Women's Tennis
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- ashleigh.antal@csulb.edu
- Phone:
- 985-4336
Ashleigh Antal joined the Beach Tennis coaching staff in 2018 following a standout playing career at national powerhouse Vanderbilt where she helped the Commodores capture their first national championship in 2015.
A four-year starter and two-year team captain, Antal achieved a career-high ranking of No. 9 in doubles and No. 101 in singles. Antal reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA doubles championships and was an NCAA Doubles All-American her senior season. She was also named to the SEC All-Freshman team.
Antal posted 204 total singles and doubles wins, which includes 19 nationally-ranked victories, for a winning percentage of .687 during her collegiate career. She won at least 20 singles and doubles matches every season including a career-high 35 doubles and 28 singles wins her senior year. Her milestone 100th career singles win was key as she posted the first Commodores point in their 4-2 win over UCLA in the national championship match.
Antal graduated from Vanderbilt with a double major in psychology and English with a concentration in creative writing. She earned four SEC Academic Honor Roll awards and was a 2015 ITA National Academic Award winner. In addition to her studies, Antal co-authored a Journal of Clinical Psychiatry published study on the treatment of mood and cognitive symptoms in late-life depression.
Outside the classroom, Antal co-founded the Vanderbilt Undergrad Raising Autism Awareness program during her freshman year.
A native of Wilmington, N.C., Antal was a five-star high school recruit and nationally ranked No. 30 in her graduating class.
