Todd Wojtkowski has built the Case Western Reserve University men's tennis team into one of the top programs in all of Division III during his 18 seasons at the team's helm, which includes guiding the squad to the NCAA Division III Championship in 2023, the first-ever team title won by a CWRU team in any sport.
The National Championship came on the heels of back-to-back finishes at the NCAA Championship each of the previous two years, including in 2021 when he was named the Wilson/ ITA National Coach of the Year. Wojtkowski went on to lead the Spartans back to the NCAA quarterfinals for the fourth consecutive season in 2024 and then helped the team reach the National Championship match again in 2025. The team extended its streak to six-straight NCAA Championship site appearances, reaching the semifinals of the team draw.
In his 18 seasons at CWRU, Wojtkowski has compiled a 363-134 record in dual matches for a .730 overall winning percentage, while going 31-17 (.646 winning percentage) in University Athletic Association play with league titles in 2023 and 2025, marking success in the premier Division III tennis conferences in the country. Under Wojtkowski's leadership, the Spartans have qualified for the NCAA Division III Championships eight times (2013, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026). He has coached his players to 31 All-America honors, including three NCAA Division III Doubles Championships and two ITA Cup D3 Doubles titles, while mentoring his athletes to 15 CSC (formerly CoSIDA) Academic All-America honors, three NCAA postgraduate scholarships, and six NCAA Elite 90 honors.
The last six years have marked the most successful run in the history of CWRU athletics. In addition to six straight NCAA quarterfinal appearances, including four top-two finishes, the Spartans won back-to-back ITA Indoor National Championships (2022 and 2023) and claimed their first-ever UAA Championships. The 2023 Spartans set a program record with 33 wins while James Hopper claimed a pair of NCAA Doubles Championships - in 2022 with Jonathan Powell and in 2023 with Vishwa Aduru. CWRU also won the ITA Indoor National Championship in both 2022 and 2023, the first titles in the program's history.
Wojtkowski picked up the 200th win of his career during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, with a 7-2 win against Occidental College on March 8. Wojtkowski brought home USTA Midwest Division College Coach of the Year honors following the year, while helping to develop ITA National Rookie of the Year James Hopper and All-American Matthew Chen during the season, as the duo claimed the 2019 Fall ITA Cup D3 Doubles crown.
The Spartans also received the ITA Regional Community Service Award in 2019.
In 2014, Wojtkowski coached Eric Klawitter and CJ Krimbill to the 2014 NCAA Doubles Championship. The national title, a program first, came just days after the Spartans became the first team in school history to play in the NCAA Elite 8. Academically, Krimbill was named just the third Capital One Academic All-American® in team history, and Derek Reinbold became the first CWRU student-athlete to win a prestigious NCAA Elite 89 Award. Collectively, the Spartans earned an ITA All-Academic Team award.
In 2012-13, Wojtkowski was named the ITA Central Region Coach of the Year as the Spartans reached the NCAA Sweet 16. Along with earning the first team berth to the NCAA Tournament in program history, the Spartans (22-7) shattered the school record for wins and reached as high as No. 7 in the ITA national poll. Then a freshman, Krimbill became the school’s first ITA All-American as well as Central Region Rookie of the Year. He was also the second CWRU player in as many years to be tabbed UAA Rookie of the Year, as a program-record six Spartans landed on the All-Association Team.
Wojtkowski was named to his post on August 25, 2008, as only the second dual head tennis coach in school history. He guided the Spartan women in addition to the men for his first five years. Both teams Wojtkowski inherited that fall sat near the bottom of the UAA and were unranked in the ITA Central Region. However, he quickly established a new standard of play and turned the program into one of the best in the nation.
On the women’s side, Wojtkowski’s five seasons as head coach were highlighted by the first national ranking in program history, a team record for wins (18 in 2011-12), and the first NCAA qualifier in team history (freshman Sara Zargham in 2013).
Before coming to University Circle, Wojtkowski spent two seasons as an assistant coach at NCAA Division I The Citadel. During his time in Charleston, South Carolina, he helped the program to its first-ever national ranking and a 16-9 record in 2007-08 after winning just two matches the previous year.
The Youngstown, Ohio, native and 2012 Ursuline High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductee spent three years playing at the University of Toledo before transferring to The Ohio State University. As a scholarship student-athlete at Toledo, Wojtkowski was a three-time Varsity T award winner, Team Leadership Award winner, and team captain.
He redshirted his senior (first) year at Ohio State, playing for the Buckeyes during his first year of graduate school. The team won a Big Ten Championship and rose to a No. 5 national ranking. Wojtkowski earned several awards, including the Ohio State Scholar-Athlete Award, the 2006 Senior Leader Award, and the Men’s Varsity "O" Post-Graduate Scholarship.
Wojtkowski earned his bachelor's degree in middle childhood education in 2006 from Ohio State and completed a Master of Business Administration at The Citadel in 2008. He and his wife, Julie, and their sons, Owen and Luke, reside in Solon.
Wojtkowski Highlights
- 2023 NCAA Division III National Champions
- 2021, 2022, & 2025 NCAA Division III Championships - Second Place
- Three NCAA Division III Doubles National Champions - Eric Klawitter & CJ Krimbill (2014), James Hopper & Jonathan Powell (2022), and James Hopper & Vishwa Aduru (2023)
- 2022 & 2023 ITA Indoor National Champions
- Six NCAA Elite 90 Award Winners - Derek Reinbold (2014), Sahil Dayal (2022, 2023, & 2024), Ajay Mahenthiran (2025), and Ansh Shah (2026)
- Two UAA Most Valuable Players - CJ Krimbill (2015) and James Hopper (2023)
- Three ITA Cup Division III Doubles Champions
- 15 Academic All-America Selections
- Ranked the no. 1 team in the ITA National Rankings in 2022, 2023 & 2024
- 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year
- NCAA Championship Tournament Semifinals (2026)
- NCAA Championship Tournament Quarterfinals (2014, 2024)
- 2020 ITA Division III Rookie of the Year (James Hopper)
- 2016, 2024, 2026 ITA Indoor Championships (Third Place)
- 2014 ITA National Team Indoor Championship Semifinals
- 2013 Wilson/ITA Central Region Coach of the Year
- 2013 ITA/USTA Sectional Campus and Community Outreach Award
- NCAA Championship Tournament Round of 16 (2013 and 2016)
- First team berth to NCAA Championship Tournament in school history (2013)
- First ITA All-American and Central Region Rookie of the Year in school history (CJ Krimbill in 2013)
- Back-to-back UAA Rookie of the Year award winners (Will Drougas in 2012 and CJ Krimbill in 2013)
- 19 ITA All-Americans; 27 ITA All-America Honors
- First men's national ranking in school history (March 2011)
- First women's national ranking in school history (March 2013)
- Ursuline High School Athletic Hall of Fame (2012)
Wojtkowski Career Records
|
Overall |
|
UAA |
|
| Year |
W |
L |
% |
|
W |
L |
Place |
|
| 2008-09 |
11 |
10 |
.524 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
|
| 2009-10 |
12 |
16 |
.429 |
|
1 |
2 |
6th |
|
| 2010-11 |
12 |
8 |
.600 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
|
| 2011-12 |
15 |
8 |
.652 |
|
2 |
1 |
3rd |
|
| 2012-13 |
22 |
7 |
.759 |
|
2 |
1 |
3rd |
NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2013-14 |
17 |
8 |
.680 |
|
1 |
2 |
4th |
NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 2014-15 |
17 |
10 |
.630 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
|
| 2015-16 |
22 |
8 |
.733 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
NCAA Round of 16 |
| 2016-17 |
22 |
6 |
.786 |
|
1 |
2 |
6th |
|
| 2017-18 |
17 |
10 |
.630 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
|
| 2018-19 |
21 |
9 |
.700 |
|
2 |
1 |
5th |
|
| 2019-20 |
18 |
1 |
.947 |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
|
| 2020-21 |
14 |
3 |
.824 |
|
-- |
-- |
-- |
NCAA DIII Runner-Up |
| 2021-22 |
25 |
5 |
.833 |
|
2 |
1 |
2nd |
NCAA DIII Runner-Up |
| 2022-23 |
33 |
4 |
.892 |
|
3 |
0 |
1st |
NCAA DIII National Champions
UAA Champions |
| 2023-24 |
27 |
6 |
.818 |
|
2 |
1 |
2nd |
NCAA Quarterfinals |
| 2024-25 |
29 |
6 |
.829 |
|
3 |
0 |
1st |
NCAA DIII Runner-Up
UAA Champions |
| 2025-26 |
29 |
9 |
.763 |
|
2 |
1 |
2nd |
NCAA Semifinals |
| 18 seasons |
363 |
134 |
.730 |
|
31 |
17 |
.646 |
9 NCAA Team Appearances |
Updated June 2026
