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Tempe, AZ – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (“ITA”) is pleased to share the completion of a documentary centered around rising tennis star Jay Friend, a senior at the University of Arizona, as he competed at the 2025 ITA Men’s All-American Championships. Out now for college tennis fans to enjoy, the full documentary can be found on the ITA YouTube Channel.
Within this documentary, fans will be given access to Friend’s pursuit of his first ITA All-American Singles Title at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center on the campus of The University of Tulsa. Fans will watch as Friend navigates from match to match throughout the tournament and how his strong bonds with his head coach Clancy Shields has helped Friend reach new heights as a player.
Finishing as the No. 9 ranked singles player at the conclusion of the 2024-25 season, Friend entered this fall ranked No. 5 in the ITA Preseason Singles Rankings and as one of the top seeded players in the ITA All-American field. Building off of a strong summer in which he won gold at the FISU Summer World Games in Germany, Friend showcases his development as a player throughout this documentary as he competes in his final season with Arizona.
As the first documentary in a series of planned feature pieces alongside some of our sports top players, other upcoming video features will include the likes of Valerie Glozman (Stanford) as well as athletes competing at the ITA Conference Masters Championships, NCAA Individual Championships, and the Master’U BNP Paribas Championships.
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The ITA is the governing body of college tennis and a coaches association, both an advocate and an authority for the sport and its members. The ITA is committed to serving college tennis and returning the leaders of tomorrow while promoting both the athletic and academic achievements of the collegiate tennis community. The ITA, founded in 1956, is comprised of more than 2,000 men’s and women’s varsity tennis teams representing more than 1,250 institutions, 3,000 college tennis coaches, 1,400 college tennis officials, while administering numerous regional and national championships, and the ITA College Tennis Rankings for 20,000 college varsity student-athletes across seven levels of play. The ITA also bolsters an industry-leading awards program for players and coaches to honor excellence in academics, leadership, and sportsmanship. Keep up with all of the excitement around college tennis by visiting WeAreCollegeTennis.com and following the ITA on Facebook, Twitter (X), Instagram, TikTok, and LinkedIn.
