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Aggies Ink Four Premier Prospects for the 2026 Season
Nov 13, 2025 | Women's Tennis
BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION – The Texas A&M women's tennis team signed four elite prospects for the 2026 season, head coach Mark Weaver announced Thursday.
The class includes two international players with Ruby Cooling from England and Yoana Konstantinova from Bulgaria. They join two of the brightest stars in American junior tennis – blue-chippers Kori Montoya from Austin, Texas and Rachael Smith from Naperville, Illinois.
"We are very excited to announce a very strong group of players for our 2026 signing class," Weaver said. "We are very optimistic about the future of our program and the 12th Man will have a lot of new faces to follow and a lot to look forward to."
Ruby Cooling | Lincoln, England | Career-High 10.62 UTR
Cooling is slotted No. 91 in the ITF Junior Rankings with a career-high of No. 90 achieved in September. She played grand slam junior singles at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2025, reaching the round of 16 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Cooling has played junior doubles at two Wimbledons and advanced to the round of 16 at the US Open in 2025. Her top 2025 ITF Tour singles results include reaching the finals at J200 Aldershot. Cooling claimed a singles victory at J3 Loughborough in 2022. In May, she teamed with fellow signee Kori Montoya to win the doubles title at J200 St. Poelten. She claimed three doubles crowns in 2024, including J100 Loughborough, J100 Barcelona and J100 Varnamo.
"Ruby is a great athlete with a tremendous amount of talent," Weaver said. "She has the ability to excel at the highest levels. She is improving every day and will continue to get better during her time in Aggieland – I'm quite sure of that. Ruby has already competed at the Wimbledon juniors and the US Open juniors and carries a top 100 ITF ranking along with a WTA ranking. She has some very impressive results across the board."
Yoana Konstantinova | Pleven, Bulgaria | Career-High 10.73 UTR
Currently slotted No. 47 in the ITF Junior Rankings, Konstantinova reached a career-high of No. 34 in March 2024. She claimed four doubles titles on the ITF Junior circuit in 2025, including J300 Plovidiv, J500 Gaspar, J300 Asuncion and J300 New Delhi. In singles play, she won the J300 Zapopan in 2024 and J200 Haskovo in 2023. She has participated in all four grand slam junior events at least once, including two Australian Opens and two French Opens. She reached the round of 32 in the 2025 Wimbledon and 2024 Australian Open in singles play. In 2024 she also reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in doubles.
"Yoana is a very strong and powerful player who likes to dictate the play and take matters into her own hands out on the tennis court," Weaver said. "She has a very impressive career-high ITF ranking of 34 in the world junior rankings and carries a WTA ranking as well. She has had some great success on the singles court and even more success on the doubles court."
Kori Montoya | Austin, Texas | Career-High 10.07 UTR
Montoya, a five-star blue chip recruit in the class of 2026, owns an ITF Juniors rank of 113 and ITF rating of 19.4. TennisRecruiting.net tabs her as the No. 1 recruit in Texas and the Gulf States and No. 19 in the nation. Montoya reached a career-high of 92 in the ITF Junior singles ranking in July. She claimed titles at the J100 Estado de Mexico and J60 Corpus Christi in 2024. Her top results in 2025, including reach the semifinals of J200 Gladbeck and two J200 Santo Domingo tournaments. She teamed with fellow signee Ruby Cooling to win the J200 St. Poelten doubles in May. Montoya also claimed the J300 Barranquilla doubles trophy in 2025. Her 2024 doubles titles include J100 Estado de Mexico and J60 Lima. Montoya played singles and doubles in the US Open Juniors
"Kori has excelled on both the singles and doubles court in her early career," Weaver said. "She comes in as the top player in Texas for the 2026 class and she is ranked inside the top 100 in the ITF rankings. It is always nice when we can keep the talent inside the state of Texas. Kori will be competing in all the junior grand slams events this coming year and will gain some valuable experience in doing so."
Rachael Smith | Naperville, Illinois | Career-High 10.35 UTR
Smith owns a Five-Star Blue Chip rating on TennisRecruiting.net. She boasts a career-best WTA ranking of No. 1039. Smith tested herself in 2025, playing numerous ITF WTT events, advancing to the quarterfinals of W15 Juamantla in singles and the semifinals of W15 Trois-Rivieres in doubles. On the ITF Junior circuit, she won both the singles and doubles titles J30 Medford in 2024.
"Rachael is an excellent mover and loves to compete," Weaver said. "She will be coming in with a lot of experience, having competed extensively on the ITF circuit. Rachael was a highly sought after blue-chip recruit and we are very much looking forward to having her on our tennis team."
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The class includes two international players with Ruby Cooling from England and Yoana Konstantinova from Bulgaria. They join two of the brightest stars in American junior tennis – blue-chippers Kori Montoya from Austin, Texas and Rachael Smith from Naperville, Illinois.
"We are very excited to announce a very strong group of players for our 2026 signing class," Weaver said. "We are very optimistic about the future of our program and the 12th Man will have a lot of new faces to follow and a lot to look forward to."
Ruby Cooling | Lincoln, England | Career-High 10.62 UTR
Cooling is slotted No. 91 in the ITF Junior Rankings with a career-high of No. 90 achieved in September. She played grand slam junior singles at Wimbledon and the US Open in 2025, reaching the round of 16 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Cooling has played junior doubles at two Wimbledons and advanced to the round of 16 at the US Open in 2025. Her top 2025 ITF Tour singles results include reaching the finals at J200 Aldershot. Cooling claimed a singles victory at J3 Loughborough in 2022. In May, she teamed with fellow signee Kori Montoya to win the doubles title at J200 St. Poelten. She claimed three doubles crowns in 2024, including J100 Loughborough, J100 Barcelona and J100 Varnamo.
"Ruby is a great athlete with a tremendous amount of talent," Weaver said. "She has the ability to excel at the highest levels. She is improving every day and will continue to get better during her time in Aggieland – I'm quite sure of that. Ruby has already competed at the Wimbledon juniors and the US Open juniors and carries a top 100 ITF ranking along with a WTA ranking. She has some very impressive results across the board."
Yoana Konstantinova | Pleven, Bulgaria | Career-High 10.73 UTR
Currently slotted No. 47 in the ITF Junior Rankings, Konstantinova reached a career-high of No. 34 in March 2024. She claimed four doubles titles on the ITF Junior circuit in 2025, including J300 Plovidiv, J500 Gaspar, J300 Asuncion and J300 New Delhi. In singles play, she won the J300 Zapopan in 2024 and J200 Haskovo in 2023. She has participated in all four grand slam junior events at least once, including two Australian Opens and two French Opens. She reached the round of 32 in the 2025 Wimbledon and 2024 Australian Open in singles play. In 2024 she also reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in doubles.
"Yoana is a very strong and powerful player who likes to dictate the play and take matters into her own hands out on the tennis court," Weaver said. "She has a very impressive career-high ITF ranking of 34 in the world junior rankings and carries a WTA ranking as well. She has had some great success on the singles court and even more success on the doubles court."
Kori Montoya | Austin, Texas | Career-High 10.07 UTR
Montoya, a five-star blue chip recruit in the class of 2026, owns an ITF Juniors rank of 113 and ITF rating of 19.4. TennisRecruiting.net tabs her as the No. 1 recruit in Texas and the Gulf States and No. 19 in the nation. Montoya reached a career-high of 92 in the ITF Junior singles ranking in July. She claimed titles at the J100 Estado de Mexico and J60 Corpus Christi in 2024. Her top results in 2025, including reach the semifinals of J200 Gladbeck and two J200 Santo Domingo tournaments. She teamed with fellow signee Ruby Cooling to win the J200 St. Poelten doubles in May. Montoya also claimed the J300 Barranquilla doubles trophy in 2025. Her 2024 doubles titles include J100 Estado de Mexico and J60 Lima. Montoya played singles and doubles in the US Open Juniors
"Kori has excelled on both the singles and doubles court in her early career," Weaver said. "She comes in as the top player in Texas for the 2026 class and she is ranked inside the top 100 in the ITF rankings. It is always nice when we can keep the talent inside the state of Texas. Kori will be competing in all the junior grand slams events this coming year and will gain some valuable experience in doing so."
Rachael Smith | Naperville, Illinois | Career-High 10.35 UTR
Smith owns a Five-Star Blue Chip rating on TennisRecruiting.net. She boasts a career-best WTA ranking of No. 1039. Smith tested herself in 2025, playing numerous ITF WTT events, advancing to the quarterfinals of W15 Juamantla in singles and the semifinals of W15 Trois-Rivieres in doubles. On the ITF Junior circuit, she won both the singles and doubles titles J30 Medford in 2024.
"Rachael is an excellent mover and loves to compete," Weaver said. "She will be coming in with a lot of experience, having competed extensively on the ITF circuit. Rachael was a highly sought after blue-chip recruit and we are very much looking forward to having her on our tennis team."
FOLLOW THE AGGIES
Visit 12thman.com for more information on Texas A&M women's tennis. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M women's tennis team on Facebook, Instagram, and on X by following @AggieWTEN.
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