TEMPE, Ariz. (June 14, 2021) – Eban Straker-Meads earned the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Mountain Region Most Improved Senior on Monday morning.
The honor for Straker-Meads comes after he earned All-Big Sky First Team honors in singles thanks to a 4-0 record against the conference between the regular season and postseason. His final victory of the season came in the Big Sky semifinals against Portland State, with his 6-1, 7-5 win clinching the team's 4-0 win and sending NAU into the finals against Idaho State.
Ranked in a tie for 20th in last week's Mountain Region singles rankings, Straker-Meads also came in at No. 10 in doubles alongside partner
Facundo Tumosa. The two held leads against Grand Canyon and Portland State before both matches were left unfinished due to the other courts finishing before them. In the Big Sky Championship match against Idaho State, Straker-Meads and Tumosa earned a 7-5 victory at No. 2 to even the doubles score before NAU clinched the point on Court 3.
Straker-Meads earned Big Sky Player of the Week honors on March 23 and holds a five-match win streak against conference opponents in singles play dating back to the end of the 2019-20 season.
