Sahana Raman, a neuroscience major, earned a spot on the CSC Academic All-America Women's Tennis Team, garnering first-team accolades in 2025 and second-team praises in 2024. She is a two-time CSC Academic All-District honoree.
Raman had a banner 2024-25 season. The senior became the fifth Panther in program history to be named NESCAC Player of the Year, alongside first-team honors in both singles and doubles. In singles, Raman earned 24 victories, including an 8-0 mark in conference action at the top spot in the lineup. Her play helped lead Middlebury to its first conference title in program history. She earned a spot in the NCAA Singles Tournament for the third year in a row and was seventh in the country in the final ITA rankings. She closes her career with 84 singles victories, which is believed to be a program record.
In doubles play, Raman and fellow Panther Nina Farhat earned 30 victories, with 17 coming in dual action as Middlebury’s top duo. The tandem punched its ticket to the NCAA Individual Championships, claiming runner-up honors and the farthest a Panther singles or doubles player has advanced in the tournament since 2012. The pair finished the season as the second-ranked doubles tandem in Division III.
In the 2023-24 campaign, the Panther garnered All-NESCAC First-Team honors in singles and a place on the all-conference second team in doubles. In singles, Raman claimed 15 victories and competed in the #1 spot of the lineup. Raman earned her 60th triumph in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32. The Panther went 7-3 in NESCAC regular-season action and finished the spring ranked #22 in the country in singles.
In the fall of 2023, Raman and her doubles teammate Amy Delman advanced to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) New England Regional Final, finishing as the runner-up. The pair also competed in the ITA Cup, becoming the first duo to advance to the national event in the program's history. She was part of a doubles tandem that amassed 19 wins in the top slot of doubles and is ranked #10 in the region.
Off the court, Raman was a three-time NESCAC All-Academic selection and an ITA Scholar Athlete. She earned the ITA Northeast Region’s Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award in 2025.
