Ike tennis finishes season ranked among Michigan's best programs

Eisenhower High School varsity tennis is continuing to set a state level standard of excellence.

The team completed a successful spring season as runner up for the state title and a large collection of individual honors.

“This team was a lot of fun to coach,”  said coach Michael Pearson,  “We have girls extremely dedicated and they all work very hard all year to represent Eisenhower and our community with class, sportsmanship, and passion. “

Individual honors earned by the team include:

• Gabby Sadowski finished her career 88-3 and signed a full ride scholarship to play at Boston University next fall.  She was also selected as Miss Tennis for the state of Michigan over all 4 divisions for MHSTeCA.
• Morgan Emerick is back-to-back state champion at #2 singles.  She went 37-0 this season and has a 2-year record of 74-1 overall. 
• ·Alexis Gabriel and Kara Lu won the state title at #1 doubles and finished the season 34-3.  Gabriel is a three-time state champion and broke the school record for doubles wins with 129 over 4 years.  Lu currently sits at 95 doubles win and counting with her senior year left.  
• Sofia Gardner was the state runner-up at #4 singles and finished the year 31-3 overall.  Sofia had 109 career wins in 4 years.  
• The team was all academic for MHSTeCA with a 3.60 GPA.  Gabby, Alexis, and Sofia were senior individual all academic too with over a 3.75 GPA. 

Pearson said the future is bright for the program.

“Coach (Kevin) Donahue and I love working with the team and look forward to many years to follow,” he said. “We return a core of players eager to get better and are up for the challenge of continuing the success of Eisenhower Tennis next season!”