Case Western Reserve University senior Lily McCloskey received the 2025 ITA Division III Central Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award, as announced by the organization on Monday.
McCloskey becomes the fourth member of the CWRU women's tennis team to receive the honor in the program's history, following former Spartans Pallavi Goculdas (2023), Madeleine Paolucci (2020), and Nithya Kanagasegar (2018).
The prestigious Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award, which dates back to 1982, is presented to men's and women's student-athletes who have exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership, as well as scholastic, extracurricular, and tennis achievements in ways that embody the legacy of tennis icon and humanitarian Arthur Ashe Jr.
McCloskey was named to the NCAA Individual Championships for the fourth consecutive year in 2025, receiving an invite to both the singles and doubles national championships. Playing at first singles and first doubles for CWRU, she earned All-UAA First Team (singles) and All-UAA Second Team (doubles) selections to become the second eight-time All-UAA honoree in program history. McCloskey has gone 15-8 this season in singles play, including a 9-6 record at first singles, and 21-5 in doubles play, including a 14-4 mark at first doubles. At the end of the regular season, she was ranked 11th in doubles play nationally by the ITA and 39th in singles play. Across her career, she is 56-30 (.651) in singles matches and 84-23 (.785) in doubles matches with her 84 wins the most in program history.
Academically, McCloskey is a two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team selection and was named to the CSC Academic All-District and UAA All-Academic Teams three times in her career. She has been a captain on the team for the last two seasons, guiding the Spartans to a 28-14 record in dual matches in the last two campaigns and 60-25 mark during her four years on campus.
She will compete in the national singles and doubles championships, alongside teammate Katalina Wang, beginning on Saturday, May 24 at the Biszantz Tennis Center in Claremont, California. The draw for both brackets will be released on Friday by 1 p.m. with singles action starting on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET
