Tarleton State University Athletics

WAC Player of the Year (2026) 
WAC Freshman of the Year (2025)
WAC Fall Tennis Invitational Singles Champion (2025) 
WAC Fall Tennis Invitational Doubles Champion (2025)
CSC Academic All-District (2025-26)
2x All-WAC First Team (2025-26)  
2x All-WAC Tournament Team (2025-26)
3x WAC Singles Player of the Week 

Sophomore (2025-26): 
Tarleton State's top singles player during the Texans' conference championship run ... Named WAC Player of the Year and earned a spot on the All-WAC First Team for the second time ... Earned a spot on the All-WAC Tournament Team ... Became the second player in the Division I era to earn WAC Player of the Year honors ... Captured the singles title as the No. 1 seed at the WAC Fall Tennis Invitational, qualifying for the ITA Conference Masters Championships in San Diego ... Advanced to the Round of 32 in the singles main draw at the ITA Texas Regional Championships ... Went 10-5 in singles at the No. 1 position and compiled a 15-4 doubles record ... Named WAC Singles Player of the Week twice (March 31 and April 14) ... Went on a four-match singles winning streak from March 17 - April 1 ... Won both her doubles matches with Duru Kuscu in the WAC Tournament, helping the Texans secure the doubles point ... Defeated UTA's Diana Kaibara 6-0, 6-4 in the WAC Semifinals to help the Texans reach the championship match ... Clinched the deciding point in doubles with Kuscu in the NCAA Tournament against No. 9 Texas, defeating Salma Drugdova/Eszter Meri 6-3 on Court 3 … Part of the first doubles wins in a Division I NCAA Tournament in program history … It was the first doubles win in an NCAA Tournament for the program since 2017 ... Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. 

Freshman (2024-25): 
Capped off her first year as a Texan with WAC Freshman of the Year, All-WAC First Team and All-WAC Tournament Team honors … Led the Texans in singles (15) and doubles wins (13) in 2025 … Second freshman in the last two years to clinch the conference's Freshman of the Year award (Emma Persson, 2023) … Competed at the No. 2 (1-0), No. 3 (2-2), No. 4 (6-1), and No. 5 (6-1) singles spots … Saw action on the No. 2 (2-1) and No. 3 (11-3) doubles spots … Collected six bagels (6-0 sets) in 2025, including one to clinch the match against eventual WAC champion GCU … Became the first Tarleton State freshman in the Division I Era to win her first six singles matches and defeat a Power 4 opponent (at Houston, Feb. 2) … Named WAC Singles Player of the Week on Feb. 4 … Helped the Texans knock off eventual WAC champion, GCU (4/4), with a three-set come-from-behind win on Court 5, winning the final six games to clinch the match … Helped the Texans clinch the doubles point in the WAC Semifinals with Clara Sobius, knocking off UT Arlington (4/18) on Court 3 … Obtained her final bagel of the season at the WAC Tournament to clinch a straight sets win on Court 5 against UT Arlington (4/18) … Finished as a doubles finalist in the consolation bracket of the 2024 ITA Texas Regional Championships with Ximena Morales … Recipient of the university's Freshman Leadership Award.

High School:
Trained in Seville, Spain before coming to Stephenville ... Graduated from Laurel Springs School in Ojai, California, owning a 4.28 GPA ...  Was ranked as high of a No. 372 International Tennis Federation (ITF) Junior Rankings ... Took first place in doubles in the J3 Santo Domingo in 2021 ... Also took first in singles in the J4 Leiria, second in singles in the J4 Santo Domingo, second in doubles in the J4 Santo Domingo, second in doubles in the J4 Guatemala, and first in doubles in the J5 Santo Domingo. 

Personal:
Has played tennis since she was three years-old ... Owns three nationalities (Dominican/American/Spanish), represents the Dominican Republic ... Currently speaks three different languages ... Daughter of Orquidea Rodriguez and Cristobal Castano ... Born February 14.