• Official ITA Press Release

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) announced the recipients of the 2022 Division II Women's Regional Awards on Tuesday, June 7th. West Virginia State University's JJ Casto was named the ITA Assistant Coach of the Year for the Atlantic Region.

Casto led the Yellow Jackets for the majority of the 2021-22 women's tennis season while the search for the next head coach was underway. Under his direction, WVSU posted an 11-6 overall record and 5-1 conference record during the regular season. State was crowned Mountain East Conference regular season co-champions along with Charleston and West Liberty after defeating UC, 4-3, and narrowly losing to WLU, 3-4, at the tail end of the campaign. 

In the MEC Tournament, the Yellow Jackets avenged their regular season defeat to the Hilltoppers by beating them convincingly, 4-1, in the semifinals. WVSU then met the Golden Eagles in the finals and suffered a 2-4 defeat. However, State earned another match with its local rivals by making the Atlantic Region II finals. The Yellow Jackets had the final say in the series with a 4-3 victory that sent them on their 14th trip to the NCAA DII Tournament in school history.