Ohio State and Washington Earn Women’s Tennis Weekly Honors
Huskies’ Sherif and Buckeyes' Oluwadare claim weekly awards
Player of the Week
Jermine Sherif, Washington
Jr. – Cairo, Egypt
- Won both matches at No. 4 singles to move to 5-0 in the dual season
- Defeated No. 98 Mu-Jie Tzeng of Baylor in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2, to close the weekend as Washington improves to 5-0 overall
- Won a three-set battle against Rice’s Francesca Maguina, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
- Alongside doubles partner, Reece Carter, won both matches at the No. 3 position
- Last Washington Player of the Week: Erika Matsuda (Nov. 12, 2025)
Freshman of the Week
Hephzibah Oluwadare, Ohio State
Stirling, Scotland
- Went 2-1 in singles in the Buckeyes’ run to the ITA Indoors final, marking the program’s first appearance in the championship match
- Against No. 4-seed Duke, rallied to force a third set and was on serve on court five when the Buckeye win was clinched
- Against No. 1 UNC, clinched the team victory, rolling to a 6-1 win in her third set match on court six vs. No. 90 ranked Theadora Rabiman, her first collegiate dual win
- Put the Buckeyes ahead 3-2 against No. 3 Texas A&M with a straight set win on court five over No. 96 Daria Smetannikov
- Last Ohio State Freshman of the Week: Flora Johnson (Jan. 28, 2026)
2025-26 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees
Sept. 17
P: Brianna Baldi, So., PSU
F: Ameia Sorey, IND
Sept. 24
P: Ahmani Guichard, Jr., UCLA
F: no selection
Oct. 1
Co-P: Teah Chavez, Jr., OSU
Co-P: Maria Sholokhova, Sr., WIS
Co-F: Krisha Mahendran, USC
Co-F: Lucie Urbanova, WIS
Oct. 8
P: Hi’ilani Williams, Fr., IND
F: Hadley Appling, ORE
Oct. 15
P: Maiko Uchijima, Sr., PSU
F: Margot Phanthala, NU
Oct. 22
Co-P: Nao Nishino, So., OSU
Co-P: Jana Hossam, So., USC
F: Dani Borruel, USC
Oct. 29
P/F: Gabriella Lindgren, Fr., MICH
Nov. 5
P: Ellie Blackford, So., MSU
F: no selection
Nov. 12
P: Erika Matsuda, Sr., WASH
F: Mayu Crossley, UCLA
Jan. 21
P: McKenna Schaefbauer, Sr., ILL
F: Margot Phanthala, NU
Jan. 28
P: Aiva Schmitz, Sr., MINN
F: Flora Johnson, OSU
Feb. 4
P/F: Mayu Crossley, Fr., UCLA
Feb. 11
P: Jermine Sherif, Jr., WASH
F: Hephzibah Oluwadare, OSU