Phillip Lan, UC San Diego  Men's Tennis Player of the Week  Senior • Redondo Beach, Calif.

• UC Santa Barbara senior Kai Brady provided a spark following a hard-fought win for the Gaucho's in singles play to secure The Big West Men's Tennis Player of the Week award. This is the first weekly distinction of Brady's collegiate career.    

• During doubles, the Redondo Beach Calif., native partnered with UCSB sophomore Lucca Liu and fell just short (7-5) to Santa Clara's Luca Lemaitre and Tiago Boschmans. From there, the Broncos continued to capitalize until Brady battled to a straight-set victory in singles (6-3, 6-3) and got UC Santa Barbara its first point of the afternoon, sparking the tremendous come from behind victory, 4-3.  

• The Gauchos are 1-2 overall to begin 2024 and earned their first win versus Santa Clara on Saturday after following to (RV) Georgia Tech and No. 21 nationally ranked Michigan State.     

Also Nominated: Constantinos Djakouris (UC Davis)

2024 Big West Men's Tennis Weekly Winners