Prospective Student-Athlete Information - Women's Tennis
We are excited about your interest in the University of North Texas and Mean Green women's tennis.
Our program is led by head coach Sujay Lama who is currently in his 17th season with the Mean Green in 2022-23 and has established a winning tradition at North Texas, having led the Mean Green to three conference championships and three NCAA Tournaments.
Lama is the program’s winningest coach, winning a program record 184 dual matches with the Mean Green. A veteran head coach, he has 293 wins in his career, including an eight-year stint as the head coach at the University of Illinois. He has mentored 21 student-athletes to 38 all-conference honors in the combined Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA leagues.
From 2015 through 2019 he coached Tamuna Kutubidze and Maria Kononova who are the program's winningest individual tennis players and winningest doubles team. He guided Kononova to the program's first individual NCAA Tournament appearance and the doubles team to the program's first NCAA Doubles Tournament and ITA Texas Regional championship.
Under his guidance, the Mean Green have had wins over Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, Kansas, Arizona, SMU and TCU among others. North Texas has reached the league tournament semifinals or finals in 10 of Lama's first 16Â seasons while competing in the Sun Belt Conference and the C-USA Championships.
The Mean Green’s success has not been limited to the court. North Texas has picked up ITA All-Academic team honors for 16 consecutive seasons and his team's have received NCAA awards for having a APR score in the top 10 percent of all of division I women's tennis five times during his tenure.
Quick Hits On North Texas
The Mean Green are an NCAA DI program that competes in Conference USA and will transition into the American in for the 2023-24 academic year. North Texas is no stranger to winning programs as men's basketball program has claimed three consecutive conference championships from 2020-22, the women’s soccer program has claimed 16 conference championships since 2001 and the Mean Green won three conference titles during the 2021-22 school year.
As the Mean Green prepare for the final year in Conference USA, the department does so on the heels of tremendous accomplishments both in competition and in the classroom. UNT posted its best academic semester in department history in spring 2022 with a 3.206 GPA and its sixth-consecutive semester with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
The Women's Tennis Coaching Staff
For women’s tennis, legislation states that coaches can only respond to emails, phone calls or texts from a PSA (or the PSA’s family members) after June 15th following the PSA’s sophomore year in high school. Off-campus contact, unofficial visits or official visits cannot take place until August 1st of their junior year in high school.
Facilities
The 12-court Waranch Tennis Complex is located at 1499 S. Bonnie Brae and Walt Parker Dr. at the entrance to Victory Hall, across from the Mean Green Village. This $2 million facility is named for University of North Texas alumnus Ronald Waranch. Included in the complex is a clubhouse with lounge, office space and locker rooms. The courts were resurfaced in 2016 and a scoreboard was added in 2017. The Waranch Tennis Complex has been the host site for the 2007 and the 2009 Sun Belt Conference tennis championships and both the 2017 and 2021 Conference USA Championships.
Mean Green Compliance
What every prospective student-athlete should know about the recruiting process.
Academic Athletic Services
UNT's Academic & Student-Services staff along with Leadership and Personal Brand Development office are located in the Mean Green Village on Bonnie Brae Road. The Student-Athlete Development Center is three times the size of the former academic center. The Center serves as the cornerstone of the Mean Green Village and is only a short walk from the surrounding sports facilities, includingÂ
Admissions Process and Deadlines
Link to the University of North Texas undergraduate web site containing admissions requirements and deadlines.