Bio

In the 2015-16 academic season, Nikki Bonzoumet begins her seventeenth year as the Riverside City College (RCC) head women's tennis coach after a successful high school and collegiate tennis career.

A graduate of La Sierra High School in Riverside, Bonzoumet was a high school league champion her sophomore year and then was runner-up her junior and senior seasons. She went on to attend, Riverside City College and eventually earned a scholarship to Northern Arizona University.

During her playing days as a Tiger, she was ranked as high as No. 27 in the state in singles. That season she helped Riverside to a 19-1 record and the Orange Empire Conference (OEC) Championship. In her sophomore season, she earned all-OEC honors with her doubles partner (Michelle Mateljan).

As a coach, she has compiled a 193-78-1 (.712) overall record, 109-52 (.677) in OEC matches, winning three conference championships (2000, 2012, 2014). She has taken eight teams to the regional playoffs.

She has coached three individuals to conference titles - Anabel Sanchez, Caroline Houston and Alicia Brown (2002), a former assistant to the RCC men's and women's tennis teams. In 2002, Brown, under Bonzoumet's coaching, became the OEC Player of the Year as a freshman. In her sophomore season, Brown advanced to the quarterfinals of the state tournament after winning the conference singles title.


Year: Overall Record, Orange Empire Conference, Place; Postseason (Dual Team)
2000: 16-2, 11-1, Conference Champions
2001: 8-5, 4-4
2002: 8-7, 4-4
2003: 11-2, 8-2, second place
2004: 12-4, 8-4
2005: 9-5, 5-5
2006: 15-5, 9-3
2007: 15-4, 7-3
2008: 15-5, 7-3
2009: 9-10, 6-6
2010: 6-9, 0-8, fifth place
2011: 12-4, 7-3

2012: 16-2, 10-0, Conference Champions

2013: 15-3-1, 8-1, second place; No. x seed: lost So Cal Regional Final at Fullerton

2014: 9-8, 5-5, tied for third place; No. 7 seed: lost at No. 2 Santa Monica

2015: 17-3, 10-0, Conference Champions; No. 3 seed: won, 5-4, over No. 6 seed CODesert, lost, 1-5, at No. 1 seed Mt. San Antonio

Totals: 193-78-1; 109-52 OEC