After a dominant fall season of setting more than one program record, Celia Ruiz, a junior from Pontevedra, Spain, has high hopes for the upcoming spring tennis season.
Ruiz’s fall season began with a No. 95 national ranking, as she became the first Pirate to ever earn a top-100 ranking by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association. Her list of accomplishments grew as the fall season went on and she finished the season having achieved the best national ranking in program history: climbing to the No. 52 spot.
The junior was also named the American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Month in September, helping her earn a regional seed in singles and doubles at the Carolina ITA Regional and qualify for the ITA Masters at the J.