Zane Navratil ’14

Graduation Year from Prairie: 2014

Professional Sport:  Men’s Pickleball  – Turned pro in 2020!

Pro Highlights: 

  • January 2021 World Ranking:  #3 in Men’s Singles, #11 in Men’s Doubles. Click here to view the PPA (Pro Pickleball Association) article.

College: UW Whitewater; Whitewater, WI

Major: Accounting & Economics

Sport: Mens’ Tennis

Highlights:

2017-18: Second team Google Cloud Academic All-America® At-Large selection by the College Sports Information Directors of America … First team Google Cloud Academic All-District® 6 At-Large selection by CoSIDA … UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete … Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete … Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll … one of two team captains … singles record of 13-18 … doubles mark of 15-13 … collected a 7-6, 6-2 triumph at No. 2 singles to help the Warhawks complete a 5-4 comeback win at UW-La Crosse on April 22 … paired with Jimmy Engelhart for an 8-5 victory at No. 1 doubles and added a 7-6 (11), 6-2 win at No. 2 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 6-3 triumph over UW-Eau Claire on April 22 in La Crosse, Wis … combined with Engelhart for a 9-8 (5) win at No. 1 doubles at No. 31 Kalamazoo (Mich.) on April 8 … contributed a 6-3, 6-4 victory at No. 2 singles to help the Warhawks to a 6-3 triumph over DePauw (Ind.) on March 28 in Hilton Head Island, S.C. … teamed with Engelhart for an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles against Cardinal Stritch on Jan. 25 in DeKalb, Ill. … reached the Round of 32 in doubles with Engelhart with a 1-1 record and the Round of 16 in singles with a 3-1 mark at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championships on Sept. 29-30 in St. Peter, Minn. … won the consolation final at No. 1 singles with a 2-1 mark and claimed the consolation title with Engelhart at No. 1 doubles with a 1-1 record at the Warhawk Fall Invitational on Sept. 8-9 at Wangerin Courts

2016-17: Finished 21st in the ITA Central Region singles rankings … finished 10th in the ITA Central Region doubles rankings with Jimmy Engelhart … ITA Scholar-Athlete … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … captain … singles record of 11-13 … doubles record of 15-13, good for fifth on the team in wins … paired with Engelhart for an 8-4 victory at No. 1 doubles and posted a 6-1, 6-1 triumph at No. 2 singles to help the Warhawks to a 5-0 win over Concordia (Wis.) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 12 in St. Peter, Minn. … teamed with Engelhart for an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles and recorded a 2-6, 7-6 (7), 7-5 triumph at No. 2 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 6-3 win over nationally ranked Coe (Iowa) on April 30 in Janesville … combined with Engelhart for an 8-4 triumph at No. 1 doubles and added a 6-4, 6-2 victory at No. 2 singles at sixth-ranked Washington-St. Louis on April 14 … tallied a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 2 singles against nationally ranked Kalamazoo (Mich.) on April 9 at Wangerin Courts … collected an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles with Engelhart at Whittier (Calif.) on March 18 … contributed an 8-6 victory at No. 3 doubles at nationally ranked Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) on March 4 … reached the quarterfinals in doubles (Zach Wood) and the Round of 64 in singles at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Regional Championship on Sept. 30-Oct. 2 in St. Peter, Minn. … placed fourth at No. 2 doubles (Lucas Monterroso) and reached the consolation final at No. 1 singles at the Warhawk Invitational on Sept. 9-10 at Wangerin Courts

2015-16: ITA Scholar-Athlete … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … nominee for the Male Sportsmanship Award at the 2016 Warhawk Awards … led the team in singles wins with a 23-7 record playing at the Nos. 2-5 positions, tied for the seventh-most singles victories in one season in school history … doubles record of 6-2, including a 3-0 mark playing with Jimmy Engelhart … tallied a 6-3, 6-2 triumph at No. 4 singles to help the Warhawks to a 5-1 victory over Rose-Hulman (Ind.) in the second round of the NCAA Team Tournament on May 14 in St. Louis, Mo. … posted a 6-1, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles to help UW-Whitewater to an 8-1 victory at No. 34 Coe (Iowa) on May 1 … registered a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 triumph at No. 5 singles in a dual match at No. 7 Washington-St. Louis on April 15 … recorded a 6-3, 6-2 win at No. 5 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 5-4 victory over No. 34 DePauw (Ind.) on March 23 in Hilton Head, S.C. … collected a 7-6, 6-3 win at No. 5 singles to help the Warhawks to a 5-4 triumph over No. 19 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) on March 5 in West Bend, Wis. … tallied a match-clinching 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 5 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 5-4 win at Kalamazoo (Mich.) on Feb. 13 … completed a 6-3, 6-3 triumph at No. 5 singles to help the Warhawks to a 6-3 win over No. 10 Kenyon (Ohio) on Feb. 6 in Chicago … contributed a 6-2, 6-2 victory at No. 4 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 6-3 triumph over NAIA opponent Cardinal Stritch on Jan. 23 in Janesville … reached the Round of 16 in the singles draw with a 3-1 record and the first round of the doubles draw (Matt Bisbee) at the United States Tennis Association/ITA Midwest Region Championships on Oct. 2-4 in St. Peter, Minn.

2014-15: ITA Scholar-Athlete … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete … nominated for the Male Rising Warhawk Award at UW-Whitewater’s annual Warhawk Awards … tied for fourth on the team in singles wins with a record of 16-13 playing primarily at the No. 2 position … totaled a mark of 13-6 in doubles playing primarily at the No. 2 position … recorded a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles to help the Warhawks to a 7-2 victory over then-No. 36 Coe (Iowa) on April 26 at Wangerin Courts … registered a 6-2, 7-6 (1) win at No. 3 singles to help UW-Whitewater defeat then-No. 35 Colby (Maine) 9-0 on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … reached the round of 32 in singles and the consolation final in doubles at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships on Sept. 26-28 in St. Peter, Minn. … won the No. 3 singles flight and, playing with Cam Laktash, the No. 2 doubles flight at the Warhawk Invite on Sept. 5-6 at Wangerin Courts