Family. Community. Team.
These three aspects were requirements for many of Idaho’s international student athletes when they began their hunt for college.
Many student-athletes found that sense of community in Idaho and chose to become Vandals.
Idaho women’s tennis coach Mariana Cobra uses the appeal of the Moscow community to her advantage during recruitment.
Cobra said she understands firsthand what it’s like to be thousands of miles from home — she came to the United States from São Paolo, Brazil to study and play tennis after high school.
Sophomore transfer student Ana Batiri spent last year in Richmond, Virginia, playing tennis for Virginia Commonwealth University.