University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Women's Tennis
Vallejos, Stephanie
Stephanie Vallejos
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Email:
- svallejos@louisiana.edu
- Phone:
- (337) 482-5951
Stephanie Vallejos is entering her ninth season as head women’s tennis coach for the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.
The 2023 spring saw the Cajuns post tremendous individual performances. Coming off a strong freshman campaign, Carla Urchoeguia won seven singles matches and was 10-6 as No. 1 doubles. Her partner freshman Angelique Berrat led the team in overall wins with 20 and finished with an 8-4 record as the No. 3 singles player. Cristina Tchanichev also had a strong freshman year with 10 singles victories, tying her with Berrat for the most on the team.
During the 2022 spring season, Vallejos led the team to its first victory in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament since 2014, defeating Georgia Southern 4-3. Urchoeguia led the way for the team with an 9-4 record in singles play, as a freshman, including a 6-1 mark in league play, while winning Sun Belt Player of the Week honors after big performances against South Alabama and Troy.
Vallejos led the 2020-21 team to a 9-2 start during the spring season, running through the state and beating SLU, McNeese and Northwestern State. Under Vallejos' guidance, she helped Floriane Picaut earn Second Team LSWA Honors and guided the team to an overall record of 38-11 in singles matches and 16-8 in doubles matches.
During 2019, the team tallied a 6-14 record but Vallejos coached another No. 1 singles to eight wins. This was the second time Vallejos guided a No. 1 singles player to eight wins in her tenure. With this, Vallejos has now coached two of the three No. 1 singles players to earn eight wins since 2013.
In 2015-16, Vallejos guided the Ragin' Cajuns to an 11-10 record, equaling the win total the previous two seasons that produced an 11-36 record. That year Louisiana placed a pair of student-athletes (Melissa Burckhartt and Kelly Drew) on the All-Sun Belt Conference team for the first time since 2011 while the Ragin' Cajuns closed out the regular-season with three straight wins, earned a 4-3 win over Western Kentucky and nearly pulling off an upset of nationally-ranked North Carolina State.
Prior to being named the school's 14th head coach on July 22, 2015, Vallejos spent four seasons at UT Pan American, where she led the Broncs to a pair of Western Athletic Conference Tournament appearances, a berth in the National Invitation Tennis Tournament and an appearance in the Great West Conference Tournament.
Vallejos led UTPA to back-to-back seasons of 10 or more wins for the second time in school history after the Broncs posted records of 13-8 in 2014 and 10-12 in 2015. Her 2015 team reached the championship match of the WAC Tournament where Katia Stavroulaki and Reegan Greenwood were each named to the All-Tournament team. Stavroulaki was also a first-team All-WAC selection in singles play and joined Greenwood in earning All-WAC honors in doubles.
Off the court, Vallejos continued to put emphasis on hard work in the classroom and in the community as the Broncs earned the UTPA AD Cup Award for serving the most community service hours. Vallejos’ squad was also named the UTPA Academic Team of the Year for having the highest Grade Point Average in the department.
The Broncs were the only school in the University of Texas System named as an 2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team while also having two student-athletes being named as ITA Scholar Athletes. They also had six student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll in 2014 while six student-athletes earned the honor in the spring. Additionally, three student-athletes earned Spring Academic All-WAC honors.
After the 2013-14 season, the Broncs earned ITA All-Academic Team honors and had seven student-athletes named as an ITA Scholar Athlete. 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 10 members earn spring honors. The Broncs also had five student-athletes earn Spring Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors.
Before her tenure at UTPA, Vallejos spent three seasons as an assistant at Northern Arizona where she helped the Lumberjacks to a 13-11 record and 7-1 mark in Big Sky Conference play. NAU made its fourth straight trip to the Big Sky Championship and was ranked ninth in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women’s Division I Mountain Region rankings.
Vallejos played for Northern Arizona from 2005-08, leading the Lumberjacks to 15 wins and a 7-1 record in the Big Sky Conference as a 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 No. 1 in the 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.
The 2023 spring saw the Cajuns post tremendous individual performances. Coming off a strong freshman campaign, Carla Urchoeguia won seven singles matches and was 10-6 as No. 1 doubles. Her partner freshman Angelique Berrat led the team in overall wins with 20 and finished with an 8-4 record as the No. 3 singles player. Cristina Tchanichev also had a strong freshman year with 10 singles victories, tying her with Berrat for the most on the team.
During the 2022 spring season, Vallejos led the team to its first victory in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament since 2014, defeating Georgia Southern 4-3. Urchoeguia led the way for the team with an 9-4 record in singles play, as a freshman, including a 6-1 mark in league play, while winning Sun Belt Player of the Week honors after big performances against South Alabama and Troy.
Vallejos led the 2020-21 team to a 9-2 start during the spring season, running through the state and beating SLU, McNeese and Northwestern State. Under Vallejos' guidance, she helped Floriane Picaut earn Second Team LSWA Honors and guided the team to an overall record of 38-11 in singles matches and 16-8 in doubles matches.
During 2019, the team tallied a 6-14 record but Vallejos coached another No. 1 singles to eight wins. This was the second time Vallejos guided a No. 1 singles player to eight wins in her tenure. With this, Vallejos has now coached two of the three No. 1 singles players to earn eight wins since 2013.
In 2015-16, Vallejos guided the Ragin' Cajuns to an 11-10 record, equaling the win total the previous two seasons that produced an 11-36 record. That year Louisiana placed a pair of student-athletes (Melissa Burckhartt and Kelly Drew) on the All-Sun Belt Conference team for the first time since 2011 while the Ragin' Cajuns closed out the regular-season with three straight wins, earned a 4-3 win over Western Kentucky and nearly pulling off an upset of nationally-ranked North Carolina State.
Prior to being named the school's 14th head coach on July 22, 2015, Vallejos spent four seasons at UT Pan American, where she led the Broncs to a pair of Western Athletic Conference Tournament appearances, a berth in the National Invitation Tennis Tournament and an appearance in the Great West Conference Tournament.
Vallejos led UTPA to back-to-back seasons of 10 or more wins for the second time in school history after the Broncs posted records of 13-8 in 2014 and 10-12 in 2015. Her 2015 team reached the championship match of the WAC Tournament where Katia Stavroulaki and Reegan Greenwood were each named to the All-Tournament team. Stavroulaki was also a first-team All-WAC selection in singles play and joined Greenwood in earning All-WAC honors in doubles.
Off the court, Vallejos continued to put emphasis on hard work in the classroom and in the community as the Broncs earned the UTPA AD Cup Award for serving the most community service hours. Vallejos’ squad was also named the UTPA Academic Team of the Year for having the highest Grade Point Average in the department.
The Broncs were the only school in the University of Texas System named as an 2015 Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-Academic Team while also having two student-athletes being named as ITA Scholar Athletes. They also had six student-athletes named to the Fall AD Honor Roll in 2014 while six student-athletes earned the honor in the spring. Additionally, three student-athletes earned Spring Academic All-WAC honors.
After the 2013-14 season, the Broncs earned ITA All-Academic Team honors and had seven student-athletes named as an ITA Scholar Athlete. 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 10 members earn spring honors. The Broncs also had five student-athletes earn Spring Academic All-Western Athletic Conference honors.
Before her tenure at UTPA, Vallejos spent three seasons as an assistant at Northern Arizona where she helped the Lumberjacks to a 13-11 record and 7-1 mark in Big Sky Conference play. NAU made its fourth straight trip to the Big Sky Championship and was ranked ninth in the final Intercollegiate Tennis Association Women’s Division I Mountain Region rankings.
Vallejos played for Northern Arizona from 2005-08, leading the Lumberjacks to 15 wins and a 7-1 record in the Big Sky Conference as a 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 No. 1 in the 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.
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