2023-24 Men's Tennis Roster
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Navarro, Santiago
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Santiago Navarro
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Santa Cruz, Bolivia
Bio
Honors at Rice
2024-25 (Junior)
Earned AAC All-Conference Doubles honors after posting a 13-8 doubles record, including a 10-3 duals mark ... Also went 8-10 in singles this year, including a 7-7 duals mark ... Did not lose a doubles match after facing Oklahoma State on March 18, winning six of his final eight doubles matches with partner Petro Kuzmenok ... Moved to the No. 1 doubles position on Feb. 20 ... Went undefeated during the AAC Tournament in doubles, winning three-straight matches against higher seeded and ranked teams by a score of 7-5 all three days ... Played the No. 3 position in all but one match in singles this year ... Was the clinching point in the conference championship match, earning Rice's first AAC conference title in program history.
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Compiled records of 5-3 and 5-7 in singles and doubles play, respectively, before his year was cut short by injury... Won each of his first two singles matches of the dual match season, 6-0, 6-0, against Prairie View A&M and Lamar... Went 2-2 at the first position of the doubles lineup playing alongside Yasha Zemel and Trinity Grear.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Spring: 9-10 in singles (with six clinch points) and 13-4 in doubles in his first year of action… Over his last 12 matches, he was 9-3 in singles and 10-1 in doubles… Dropped his first seven singles matches to open the year, but was 9-3 down the stretch and twice earned C-USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors…. The first award came on 3/8 after providing a clinch point vs. Portland and then keyed Rice’s 4-3 win at #68 New Mexico by clinching the doubles point and then providing a quick second point as the Owls defeated a ranked for the first time since 2017… Earned his second honor on 4/12 after combining with Campbell Salmon to clinch the doubles point vs. #34 UTSA and then won a pair of tiebreak sets to provide the clinching point and give Rice a 4-3 win 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(5)… was 4-2 in tiebreaker, winning his last four… Won 10 of his last 11 doubles matches with Salmon, including his first career appearance at the first line vs. William & Mary. Fall: Took two of three singles matches in is first collegiate action, advancing to the round of 32 at the Texas ITA Regional.
Juniors
Top-ranked junior in Bolivia as a senior in high school... A member of the Bolivian national team since u12, qualified to the Junior Davis Cup u16, part of the Bolivian Davis Cup team... won J4 singles and doubles, National Champion in Bolivia.
Personal
Born: November 22 at La Paz, Bolivia ... Parents: Miguel Navarro and Veronica Ibargüen ... One brother, one sister.
- 2025 AAC All-Conference Doubles
- 2025 CSC Academic All-District
- 2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
- Conference USA Honor Roll (2023)
- Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2023)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
- Conference USA Men's Tennis Athlete of the Week (3/8/23), (4/12/23)
2024-25 (Junior)
Earned AAC All-Conference Doubles honors after posting a 13-8 doubles record, including a 10-3 duals mark ... Also went 8-10 in singles this year, including a 7-7 duals mark ... Did not lose a doubles match after facing Oklahoma State on March 18, winning six of his final eight doubles matches with partner Petro Kuzmenok ... Moved to the No. 1 doubles position on Feb. 20 ... Went undefeated during the AAC Tournament in doubles, winning three-straight matches against higher seeded and ranked teams by a score of 7-5 all three days ... Played the No. 3 position in all but one match in singles this year ... Was the clinching point in the conference championship match, earning Rice's first AAC conference title in program history.
2023-24 (Sophomore)
Compiled records of 5-3 and 5-7 in singles and doubles play, respectively, before his year was cut short by injury... Won each of his first two singles matches of the dual match season, 6-0, 6-0, against Prairie View A&M and Lamar... Went 2-2 at the first position of the doubles lineup playing alongside Yasha Zemel and Trinity Grear.
2022-23 (Freshman)
Spring: 9-10 in singles (with six clinch points) and 13-4 in doubles in his first year of action… Over his last 12 matches, he was 9-3 in singles and 10-1 in doubles… Dropped his first seven singles matches to open the year, but was 9-3 down the stretch and twice earned C-USA Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week honors…. The first award came on 3/8 after providing a clinch point vs. Portland and then keyed Rice’s 4-3 win at #68 New Mexico by clinching the doubles point and then providing a quick second point as the Owls defeated a ranked for the first time since 2017… Earned his second honor on 4/12 after combining with Campbell Salmon to clinch the doubles point vs. #34 UTSA and then won a pair of tiebreak sets to provide the clinching point and give Rice a 4-3 win 7-6(4), 4-6, 7-6(5)… was 4-2 in tiebreaker, winning his last four… Won 10 of his last 11 doubles matches with Salmon, including his first career appearance at the first line vs. William & Mary. Fall: Took two of three singles matches in is first collegiate action, advancing to the round of 32 at the Texas ITA Regional.
Juniors
Top-ranked junior in Bolivia as a senior in high school... A member of the Bolivian national team since u12, qualified to the Junior Davis Cup u16, part of the Bolivian Davis Cup team... won J4 singles and doubles, National Champion in Bolivia.
Personal
Born: November 22 at La Paz, Bolivia ... Parents: Miguel Navarro and Veronica Ibargüen ... One brother, one sister.
| Singles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 11-11 | 2-1 | 9-10 | - | 0-3 | 2-2 | 7-5 | - | - |
| 2023-24 | 5-3 | 2-1 | 3-2 | - | - | - | - | 3-2 | - |
| TOTAL | 16-14 | 4-2 | 12-12 | - | 0-3 | 2-2 | 7-5 | 3-2 | - |
| Doubles | Overall | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 13-5 | 0-1 | 13-4 | 4-1 | 9-3 | - |
| 2023-24 | 5-7 | 2-4 | 3-3 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| TOTAL | 18-12 | 2-5 | 13-4 | 4-1 | 9-3 | - |
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