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EMU to Name New Tennis Complex After Claudia Wasik

10/4/2012 4:02:00 PM | Tennis

EMU graduate and E-Club Athletic Hall of Famer served the University for 32 years

YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) — Claudia Wasik has received a host of honors during her lifetime and the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Famer has been awarded yet another one as the new varsity tennis courts on west campus are officially dedicated as the Claudia Wasik Tennis Complex Saturday, Oct. 13.

Wasik enjoyed a long and illustrious career at EMU, as a student, professor, coach and mentor during her 32-year professional affiliation with the University.

A product of Pontiac Central High School, Wasik went on to earn both her bachelor's (1962) and master's (1968).  While an undergraduate, Wasik played tennis, field hockey and basketball for four years as well as being a member of the Mortar Board and president of Delta Zeta Sorority.

She went on to teach and coach basketball, volleyball and field hockey at Grosse Pointe University Liggett School from 1962-64 and spent the 1970-71 season as a tennis coach at Ohio State University before returning to her alma mater to join the physical education staff and become a collegiate head coach.

Wasik coached the EMU women's tennis team from 1979-80 through 1990-91 and recorded a 162-108 overall dual-meet record.  She was named Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year in 1986-87 when she led the then-Hurons to a second-place finish and was also named league Coach of the Year in 1983-84 after she directed her team to a third-place finish in the championships.  In 11 MAC seasons under Wasik, the team finished second twice, third eight times and fourth once.  Several of her athletics were individual MAC championship and also received academic awards.

Wasik also served as EMU's head volleyball coach from 1968-79.  Her 1975-76 women's volleyball team finished third in the State Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) meet.  She retired from coaching in 1991 and continued to teach in the physical education department until retiring from that position in 1996.

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