Ragin' Cajun Tennis Club

✨MEET SADIE SLOANE💙

Role: Senior Advisor
Classification: Senior
Major/minor: Architecture, minor in Industrial Design 🏠
Favorite Tennis Pro: Carlos Alcaraz

Sadie holds the role of senior advisor and has been a part of the tennis club for three years. Her favorite thing about the tennis club is the community that it helps you build and how many great friends she has made through the club!

Three fun facts about Sadie are:
-she like to learn and pick up different hobbies like sewing and baking
-she was homeschooled
-she was previously Treasurer and President of the club

Her favorite tennis memory:
“Hanging out with the team after playing in tournaments. It’s hard to pick a favorite memory, but one I really enjoy was when our waitress spilled miso soup on Nick because Lauren and I were just about crying laughing so hard at everyone’s reactions.”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Sadie! We also hope you enjoyed getting to meet our exec board🤟🏼

✨MEET MEREDITH KARAM💜

Role: Public Relations
Classification: Junior
Major/minor: Psychology, minor in Criminal Justice 🧠
Favorite Tennis Pro: Serena Williams

Meredith holds the role of public relations and has been a part of the tennis club for two years. Her favorite thing about the tennis club is the community of people and the lifelong friendships she’s made from being apart of the club!

Three fun facts about Meredith are:
-she has a black cat named Mavis
-she loves talking about psychology
-her favorite artist is The Weeknd

Her favorite tennis memory:
“When we travelled to Mobile for the TOC tournament and we played laser tag at surge and won!”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Meredith! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

✨MEET ISAAC SWEET

Role: Secretary
Classification: Junior
Major/minor: Nursing, minor in psychology, political science, and health 🧬
Favorite Tennis Pro: Coco Gautf

Isaac holds the role of secretary and has been a part of the tennis club for two and a half years. His favorite thing about the tennis club is the people in the club and how they are really funny!

Other involvements/roles:
Pickleball Club

Three fun facts about Isaac are:
-he can juggle
-he knows a little sign language
-he started playing tennis when he got to UL

His favorite tennis memory:
“Any tennis tournament to be honest.”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Isaac! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

✨MEET ALEX TRAHAN🩵

Role: Treasurer
Classification: Junior
Major: Accounting 💵
Favorite Tennis Pro: Jacob Cieslak

Alex holds the role of treasurer and has been a part of the tennis club for two years. His favorite thing about the tennis club is the community and the friends he has made from it!

Other involvements/roles:
Student Government Business College Senator
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
-Treasurer of Phi Kappa Psi
Vice President of Professionalism of Beta Alpha Psi
Member of The Institute of Managerial Accountants

Three fun facts about Alex are:
-he plays piano
-he likes sitcoms
-he likes mexican food

His favorite tennis memory:
“Lauren thinking that the blooming onion was real.”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Alex! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

✨MEET ALEX TRAHAN🩵

Role: Treasurer
Classification: Junior
Major: Accounting 💵
Favorite Tennis Pro: Jacob Cieslak

Alex holds the role of treasurer and has been a part of the tennis club for two years. His favorite thing about the tennis club is the community and the friends he has made from it!

Other involvements/roles:
Student Government Business College Senator
Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity
-Treasurer of Phi Kappa Psi
Vice President of Professionalism of Beta Alpha Psi
Member of The Institute of Managerial Accountants

Three fun facts about Alex are:
-he plays piano
-he likes sitcoms
-he likes mexican food

His favorite tennis memory:
“Lauren thinking that the blooming onion was real.”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Alex! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

✨MEET ALEJANDRO CASTANEDA🩵

Role: Vice President
Classification: Sophomore
Major: Biology (pre-med)🧬
Favorite Tennis Pro: Rafael Nadal

Alex holds the role of vice president and has been a part of the tennis club for one year. His favorite thing about the tennis club is the memories of traveling and the friends made from the club!

Three fun facts about Alex are:
-his favorite movie is The Good The Bad and The Ugly
-he loves traveling
-he’s really into space and aviation

His favorite tennis memory:
“Me arguing about airplanes in the sky while Cooper and Ben thought they were ufos, with Lauren killing herself laughing on the side of me while in the car ride back from Auburn.”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Alex! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

✨MEET LAUREN
FREMIN💛

Role: Co-President
Classification: Junior
Major/minor: Kinesiology (pre-med), minor in chemistry 🩺
Favorite Tennis Pro: Coco Gauff

Lauren holds the role of co-president and has been apart of the tennis club for two years Her favorite thing about the tennis club has been making many great friends and memories!

Other involvements/roles:
Kappa Delta Sorority
-Kappa Delta Director of Scholarship
Ragin Cajun Catholics Pre-Professional Society
Chemistry Mentors Matters Tutoring

Three fun facts about Lauren are:
-she’s been playing tennis since she was 8
-her favorite color is yellow
-she is in Kappa Delta

Her favorite tennis memory:
“When we played my first year at Mobile! We had 2 teams play and it was so much fun!!
Every night we would hang out and have so much fun!”

We hope you enjoyed getting to know Lauren!! Stay tuned to meet the rest of our exec🙌🏼

CONGRATULATIONS TO NICHOLAS CASTANEDA🤟🏼

This is Nick! Our graduating senior, class of 2026🎓

🧬 He majored in biology with a concentration in allied health sciences and had a minor in in chemistry 🧪 He plans to attend Medical School at St. James school of Medicine starting this fall!

🎾 Nick has been a part of the UL Tennis Club from 2022-2026, and has served as president since. His favorite memory from the tennis club is when he got chased by a goose with former club member, Hayden, at Ole Miss while playing golf before tennis🪿

We couldn’t be more grateful to have someone like Nick not only serve, but be a major part of the tennis club. Without him, the club would not be what it is today. We are so proud of him for what he’s been able to accomplish and cannot wait to see what he does for himself in the future❤️🤟🏼

Lastly, here are some words he left to the club,

“As my time comes to an end here I would like to thank everyone for making this club a family, little do you know how much this club has grown in the past four years and it was truly a blessing to be at the helm. Throughout these years I’ve seen us go from 4 members to 100+ and it truly couldn’t have been done without yall. God has truly blessed us in an unimaginable way with this sport, so don’t take it for granted and enjoy these few moments we have with each other. The future looks bright and I am looking forward to see how it plays out. With that being said thank yall for everything and god bless y’all.”

President
Nicholas Castaneda

Once again, congratulations Nick! We are forever proud of you🤟🏼

Last week we held our End of Year Banquet! Thank you to everyone who came out and contributed to the potluck, and thank you to the Fremin family for hosting us. It was a great way to wrap up the 2025-26 year!! 🤟🎾🌶️

TALLAHASSEE CAPITAL CLASSIC🪶🌴

This past weekend, the tennis club competed in the Capital Classic Tournament in Tallahassee, Florida🤟🏼 We played in the Bronze Bracket🎾

We had such a great time and thank you to Florida State University for having our team play in your tournament. This was also our last tournament of the semester and we went out with a bang!