TEMPE, Ariz.—After collecting a top regional honor on Monday, Babson College senior Olivia Soffer (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) was tabbed as the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Division III Senior Player of the Year on Tuesday afternoon. 

The most decorated player in program history, Soffer earned ITA Northeast Region Senior Player of the Year accolades on Monday and is the first in Babson history to garner both regional and national senior player of the year recognition. She is 26-4 on the year in singles play, boasts a 25-2 record in doubles and has won 16 consecutive matches in both. Additionally, Soffer earned her fourth consecutive New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Player of the Year award to go along with all-league first team laurels in both singles and doubles earlier this month. 

"There is no one more deserving of this award than Olivia," commented Babson head women's tennis coach Emma Hall. "She puts in the work day in and day out and has been the glue of our team year after year. Her success speaks for itself and I am so happy all of her hard work is being recognized nationally. She is an incredible tennis player and an even better person. It has been an honor and a privilege to coach and learn from Olivia."

A three-time ITA All-American in singles and two-time All-America selection in doubles, Soffer is the Beavers' all-time leader in singles (98), doubles (93) and combined victories (191). She also holds the program's single-season record for singles wins with 31 back in 2022-23 and paired with junior Matia Cristiani (San Salvador, El Salvador) to go 32-2 on the way to capturing an NCAA national championship in doubles last May. 

Soffer became Babson's first NCAA Singles Championship qualifier and All-America selection as a rookie during 2021-22 before putting together a historic 2022-23 campaign. She captured the program's first ITA New England Championships singles crown and advanced to the ITA Cup where she reached the semifinals in singles and finished as the runner-up in doubles alongside Cristiani. 

That spring, Soffer helped lead the Beavers to their first NCAA Tournament regional final before finishing as the runner-up in both the singles and doubles brackets at the individual championships. 

Soffer made more history last season by pairing with Cristiani to earn the program's first doubles title at the 2023 ITA New England Championships in the fall, which was followed by the duo capturing Babson's first women's national championship last May with a three-set victory over Nikolina Batoshvili and Alisha Chulani of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the NCAA doubles final. 

Soffer, who is currently third in the ITA Division III singles ranking and third alongside Cristiani in doubles, is set to compete in both the NCAA singles and doubles championships beginning Saturday in Claremont, Calif.