Jessica Giuggioli

Title

Head Women's Tennis Coach
Email

jgiuggioli@radford.edu
Phone

831-7174

A former collegiate standout with vast knowledge of the game and limitless potential as a teacher, Jessica Giuggioli has been an extremely positive influence on the culture of the women's tennis program since being named head coach in March 2016.

With the program on the rise, Radford finished the 2018 season with a 10-12 mark and 3-5 clip in Big South play. The 10 wins marked a three-win improvement from the previous year and the three conference wins were the most since the 2015 season.

Drousile Dzeubou and Lotti Meszaros paced the Highlanders as the pair earned a pair of Big South honors.

With a 13-8 record and 6-2 clip in conference play, Dzeubou earned All-Big South First Team, marking the second straight season with conference honors. Finishing tied for the league lead in No. 1 conference singles wins, Dzeubou finished third in Big South Player of the Year voting.

Meszaros earned All-Big South Second Team honors after leading the team with a 14-6 record, finishing tied for fifth in wins among conference players. Posting a 5-3 record in conference play, Meszaros finished second in Big South Freshman of the Year voting.

The duo was named to the Big South Second Team in doubles after finishing with a 14-7 record and 5-3 mark in conference play. The 14 wins were tied for fourth most among Big South tandems.

In her first full season (2016-17), Giuggioli guided the Highlanders to a 7-13 record, a five-win improvement from the 2015-16 season. Radford also placed three players on All-Big South teams.

Drousile Dzeubou becomes the first Highlander to earn an all-conference singles honor since 2010 after posting a 13-7 overall record and 4-4 clip in league action. The freshman finished the regular season strong with an 8-2 record in the final 10 matches.

A year removed from going 1-5 in doubles play, Natalie Sayer and Meili Martin teamed up to go 11-5 on the season, including a 5-3 record in Big South play. A Radford tandem has not earned all-conference honors in doubles action since 1998.

The duo finished the regular season tied for third most wins by No. 1 doubles teams in the league. The regular season finished with Sayer and Martin winning five straight matches, going 8-2 in their final 10 matches.

Giuggioli comes to the New River Valley from nearby NCAA Division III member Emory & Henry, where she coached for three seasons.

While at Emory & Henry, Giuggioli led the Wasps to their first Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament since 2009 in her first season at the helm. Giuggioli coached the 2014 ODAC Women's Tennis Rookie of the Year, Stella Di Michele. Di Michele was all-league first team at No. 1 singles, and along with Lauren Riner, claimed All-ODAC accolades at No. 1 doubles.

Under Giuggioli leadership; Chiara Mossi, Sveva Mazzari and Di Michele earned regional rankings.

Giuggioli came to Emory & Henry after serving as a graduate assistant women's tennis coach at East Tennessee State University from 2011-13. At ETSU, she was responsible for planning and leading team practices, individual lessons and also monitoring academic success.

The Buccaneers posted a 26-15 overall record and a 15-2 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference play over her two seasons, including a 2011 A-Sun Regular Season Championships and a pair of A-Sun tournament runner-up finishes.

Prior to ETSU, Giuggioli was a standout at both the University of Missouri and the University of Kentucky. She achieved a No. 17 ITA Division I Central Region ranking in January of 2009, and was also ranked eighth in doubles. In both 2008 and 2009, she was named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team, while also being named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll from 2008-10.

Giuggioli began her collegiate career at the University of Kentucky and was named All-Southeastern Conference Second Team during the Wildcats' Sweet 16 run in 2006. She also performed well in the classroom for the Wildcats and was named to Kentucky's Academic Honor Roll for the 2006-07 academic year.

Giuggioli has extensive coaching experience at the club level, including two in her native country, Italy. She spent the summer of 2009 at Torino's Indoor Club and 2010 at Sport Village Bertolla in San Mauro Torinese.

Her responsibilities varied from coordinating drills to enhancing in-match techniques through strategy sessions as she worked with many different levels and ages of players. She has been a member of the Professional Tennis Registry since 2013.

Giuggioli earned a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Missouri in 2010 and completed a Master of Arts in Professional Communication/Public Relations at East Tennessee State in 2013.