Grinnell College Athletics

Paige Madara took over the Grinnell College tennis team after playing for and coaching highly-successful programs.

She led the Pioneers to the 2019 Midwest Conference team title, their 16th in a row, 17th in the last 18 years and 21st overall. Grinnell also won all nine flight levels at the MWC Tourney, becoming just the second team in league history to do so.

Grinnell achieved its first-ever national ranking during the season and stretched its MWC dual winning streak to 97 matches and 155 against league foes overall, dating back to 2003. Madara was named MWC Coach of the Year for the second year in a row.

Madara played collegiately at Washington University in St. Louis, which boasts tennis programs that are consistently among the best at the NCAA Division III level.
 
She then served as the assistant women’s coach for the Bears from 2013 through 2015, followed by a move to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., where she was the assistant women’s coach.
 
Washington and Lee achieved a D-III top 15 ranking last season while claiming the Old Dominion Athletic Conference Tournament title and finishing with a 19-6 record.
 
The Generals advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament and had two players earn spots in the individual NCAA Tournament, one who earned All-America honors.
 
During her time coaching at Washington University, she helped the team to a No. 8 national ranking in 2013-14 and No. 13 ranking the following season. She guided three players to All-America honors.
 
As a player for the Bears from 2009 through 2013, Madara finished with 98 singles and doubles wins and propelled her team to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second time in school history.
 
A team captain, Madara was also an ITA Scholar-Athlete and a University Athletic Association selection while earning a spot on the league’s Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete squad.

She majored in psychology and minored in public health at Washington University and before earning her master’s in social work with a mental health concentration.