MSU’s Ozan Baris Named ITA All-American
5/28/2025 5:24:00 PM | Men's Tennis
Spartan collects third-straight All-American accolade.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State men's tennis player Ozan Baris collected All-America accolades from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) for the third-straight year.
ITA All-America honors are awarded to student-athletes that advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Individual Championships in November or finished in the top 20 of the final ITA singles rankings released last Wednesday, and Baris did both.
Baris has now earned ITA All-American honors in 2023, 2024 and 2025. He is MSU's only multiple All-American recipient, now with three of the Spartans' seven total All-America honors, joining Mashiska Washington (singles) in 1994, current MSU head coach Harry Jadun and John Mullane (doubles) in 2015, Max Sheldon (doubles) with Baris in 2023.
A junior from Okemos, Michigan, Baris earned First Team All-Big Ten accolades this spring, logging 23 overall singles wins this season, including 10 during dual action, in helping the Spartans reach the Round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament. Last fall, Baris was the NCAA Individual Championships National Runner-Up, falling to National Champion Michael Zheng of Columbia in the title match.
The Spartans ended their 2024-25 campaign at 17-10, concluding their season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Overall, Michigan State was making its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament, first doing so in 2013.
MSU's 17-10 overall record gives the Green & White 40 wins over last two years, the most wins in back-to-back seasons since 2012-13, the Spartans' previous NCAA Tournament trip when current head coach Harry Jadun was a sophomore student-athlete.
ITA All-America honors are awarded to student-athletes that advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Individual Championships in November or finished in the top 20 of the final ITA singles rankings released last Wednesday, and Baris did both.
Baris has now earned ITA All-American honors in 2023, 2024 and 2025. He is MSU's only multiple All-American recipient, now with three of the Spartans' seven total All-America honors, joining Mashiska Washington (singles) in 1994, current MSU head coach Harry Jadun and John Mullane (doubles) in 2015, Max Sheldon (doubles) with Baris in 2023.
A junior from Okemos, Michigan, Baris earned First Team All-Big Ten accolades this spring, logging 23 overall singles wins this season, including 10 during dual action, in helping the Spartans reach the Round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament. Last fall, Baris was the NCAA Individual Championships National Runner-Up, falling to National Champion Michael Zheng of Columbia in the title match.
The Spartans ended their 2024-25 campaign at 17-10, concluding their season in the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row. Overall, Michigan State was making its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament, first doing so in 2013.
MSU's 17-10 overall record gives the Green & White 40 wins over last two years, the most wins in back-to-back seasons since 2012-13, the Spartans' previous NCAA Tournament trip when current head coach Harry Jadun was a sophomore student-athlete.
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