Boomer Saia - Women's Tennis Coach - Texas Tech Red Raiders

Boomer Saia

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
boomer.saia@ttu.edu

Boomer Saia completed his first season as assistant coach for the Lady Raiders.

Saia helped Texas Tech to 20-win season, NCAA Tournament bid and an appearance in the Elite Eight. The Lady Raiders finished tied for second in the Big 12 regular season and played their way to the Big 12 Tournament championship match.

Texas Tech earned an NCAA Tournament bid after ranking in the Top 15 all season. With two wins over Army West Point (4-0) and No. 19 Illinois (4-2), the Lady Raiders advanced to the Sweet 16 for the fourth straight season. The Lady Raiders wrote their names into the record books once again with the second-straight trip to the NCAA Elite Eight after taking down No. 6 Texas (4-1) in the Round of 16. However, the Lady Raiders season came to an end there as they fell to No. 3 Duke.

In just his first season, Saia helped coach Gabiela Talaba to her second straight All-America honor and helped guide doubles pair Sarah Dvorak and Sabrina Federici to a Top 10 ranking and All-Big 12 accolades.

Saia arrived in Lubbock after spending the 2016 season as an assistant coach at Vanderbilt.

While at Vanderbilt, he helped coach top-ranked players Astra Sharma (#2 in the country) and Sydney Campbell (#8 in the country) to All-American tournament semifinals and National Indoor semifinals. He also helped the Commodores to the SEC regular season and tournament championships and a NCAA Final Four appearance.

Before his time in Nashville, Saia spent two seasons with the University of Oklahoma’s women’s tennis team.

Prior to coaching with the Sooners, the Arkansas City, Kansas native, was the volunteer assistant coach for the Kansas women’s tennis team under former Texas Tech assistant coach Todd Chapman.

During his time at Kansas, Saia saw the team reach a program high ranking when the team reached No. 33 in the ITA polls.

Saia is a 2011 graduate of the University of Kansas where he earned a degree in sports management with a minor in business. He also earned his Master of Education degree with an emphasis in sports administration from Kansas in 2013.

Saia played collegiate tennis at Cowley College in his hometown of Arkansas City, Kan. He advanced to the semifinals of the NJCAA national tournament while playing No. 3 doubles with Roger White as a sophomore. He helped the Tiger tennis team place 11th at nationals in 2008 and ninth nationally in 2009.