Yaroshuk-Tews Inducted to UM Sports Hall of Fame
March 30, 2012
CORAL GABLES, Fla. – University of Miami head women’s tennis coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame yesterday evening at the 44th Annual UM Sports Hall of Fame Induction Banquet held at Jungle Island. Yaroshuk-Tews was joined in the eight-member class by football players Ed Reed, Bryant McKinnie, Richard Mercier and Ray Bellamy, track star Patrina Allen, women’s basketball standout Desma Thomas Bateast and pitcher Robbie Morrison.
Paige Yaroshuk-Tews, Women’s Tennis Coach (2002-Present)
Miami’s all-time winningest coach with a 216-62 (.777) overall record … Has led Miami to the NCAA’s `Elite Eight’ five of last six seasons … Led the Canes to the 2006 NCAA Finals … Has coached four players to ACC Player of the Year honors since UM joined the ACC in 2005 … Coached eight different players to 17 All-America honors and one (Audra Cohen) to an NCAA Singles National title in 2007 … Won 20 matches in seven of last eight years …Has led UM to eight straight Top 15 ITA finishes and four Top 10 finishes in the last six seasons … Becomes part of the first father-daughter duo selected to the Hall as her father Ernie Yaroshuk (baseball) was inducted into the Class of 1992.
