LAS CRUCES, N.M. - NM State's Director of Athletics Mario Moccia has named Emily Wang (pronounced wong) the seventh NM State head women's tennis coach on Friday.
Wang joins NM State after spending the last two seasons at the helm for the Eastern Illinois University Panthers. In her two seasons with EIU, Wang guided the team to back-to-back 14-win seasons for the first time since the 1993-94 campaigns.
During her time leading the Panthers, Grace Summers and Kelly Iden were named to the All-Ohio Valley Conference team both seasons. Iden also became the second player in program history to earn three-straight all-conference honors.
Prior to her post at EIU, Wang served as the Dodds Tennis Center Senior Tennis Professional for the Champaign Parks District for seven years. There she instructed both adult and youth programs and coached various sectional and national youth tournaments. Wang was also an assistant coach at Centennial High School for the 2013-14 season during that stretch, and helped lead the team to a 10-5 overall mark - including a second-place finish in the Illinois High School Association Sectionals.
The Lawrence, Kan., native graduated from the University of Illinois in 2007 after spending four years on the Illini women's tennis team. A captain her senior year, Wang was a staple for Illinois at the top doubles position and split time at the No. 4-6 singles slots. During her time in Champaign, Wang helped the Fighting Illini total 42 wins, including an NCAA Tournament appearance as a freshman where she and teammate Isabel Jarosz captured Illinois' lone doubles victory.
Wang is also a member of the United States Professional Tennis Association.