Pacific's Arnar Sigurdsson (Kopavogur, Iceland) and UC Irvine's Izabela Mijic (Novigrad, Croatia) were selected Big West Men's and Women's Tennis Athletes of the Week after posting wins over ranked opponents. The award included matches played from Jan. 15-23 for the women and Jan. 16-23 for the men.

In a 7-0 team loss to No. 2 UCLA on Jan. 21, Sigurdsson teamed with sophomore Vladimir Zdravkovic to defeat the nation's No. 6 doubles tandem of Alberto Francis and Kris Kwinta, 8-6. The junior then pressed his opponent at No. 1 singles, No. 14 Luben Pampoulov, into a second set tiebreaker before falling 6-2, 7-6 (5).

Mijic started off her UC Irvine career on a great note as the team's No. 2 singles player defeated No. 65 Caroline Raba of Pepperdine, 6-4, 3-6, (10-7) on Jan. 18. She followed that up with a 6-0, 6-4 win over Utah's Emily Kwok on Jan. 22 in a 4-3 UCI team win. Mijic's only setback occurred against No. 34 Dominka Dieskova of Oregon as she fell 6-1, 6-2. In doubles action, the junior teamed with Inna Agababian at the No. 2 spot to defeat Utah's Kwok and Cheyenne Reveche 8-2.