Holly Stewart

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2021 ITA Academic Honors for the Boise State women's tennis team.

Holly Stewart and Pauline Ernstberger talk before a doubles point.

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Women's tennis earns ITA Academic Honors 2020

Holly Stewart and Lilian Poling celebrate a point.

Holly Stewart & Lilian Poling talk before a doubles point.

Holly Stewart & Lilian Poling celebrate a point.

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Auckland, New Zealand
High School:
Selwyn High School
Height:
5-6
Major:
Communication
NIL Exchange:
Holly Stewart

HONORS & AWARDS

All-Mountain West in Doubles (2020)
3x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2023)
4x Academic All-Mountain West (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
3x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2023)

2022-23 | SENIOR SEASON

HONORS: ITA Scholar-Athlete.
OVERALL: Went 12-13 in singles play and 20-12 in doubles.
FALL: Went 7-4 in fall singles and 10-8 in doubles...advanced to the Blue Flight final at the Barb Chandler Classic (Sept. 23-25)...won the doubles championship with Joana Baptista at the Wildcat Invitational (Oct. 28-30).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 5-9 in singles at the No. 3 slot.
SPRING DOUBLES: Finished the season with a 10-8 record in doubles at the No. 2 position...broke the program record for career victories at the No. 2 doubles with her 35th in the MW Championship semifinal against UNLV (April 28).

2021-2022 | JUNIOR SEASON

HONORS: Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete.
OVERALL: Posted a 20-9 singles record overall…was 20-7 on the year in doubles… led the team in singles victories (20) and doubles victories (20).
FALL: Posted an 11-4 record in fall singles…finished the fall season with a 9-4 record in doubles…won the top-flight doubles championship with Joana Baptista at the ISU Fall Invite (Sept. 17-19)…took third place in the Blue Flight of the Barb Chandler Classic with partner Ana Conde Vendrell (Oct. 1-3)…went 5-1 between doubles and singles play at the Long Beach State Winter Invitational (Jan. 21-23).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 9-5 in spring singles…played the majority of her matches at the No. 3 position, going 9-4…finished conference play going 4-4 against MW opponents.
SPRING DOUBLES: Finished 11-3 in spring doubles…played all her matches at the No. 2 doubles spot with partner Shauna Heffernan…posted a 6-3 record against MW foes.

2020-2021 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HONORS: ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Mountain West ... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA).
OVERALL: Tallied a 9-5 overall record and a 5-2 conference mark in singles splitting time between the top three positions ... teamed up with Pauline Ernstberger to record a team-best doubles record at 14-3.
FALL: There was no fall season in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 9-5 overall going a combined 2-3 record at No. 1 (0-2) and 2 (2-1) singles all in nonconference play ... moved to the third position where she dominated going 7-2 with six wins decided in straight-sets ... tallied a 5-2 MW mark on court three with wins over San Diego State (6-2, 6-2), Utah State (6-2, 7-6(5)), Nevada (6-1, 6-2), Fresno State (6-1, 7-5) and Colorado State (7-5, 6-3).
SPRING DOUBLES: Finished spring going 14-3 doubles matches at the No. 2 position with Pauline Ernstberger … the duo had a nine-match win streak to open the campaign and won 12 of their first 13 contests ... claimed nonconference victories over pairs from BYU (6-3) and Utah (6-3), as well as league wins over Air Force (6-1), San Diego State (6-2), Utah State (6-3), San Jose State (6-4), Fresno State (6-4) and Colorado State (6-3).

2019-2020 | FRESHMAN SEASON

HONORS: All-Mountain West, Doubles ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Mountain West.
OVERALL: Joined the Broncos in January 2020 prior to the spring duals season … went 10-1 overall in singles matches in her first year with the Broncos…went 9-2 overall in doubles matches.
SPRING SINGLES: With a 10-1 spring singles record she was tied with Vanessa Timm for the team lead in singles wins … owned the team’s best singles winning percentage (minimum five matches played) with a mark of .909 … earned her first career singles victory as a Bronco against Seattle U’s Jillian Rasmussen 6-2, 6-0 (Jan. 24) … nine of her 10 wins came in consecutive-set matches … finished the year on an eight-match winning streak … majority of her matches were played at the No. 3 position, where she went 6-1 … was a combined 4-0 at the No. 1 and 2 positions.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 9-2 in spring doubles matches…played all doubles matches as the Broncos No. 1 duo with Lilian Poling…she and Poling led the team in doubles wins.

Remainder of season canceled March 12 due to coronavirus pandemic.

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE

Won back-to-back New Zealand National Championships in doubles competitions (2017, 2018)…represented New Zealand in the World Junior Teams Finals…held the No. 2 ranking in New Zealand’s 18U doubles in 2019…ranked No. 1 in New Zealand’s U16 singles in 2017… received the Chris Lewis Honors Award which honors the highest ranked Auckland junior in the ITF rankings.