Julia Mongin serves as Head Coach for the Men’s and Women’s tennis programs at OKWU, a position she has held since January 2020.
A native of Jaunay-Clan, France, Mongin experienced great success as a player for Abilene Christian University.
An ACU graduate, Mongin had a distinguished tennis career, earning All-American honors four times. Her spring singles record was 70-18, while she achieved a doubles record of 95-15. She was on four teams that reached the NCAA DII Championships. In her junior and senior years, her teams advanced to the national semifinals.
Prior to joining OKWU, she spent six years as an assistant coach and director of operations for the Abilene Christian University tennis program.
During her first year as head coach, Mongin’s men’s top player, Jose Catala, finished second in the region and 38th nationally. The men’s team was named an ITA All-Academic team and four players were named ITA Scholar-Athletes. In 2020-21, women’s tennis sophomore Cori Campbell was voted the KCAC Female Student-Athlete Champion of Character, named an ITA Scholar-Athlete, and the women’s tennis team was honored an ITA All-Academic team.
1 Corinthians 9:24 – Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way to get the prize.
“My goal is that we keep the faith and do our very best to the glory of God,” Mongin said. “Winning and losing is temporary. There is something much bigger and more meaningful.”
Head Coach Julia Mongin was also admitted into the Abilene Christian University Hall of Fame for her impressive career as a student-athlete and her work as a coach prior to graduating. The following is a statement honoring Mongin in the Hall of Fame:
"One of the greatest tennis players in ACU history, four-time All-American Julia Mongin starred for the Wildcats from 2010-13 and was then an assistant coach from 2014-2019 before being named the head coach for men's and women's tennis at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, a position she currently holds. A native of Jaunay-Clan, France, Mongin experienced great success as a player at ACU. Her spring singles record was 70-18, while her doubles record was 95-15. She was on four teams that reached the NCAA Division II National Championship Tournament, and in her junior and senior seasons, the Wildcats advanced to the semifinals. She was a three-time Lone Star Conference Player of the Year, a four-time All-Lone Star Conference selection in singles and double, and in 2013 she was the ITA South Central Region Senior Player of the Year. As a freshman in 2010, she was the USTA/ITA South Central Region singles and doubles champion, a feat she repeated as a junior in 2012. As a sophomore in 2011, she won the USTA/ITA South Central Region singles championship. Finished her junior year with a No 2 national ranking (No 1 in the region). She also won the Paul Goad Award as the top female athlete at ACU, an award she won in 2013."
