Ichabods and Lady Blues Tennis

Ichabods sign Bwalya to letter of intent

April 22, 2002

Washburn tennis coach Jennifer Hastert announced the signing of Barton County Community College transfer Sydney Bwalya to a national letter of intent Monday morning.

Bwalya, a native of Mufulira, Zambia will be a junior at Washburn in the fall after playing two years for the Cougars. This season he was ranked No. 13 in the NJCAA singles national rankings, helping the Cougars to a No. 4 national ranking in the NJCAA team poll.Bwalya and Ndefwayi Machinda are ranked No. 5 in the NJCAA national doubles poll.

In 2001 Bwalya earned All-American honors by finishing second at No. 3 singles in the NJCAA National Tournament and winning the No. 3 double national title. The Cougars finished second in the national tournament. Bwalya was the captain of Zambia's Davis Cup team in 2002 that played in Poland and has played four years of Davis Cup tennis.

He joins Brett Coleman, Ryan Peterson and Tyler Kinder in next fallÕs recruiting class for the Ichabods.