Entering her first year as an assistant coach with the Cerritos College women’s tennis program, Jenny Tsai will be working with Alvin Kim, who took over responsibility of the program this year. Tsai will lead the team to matches when the men’s and women’s programs are playing at different sites. As a player, Tsai prepped at Cerritos High School, where she was a three-time 1^st Team all-league selection and was voted her team’s Most Valuable Player three years in a row.

    She transferred to Cal Poly Pomona, where she was a four-year letterman. In singles play over her career, Tsai played as the team’s #1 singles player her senior and junior years, while she was their #2 player as a sophomore and #4 her freshman season. Tsai posted a career singles record of 44-38, which included a 17-22 mark at #1. As a junior, she advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA West Regional Championships before dropping a 7-5, 6-4 score to Elena Hudzikova of the University of Hawaii-Pacific. As a sophomore, she reached the semi-finals until a 1-6. 0-6 loss to Yuliya Ustyuzhanina of the University of BYU-Hawaii.

    In doubles play while at Cal Poly Pomona, Tsai finished with a 43-34 mark, which included a 15-4 record teaming with Katrina Holmberg her freshman and sophomore year. The two advanced to the ITA West Regional Championships her freshman year, but were defeated by Ustyuzhanina and Tetyana Bula, who were seeded #3. She teamed with Jessica Winkler as a junior to advance to the quarterfinals, but were beaten by Ingrid Cseh and Tinka Mihova of the University of Hawaii-Pacific.

    Tsai earned her Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from Cal Poly Pomona and is continuing her studies to be a physical therapist.