PULLMAN, Wash. (June 6, 2023) – Washington State University tennis student-athlete Eva Alvarez Sande was awarded the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northwest Region Rookie of the Year, the organization announced Tuesday.
Alvarez Sande, a rising sophomore from Coruna, Galicia, Spain, capped her 2022-23 campaign by being named to the All-Pac-12 Conference Second Team, the first Cougar freshman to earn All-Pac-12 honors since Michaela Bayerlova was a first-team selection in 2018. This past season, Alvarez Sande posted a team-best 19-16 singles record and 21-15 doubles mark. In Pac-12 play, she had a 5-4 record, all coming at the No.