Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Tennis Adds Safiya Carrington
April 12, 2023 | Cowgirl Tennis
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State's women's tennis team has added a blue-chip transfer for the 2023-24 season with the signing of Safiya Carrington, it was announced today by Cowgirl head coach Chris Young.
"We are excited to welcome Safiya to Cowgirl tennis next year," Young said. "I have known her and her family for many years and I'm excited to work with her. She has a lot of experience competing at the top of the lineup throughout her career and I believe her best tennis is still to come."
The Massachusetts native will make her way to Stillwater as a graduate transfer after spending four seasons at Louisiana State University (LSU).
Carrington holds a 53-46 record in singles action and a 44-45 record in doubles while ranked as high as No. 57 in singles and No. 37 in doubles in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Rankings. In addition, she holds a 9.98 Universal Tennis Rating.
Carrington is a two-time second team All-SEC selection and a three-time second team All-Louisiana selection. In 2022, she was named a SEC Player of the Week and was also selected to the 2021 SEC Newcomer team.
Before LSU, Carrington earned 47 wins across various International Tennis Federation tournaments in four years and was ranked as high as No. 15 in the 2019 class, according to tennisrecruting.net.
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