Wichita State University Women's Tennis

Foster's leadership, the Shockers have been a Missouri Valley Conference juggernaut, sweeping the conference regular season and tournament championships in each of his first seven seasons. Since Foster's arrival in August of 2009, WSU is a perfect 48-0 in MVC regular season matches and is 68-0 overall against Valley competition. Foster's Shockers have also fared well on the national stage, ending the year with national rankings in each of the past three seasons while building up a string of eight-straight NCAA Tournament bids. A Purdue graduate and three-year assistant at TCU, Foster has compiled a seven-year mark of 138-53, and his .723 career winning percentage is the highest in program history. Over that span, WSU has piled up 43 all-conference selections, 26 individual conference titles (20 singles and six doubles), 37 MVC Player of the Week awards and 19 MVC Scholar-Athletes. Under Foster, WSU has had the MVC's Player of the Year in five of the past seven seasons. Rising junior Gabriela Porubin won the award in 2016, Julia Schiller took the honor in 2014, and Lutfiana Budiharto swept it in each of her last three seasons (2010, 11, 12). Budiharto, who finished her career ranked second on WSU's all-time singles list, was also a two-time NCAA singles qualifier. Foster earned MVC Coach of the Year honors in 2016 for the third-straight year and fourth time overall, and four of his recruits have earned MVC Freshman of the Year status (Raphaela Zotter, 2010-11; Lucia Kovalova, 2011-12; Rebecca Pedrazzi, 2012-13; and Gabriela Porubin, 2014-15). In 2015-16, a veteran cast led by four seniors, compiled a 27-4 mark and finished with the highest ITA final ranking ever by a Shocker women's tennis team (No. 30). They also extended their school-record home winning streak to 36 matches after closing our their third-straight unbeaten home schedule (11-0). The team tied a program mark for dual wins in a season (27) despite playing 13 matches against nationally-ranked team. The Shockers excelled down the stretch, putting together a school-record run of 17-straight wins over the final two months of the regular season and going the entire month of April without surrendering a dual point. Sophomore Giulia Guidetti broke a 32-year old school record with 39 singles wins, and senior Rebecca Pedrazzi finished a victory shy of the school's doubles mark, with 32. The Shockers swept All-MVC honors at all six singles spots and two of the three doubles positions, with player of the year Porubin qualifying for the NCAA Individual Championships. The team outscored MVC foes 56-1 in ten duals and rolled to regular season and conference tournament titles. For the first time ever, WSU earned a higher seed in an NCAA First Round match but dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to TCU in Coral Gables, Fla. It was a similar fate to the one suffered by the 2014-15 team, which finished 24-4 and dropped a 4-3 decision to Georgia Tech in the NCAA First Round. Ranked as high as No. 22 nationally during the month of March, the Shockers swept all seven Valley matches and won 47 of a possible 49 points during MVC regular season play, capped by an impressive showing in the finale. WSU and Drake - both 6-0 heading into the final weekend - staged a winner-take-all battle for the crown, but the Shockers removed any lingering drama with a 7-0 sweep. WSU and Drake met again in the MVC Tournament Championship, but the rematch played out in similar fashion. The Shockers earned a 4-0 win to stake the 17th conference tournament title in school history. Ranked 36th on the ITA Division I list, the Shockers earned an NCAA Tournament trip to Gainesville, Fla. and a First Round date with No. 24 Georgia Tech. WSU won the doubles points and held a 3-2 advantage in the match, but the Yellow Jackets rallied for a 4-3 win. The Shockers placed all six regulars on the All-Valley teams, with Porubin, Pedrazzi, Abby Stevens, Lucia Kovalova and Aleks Trifunovic sweeping first team honors at the Nos 2-6 spots. Schiller made the All-Select team and teamed with Porubin for all-conference honors at No. 2 doubles. Stevens (31-7) and Trifunovic (31-4) became the fifth and sixth players in the program's 40-plus year history to notch 30 wins or more. Foster earned MVC Coach of the Year honors for the second-straight season, and Porubin became the fourth Shocker in five years to earn Freshman of the Year. In 2013-14, the Shockers excelled against a rugged regular-season schedule that pitted them against nationally-ranked foes in 10 of their first 17 matches. They were up for the challenge, though, navigating that stretch with an 11-5 mark. Already battle-tested, WSU swept six MVC regular season and two MVC tournament tilts by a combined score of 52-4 to secure another postseason bid. The No. 55 Shockers dropped a tough 4-2 decision to No. 18 Oklahoma in Coral Gables, Fla. to finish out their season at 19-7. Led by Schiller (the MVC Player of the Year) and Pedrazzi at No. 1 and 2 singles, WSU placed five on the all-conference team. Veronika Blaskova was All-MVC at No. 6 singles, Lucia Kovalova earned All-Select status, and the team of Schiller and Stevens was honored at No. 2 Doubles. During the 2012-13 season, Foster helped Wichita State continue it's dominance in the Missouri Valley Conference by capturing the regular season and tournament titles for the fifth straight year. The Shockers played a tough non-conference schedule that prepared them for the conference season, finishing with a record of 15-11 on the season and 7-0 in conference play. Pedrazzi earned MVC Freshman of the Year honors, giving a Wichita State freshman the award for the third consecutive year.  Foster mentored three All-Americans as an assistant, and was twice voted the ITA Southwest Region Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008 and 2009. The Horned Frogs won a pair of regular season championships during his time there, including the 2009 Mountain West Conference Tournament title.   THE COLIN FOSTER ERA (2009-Present) Year W-L MVC ITA   Postseason 2009-10 15-11 7-0, 1st - MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2010-11 17-10 7-0, 1st - MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2011-12 21-6 7-0, 1st 62 MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2012-13 15-11 7-0, 1st - MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2013-14 19-7 6-0, 1st 67 MVC Tournament Champions (2-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2014-15 24-4 7-0, 1st 41 MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round 2015-16 27-4 7-0, 1st 30 MVC Tournament Champions (3-0) NCAA Tournament - First Round Total 138-53 48-0 7 MVC Regular Season Titles 7 MVC Tournament Titles 7 NCAA Tournament Bids   "I've had the chance to coach against him at the NCAA tournament quite a few times. I was very impressed with how he handled his kids. He was terrific with on-court adjustments during matches to put his kids in a good position to win. I think he'll be a great fit at WSU." The 2016-17 season marks Colin Foster's eighth as head women's tennis coach at Wichita State. He was awarded a five-year contract extension in May of 2016 after a record-breaking season that saw the Shockers rank as high as 13th nationally on their way to a school-record tying 27 dual wins. Under Foster's leadership, the Shockers have been a Missouri Valley Conference juggernaut, sweeping the conference regular season and tournament championships in each of his first seven seasons. Since Foster's arrival in August of 2009, WSU is a perfect 48-0 in MVC regular season matches and is 68-0 overall against Valley competition. Foster's Shockers have also fared well on the national stage, ending the year with national rankings in each of the past three seasons while building up a string of eight-straight NCAA Tournament bids. A Purdue graduate and three-year assistant at TCU, Foster has compiled a seven-year mark of 138-53, and his .723 career winning percentage is the highest in program history. Over that span, WSU has piled up 43 all-conference selections, 26 individual conference titles (20 singles and six doubles), 37 MVC Player of the Week awards and 19 MVC Scholar-Athletes. Under Foster, WSU has had the MVC's Player of the Year in five of the past seven seasons. Rising junior Gabriela Porubin won the award in 2016, Julia Schiller took the honor in 2014, and Lutfiana Budiharto swept it in each of her last three seasons (2010, 11, 12). Budiharto, who finished her career ranked second on WSU's all-time singles list, was also a two-time NCAA singles qualifier. Foster earned MVC Coach of the Year honors in 2016 for the third-straight year and fourth time overall, and four of his recruits have earned MVC Freshman of the Year status (Raphaela Zotter, 2010-11; Lucia Kovalova, 2011-12; Rebecca Pedrazzi, 2012-13; and Gabriela Porubin, 2014-15). In , a veteran cast led by four seniors, compiled a 27-4 mark and finished with the highest ITA final ranking ever by a Shocker women's tennis team (No. 30). They also extended their school-record home winning streak to 36 matches after closing our their third-straight unbeaten home schedule (11-0). The team tied a program mark for dual wins in a season (27) despite playing 13 matches against nationally-ranked team. The Shockers excelled down the stretch, putting together a school-record run of 17-straight wins over the final two months of the regular season and going the entire month of April without surrendering a dual point. Sophomore Giulia Guidetti broke a 32-year old school record with 39 singles wins, and senior Rebecca Pedrazzi finished a victory shy of the school's doubles mark, with 32. The Shockers swept All-MVC honors at all six singles spots and two of the three doubles positions, with player of the year Porubin qualifying for the NCAA Individual Championships. The team outscored MVC foes 56-1 in ten duals and rolled to regular season and conference tournament titles. For the first time ever, WSU earned a higher seed in an NCAA First Round match but dropped a 4-3 heartbreaker to TCU in Coral Gables, Fla. It was a similar fate to the one suffered by the team, which finished 24-4 and dropped a 4-3 decision to Georgia Tech in the NCAA First Round. Ranked as high as No. 22 nationally during the month of March, the Shockers swept all seven Valley matches and won 47 of a possible 49 points during MVC regular season play, capped by an impressive showing in the finale. WSU and Drake - both 6-0 heading into the final weekend - staged a winner-take-all battle for the crown, but the Shockers removed any lingering drama with a 7-0 sweep. WSU and Drake met again in the MVC Tournament Championship, but the rematch played out in similar fashion. The Shockers earned a 4-0 win to stake the 17th conference tournament title in school history. Ranked 36th on the ITA Division I list, the Shockers earned an NCAA Tournament trip to Gainesville, Fla. and a First Round date with No. 24 Georgia Tech. WSU won the doubles points and held a 3-2 advantage in the match, but the Yellow Jackets rallied for a 4-3 win. The Shockers placed all six regulars on the All-Valley teams, with Porubin, Pedrazzi, Abby Stevens, Lucia Kovalova and Aleks Trifunovic sweeping first team honors at the Nos 2-6 spots. Schiller made the All-Select team and teamed with Porubin for all-conference honors at No. 2 doubles. Stevens (31-7) and Trifunovic (31-4) became the fifth and sixth players in the program's 40-plus year history to notch 30 wins or more. Foster earned MVC Coach of the Year honors for the second-straight season, and Porubin became the fourth Shocker in five years to earn Freshman of the Year. In , the Shockers excelled against a rugged regular-season schedule that pitted them against nationally-ranked foes in 10 of their first 17 matches. They were up for the challenge, though, navigating that stretch with an 11-5 mark. Already battle-tested, WSU swept six MVC regular season and two MVC tournament tilts by a combined score of 52-4 to secure another postseason bid. The No. 55 Shockers dropped a tough 4-2 decision to No. 18 Oklahoma in Coral Gables, Fla. to finish out their season at 19-7. Led by Schiller (the MVC Player of the Year) and Pedrazzi at No. 1 and 2 singles, WSU placed five on the all-conference team. Veronika Blaskova was All-MVC at No. 6 singles, Lucia Kovalova earned All-Select status, and the team of Schiller and Stevens was honored at No. 2 Doubles. During the season, Foster helped Wichita State continue it's dominance in the Missouri Valley Conference by capturing the regular season and tournament titles for the fifth straight year. The Shockers played a tough non-conference schedule that prepared them for the conference season, finishing with a record of 15-11 on the season and 7-0 in conference play. Pedrazzi earned MVC Freshman of the Year honors, giving a Wichita State freshman the award for the third consecutive year.  THE COLIN FOSTER ERA

Jacob Eddins was named as the next head women's tennis coach at Wichita State on September 15, 2025. In his first fall at the helm of the Shockers, Eddins guided Xin Tong Wang and Giorgia Roselli to the American Conference doubles championship on Oct. 26, defeating Charlotte’s Ni Xi and Sara Suchankova 6-4, 6-4. He also helped Roselli to a conference runner-up finish in singles. Eddins led the Shockers to a fourth-place finish at the ITA Conference Masters Championship and an end-of-fall doubles ranking of No. 24. Most recently serving as Associate Head Coach at Illinois, Eddins joined the Fighting Illini in July 2023. In just two seasons, he helped guide the team to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances—highlighted by a Second Round showing in 2025. Illinois compiled a combined 32–23 overall record (16–8 in Big Ten play), secured automatic entry into the prestigious ITA National Team Indoor Championships as hosts, and produced several nationally ranked doubles and singles players. During the 2024-25 season, Illinois posted a 15–13 overall mark, earned an at-large NCAA bid, and celebrated stars like McKenna Schaefbauer and Megan Heuser, both named Second Team All-Big Ten, and Ariel Madatali, who earned a place on the Big Ten's inaugural All-Freshman Team. In his first Illinois season (2023-24), Eddins and the staff led the team to a 17–10 overall record (8–3 in conference) and an NCAA bid. Highlights included an upset win over No. 23 UCF during ITA Kickoff Weekend and achieving Illinois's best early-season ranking since 2019 with a No. 24 national ranking. Prior to Illinois, Eddins served as Assistant—and later Associate—Head Coach at West Virginia. There, he helped guide the Mountaineers to their highest-ever ITA ranking (No. 51), led a standout 11–4 spring start in 2023, and helped secure WVU's first Big 12 win since 2018 with a milestone victory over Kansas State. He was instrumental in recruiting WVU's best-ever signing class in 2020, ranked No. 29 nationally by Tennis Recruiting Network. His coaching resume also includes a successful season at Auburn (2018-19), where he helped guide the team to 14 wins, a top ranking of No. 25, and a notable upset of No. 13 Georgia Tech during ITA Kickoff Weekend. Eddins also contributed to Western Carolina's most successful stretch in program history—including a school-record wins total in 2016—and held coaching stints at Pittsburgh, Cornell, and Marshall, where he began his career as a volunteer assistant while earning his business degree in 2008. A native of Huntington, West Virginia, Eddins is a two-time high school singles state champion and a doubles state champion. He earned his bachelor's degree in business management with a minor in Marketing from Marshall University in 2008. He is married to Michaela Kissell-Eddins, and together they have four children: Kylie, Gavin, Jayce, and Carter.