2025-26 Men's Tennis Roster
Kurata, Taiyo
Taiyo Kurata
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Hiroshima, Japan
- Height:
- 5-7
- Prev School:
- Idaho
- Major:
- Marketing
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- NCAA Championship Team Participant (2025)
- Mountain West Regular Season Team Champion (2025)
- Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team (2025)
- All-Big Sky Singles Honorable Mention (2023*)
- All-Big Sky Doubles Second Team (2023*)
- 3x Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete (2023*, 2024*, 2025)
- Academic All-Mountain West (2025)
- Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2025)
- 2x Big Sky All-Academic Team (2023*, 2024*)
* = at previous school
JUNIOR (2024-25)
- Honors: Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team for No. 2 doubles...team advanced to NCAA Championship tournament with an at-large bid...team won the Mountain West Regular Season championship...Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete...Academic All-Mountain West...Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA).
- Notable Statistics and Rankings: Recorded a 12-10 overall singles mark...went 20-14 in doubles, tying for team high for doubles victories...32 combined wins on the year.
- Fall Season: Tallied an 8-8 singles record and 7-4 doubles mark during four competitions...first action as a Bronco came at the ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains (Sept. 27-29) going 2-2 in singles and 4-1 in doubles, winning the doubles consolation title next to Dylan Jaen...went 2-1 in singles at ITA Mountain Regional (Oct. 17-22)...reached the semifinal round in both singles and doubles (with Idriss Haddouch) at the Gonzaga Fall Invite (Nov. 8-10).
- Spring Season: Played sparingly in singles going 3-0 in team duals...had a win at No. 6 singles over VCU (Jan. 26) during the ITA Kickoff Weekend helping Broncos to victory...also won at No. 4 singles versus Eastern Washington (Jan. 31) and at No. 6 versus Montana State (April 14), both in straight sets helping team to wins...played big role in doubles play during the spring semester dual campaign going 12-6 overall and 10-5 on court two...went 10-4 with Julius Seifert at No. 2 doubles...was named to the Mountain West Championship All-Tournament Team (April 25) with Seifert as the No. 2 doubles team.
SOPHOMORE (2023-24 at Idaho)
- Honors: ITA Scholar-Athlete...Big Sky All-Academic Team.
- Notable Statistics and Rankings: Went 14-12 in singles overall, 4-9 in spring duals…tallied a doubles mark of 6-12 overall.
- Fall Season: Finished fall season at 10-3 in singles and 3-7 in doubles.
- Spring Season: Split time between the No. 1 and 2 singles positions for the Vandals and finished with a 4-9 in team duals during the spring semester…played in the top two doubles positions, going 3-5 in duals.
FRESHMAN (2022-23 at Idaho)
- Honors: All-Big Sky Honorable Mention in Singles…All-Big Sky Second Team in Doubles…Big Sky Tournament Team Champion…ITA Scholar-Athlete...Big Sky All-Academic Team.
- Notable Statistics and Rankings: Completed year with a 22-18 singles mark, 12-9 in team duals and 5-1 in conference…went 24-13 in doubles, 13-8 in duals and 4-1 in league.
- Fall Season: Complied a 10-9 record in singles play with an 11-5 doubles mark.
- Spring Season: Split time primarily between the three, four and five positions in singles and finished with a 12-9 record...in doubles, he competed primarily on court two, where he went 10-6 and finished…helped guide Idaho to the 2023 Big Sky Conference Tournament Championship and a berth into the NCAA Championship.
WBB | Highlights vs Nevada
Monday, March 10
Arca Costas on Day One of General Patton Fall Invite
Saturday, September 17
Highlights from Saturday's General Patton Fall Invite
Saturday, September 17
Marquardt on Day One of General Patton Fall Invite
Friday, September 16
