Diego Gonsalvez is beginning his third year as Graduate Assistant of the Dallas Baptist Men’s Tennis Team. He brings a substantial amount of playing and leadership experience to the squad. As a freshman college player, Gonsalvez played for Alcorn State University in Mississippi and was a significant participant to help his team reach the SWAC Final. He was named to the First Team All-SWAC upon completion of the season.
He transferred to Olivet Nazarene University and continued to bring success to his new team. During his three year campaign at ONU, Gonsalvez played the number two and three positions and was a key contributor in helping the team win the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and qualify for NAIA Nationals all three years.
Individually, he reached the ITA Central-East Regional’s Singles final in 2010 and won the ITA Regional Doubles Tournament in 2011 and 2012. In both 2011 and 2012, he went on to place 7th and 4th in the National Small College Championships.
His senior year proved to be his best as he was awarded the NCCAA All-American First Team honor and ended the season ranked 6th in doubles nationally. Finally, he served as the Men’s Tennis Team Captain and also received the Champion of Character Award, as well as being named the CCAC Player of the Year.
“The DBU tennis program is blessed to have Diego on staff,” DBU Head Tennis Coach Sarah Gray said. “Clearly, his tennis level and experience will help push our men’s team in a winning direction. His substantial experience at the top of his division will prove to be very valuable to our program. Finally, Diego has a great interest in developing the young men into quality Christian leaders. He is a great mentor, coach and leader and we are happy he has chosen to coach at DBU.”
Gonsalvez originally hails from San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He is currently pursuing his MBA now at DBU.
