TEMPE, Ariz. – App State Tennis All-American and Sun Belt Women's Tennis Player of the Year Savannah Dada-Mascoll was named the Carolina Region's Most Improved Player, the International Tennis Association (ITA) announced this week.
The award recognizes the student-athlete who has shown the greatest improvement throughout her career while making significant contributions to her team through leadership, sportsmanship and performance.
Dada-Mascoll's selection reflects one of the most remarkable career trajectories in program history. After beginning her collegiate career unranked, she rose to as high as No. 5 in the nation entering the 2026 spring season and finished the spring with 103 career singles wins.
She began her collegiate career making an immediate impact as a freshman, earning All-Sun Belt first-team honors in singles while posting a team-best 15-4 record in the spring season.
Dada-Mascoll followed with a historic sophomore campaign, finishing 21-2 that spring and recording a 16-match winning streak, which stood as the longest in program history at the time. She earned first-team all-conference honors for the second consecutive season and helped lead the Mountaineers to their first Sun Belt Championship finals appearance, highlighted by a victory over ranked Old Dominion player Sofia Johnson at the No. 1 position.
Dada-Mascoll's junior season featured success in both the fall and spring. Alongside Isabela Romanichen, Dada-Mascoll captured the ITA Conference Masters Championship to secure the first NCAA doubles berth in program history. She carried that momentum into the spring, posting a 19-2 singles record while earning first-team All-Sun Belt honors for a third straight season and second-team doubles recognition with Taya Powell.
Dada-Mascoll reached unprecedented heights during her senior season. She opened the fall at the ITA All-American Championships, defeating five ranked opponents, including then-No. 1 DJ Bennett of Auburn, to qualify for the NCAA Singles Championship. She followed that performance by claiming a share of the ITA Regional Championship, defeating three more ranked opponents along the way.
At the NCAA Singles Championship, Dada-Mascoll became the first All-American in program history while advancing to the quarterfinals.
She continued her dominant play in the spring, suffering her only loss of the season in App State's opener at North Carolina before winning 23 consecutive matches to finish the year with a 36-3 record, counting the fall. The 23-match winning streak broke her own program record. Her performance earned Sun Belt Player of the Year honors, a fourth consecutive first-team All-Sun Belt selection in singles and second-team doubles recognition alongside Ruby Broadbent.
