Tempe, Ariz. – Collegians sparkled on the worldwide stage at the Fisu World University Games, Germany from 2025, while the Jay friend of Arizona and the Eszter Meri of Texas were at the forefront of their gold medals in Singles, in which two of the 17 total medals for American collegisians were collected at the second largest Olympic fence of the world.
Every two years in different cities around the world, the tournament consisted of thousands of athletes from more than 150 countries that participated in 25 sports (15 summer and 10 winter), with the best student athletes from all over the world.
Friend cemented himself as one of the best -performing collegians in Germany and took a gold medal in Herenhonkslagen, Mixed Doubles and the Championship Race for Team Japan. Friend became the first Japanese player to win the Singles crown of men since 1967.
He Damned South Carolina’s Toby Samuel (Great Britain) in the final in three sets (6-1, 4-6, 7-5) on July 26. The day before he worked with Nattuki Yoshimoto to win the final of mixed doubles in straight sets (6-3, 6-3).
Eszter Meri from Texas drove on July 25 through the singles bracket of the ladies singles and brought gold on July 25 with a 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 victory against Alevtina Ibragimova. Meri became the first Longhorn tennis player who won gold at the World University Games and is only the second for medal, who joined Kelly Pace, who took bronze in 1995.
Oby Ange Kajuru (Oklahoma State) and Kanon Yamaguchi represented the women’s doubles bracket and defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yu-Yun Li and Fang-an Lin in the final in three sets.
In total, more than 40 schools were represented at this summer’s tournament, including Texas, Texas Tech, Baylor, USC, UCLA, Stanford, Notre Dame, Northwestern and more.
Total medals earned by colleagues from American institutions
| Name | Event/Finish | Representative | School |
| Jay -Friend | Men’s singles/gold | Japan | Arizona |
| Toby Samuel | Men’s singles/silver | Great -Britain | South Carolina |
| Alessio Vasquez | Men’s singles/bronze | Germany | LSU |
| Jamie Connel | Men’s singles/bronze | Great -Britain | Florida State |
| Esther Meri | Singles/Gold for Women | Slovakia | Texas |
| John Gabelic | HOUSE UWBELS/Bronze | Sweden | UNC Greensboro |
| Nikola Slavic | HOUSE UWBELS/Bronze | Sweden | Ole Miss |
| May Ange Kajuru | Women’s doubles/gold | Japan | Oklahoma State |
| Jay -Friend | Mixed Doubles/Gold | Japan | Arizona |
| Angella Anoto | Mixed Doubles/Silver | Kenya | Chestnut |
| Kael Shah | Mixed Doubles/Silver | Kenya | Denison |
| Maria Garcia | Mixed Doubles/Bronze | Portugal | Arizona |
| Jay -Friend | Men’s Team Flanders/Gold | Japan | Arizona |
| Jamie Connel | Men’s Team Flanders/Silver | Great -Britain | Florida State |
| Toby Samuel | Men’s Team Flanders/Silver | Great -Britain | South Carolina |
| Esther Meri | Ladies teams/silver | Slovakia | Texas |
| Angella Anoto | Women’s teams/bronze | Kenya | Chestnut |
Go to the World University Games -website.
About the Fisu World University Summer Games
Bochum, Duisburg, Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Hagen and Berlin are pleased to organize the summer of the Fisu World University Games. From 16-27 July 2025, approximately 8,500 student athletes and officials from more than 150 countries will compete for medals in 18 Sports-Waardoor this is one of the largest multisport events in the world in 2025. And there can be few better placed hosts: in these exceptionally sports-loving locations, the closest university landscape in Europe meetings in Germany.
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