Women's Tennis
- Title:
- Graduate Assistant Coach Women's Tennis
- Email:
- mkelley4@bsu.edu
Meghan Kelley will begin her second season as the graduate assistant for head coach Max Norris. Kelley helped Norris coach the Cardinals to one of their best spring starts with a 10-2 record. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic their spring 2020 season was cut short.
Prior to Ball State, Kelley was a four-year letterwinner for the Cavaliers from 2015-19, enjoying numerous accolades as an accomplished player. As a senior, Kelley was named the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Senior Player of the Year in the Atlantic region. She was tabbed an All-Athletic Coast Conference (ACC) First Team selection and earned an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA singles and doubles championships this past spring.
Kelley ended the 2018-19 season with an overall singles mark of 24-15, including a 10-4 ledger at the top of the lineup during ACC competition. She had her highest national singles ranking as a senior, topping out at the No. 20 spot.
In doubles action, Kelley played alongside Virginia teammate Sofia Munera, earning a 31-11 overall record. The twosome was ranked as high as eighth nationally and also won their ITA Regional last fall.
As she helps coach the Cardinals, Kelley will pursue a master's degree in sport administration. She replaces former Ball State women's tennis player and graduate assistant Carmen Blanco, who recently earned her master's degree and took a job with Ernst and Young in Seattle, Washington.
Kelley joins a long list of accomplished graduate assistants at Ball State, including Viktor Maksimsuk, who was an All-American player at Louisville, Tessa Lyons, who won an ACC and ITA National Indoor title at North Carolina, and Blanco, who was the Mid-American Conference Tournament MVP in the Cardinals' first-ever league championship in 2016.
