TEMPE, Ariz. – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association announced the men's and women's Division I regional award winners on Monday and University of Portland head coach Aaron Gross was named the Wilson/ITA Northwest Region Coach of the Year. Gross led Portland to its first regular season West Coast Conference title in program history.
This is the first regional coaching honor for Gross, who picked up his second WCC Coach of the Year honor last month after leading the Pilots to the best season in Portland modern tennis history. The Pilots finished with an 18-3 overall, won the WCC regular season title outright with an 8-1 league record, defeated San Diego for the first time in program history and were ranked No.