Olaya Garrido-Rivas was hired as the head women鈥檚 tennis coach. She came to 大象传媒 Western after two seasons as an assistant women鈥檚 tennis coach at NCAA Division I member Middle Tennessee State. A native of Gijon, Asturias, Spain, she was a second-team All-Big 12 selection as a women鈥檚 tennis player at Texas Christian University in 2017 and was named the Big 12 Women鈥檚 Tennis Newcomer of the Year in 2016 after transferring to TCU from the University of South Florida.
She received her bachelor鈥檚 degree in communications studies from TCU in 2017. Since graduating from Middle Tennessee with a master鈥檚 in leisure and sport management, Garrido-Rivas had been working as an instructor with the Rafa Nadal Academy.