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2025-2026 Men's Tennis Roster

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Azuma Visaya

Azuma Visaya

  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • High School:
    Hibernian Private School
  • Prev School:
    UCLA

Summary

Biography

Awards & Honors
  • 2026 All-Big West First Team - Singles
  • 2026 All-Big West First Team - Doubles
  • Big West Player of the Week (Jan. 14, 2026)
  • 2025-26 Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Honor Roll (3.00-3.20 GPA)
  • 2026 Academic All-Big West
  • 2025 All-Big West First Team - Doubles with Quinn Snyder
  • 2025 All-Big West Second Team - Singles
  • 2025 Big West Player of the Week (Jan. 8, Jan. 15, Feb. 5)
  • Climbed as high as No. 48 in the ITA rankings in 2026 (Feb. 5, 2025)
Spring 2026
  • Appeared in 19 dual matches, finishing his senior campaign with a 9-8 overall record–all played on the No. 1 Court
  • Recorded two match-clinching wins at Northern Arizona (Feb.14) and on Senior Day against UC Davis (April 9)
    • Against NAU, first won his doubles match with partner Toa Maeda 6-3 over Noa Tcherniack and Jakub Volesky on Court 2. Then in singles, defeated Tcherniack 6-3, 6-0 to seal the 4-0 sweep over the Lumberjacks. 
    • Defeated UC Davis’ Lucas Bollinger in three, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0 to clinch the win over the Aggies 4-1
  • Won three-straight singles matches in straight sets against Portland’s Nikola Keremedchiev (Jan. 31), UC Riverside’s Lucas Suarez (Feb. 12), and vs. Northern Arizona’s Noa Tcherniack (Feb. 14)
  • Seven of Visaya’s nine wins came in straight-sets
  • In doubles, competed in 19 dual matches with partner Toa Maeda all on the No. 2 Court.
  • Recorded a 10-6 doubles mark
    • Went on a five-match win streak with Maeda, defeating BYU’s  Caden Hasler/TJ Wells (Jan. 30), Portland’s Tom Gqrcia/Stefan Skobelev (Jan. 31), UC Riverside’s Owen Pearson/Lucas Mszyca (Feb. 12), Northern Arizona’s Tcherniack/Jakub Volesky (Feb. 14), and Grand Canyon’s Tristqan Berard/Andreas Loizas (Feb. 15)
    • Finished season strong–winning last four-straight decisions over No. 30 UC Santa Barbara’s Dominique Rolland/Conrad Brown (Mar. 26), UC Irvine’s Tal Goodman/Hiroki Sakagawa (April 17), UC San Diego’s Andrew BeceiroPrathinav Chunduru (April 19), and UC Davis’ Lucas Bollinger/Kurt Miller in the Big West Championship (April 23).
Fall 2025
  • Started the Fall ranked in the ITA at No. 65 
  • Won the Big West Fall Invite singles title at the Arnhold Tennis Center, defeating UC Davis’ Lucas Bollinger in straight sets, 7-6 (6), 6-1 to advance to Intercollegiste Tennis Association’s (ITA) Master’s tournament.
  • Finished the Fall with a 6-4 singles record
Spring 2025 (Junior)
  • Recorded a 7-10 overall and a 1-3 conference record all playing on the No. 1 court
  • Won four-straight singles matches from Jan. 9-Feb. 1
  • 77th-ranked Visaya upset #22 Jamie Connel of 10th-ranked Florida State in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (9). In same match Visaya and doubles partner Tian hao Hou knocked off FSU's Joshua Dous-Karpensc and Jan Sebastian, 6-3.
  • Entered the spring ranked No. 77 in the ITA
  • In doubles, notched an 8-9 overall record--all on the No. 1 court. Went 4-2 with partner Quinn Snycer and 4-7 with Tianhao Hou
  • Won final four-straight doubles matches with Snyder to end the season

Fall 2024 (Junior)
  • Had a strong Fall season in his Rainbow Warrior debut recording a 9-4 singles record and a 4-4 doubles mark with partner Quinn Snyder in the revamped Fall season
  • In singles,notched his first win as a Rainbow Warrior in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) All-American pre-qualifying consolation round, upsetting Washington's 108th-ranked Cesar Bouchelaghem, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
  • Fell in the ITA Southwest Regionals (Kiwanis Tennis Center - Tempe, Ariz.) to UCSB's 11th-seeded Gianluca Brunkow, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
  • Visaya and doubles partner Quinn Snyder fell in the ITA Conference Masters Championship third place match at the Rome Tennis Center in Rome, Ga. The duo fell just short of becoming the first doubles pair from Hawai‘i to advance to the NCAA Championships (Top Three advance). UH fell to UNC Charlotte's Vasco Prata and Matias Iturbe, 7-6 (6), 6-3
Prior to UH:
  • Played two seasons at UCLA before transferring to Hawai‘i
  • During his two-year UCLA career, Visaya compiled an 18-11 overall singles record (8-4 in dual matches) primarily playing at No. 4 in the lineup.
  • As a sophomore, he clinched the Bruins' win over LMU with a straight-set victory on the No. 6 singles court.
  • As a freshman, posted a team-high tying three match-clinching points—including a clutch 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-1 winner-take-all result to defeat Arizona State.
  • In 2023, he reached the third round of the ITA Southwest Regional
  • In the classroom, Visaya earned a spot on the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll three of four semesters.
Prep:
  • A 2022 graduate of Hibernian Private School in Naples, Fla....also attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla.
  • Was tabbed a "Blue Chip" recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
  • In 2019, was ranked as high as No. 10 nationally.
  • Was the No. 1 ranked player in the state of Hawai'i by TennisRecruiting.net.
  • During his prep career, he rose to a career-high ITF junior ranking of 74 (No. 13 in the United States).
Personal: 
  • Majoring in sociology
  • Has an older brother and a younger sister
  • Parents are Edward and Hatsumi Visaya of Honolulu, O‘ahu
  • competed in qualifier for 2021 US Open and Wimbledon Junior Championships and achieved a top-100 ITF junior ranking

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