University of Louisiana - Lafayette Women's Tennis

Vallejos, who spent the past four seasons as head coach at UT Pan American, begins her first season as head womens tennis coach for the Louisiana Ragin Cajuns after being named the school's 14th head coach on July 22, 2015.   In her four seasons at UTPA, Vallejos led the Broncs to a pair of Western Athletic Conference Tournament appearances, a berth in the National Invitation Tennis Tournament and an appearance in the Great West Conference Tournament.   Vallejos led UTPA to back-to-back seasons of 10 or more wins for the second time in school history after the Broncs posted records of 13-8 in 2014 and 10-12 in 2015. Her 2015 team reached the championship match of the WAC Tournament where Katia Stavroulaki and Reegan Greenwood were each named to the All-Tournament team. Stavroulaki was also a first-team All-WAC selection in singles play and joined Greenwood in earning All-WAC honors in doubles.   Off the court, Vallejos continued to put emphasis on hard work in the classroom and in the community as the Broncs earned the UTPA AD Cup Award for serving the most community service hours. Vallejos squad was also named the UTPA Academic Team of the Year for having the highest Grade Point Average in the department.   The Broncs were the only school in the University of Texas System named as an 2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team while also having two student-athletes being named as ITA Scholar Athletes. They also had six student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll in 2014 while six student-athletes earned the honor in the spring. Additionally, three student-athletes earned Spring Academic All-WAC honors.   After the 2013-14 season, the Broncs earned ITA All-Academic Team honors and had seven student-athletes named as an ITA Scholar Athlete. The Broncs were also named UTPA Female Academic Team of the Year as they had seven student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll and all 10 members earn spring honors. The Broncs also had five student-athletes earn Spring Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors.   Before her tenure at UTPA, Vallejos spent three seasons as an assistant at Northern Arizona where she helped the Lumberjacks to a 13-11 record and 7-1 mark in Big Sky Conference play. NAU made its fourth straight trip to the Big Sky Championship and was ranked ninth in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association Womens Division I Mountain Region rankings.   Vallejos played for Northern Arizona from 2005-08, leading the Lumberjacks to 15 wins and a 7-1 record in the Big Sky Conference as a senior. She amassed a 15-6 singles record and a 7-1 mark in conference play while winning her final nine matches. Vallejos also went 16-5 (7-1 Big Sky) in doubles competition in 2008.   Vallejos earned All-Big Sky first team honors in 2008, which was NAUs best season since 2002.   A 2003 graduate of Benicia High School in northern California, Vallejos led her squad to an undefeated record in 2001 and the MEL Conference Championship. Vallejos was ranked No. 1 in the Northern California Section in the 18 and under division in 2002 and was nationally-ranked in the top 40 in the 14, 16, and 18 and under from 1999-2002.   Vallejos was a two-time Pacific Coast national champion in singles and doubles, as well as a Junior Fed Cup player for Northern California in 2002.  

The Louisiana women's tennis team has announced the hiring of assistant coach Elena Tendero-Ortiz. She comes from the Savannah College of Art and Design wher...