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Incoming recruits Tyler Bowers, Oliver Okonkwo, Kenta Miyoshi look to bolster Illinois men’s tennis – The Daily Illini
Sidney Malone
The Illinois males’s tennis workforce cheers on from the perimeters of the courts throughout matches towards Baylor at Atkins Tennis Middle on March 4. The workforce has recruited Tyler Bowers from William and Reed Academy, Kenya Miyoshi from MITA Worldwide College in Japan and Oliver Okonkwo who transferred from Iowa.
After a mediocre season ending 14-14 the Illinois males’s tennis workforce seems so as to add helpful recruits in hopes of getting a extra profitable season subsequent 12 months.
Thus far the workforce has two recruits seeking to convey that enchancment the workforce is at present searching for. They’d the quantity 6 ranked recruiting class in 2021 and discover themselves with an unranked recruiting class this 12 months.
Incoming freshman Tyler Bowers is a 4-star recruit from William and Reed Academy. He comes into Illinois because the 76th ranked recruit nationally for males’s tennis and the 4th ranked recruit in Illinois, as he hails from Bloomington, Illinois. As well as, Bowers hoisted the 2019 IHSA workforce trophy and doubles trophy in his freshman season. He seems to be a optimistic addition to the workforce that holds loads of potential.
Worldwide recruit Kenta Miyoshi is unranked, and comes from MITA Worldwide College in Japan. He joins the Illini workforce with a profession document of 48 wins and 21 losses. In juniors, Miyoshi was an All-Japan champion for U-15s, and got here runner up for the All-Japan U-18 competitors later. Miyoshi additionally has loads of potential that he’ll hopefully capitalize on as part of the Illini.
The ultimate recruit for Illinois is a significant addition to this system, as senior switch Oliver Okonkwo from Berkshire, U.Ok., joins for 2022. Okonkwo joins after three seasons with the Iowa Hawkeyes, reaching a No. 2 rating in doubles within the 2021 spring season. After shedding seven gamers in simply two seasons, Okonkwo will assist bolster the Illini’s veteran presence on the courtroom.
The Illini completed this earlier season with a .500 document, leaving this system with an unusually poor 12 months. The workforce will hope their recruits attain their full potential together with the 2021 recruits as they await trying ahead to a brighter future.
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