Miho Kowase (2023) | Hall of Fame Inductees

Miho Kowase

Induction:
2023

Miho Kowase, one of the winningest players in Ohio State women’s tennis history, ended her career as an NCAA doubles champion and with the most combined singles and doubles victories for the Scarlet and Gray. She and Francesca Di Lorenzo won five matches in five days to claim the 2017 national crown, the first in program history. Kowase is the program’s all-time leader in singles (112) and combined (213) wins and ranks second with 101 doubles victories. A three-time All-Big Ten selection and 2017 All-American in doubles, she posted 90 career dual match singles wins (including a perfect 27-0 mark as a senior), the most for a Buckeye in at least 27 years, and is tied for first in career dual match singles wins (71) in that span. She was named to the Collegiate All-Star Team in 2017, when she was also selected for the ITA Midwest Region Senior Award, and she received the ITA Midwest Region Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship in 2016. Kowase and her classmates posted a school-record 102 victories and made four NCAA Tournament appearances, including quarterfinal and semifinal trips, along with winning back-to-back Big Ten regular season and tournament titles. A standout academically, Kowase was a four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete and a three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree.