University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics

Rosie Vera Cruz was half of the most dominant women’s tennis doubles team at UH and in the state in the 1980s with partner Rose Thomas. The four-year co-captains played No. 1 doubles their entire careers with a 138-14 record, 12 tournament wins and a 50-match winning streak. They won the 1982 Sugar Bowl as a two-person team, taking the doubles title while Vera Cruz captured the singles championship. Vera Cruz ranks No. 2 in UH career victories (105). The duo was unbeaten in local women’s tournaments from 1978-87.