doubles) and Linda Hricistova (second team doubles). Nakic was named CAA Co-Player of the Year, after recording a perfect 17-0 season (in singles and dual match play). She was selected for the NCAA Singles Championship.

In 2009, Lisac presided over one of the most successful women’s tennis campaigns in Georgia State history, as the Panthers captured their first conference title to reach the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history. GSU posted an 11-5 record and finished the year with a national ranking of No. 47. For his efforts, Lisac was honored as CAA Coach of the Year.

In his coaching debut, Lisac led the Panthers to an 11-9 dualmatch record and a berth in the semifinals of the CAA Tournament during the 2008 season. Three Panthers earned All-CAA honors; Dariana Kozmina, Martina Nitkova and Katerina Gresova.

Academic Excellence

Since Lisac came to Morgantown in 2013, West Virginia has been a standard of excellence in the classroom. During his tenure, 65 student-athletes have earned Academic All-Big 12 honors, including 34 who have been selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. WVU also has been named an All-Academic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) every year of Lisac’s career, while 23 studentathletes have earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors.

In 2019, the Mountaineers placed five student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, the most in the conference. Of those five selections, Caputo and Abigail Rosiello earned a perfect, 4.0 grade point average (GPA). Rosiello also was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team, after Paula Goetz received the same honor a year earlier. Additionally, Rosiello was named to the Google Cloud Academic All-America Women's At-Large Second Team by CoSIDA ad received the Dr. Prentice Gautt Postgraduate Scholarship from the Big 12.

The academic successes continued under Lisac and the Mountaineers in the 2017-18 season. Three Mountaineers, Goetz, Yvon Martinez and Rosiello, were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, marking the fifth straight year that at least three members of the team have earned first-team honors. In addition to the three first-team recipients, Lyn Yuen Choo earned Academic All-Big 12 Second Team honors for the second consecutive year. Along with WVU’s Big 12 Honors, the Mountaineers were named an ITA AllAcademic Team for a fifth straight year. Five student-athletes were given ITA Scholar-Athlete Recognition – Martinez, Goetz, Kirsten White, Giovanna Caputo and Anne-Sophie Courteau.

At the end of the 2016-17 campaign, four Mountaineers were named to the Academic All-Big 12 teams. Three netters earned firstteam honors, Paula Goetz, Kaja Mrgole and Habiba Shaker, while Lyn Yuen Choo earned a spot on the second-team. Additionally, the Mountaineers were named an ITA All-Academic Team for the fourth consecutive season. Six student-athletes earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition, Goetz, Yvon Martinez, Mrgole, Abigail Rosiello, Shaker and Makenzie Stolar.

Following the 2015-16 season, six Mountaineers earned All-Big 12 Academic honors. Hailey Barrett, Kaja Mrgole, Lyn Yuen Choo, Carolina Lewis and Habiba Shaker were named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, while Yvon Martinez landed on the second team. WVU also was named an ITA All-Academic Team for the second consecutive year and Barrett was tabbed as an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

In 2014, Lisac’s team posted the highest GPA among all WVU teams with a 3.54 GPA, while four players received Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors: Irinka Toidze, Vivian Tsui, Chahal and Barrett. The Mountaineers also were named to the ITA All-Academic Team, with three individuals earning ITA Scholar-Athlete awards: Oana Manole, Chahal and Toidze.

At GSU, Lisac’s team posted the highest GPA among all GSU teams on several occasions, recording its highest GPA of 3.72 in the fall of 2007, AS multiple Panthers were named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award list. Mateja Podgorsek also was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team in 2008, while Martina Nitkova was honored as the 2009 CAA Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s tennis.

As an Assistant

From 2005-07, Lisac worked under Nick Brochu, former coach of the GSU men’s tennis squad, before transitioning to the men’s coaching position. In 2007, Lisac helped guide the men’s tennis team to its first league title as a member of the CAA and an NCAA berth.

That year, Martin Steigwardt became the first Panther in history to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship. The 2007 squad set the school record for dual match victories with a 19-5 mark and ended the season ranked No. 36 in the country.

Personal

Lisac was born and raised in Velenje in the European nation of Slovenia, where he was ranked among the country’s top-10 juniors. A 2005 graduate of Georgia State, Lisac lettered four years for the Panthers and was a two-time All-Atlantic Sun Conference selection and a four-time conference academic honoree

Lisac Year-by-Year

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

JACOB EDDINS

Jacob Eddins joined the Mountaineer tennis staff as assistant coach in 2019 and was promoted to associate head coach in July 2022. In his first three seasons with the team, Eddins has helped WVU tennis improve in several aspects of the program. In 2019-20, he was a part of a West Virginia team who produced the best start to a women’s tennis season since 1986. Eddins also aided in recruiting the highest-rated signing class in program history in 2020, which came in at No. 29 nationally in Tennis Recruiting Network’s (TRN) annual list. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Eddins came to Morgantown after serving as the assistant coach at Auburn for one year. During his only season with the Tigers, Eddins helped guide the team to a 14-win season, in which they held a team-high national ranking of 25 and upset then-No. 13 Georgia Tech during the 2019 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Kickoff Weekend. Eddins also helped Auburn secure the 15th-best recruiting class in the nation during the Fall of 2018.

Eddins coached Auburn’s Jaeda Daniel and Alannah Griffin to individual singles rankings of No. 48 and No. 114, respectively, in the country during the 2018-19 season. He also helped two doubles pairs

to secure top-70 rankings in the nation for Auburn – No. 14 Taylor Russo/Sophie Graver; No. 64 Jaeda Daniel/Maddie Meredith.

Prior to the 2018-19 season, he served as the associate head coach at Western Carolina, where he helped oversee one of the most successful stretches in WCU history that included a school-record win total in 2016.

Eddins’ coaching career also includes stops at Pitts, Cornell and Marshall.

He helped steadily improve the WCU women’s tennis program over his five seasons with the Catamounts, including setting a record for most wins in a season in 2016 with 12. Eddins helped rewrite the WCU record book with five of his student-athletes holding top-10 single-season victories in Western Carolina history. Four of the top five spots on the career singles victories chart at WCU are held by players Eddins coached, including career leader Stacia Kissell with 37 victories at WCU in just three seasons. WCU’s 12-11 record in 2016 marked the first winning season for the Catamounts since 1997.

Eddins’ WCU tenure began after one year as the assistant coach at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to his time at Pitt, Eddins spent one year as a volunteer assistant at Cornell University. He also served two years in the same position at Marshall for the women’s tennis program while completing his undergraduate degree. While at Marshall, he helped the Thundering Herd win its fourth consecutive Mid-American Conference championship. As the assistant coach at Marshall in 2010, he helped guide the team to a national ranking as high as No. 28 and a second-place finish in the Conference USA Tournament.

Eddins has also coached in junior development programs over the past 10-plus years and currently holds an Elite Professional USPTA certification. He spent two years as the head tennis pro at Guyan Golf and Country Club in Huntington and was also the assistant director at the Allegheny Country Club in Pittsburgh, prior to coaching at Pitt. Before his time at Marshall, he was a two-time West Virginia high school state singles champion, as well as the doubles state champion his senior year.

Eddins graduated from Marshall University in 2008 with a degree in business management and a minor in marketing.

He and his wife, Michaela Kissell-Eddins, have four children, Kylie, Gavin, Jayce and Carter.

Support Staff

JEREMY LANNON Academic Counselor

CONOR MCNAMARA Equipment Manager FALLYN SWIGER Athletics Communications

Brittney O’Dell Sr. Assoc. Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Services and Wellness Sport Administrator

ZACK ALLEN Strength and Conditioning Coach

LINDSEY BRINZA Athletic Training

2022-23

ROSTER

Name Ht. Class Hometown

Camilla Bossi 5-3 So. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Ting-Pei Chang 5-7 Sr. Taipei City, Taiwan Zong Xing

Maja Dodik 5-7 r-Fr. Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Pei-Ju Hsieh 5-4 5th Changhua, Taiwan National Shan-Hua Senior HS

Kendall Kovick 5-1 So. Las Vegas, Nev.

Michaela Kucharova 5-8 So. Milotice nad Becvou, Czech Republic

Tatiana Lipatova 5-3 So. Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk, Russia

Momoko Nagato 5-9 Jr. Abiko, Chiba, Japan

Catherine Wassick 5-8 So. Morgantown, W.Va.

Head Coach: MIha Lisac (10th season) Associate Head Coach: Jacob Eddins (4th season)

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

First Name

Last Name

Camilla Bossi Ka-MEEL-ah Boss-ee

Ting-Pei Chang Goes by “Pei Pei”

Maja Dodik my-yuh doe-dik

Pei-Ju Hsieh Goes by “Penny” Shay

Michaela Kucharova Goes by “Misha” cut-cha-row-vah

Tatiana Lipatova Goes by “Tanya” lee-pa-toe-vah

BOSSI CAMILLA

5-3 • Sophomore Goliath Academy Sao Paulo, Brazil

Instagram: @camillinhabossi

2021-22 (Freshman)

• Five-consecutive appearances on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) doubles rankings, highest rank was No. 42

• Was named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) biweekly doubles rankings, alongside Ting-Pei Chang, for the first time in program history

• Posted a record of 38-23 during her freshman season, with a 2012 doubles record and 2-5 conference record

• One of two Mountaineers to secure Big 12 singles wins

• One of five players to have a 20+ win season

• Lead the squad with most singles wins, tallying a 18-11 singles record

• Bossi went 9-1 in doubles play through her first collegiate fall circuit

• Primarily played in the No. 1 doubles slot, alongside Chang

• Defeated Baylor’s No. 5 pair Mel Krywoj and Alicia Herrero, 6-4, defeating her first ranked doubles and Big 12 win

• Made it to the semifinals with Chang at the ITA Women’s Atlantic Regional and advanced to the ITA Super Regional’s

Prep

• Played Club under head coach, Eduardo Eche for Clube Pinheiros

• As of August 2021, Bossi has an ITF Junior Ranking of 299

• Highest ITF Junior ranking is 265 (March 2021)

• Competed at the 2021 JA Criciuma 51° Banana Bowl and the Lambare Asuncion Bowl

Personal

• Daughter of Ruy Laurito and Monica Bossi

• Has one sister

• Birthday is May 16

• Majoring in economics

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Bossi’s Career Statistics

CHANG

5-7 • Senior Iowa State/Zong Xing Taipei City, Taiwan Instagram: @chang.tingpei

2021-22 (Junior)

• Five-consecutive appearances on the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) doubles rankings, highest rank was No. 42

• Was named to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) biweekly doubles rankings for the first time in program history

• One of five Mountaineers to have a 20+ win season

• Finished the season with an 20-10 doubles record, primarily in the No. 1 spot alongside Camilla Bossi

• Defeated Baylor’s No. 5 pair Mel Krywoj and Alicia Herrero, 6-4

• Made it to the semifinals with Bossi at the ITA Women’s Atlantic Regional and advanced to the ITA Super Regional’s

2020-21 (So. – at Iowa State)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Finishing her career with a 28-26 record in doubles action and a 19-25 singles mark

• Was a regular in the doubles lineup as a sophomore, finishing 1313 overall and 7-6 at No. 3 doubles

• Was 7-10 in singles action and went 3-1 at the 2020 ITA Tour: Fall Circuit, defeating Sofia Smagina and Carmen Roxana Manu from Kansas and Chloe Kuckelman from Nebraska

2019-20 (Fr. – at Iowa State)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

• Finished her freshman season 12-15 in singles action and 15-13 in doubles play

• Was strong in dual play, going 9-3 in singles and 9-4 in doubles

• Played No. 4 singles and split time at No. 1 and No. 2 doubles, teaming up with Maty Cancini to go 12-6

• Posted wins in nine consecutive singles decisions to open her dual career

• Earned a three-set win against Iowa’s Ashleigh Jacobs, as ISU snapped a 39-match losing streak to the Hawkeyes

• She and Cancini clinched the doubles point against the Hawkeyes with a 6-1 win at No. 2 doubles

Prep

• Had a career-high ranking of 152 in the world ITF juniors rankings

• Defeated the No. 915 player in the world, Rio Kitagawa of Japan

• Was a champion at both the China Junior 16 and the Jeju International Junior Championships

• Was the China Open Junior Grade 2 doubles champion

• Was a singles finalist at the ITF Junior Tournament Shanghai Grade 2

Personal

• Daughter of Chien-Lee Chang and Hun-Chin Sun

• Has one sister

• Birthday is March 12

• Majoring in psychology

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Ting-Pei Chang’s Career Statistics

DODIK

Redshirt Freshman

University of Houston/Catholic School

Centrum: St. Paul

Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Instagram: @maja_dodik

Prep

• Played for the national tennis team of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Turkey, Italy, and Switzerland

• Three-time women’s tennis national champion

• Won ITF tournament in Porec, Croatia, in singles and doubles

Personal

• Daughter of Berislay and Jadranka Dodik

• Has one sister

• Birthday is September 2

• Majoring in hospitality and tourism management

HSIEH PEI-JU

5-4 • Fifth Year

Troy/National Shan-Hua Senior HS Changhua, Taiwan

Instagram: @pei.juuuuuuuuuu

2021-22 (r-Senior)

• Posted a 17-9 record during her first season with WVU, with an 8-5 doubles record

• She and Momoko Nagato defeated Old Dominion’s Alcaide and Viktorovich, 8-7(3) to advance to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Super Regional quarterfinals; marked WVU’s first quarterfinal appearance since 2019

• During the spring slate, posted a 4-1 singles record

2020-21 (Sr. – at Northern Colorado)

• Transferred to Northern Colorado in spring 2020; women’s tennis program was discontinued during summer 2020

• Did not compete

2019-20 (Jr. – at Troy)

• ITA Scholar-Athlete

• Posted a 7-3 tournament singles record during the fall season

• Also posted a 6-3 tournament doubles record in the fall

• Had spring season ended in March due to COVID-19 pandemic; did not compete

2018-19 (So. – at Troy)

• Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll and Sun Belt Commissioner’s List

• Won nine of her first 10 matches to begin the spring campaign, which included wins over Samford, Mercer, and Chattanooga

• Also won 15 of her first 16 doubles matchups

• Defeated UL-Monroe in conference singles play

• Won the FSU All-Conference Showdown during the fall, including victories over Oregon, West Virginia and North Florida

2017-18 (Fr. – at Troy)

• Started the spring by going 3-0 with wins over Central Arkansas, Murray State and University of South Florida

• Ended the season by going on a five-match win streak with victories over Georgia State, Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Appalachian State and Coastal Carolina.

• Won a conference doubles match against Georgia Southern

• Did not compete in the fall

Prep

• Attended National Shan-Hua Senior High School and compete under coach Frank Shih

• Career high ITF Junior ranking of 648 (January 2015)

• Made it to the finals in the 2016 TEP Khunnah Memorial Cup hosted in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• Competed in the quarter-finals at the 2016 Hong Kong ITF Juniors Tournament

• Won the 2015 doubles Greenmax Cup Inte’l Junior Championships in Kaohsiung, Taipei

Personal

• Daughter of Shuijin Hsieh and Lichan Lin

• Has one brother

• Birthday is September 8

• Majoring in multidisciplinary studies

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Pei-Ju Hsieh’s Career Statistics

KOVICK

5-1 • Sophomore Odyssey Charter HS

Las Vegas, NV

Instagram: @kendallkovick

2021-22 (Freshman)

• Posted a 26-39 recording during her first collegiate season; making her way into the No. 1 singles position

• Primarily played in the No. 2 doubles position

• During her first fall slate, tallied a 12-8 overall record, with a 6-3 doubles record

• One of five Mountaineers to have a 20+ win season

Prep

• Played for No Quit Tennis Academy under coached Tim Blenkiron and Jake Lysgaard

• Reached as high as second in the nation on USTA Girls U18

• National level 2 & 3 doubles winner (U18)

• National level 1 indoors doubles quarter finalist (U18)

• 2021 Girls Recruiting class ranking of 46

• National level 2 singles finalist (U18)

• Won the U18 Intermountain Summer Sectionals (level 3)

• Received a doubles wildcard into the 2019 Women’s 60k pro event in Las Vegas

• Competed and placed in 3 UTR Pro events in 2021

Personal

• Daughter of Jeff and Kati Kovick

• Birthday is March 23

• Majoring in forensics

Kendall Kovick’s Career Statistics

KUCHAROVA MICHAELA

5-8 • Sophomore

Gymnazium Jana Blahoslava

Milotice nad Becvou, Czech Republic

Instagram: @miska.01

2021-22 (Freshman)

• Posted a 26-18 overall record during her freshman campaign, with a 15-5 fall circuit record

• One of five players to have a 20+ win season

• One of two Mountaineers to secure Big 12 singles wins

Prep

• Played for TK Precheza Prerov under coaches Martin Kaspar, Patrik Navar and Petr Hutka

• Has a current Czech Republic national ranking of 46th

• Won singles at the 2021 Regional Championship

• Took third in singles and first in doubles at the 2021 national tournament in Opava; also took second in doubles at nationals in Brno

• Two-time doubles champion at two different 2020 national tournaments, and finished third in doubles at three different national tournaments

• Placed first in doubles at two 2019 national tournaments, as well as a second place finish in doubles at a national tournament in Houstka

• Ended 2019 with a ITF singles ranking of 1781 and a WTA doubles ranking of 1211

• Took first in doubles at the 2019 U18 Regional Championship

• Won two doubles regional championship titles and one singles in 2018; also, took second place in doubles at a national tournament in Trebic

• Ranked 31st in the Czech Republic in U18 Juniors during the 2017 season

• Ended 2016 ranked 28th in U14 in the Czech Republic

• Kucharova took first in doubles at two different U18 Junior national tournaments, and first in one national tournament during 2016

• Won singles and second in doubles at the Regional Championship in 2016

• Placed third at the 2016 ITF Tournament, Zilina Junior Tour G4

• In 2015, she finished first at U14 National Championship in doubles and was a member of the fourth-place team with TK Precheza Prerov

• Highest national ranking of 58 in 2015

• Placed third at the 2015 U18 Juniors National Tournament Category A in Ostrava

Personal

• Daughter of Zdenek Kuchar and Jana Kucharova

• Has one brother

• Birthday is November 21

• Majoring in marketing

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Michaela Kucharova’s Career Statistics

LIPATOVA

5-3 • Sophomore

Lyceum No. 25

Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk, Russia

Instagram: @llipatka

2022 (Freshman)

• Joined the Mountaineers in January

• Posted a 21-22 overall record during her first collegiate season, including a 12-9 singles record

• One of two Mountaineers to secure singles wins against Big 12 opponents

• She and Bovolskaia defeated Oklahoma’s Sleeth and Staker, 6-4 and Kansas’ Smagina and Sonia 7-6

• In two-straight sets, Lipatova defeated KU’s Raphaelle Lacasse, 6-3, 7-5

• Against TCU, she topped Isabel Pascual, 6-4, 6-3

Prep

• Highest ITF Junior Ranking of 849 (2021) with four valid singles tournaments and spectacular doubles tournaments out of five possible in 2021

• First place at the Samara All-Russian tournament in the adult category

• Took first in the Togliatti All-Russian tournament in the 17 and under category

• Her doubles pair finished first in the Saransk All-Russian tournament

• Doubles pair semi-finalist of the international competition in Togliatti and Samara

• Made it to the quarterfinals at the 2020 J3 Almetyevsk Cup and the ITF Junior J5 Kazakhstan Open

Personal

• Daughter of Sergey and Olga Lipatova

• Has one brother, Alexey Lipatov, was a member of the 2009 Russian National Tennis Team

• Birthday is June 24

• Majoring in sports management

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Tatiana Lipatova’s Career Statistics

NAGATO MOMOKO

5-9 • Junior Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi HS Abiko, Chiba, Japan

2021-22 (Sophomore)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team

• Posted a record of 25-26 during her sophomore season, with a 15-13 doubles record

• Primarily played in the No. 2 doubles position

• Went 15-7 during the fall campaign

• She and Pei-Ju Hsieh defeated Old Dominion’s Alcaide and Viktorovich, 8-7(3) to advance to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Super Regional quarterfinals; marked WVU’s first quarterfinal appearance since 2019

2020-21 (Freshman)

• Posted a record of 9-10 during her first season at WVU; primarily playing in the No. 2 singles and doubles positions

• Started the spring on a four-match win streak, winning both of her contests against Cleveland State and Youngstown State

• Defeated Kansas State’s Rosanna Mafei in a three-set, tiebreaker to claim the first Big 12 singles win of her career

• Began the fall season by earning a trio of wins to claim a secondplace finish at the ITA Fall Circuit in Morgantown

• Finished the fall with a 3-1 record

Prep

• Played for Coach Yasushi Nagashima at Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi High

• Also played club tennis for TTC under Coach Hiroshi Mori

Personal

• Daughter of Hideki and Chifuyu Nagato

• Has two brothers

• Birthday is June 3

• Majoring in business

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

Momoko Nagato’s Career Statistics

2021-22 (Freshman)

WASSICK CATHERINE

5-8 • Sophomore

Morgantown High School

Morgantown, WV Instagram: @catherinewassick

• Competed in the match against Penn, losing 1-6, 1-6.

Prep

• Played at Morgantown High for coach Ted Greenlee

• All-State tennis team

• State Champion, second seed

• Regional champion in singles and doubles

• Member of two state championship winning teams

• Basketball All-Tournament Award

• OVAC First Team in basketball

Personal

• Daughter of John and Margaret Wassick

• Has one sister

• Birthday is January 16

• Majoring in exercise physiology

• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll

SEASON REVIEW 2021-22

» During the fall slate, sophomore Momoko Nagato and junior Penny Hsieh advanced to the quarterfinals at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Atlantic Super Regionals. The duo’s appearance in the quarterfinals marks WVU’s first time since Kat Lyman and Anne-Sophie Courteau in 2019

» At the 2021 Martha Thorn Invitational, the Mountaineers finished the weekend with 15 wins between doubles and singles play

» WVU had two players finish with 20 or more win seasons, including freshmen Camilla Bossi and Tatiana Lipatova

» Two Mountaineers appeared on the Academic All-Big 12 First Team, including senior Anastasiia Bovolskaia and Nagato

» For the first time in program history the doubles pair of Bossi and junior Ting-Pei Chang made their debut at No. 42 on the ITA doubles rankings. Went on to make for consecutive appearances on the double’s rankings

» Tandem of Bossi and Chang topped No. 5-ranked pair from Baylor on March 20

» Bovolskaia finished her career with 83 total wins, tied for No. 33 in program history

7-17/0-7 BIG 12

Camilla Bossi

» Teamed with Ting-Pei Chang as first doubles pair in program history to appear on the ITA doubles rankings, No. 42 debut

Anastasiia Bovolskaia

» Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Ting-Pei Chang

» Teamed with Camille Bossi as first doubles pair in program history to appear on the ITA doubles rankings (No. 42 debut)

Momoko Nagato

» Academic All-Big 12 First Team

ANASTASIIA BOVOLSKAIA

CAMILLA BOSSI SINGLES

DOUBLES

ANASTASIIA BOVOLSKAIA

SINGLES

DOUBLES

TING-PEI CHANG SINGLES

DOUBLES

PEI-JU HSIEH SINGLES

DOUBLES

PEI-JU HSIEH

KENDALL KOVICK SINGLES

DOUBLES

MICHAELA KUCHAROVA

DOUBLES

MICHAELA KUCHAROVA

TATIANA LIPATOVA SINGLES

DOUBLES

MOMOKO NAGATO

DOUBLES

CATHERINE WASSICK SINGLES

CATHERINE WASSICK

YEAR-BY-YEAR

CAREER AND SEASON RECORDS

TOP CAREER RECORDS

CHRISTINA WALKER

TOP SINGLES RECORDS

30-WIN SEASONS (SINGLES ONLY)

20-WIN SEASONS (SINGLES ONLY)

RAYNIE THEIS

60-WIN SEASONS (SINGLES/DOUBLES)

50-WIN SEASONS

30-WIN SEASONS (SINGLES/DOUBLES)

40-WIN

20-WIN SEASONS (SINGLES/DOUBLES)

YEAR-BY-YEAR

RESULTS

1973-74 MOUNTAINEERS

MARTHA

1986 (20-9)

MARTHA THORN 1981 (14-3)

MARTHA THORN 1982 (9-6)

MARTHA

MARTHA THORN 1987 (15-11)

MARTHA THORN 1982-83 (12-6)

MARTHA THORN 1988 (10-20) FALL 8-1

MARTHA

MARTHA THORN 1990 (21-10)

* Atlantic 10 Tournament

MARTHA THORN 1989 (15-13)

MARTHA THORN

8-1 W Southern Illinois

3-6 L Penn State

8-0 W Rutgers

9-0 W St. Bonaventure*

5-4 W Temple*

1-5 L Penn State*

*Atlantic 10 Tournament

MARTHA THORN 1992 (11-11)

FALL

6-3 W North Carolina Charlotte

8-1 W Mount St. Mary’s

0-9 L William & Mary

5-4 W Brown 5-4 W Virginia Tech 1-5 L George Washington 3-6 L James Madison

SPRING

L Ohio State

L Virginia Tech

L North Carolina State

W Peace

L Flagler

W North Florida

L Rollins

W Pitt

W Temple 8-1 W Lehigh 4-5 L Boston

4-5 L Rutgers

9-0 W Duquesne*

7-2 W Rutgers*

3 6 L George Washington*

* Atlantic 10 Tournament

MARTHA THORN 1993 (3-17)

FALL

L Georgetown

W Temple

L Virginia Tech

L James Madison

SPRING

L Ohio State

L Northern Illinois

L Virginia Commonwealth

W Cincinnati

L Furman

L Jacksonville

L Rollins # L Mount St. Mary’s

# L George Washington 1-7 L Temple

0-8 L Rutgers # L Miami, Ohio

6-3 W Rhode Island&*

0-9 L George Washington*

1-8 L Temple*

*Atlantic 10 Tournament # Forfeit

MARTHA THORN 1994 (8-10)

FALL

L James Madison

MARTHA

MARTHA

1-8

4-3

4-2 W Rutgers

5-0 W Georgetown

*Big East Tournament

MARTHA THORN 2000 (5-14)

*Big East Tournament

ALICIA VON LOSSBERG 2001 (8-13)

DAN SILVERSTEIN 2002 (5-15)

MARC WALTERS 2008 (15-10)

MARC WALTERS 2009 (9-17)

2009-10 MOUNTAINEERS

MIHA LISAC 2018 (7-14)

HONORS AWARDS AND

BIG

2006

Ashley Constantine, Catherine Koontz, Colleen Speaker, Raynie Theis, Kelly Walsh

2007

Gabriela Blaskovicova, Ashley

Kelly Walsh

2008

Gabriela Blaskovicova, Stephanie

Stacey Percival, Ashley

Colleen

2009

Gabriela Blaskovicova, Monique Burton, Veronica Cardenas, Olga Elkin, Katheryn Haught, Stephanie LaFortune, Ashley Pilsbury, Catie Wickline

2010

Gabriela Blaskovicova, Monique

Burton, Veronica Cardenas, Olga Elkin, Stephanie LaFortune, Emily Mathis, Liv Pettersson, Ashley Pilsbury

2011

Veronica Cardenas, Mary Chupa, Emily Mathis, Liv Pettersson, Ashley Pilsbury, Anna Rodionova, Catie Wickline

2012

Jade Allen, Veronica Cardenas, Ikttesh Chahal, Mary Chupa, Emily Mathis, Catie Wickline

ATLANTIC 10 HONORS

ATLANTIC 10 ALL TOURNAMENT*

Katie Highland (Singles) 1984

Kathy Gillis (Doubles) 1984

Kathy Curvan (Doubles) 1984

Jo Marie Cinco (5th/Singles) 1992

Pam McGrath (6th/Singles) 1992

* From 1985-91 the Atlantic 10 named only an all-conference team. In 1992, the Atlantic 10 resumed naming all conference and all tournament teams

WVU TEAM HONORS

OUTSTANDING ATHLETE AWARD

GIOVANNA CAPUTO

JANE LITTLE MEMORIAL AWARD

This award, a silver bowl donated by the West Virginia University Foundation, is given each year to a member on the women’s tennis team who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship and team spirit. Jane Little, a Charleston, West Virginia, native, was a member of the first women’s intercollegiate team to compete for WVU. Jane was not the best tennis player on the team, but she displayed the best sportsmanship and was the most dedicated. When she died in October, 1977, her teammates from the 1973-74 team established this award in her memory.

*Award discontinued after 2010

COACHES’ AWARD

Established in 1989, this award is given by the coaching staff to a team member in recognition for one’s outstanding contributions to the team. This award is given to the individual who best exemplifies enthusiasm, encouragement and support for her teammates on the court, as well as off the court.

*Award

after 2010

CYNTHIA (WORRALL) TIMMONS AND KARIN RAUDSEP MEMORIAL COURAGE AWARD

The Courage Award honors the memory of two former Mountaineer tennis players –Timmons and Raudsep – who passed away after their battles with cancer. This award is given to a member of the tennis team who overcame adversity that took them off the court until they were able to overcome it and return to action.

Ellie Earles

Meghan Cornwall

1998-99

1998-99

Anna Marie Underwood 1999-00

Anna Marie Underwood 2000-01

Katherine Agustsson 2000-01

Gretchen Unger

Catherine Koontz

Melissa Day

Catherine Koontz

Ashley Constantine

Ashley Constantine

Monica Lyskawa

Monique Burton

Stephanie LaFortune

Monique Burton

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2008-09

2009-10

Stephanie LaFortune 2009-10

*Award discontinued after 2010

MARTHA T. THORN AWARD

Established in 1997, this award is given by the coaching staff to a team member in recognition of exceptional individual commitment. This award is given to the individual who best exemplifies effort, dedication and consistency.

Karolina Krajewska

1996-97

Meghan Cornwall 1998-99

Ellie Earles

Ellie Earles

Anna Marie Underwood

Melissa Day

Ashley Constantine

Natalia Prinz

Natalia Prinz

Kelly Walsh

Monique Burton

Kathryn Haught

Kathryn Haught

*Award discontinued after 2010

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

MOST IMPROVED ATHLETE AWARD

This award started in 1998-99 and is given by the coaches to the player they think exhibited the greatest improvement from one year to the next.

Sarah Tritt

Gretchen Unger

Jennifer Watkins

Jennifer Watkins

Jennifer Watkins

Kelly Walsh

Stacey Percival

Ashley Constantine

Monique Burton

Natalia Prinz

Catie Wickline

Stephanie LaFortune

Veronica Cardenas

Liv Petterson

Irinka Toidze

Yvon Martinez

Habiba Shaker

Kirsten White

Paula Goetz

Abigail Rosiello

*Award discontinued from 2010-13

SPECIAL RECOGNITION PLAYER

Established in 2006-07 by coach Marc Walters, this award recognized the studentathlete who holds the No. 1 position all season.

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

“20 WIN CLUB”

Started by coach Marc Walters in 2007-08, this award recognized those who attained at least 20 wins in doubles and/or singles competition throughout the year.

NEWCOMER OF THE

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2008-09

2009-10

2009-10

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

ABIGAIL ROSIELLO

WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT E. GORDON GEE, J.D., ED.D

Dr. E. Gordon Gee is one of America’s most prominent higher education leaders, having helmed universities for more than three decades. In 2009, Time magazine named him one of the top 10 university presidents in the United States. Recently, the website Great Value Colleges named him the nation’s top university president.

In 2014, Gee returned to West Virginia University, where his career as a university president began. His leadership goals include putting students first, advancing the university’s research agenda, partnering with West Virginia communities and making sure that 1.8 million West Virginians know in their hearts and minds that West Virginia University is their university.

Born in Vernal, Utah, Gee graduated from the University of Utah with an honors degree in history and earned his J.D. and Ed.D. degrees from Columbia University. He clerked under Chief Justice David T. Lewis of the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals before being named a judicial fellow and staff assistant to the U.S. Supreme Court. In this role, he worked for Chief Justice Warren Burger on administrative and legal problems of the Court and federal judiciary. Gee returned to Utah as an associate professor and associate dean in the J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University and was granted full professorship in 1978.

One year later, he became dean of the West Virginia University College of Law, and, in 1980, was named West Virginia University president. He served in that role until 1985.

He went on to lead the University of Colorado (1985-1990), Brown University (1998-2000) and Vanderbilt University (2001-2007). He served as president of The Ohio State University from 1990 to 1997 and again from 2007 to 2013.

Gee has been a member of several education-governance organizations and committees including the Big 12 Conference Council of Presidents, the Business-Higher Education

Forum and the American Association of Universities. He was chair of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Higher Education Attainment and served as co-chair of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities’ Energy Advisory Committee. In 2009, Gee was invited to join the International Advisory Board of King Adbulaziz University in Saudi Arabia, and he currently serves on the Board of the Royal University for Women in Bahrain.

Active in many national professional and service organizations during his tenures, he has served on the boards for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc., Limited Brands and the National 4-H Council. In 2011, Gee was appointed to serve as secretary on the Board of Directors of Ohio’s economic development program, JobsOhio. In 20112012, he was asked by Governor Kasich to chair both the Ohio Higher Education Capital Funding Collaborative and the Ohio Higher Education Funding Commission. In March 2015, he was elected to the board of directors of the American Council on Education, the nation’s largest higher education organization. And he served as chair of the Big 12 Board of Directors Executive Committee for the 2017-18 year. Gee presently serves on the council of presidents for the Southern University Research Association.

Gee has received many honorary degrees, awards, fellowships and recognitions. He is a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest science organization. In 1994, Gee received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the University of Utah, as well as from Teachers College of Columbia University. In 2013, he received the ACE Council of Fellows/Fidelity Investments Mentor Award and received the Outstanding Academic Leader of the Year Award on behalf of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He is the co-author of over a dozen books, including his two most recent, “Leading Colleges and Universities” and “LandGrant Universities for the Future.”

In the summer of 2016, Gee announced his engagement to Laurie Erickson, leader of the Erickson Foundation. Gee’s daughter, Rebekah, is Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. In addition to that role, she is a practicing gynecologist and Gratis Faculty at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Dr. Rebekah Gee is married to David Patrón and they have five children.

E. GORDON GEE AND FIANCÉE LAURIE ERICKSON

VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS

WREN BAKER

Wren Baker was named vice president and director of athletics at West Virginia University on Nov. 30, 2022.

WVU’s 13th director of athletics came to Morgantown from the University of North Texas, where he served as the vice president and athletics director since 2016. With previous stops at Missouri, Memphis, Northwest Missouri and Rogers State, Baker holds more than 20 years of experience in intercollegiate athletics.

“I am thrilled to welcome Wren Baker to the West Virginia University family as our new athletic director, and I have no doubt his personality and energy will connect with our student-athletes and coaches, as well as our campus community and alumni,” President E. Gordon Gee said.

At WVU, Baker has oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of more than $90 million, approximately 250 employees and nearly 500 student-athletes.

“I am incredibly grateful to President Gee, Rob Alsop, the search committee and Board of Governors for the opportunity to serve as vice president and director of athletics at West Virginia University,” Baker said. “WVU boasts a powerful brand reputation and a storied academic and athletic history.”

At UNT, seven varsity programs (men’s cross country, volleyball, women’s soccer, football, men’s basketball, women’s golf and softball) combined to win 17 conference or division championships during Baker’s tenure, and the overall athletic department’s winning percentage in the last year was the best in the modern era. In 2019, every team achieved a winning season for the first time in school history. He led 18 head coaching searches, and his hires have a

combined winning percentage of nearly 70%.

UNT student-athletes excelled in the classroom under Baker’s leadership, posting top APR scores and setting four consecutive department Graduation Success Rate records. Every team recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher with the Spring 2022 department GPA hitting a 3.206 average.

Baker also led record fundraising years at North Texas. The school registered its four best fundraising years in its history, and the overall top five largest gifts at UNT came under Baker’s leadership. He guided North Texas athletics to a school record for fundraising in a single year, nearly doubling the previous department record.

Ticket revenue increased by 125% under Baker, and football attendance grew by 71%, while men’s and women’s basketball crowds grew by more than 60%.

Additional achievements at North Texas included a five-year

strategic plan, new 20-year facilities master plan and lucrative contracts for multi-media rights, licensing, apparel and equipment.

Originally from Valliant, Oklahoma, Baker earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 2001 where he was a member of the honors program. He went on to earn his master’s degree in education leadership from Oklahoma State in 2003. He and his wife, Heather, a Bokchito, Oklahoma, native, have two daughters, Addisyn and Reagan.

THE BAKER FAMILY: WREN, REAGAN, HEATHER AND ADDISYN

WVU INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS

STEVE URYASZ Deputy Director of Athletics SIMON DOVER Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, Business Operations/CFO

MATT WELLS Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director, External Affairs

MICHAEL FRAGALE Senior Associate Athletics Director, Communications

PATRICK GRAY Senior Associate Athletics Director, MAC Executive Director

APRIL MESSERLY Senior Associate Athletics Director, Capital Projects, Facilities and Event Management

NATASHA OAKES Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA

BRITTNEY O’DELL Senior Associate Athletics Director, Student-Athlete Services and Wellness

LESLIE NGUYEN Associate Athletics Director, Strategic Management

NEAL BROWN Head Football Coach

JASON BUTTS Head Gymnastics Coach

SEAN CLEARY Head Cross Country/ Track & Field Coach

SEAN COVICH Head Golf Coach

TIM FLYNN Head Wrestling Coach JON HAMMOND Head Rifle Coach

BOB HUGGINS Head Men’s Basketball Coach

NIKKI IZZO-BROWN Head Women’s Soccer Coach

JIMMY KING Head Rowing Coach

MIHA LISAC Head Tennis Coach

RANDY MAZEY Head Baseball Coach

DAWN PLITZUWEIT Head Women’s Basketball Coach

VIC RIGGS Head Swimming and Diving Coach DAN STRATFORD Head Men’s Soccer Coach

REED SUNAHARA Head VolleyballCoach

DAVID KOOGER Senior Associate Athletics Director, Governance and Compliance

MEDIA INFORMATION

INTERVIEWS: All interviews with players and coaches must be arranged through the WVU Athletic Communications office. Contact Fallyn Swiger for all interview arrangements. Student-athletes’ and coaches’ telephone numbers will not be released to the media. Every attempt will be made to fulfill requests as quickly and efficiently as possible. All interview requests should be made at least 24 hours in advance.

POSTMATCH INTERVIEWS: Formal press conferences will be held in the hallway to the right of the weight room approximately 10 minutes after the conclusion of the match. Please see Fallyn Swiger at the scorer’s table at the conclusion of the contest for all interview requests. WVUsports.com is the official website for West Virginia University tennis. Media and fans can access up-to-date information including press releases, statistics, results, student- athlete features and other information all season long. Radio: Those wishing to broadcast matches via the radio during matches must purchase their own phone lines by contacting Lisa Ammons in the WVU Athletic Communications office. Please email or fax a request on company letterhead; lines must be paid for in advance.

RADIO: Those wishing to broadcast matches via the radio during matches must purchase their own phone lines by contacting Lisa Ammons in the WVU Athletic Communications office. Please email a request on company letterhead; lines must be paid for in advance.

DIRECTIONS TO THE WVU COLISEUM FROM INTERSTATE 79

Take the Star City/ WVU (155) exit. Cross the Star City Bridge and proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past the Texas Roadhouse. The WVU Coliseum will be on the right. Enter at the light at Patteson Drive.

FROM

INTERSTATE 68

Take the Pierpont Road (7) exit and follow signs to the football stadium. At the second traffic light, turn left onto 705 and take the second exit out of the roundabout as 705 becomes Chestnut Ridge Road. Turn left at the third traffic light onto Van Voorhis Road. The road becomes Patteson Drive at the intersection of University Avenue. The Coliseum parking lots are directly ahead.

DIRECTIONS TO THE SUMMIT TENNIS ACADEMY FROM INTERSTATE 79

Take Exit 148 onto Interstate 68 East. In 7 miles, take the Airport/Pierpont Road Exit (#7) and make a left. In 0.9 miles, make a slight right at the second light onto US 119 North/Point Marion Road. In 2.6 miles, make a left onto Bakers Ridge Road. In 0.6 miles, make the third left onto Frederick Lane. Summit Tennis Academy will be on your left.

FROM INTERSTATE 68 EAST

Take the Airport/Pierpont Road Exit (#7) and make a right off the exit. Make a slight right at the second light onto US 119 North/Point Marion Road. In 2.6 miles, make a left onto Bakers Ridge Road. In 0.6 miles, make the third left onto Frederick Lane. Summit Tennis Academy will be on your left.

WVU ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS

ATHLETICS INFORMATION

The West Virginia University Athletics Communication office is located on the second floor of the WVU Coliseum in room 217.

MAILING ADDRESS

Athletics Communications Office

West Virginia University

PO Box 0877

Morgantown, WV 26507-0877

OVERNIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS

WVU Athletics Communications

3450 Monongahela Blvd.

Room 217 Coliseum

Morgantown, WV 26506

PHONE INFORMATION

Office: 304-293-2821

Fax: 304-293-4105

Press Box: 304-293-6480

TENNIS CONTACT

Fallyn Swiger

Atheltics Communications

Graduate Assistant

Office: 304-293-2821

Email: fds0003@mail.wvu.edu

MICHAEL FRAGALE Senior Associate Athletics Director/Communications

MIKE MONTORO Assistant Athletics DirectorFootball Communicationss

BRYAN MESSERLY Associate Athletics Director/ Communications

JOHN ANTONIK Director of Athletics Content

JOE SWAN Director of Athletics Publications

KRISTIN COLDSNOW Lead Graphic Designer

ADAM GROSSMAN Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

OLIVIA SNEED Assistant Director of Athletics Communications

LISA AMMONS Business Manager AMY PRUNTY Program Assistant

PHIL LYNCH Athletics Graphic Designer

JOHN KEEHAN Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant

TAYLOR PETERSON Athletics Graphics Graduate Assistant

FALLYN SWIGER Athletics Communications Graduate Assistant