Winning seems to run through the veins of members of the Pepperdine Women’s Tennis Team. For Nikki Redelijk, Pepperdine women’s tennis alumna (‘24), winning was common on the court and in the classroom.
In May, Redelijk was in Stillwater, Oklahoma playing in the 2024 NCAA Tennis Championship tournament when she found out she was the 2023-24 West Coast Conference’s Mike Gilleran Scholar-Athlete of the Year, an award selected by a vote of the WCC’s Executive Council to recognize a student-athlete who has completed their collegiate eligibility and thrived at the highest level in athletics, academics and community service, according to WCC Sports.