Anastasiya Komar’s tennis journey was sort of like a Garth Brooks playlist. One minute, “Callin’ Baton Rouge” is the favorite, but eventually, it gets around to “Friends in Low Places.”
The transfer portal has revolutionized college athletics. With so many athletes looking for new destinations, coaches in all sports have had to reevaluate recruiting priorities. One man who has taken this change and ran with it is Oklahoma State women’s tennis coach Chris Young.
This offseason, Young did not recruit a single freshman, rather he took the approach of gathering up veterans from the transfer portal. In doing so, he managed to score one of the most coveted players in the country in Anastasiya Komar, or simply “Nas,” labeled by her newfound teammates.