ITA Most Improved Sophomore Award honors a sophomore who showed the most improvement over the course of their collegiate career.
Tsveti Trifonova has been playing at the top of the lineup the entire year. She holds a 7-5 record in singles. However, she has been our leader (Captain) for the past two years. She holds everyone accountable including the coaching staff. The greatest quality is that she competes for every day on the tennis court and in the classroom. This has been helpful in the development of team chemistry. She also has a 3.4 GPA taking difficult classes. She has a win over number 1 from Hillsborough earlier and the year. She just lost to Tyler’s number 6-3 in third at the 1 flight. She competed but has improved her game to another level this year.
A note from Eastern Florida State College's Women's Tennis Head Coach, Bobby Cashman
We are so proud of Tsveti’s accomplishments at Eastern Florida State College.
She passed through some difficult times losing her father to cancer after her first semester and was determined to push through and have a positive attitude for the women’s tennis program.
She was our leader and took a lot of pressure off the coaching staff. Tsveti really worked extremely hard on the court and did the off-court training required to be a top college tennis player.
It was an honor and privilege to work with such a great student-athlete with high expectations in the classroom and on the tennis court. Our coaching staff will really miss her work ethic and passion to compete for the Women’s Tennis program.