Kaylan Bigun
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Bigun Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for Second Time
April 23, 2025 | Men's Tennis
ROSEMONT, Ill. โ Kaylan Bigun of the UCLA men's tennis team was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the second time Wednesday, as the conference announced its final weekly awards of the year.
Bigun went 2-0 in singles play as the Bruins swept Nebraska (April 20) and Wisconsin (April 18) on the road. The Los Angeles native registered the clinching point in each match.
UCLA led Nebraska 3-1 with the remaining three contests deep into third sets and much in doubt. Bigun sealed the 4-1 decision with a marathon 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(6) victory against Nikolay Sysoev on Court 3. Bigun also beat Edouard Aubert of Wisconsin, sealing a 4-0 win.
Bigun previously won Big Ten Freshman of the Week on March 12. Rudy Quan has three such honors (April 16, Feb. 26 and Jan. 22). Spencer Johnson was voted Big Ten Player of the Week during the fall.
2025 BIG TEN MEN'S TENNIS FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK
Bigun went 2-0 in singles play as the Bruins swept Nebraska (April 20) and Wisconsin (April 18) on the road. The Los Angeles native registered the clinching point in each match.
UCLA led Nebraska 3-1 with the remaining three contests deep into third sets and much in doubt. Bigun sealed the 4-1 decision with a marathon 6-7(5), 6-1, 7-6(6) victory against Nikolay Sysoev on Court 3. Bigun also beat Edouard Aubert of Wisconsin, sealing a 4-0 win.
Bigun previously won Big Ten Freshman of the Week on March 12. Rudy Quan has three such honors (April 16, Feb. 26 and Jan. 22). Spencer Johnson was voted Big Ten Player of the Week during the fall.
2025 BIG TEN MEN'S TENNIS FRESHMEN OF THE WEEK
| Week | Freshman |
| Jan. 15 | Edouard Aubert, Wisconsin |
| Jan. 22 | Rudy Quan, UCLA |
| Jan. 29 | Reiya Hattori, Penn State |
| Feb. 5 | Matthew Forbes, Michigan State |
| Feb. 12 | Clement Lemire, Oregon |
| Feb. 19ย | Nathan Trouve, USC |
| Feb. 26 | Rudy Quan, UCLA |
| March 5 | Vincent Yang, Northwestern |
| March 12 | Kaylan Bigun, UCLA |
| March 19 | Nikita Filin, Ohio State |
| March 26 | Vuk Radjenovic, Michigan State |
| April 2 | Brandon Carpico, Ohio State |
| April 9 | Danial Rakhmatullayev, Michigan State |
| April 16 | Rudy Quan, UCLA |
| April 23 | Kaylan Bigun, UCLA |
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