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Long Beach State University Athletics
Ashleigh Antal Named Long Beach State Assistant Tennis Coach
7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
LONG BEACH – Long Beach State women's tennis head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello has announced the hiring of Ashleigh Antal as the team's assistant coach.
"I am excited to announce Ashleigh is joining Beach Tennis," said Hilt-Costello, who is entering her 22nd season at Long Beach State. "Ashleigh brings an exciting, high pedigree of success on and off the court along with strong leadership qualities that will benefit our student-athletes and program."
Antal joins the Beach 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.
