Giavara Named Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete Of The Year

WTEN4/27/2023 10:22 AM | By: Cal Athletics

BERKELEY – A two-time All-American and two-time member of the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll, California senior Haley Giavara was named the 2023 Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year for women’s tennis, the conference announced on Thursday.
 
The San Diego product is the program’s second Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, with former Cal star Jana Juricova claiming the accolade in 2012.
 
In order to be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility) on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum one year in residence at the institution. 
 
Giavara has been an important member of the Bears since her first season in 2019-20, when she was named the Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Year, the ITA Northwest Region Rookie of the Year and earned her first singles All-America honor. She finished the season with rankings of No. 15 in singles and, with Anna Bright, No. 31 in doubles.
 
Giavara was ranked 27th in singles and, with Valentina Ivanov, 50th in doubles to end her sophomore season, in which she led the Bears to a Pac-12 championship, to the round of 16 in the NCAA Championship and competed in the NCAA singles and doubles tournaments.
 
She capped her junior season in 2021-22 with another run in the NCAA Singles Championship and a No. 36 ranking after leading the Bears to the Pac-12 regular-season title and the round of 16 in the NCAA team tournament. Giavara and Ivanov were ranked 40th to conclude the year.
 
Also a two-time All-Pac-12 selection (2021, 2022) and an ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021), Giavara will graduate with degrees in legal studies and sociology next month.
 
The Cal star and the second-seeded Bears are currently competing at the Pac-12 Championship at Weil Tennis Academy in Ojai.