Washburn University Athletics

Santiago Rendon joins the Washburn tennis program staff in a graduate assistant role for the 2024-25 season after finishing up his ITA Cup National Championship winning career. Rendon spent three seasons with the Ichabods after transferring from Norfolk State where he spent one season. 

Over his three-year career with Washburn he compiled more than 100 total victories going 53-23 in doubles including back-to-back seasons of more than 20 victories to finish his career. In doubles Rendon went 53-19 in his time in Topeka, also reaching the 20 win mark in his junior and senior seasons. During the fall of 2023 Rendon and Tim Hammes qualified for the ITA Cup in doubles and won four straight matches over three days to become the first pair of Ichabods to win an ITA Cup Doubles National Championship. The duo advanced to the ITA Cup Superbowl Championship match and were able to qualify for the ITA Division I Fall National Championships later in the fall. 

Rendon concluded his career earning All-MIAA/GAC status in both singles and doubles all three seasons, including first team honors in both as a junior and senior. The Bogota, Colombia native helped Washburn to three straight NCAA Tournament Appearances including a spot in the NCAA National Championships his senior season. The Ichabods also won back-to-back MIAA/GAC Tournament Championships in 2022-23 and 23-24 as well as the MIAA/GAC Regular Season Championship in 2023-24. 

In all three years Rendon was named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. He is the son of Cesar and Martha and is pursuing his MBA.