Stephanie Vallejos was named women's tennis head coach on August 17, 2011.
In her fourth season, Vallejos continued to put emphasis on hard work in the classroom and in the community as the Broncs earned the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA) AD Cup Award for serving the most community service hours and were named the UTPA Academic Team of the Year for having the highest Grade Point Average in the department.
The Broncs were name an Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team while also having three student-athletes named ITA Scholar Athletes. They also had six student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll while six student-athletes earned the honor in the spring while three earned Spring Academic All-WAC honors.
On the court, the team recorded double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons for only the second time in program history. After posting 13 wins in 2014, the Broncs won 11 matches on their way to another second seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.
Vallejos coached Katia Stavroulaki to First Team All-WAC Singles honors while coaching Reegan Greenwood to Second Team All-WAC Singles honors. Stavroulaki and Greenwood also earned Second Team All-WAC Doubles honors.
In her third season, the program under Vallejos continued to show that they could dominate in the classroom as well as on the court.
The Broncs earned ITA All-Academic Team honors and had seven student-athletes earn ITA Scholar Athlete honors. The Broncs were also named UTPA Female Academic Team of the Year as they had seven student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll and all ten earn spring honors. The Broncs also had five student-athletes earn Spring Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors.
On the court, the Brons had one of their best seasons in program history as they recorded 13 wins, the third most in program history. The Broncs opened their home schedule with a victory over Prairie View A&M and then added four straight road victories. The Broncs also set the program record with six straight victories Texas A&M-Kingsville, Kansas City, Prairie View A&M, Grambling State, Alcorn State, and Louisiana at Lafayette. The Broncs earned the second seed in the Western Athletic Conference Tournament before falling to New Mexico State in the opening round.
Her second season saw the Broncs continue to excel in the classroom while showing improvement on the court.
The Broncs were honored as the Female Academic Team of the Year at the student-athlete-awards banquet for the second year in a row for having the highest GPA among female teams and the second highest overall at UTPA. All nine student-athletes earned Spring AD Honor Roll honors while five earned the recognition in the fall.
On the court, the Broncs won six of their final 10 matches, finishing with twice as many wins as in the year before. The Broncs picked up their first win in dominating fashion, taking 76 of 78 (.974) games to beat the University of the Southwest 7-0 on March 1. The next day, the Broncs had a similar effort against Schreiner, winning 96 of 107 (.897) games to win 7-0. The Broncs completed a 3-1 home stand with a 5-2 victory over Prairie View A&M on March 22. The Broncs played their final six matches at neutral sites or on the road, picking up a 4-3 win over Idaho State in Flagstaff, Arizona, on March 31, and then sweeping through the first two rounds of the National Invitational Tennis Tournament, 7-0 over Northern Kentucky, and 6-1 over Chicago State, in Edison, New Jersey on April 20.
During her first season, the Broncs showed off considerable prowess in the classroom while competing hard on the court.
The Broncs were honored as the Female Academic Team of the Year at the annual student-athlete awards banquet, not just for having the highest GPA among female teams, but in the entire athletic department as well. All five student-athletes who were part of the team during both the fall and spring semesters had GPAs of 3.0 or higher to earn AD Honor Roll honors during both semesters.
On the court, the Broncs earned their first win for Vallejos in her home state of California, 5-2 at CSU Bakersfield, on February 18. The Broncs also gave Vallejos a nice welcome by winning their home opener, 7-0 over Texas A&M-Kingsville, on March 2 at the Orville Cox Tennis Center.
Vallejos’ first season also saw the Broncs host the Great West Conference Championship at the HEB Tennis Center in Harlingen. The Broncs earned the No. 3 seed, setting up a rematch with CSU Bakersfield that the Broncs won 4-0. The Broncs finished fourth at the tournament.
Vallejos spent the previous three seasons on the Northern Arizona University women’s tennis coaching staff. She was a full-time assistant coach for her last two seasons and a graduate assistant coach in 2009.
During the 2010-11 season, Vallejos helped the Lumberjacks to a 13-11 record, including a 7-1 conference mark and a trip to their fourth-consecutive Big Sky Championship. NAU was ranked ninth in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women’s Division-I Mountain Region Rankings.
The Lumberjacks went 13-7 during her first season an assistant coach, including a 6-1 victory over UTPA in El Paso (at UTEP). The Lumberjacks went 7-1 in conference, but fell in the Big Sky Championship.
Vallejos played for Northern Arizona from 2005-through-2008, leading the Lumberjacks to 15 wins and a 7-1 record in the Big Sky Conference as senior. She amassed a 15-6 singles record and a 7-1 mark in conference play while winning her final nine matches. Vallejos also went 16-5 (7-1 Big Sky) in doubles competition in 2008.
Vallejos earned All-Big Sky first team honors in 2008, which was NAU’s best season since 2002.
A 2003 graduate of Benicia High School in northern California, Vallejos led her squad to an undefeated record in 2001 and the MEL Conference Championship. Vallejos was ranked #1 in Northern California Section in the 18 and under division in 2002 and was nationally-ranked in the top 40 in the 14, 16, and 18 and under from 1999-2002.
Vallejos was a two-time Pacific Coast national champion in singles and doubles, as well as a Junior Fed Cup player for Northern California in 2002.
