{"id":281027,"date":"2025-11-13T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281027\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T19:48:12","slug":"gross-sosa-sign-with-iowa-tennis-iowa-hawkeyes-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/281027\/","title":{"rendered":"Gross, Sosa Sign With Iowa Tennis &#8211; Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IOWA CITY, Iowa &#8212; Emerey Gross (St. Louis, Mo.) and Mia Sosa (Bloomingdale, Ill.) have signed scholar agreements with the University of Iowa tennis program, it was announced Thursday by head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/hawkeyesports.com\/staff\/sasha-boros\" title=\"Sasha Boros\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sasha Boros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Both preps will join the Hawkeyes in the fall of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Emery Gross<br \/>St. Louis, Mo.<br \/>IMG Academy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Highest USTA ranking is No. 7 in singles and No. 1 in doubles<br \/>\nHas won eight USTA National Championship balls and four ITF tournaments<br \/>\nWas an Orange Bowl doubles finalists in 2023<br \/>\nUSTA Missouri Valley High Performance Player in 2024\u2026 2022 St. Louis Metro High School Player of the Year<br \/>\nAttended St. Joseph\u2019s Academy in St. Louis as a freshman\u2026 was the Missouri Large School State Doubles Champion in 2022 and led her team to the state title<br \/>\nGraduating from the IMG Academy with a 4.5 grade point average<\/p>\n<p>Why Iowa?<br \/>\u201cI chose the University of Iowa because of the amazing coaches and team that makes it feel like home. Iowa is so special because of how much the coaches believe in me and my ability to reach my full potential. I am excited to continue to grow on and off the court for the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boros on Gross:<br \/>\u201cI am thrilled to have Emerey join our Hawkeye tennis family. \u00a0From the first time I saw Emerey competing as a junior I knew she would be an incredible addition to our team. She is a competitor and especially experienced at the highest levels in doubles, which will contribute significantly to our program in every match. \u00a0Emerey\u2019s positive spirit, love for the game of tennis and high standards will contribute to our program for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mia Soso<br \/>Bloomingdale, Ill.<br \/>Blue Chip Academy (Mich.)<\/p>\n<p>Five-star recruit<br \/>\nTop junior American tennis player<\/p>\n<p>Why Iowa?<br \/>\u201cI chose the University of Iowa because I know it\u2019s the right fit for me. The team, coaches and environment made me very confident that this is the place where I belong, where I can keep improving on the court and grow as a person. \u00a0I\u2019m so excited to continue my journey as a Hawkeye.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Boros on Soso:<br \/>\u201cI am thrilled to have Mia join our Hawkeye tennis program. Mia is a talented athlete who has the weapons to compete at the highest level in college tennis.\u00a0 She is dedicated to developing her tennis game to its full potential in college and beyond.\u00a0 I am excited to see Mia positively impact our team for the next four years.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"IOWA CITY, Iowa &#8212; Emerey Gross (St. Louis, Mo.) and Mia Sosa (Bloomingdale, Ill.) have signed scholar agreements&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-281027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}