Arjun Kersten Earns ITA Mountain Region Osuna Sportsmanship Award

USAF ACADEMY, Colo. - Recent Air Force men's tennis graduate Arjun Kersten earned the ITA Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award for the Mountain Region, announced today by the ITA.

Kersten is the fourth Falcon to earn the Osuna Award across the last five seasons. The 2025 grad. was a three-time All-Mountain West Singles and Doubles honoree for the Falcons. He leaves the Academy with 145 career combined wins.

The ITA/Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award is the ITA's longest-running award and goes to a Division I men's player who displays sportsmanship, character, excellent academics and has had outstanding tennis playing accomplishments. The award was established in 1969 in memory of Rafael Osuna, who was killed in a plane accident at the age of 30. Osuna is one of the all-time great collegiate tennis players, winning three NCAA doubles titles (1961-63) and the 1962 NCAA singles title as part of USC teams many consider to be the greatest of all-time.

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Arjun Kersten Earns ITA Mountain Region Osuna Sportsmanship Award

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