Jake Watkins

Men’s tennis team poses in the Adams Center on September, 9, 2025, in Missoula, Montana.

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Whitefish, Mont.

2024-2025 (R-Fr.)
Will look to make his way into the consistent lineup as a redshirt freshman
Fall Singles: 1-7
Fall Doubles: 0-4

2023-2024 (Freshman)
Was a redshirt and did not see action

2022-23 (Medical Redshirt)
• Winner of the "Kris Nord Grizzly Grit" Award
Missed the spring season after battling a cancer diagnosis
Fall Singles: 3-7
Fall Doubles: 1-5

High School: Achieved Top 15 in the Intermountain Section of the USTA... Won various USTA level five Singles and Doubles Tournaments (2014-2018)... Spent high school years training at the Advantage Tennis Academy in Southern California... Attended Pacifica Christian High School (did not have a high school tennis team)... College level wins vs. Hunter Whalen of Coastal Carolina (6-3) (6-3), vs. Felipe Rincon of Saint Mary's (6-2) (7-6), vs. Ethan Lye of Idaho State (6-1) (1-6) (6-4), vs. John "JW" Altman of Idaho State (6-1) (6-7) (10-6).

Personal: Earned the Provost's Honors Scholarship at UM... Father played Division-I college tennis at Brigham Young University (1990-1994) and older brother played for the Griz (2019-2024)... Was recruited to play for the Griz for the 2022-2023 academic year... First year was interrupted with a cancer diagnosis (Burkitt Lymphoma) and four months of chemotherapy... Parents are Mark and Jennifer Watkins of Whitefish.