Murray State University Athletics
Women’s Tennis Signs Widan For Spring 2025 Signing Class
11/14/2024 10:14:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Rebecca Widan signs with the Racers out of Cape Town, South Africa.
The Murray State women's tennis program made a new addition to its roster after signing Cape Town, South Africa native Rebecca Batya Widan. Widan is set to join the team in Spring 2025 following her high school graduation in December.
Widan arrives to Murray after rounding out her high school career at Reddam House Constantia, a private school in Cape Town. She was the third-ranked player in the South Africa junior rankings and a career-high 804th in the ITF World Junior Rankings.
"Rebecca is a great athlete and a fierce competitor with lots of national and international experience which will give us even more depth and options in our line up," head coach Jorge Caetano said. "From the moment Rebecca stepped on our campus on her visit I knew she would be a great fit for our program."
Widan most recently competed at the South Africa U-18 National Championships in June, finishing as a semifinalist in singles play. Since April 2023 she has won a doubles championship (August 2023), been a three-time singles semifinalist, three-time singles quarterfinalist, two-time doubles quarterfinalist and semifinalist, and was a doubles runner-up in July 2023 at J30 Nairobi, Kenya.
"She is extremely hardworking, well-spoken and a great student," Caetano added. "She hit it off with the girls fairly quickly which will definitely help her adapt to playing college team tennis and I can't wait to have her joining our team in January."
Widan's compiled recent results since April 2023 are listed below.
June 2024
South Africa U-18 National Championships – Singles Semifinalist
December 2023
J30 Cape Town, South Africa – Singles Quarterfinalist and Doubles Semifinalist
October 2023
J100 Gaborone, Botswana – Doubles Quarterfinalist
August 2023
J60 Kigali, Rwanda – Singles Semifinalist and Doubles Champion
July 2023
J60 Nairobi, Kenya – Singles and Doubles Quarterfinalist
J30 Nairobi, Kenya – Singles Quarterfinalist and Doubles Runner-up
April 2023
J30 Gaborone, Botswana – Singles and Doubles Semifinalist
For more information on the Murray State women's tennis program, visit GoRacers.com or follow @RacersWTennis on X and Instagram.
Widan arrives to Murray after rounding out her high school career at Reddam House Constantia, a private school in Cape Town. She was the third-ranked player in the South Africa junior rankings and a career-high 804th in the ITF World Junior Rankings.
"Rebecca is a great athlete and a fierce competitor with lots of national and international experience which will give us even more depth and options in our line up," head coach Jorge Caetano said. "From the moment Rebecca stepped on our campus on her visit I knew she would be a great fit for our program."
Widan most recently competed at the South Africa U-18 National Championships in June, finishing as a semifinalist in singles play. Since April 2023 she has won a doubles championship (August 2023), been a three-time singles semifinalist, three-time singles quarterfinalist, two-time doubles quarterfinalist and semifinalist, and was a doubles runner-up in July 2023 at J30 Nairobi, Kenya.
"She is extremely hardworking, well-spoken and a great student," Caetano added. "She hit it off with the girls fairly quickly which will definitely help her adapt to playing college team tennis and I can't wait to have her joining our team in January."
Widan's compiled recent results since April 2023 are listed below.
June 2024
South Africa U-18 National Championships – Singles Semifinalist
December 2023
J30 Cape Town, South Africa – Singles Quarterfinalist and Doubles Semifinalist
October 2023
J100 Gaborone, Botswana – Doubles Quarterfinalist
August 2023
J60 Kigali, Rwanda – Singles Semifinalist and Doubles Champion
July 2023
J60 Nairobi, Kenya – Singles and Doubles Quarterfinalist
J30 Nairobi, Kenya – Singles Quarterfinalist and Doubles Runner-up
April 2023
J30 Gaborone, Botswana – Singles and Doubles Semifinalist
For more information on the Murray State women's tennis program, visit GoRacers.com or follow @RacersWTennis on X and Instagram.
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