EWU women's tennis announces addition of Scout Mathews

Mathews is a five-star top-50 recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net and will join the Eagles next season

 

Last updated 4/16/2020 at 12:14pm



CHENEY – Eastern Washington University head women’s tennis coach Dustin Hinson has announced another addition to the 2020-21 roster in Scout Mathews. Mathews inked her National Letter of Intent on March 12, prior to the NCAA recruiting freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“I’m very excited to welcome Scout to EWU and to the Eagle tennis program,” Hinson said. “She is a very talented and experienced national-level athlete with outstanding results. She will immediately strengthen our team from a tennis perspective.” 

Mathews hails from Ojai, Calif., where she was homeschooled but spent most of her high school years at Weil Tennis Academy. According to TennisRecruiting.net, she is a top-50 five-star class of 2020 recruit and is undefeated against every other five-star recruit she’s faced in the last year. 

Over the summer, Mathews won five matches in Southern Level 1, falling to only to an UTR 11 opponent in the semifinals. In Southern Level 2 competition last spring, she also won five matches, including a match in the finals. 

In the fall of 2018, Mathews played at the Southern Level 1A and earned a third-place finish after winning five matches. She picked up big victories over Power 5 conference commits before falling in the quarterfinals. 

Mathews competed on the National Clay Courts in 2018 where she recorded a 2-1 overall record before falling to an UTR 11 opponent. 

She also made it to the finals in Ojai in girl’s 14’s and 16’s.

“When we welcomed Scout to campus for a visit, we all felt an immediate comfort level and we shared the same passion and desire for doing something great, something bigger than what we can do individually,” Hinson said. “That type of energy is infectious and exemplifies the type of leadership I’m continually seeking to add to our program. She has all of the tools and determination to have a really successful college tennis career and I’m very glad to welcome her to the Eagle tennis family.”

 

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