TEMPE, Arizona – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division II Year-End National and Regional Rankings sponsored by Tennis-Point were released earlier this week with Hawai'i Hilo Men's Tennis' Ryo Minakata ranked at No. 32 in singles competition.
Minakata posted a 10-2 record this season earning All-PacWest First Team honors as the Vulcans placed seventh at the Pacific West Conference Championships in late April. Three other individuals from the PacWest were ranked slightly above, putting Minakata at No. 4 in the West Region.
Cian McDonnell (10-4) and Lamar Bartley (7-6) also landed in the region's final top 20 rankings at No. 9 and No. 17, respectively.
The doubles duo of Minakata and Bartley (4-6) ranked eighth in the West Region. Both wrapped up their collegiate careers with the conclusion of the spring semester, having earned a bachelor's in Business Administration and Psychology, respectively.
INTERCOLLEGIATE TENNIS ASSOCIATION
Originally founded in 1956 by the legendary UCLA men's tennis coach J. D. Morgan, the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) is the governing body of college tennis, overseeing men's and women's varsity tennis at all levels. Over the past four decades, the ITA has worked hard to achieve its charter goals: (1) "To foster and encourage the playing of intercollegiate tennis in accordance with the highest tradition of sportsmanship and consistent with the general objectives of higher education." (2) "To develop among the intercollegiate coaches a deeper sense of responsibility in teaching, promoting, maintaining, and conducting the game of tennis" And, (3) "To educate and serve those individuals and groups who are involved in collegiate tennis: junior and college players, their coaches and parents, and the at-large tennis public."
The ITA administers the ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings (singles/doubles/team) that are designed to track the top men and women teams and singles and doubles players in NCAA Divisions I, II, III, NAIA, NJCAA, and CCCAA.
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