BYU women's tennis head coach Holly Parkinson Hasler began the sport she loved at a young age, only to go professional as a freshman out of college. While her professional career was remarkable, the BYU alum found her happiness through the blessing of a broken wrist.
As a junior in high school, Jack and his parents made the decision to send him to Barcelona, Spain, where he would be able to practice and learn among some of the top junior players in the world. While this was a difficult decision to make, Jack’s mother, Janine, said she has always loved being able to aid her children as they worked towards their individualized goals.
BYU tennis battled it out earlier this month at the ITA Mountain Regional Championship in Denver. Sean Hill and Mateo Vereau Melendez took first and second place respectively and secured two spots at the ITA National Fall Championships.
BYU women’s tennis head coach Holly Parkinson Hasler and assistant coach Dillon Porter are determined to push their team to its limit as they work towards being ranked for the 2019-20 season.
Junior Leah Heimuli accepted the offer to play for the BYU women’s tennis team after three years playing at two different universities. BYU is her third.
Freshman Helen Jiao, originally from Xi’an, China came to BYU in May 2019 to pursue her dreams of becoming a highly competitive tennis athlete. Although not of the same faith as most students that attend BYU, Helen decided to accept the BYU offer and travel around the globe at the recommendation of her coach, Alan Ma.
BYU women’s tennis played two back-to-back home matches March 15-16, defeating the University of Portland on Friday while losing to the women of the University of Utah on Saturday.
What might not be apparent about Abramyan and Malykh at first glance is that they aren’t from Utah — or even the U.S. Abramyan and Malykh are from Russia.
