University of San Francisco Athletics

Athlete All-American

Lisa Beritzhoff

Honors:
Women's Tennis (1978-1980), Cross Country (1978-1980)

Coach Niebauer has done an excellent job of training and leading the USF women runners into a first class intercollegiate competition. He is dealing with amateur athletes who receive no scholarships for their athletic endeavors on the Hilltop. The existence of the team itself, is undoubtedly only recognized by a very small minority of people at USF. The women's team is competing parallel to the men's this season. Many of their races are tournaments in which male and female teams compete in their own divisions. Leading the women runners this year are juniors Lisa Beritzhoff and Debbie Stark. Both are very consistent runners who are looked upon to supply the necessary experience and leadership in running competition (TheFoghorn).

TENNIS PLAYING CAREER:
As a junior tennis player, Lisa was ranked #1 in girls doubles in Northern California for four consecutive years (ages 14-18).
Marin Catholic High School Girls’ Varsity #1 High School Tennis Player for three consecutive years (1972-1975).
Awarded a full athletic scholarship to Brigham Young University 1975-1977.
Twice selected to the All Western Athletic-Conference teams while at BYU.
Awarded a full athletic scholarship to the University of San Francisco 1978-1980 (she was one of the first women athletes to be awarded an athletic scholarship at the University of San Francisco) Graduated from USF with honors in 1980.
Awarded Most Valuable Player award in Tennis and Cross-Country Track for two consecutive years at University of San Francisco.
In 1978 played on the Cote A’zur French Circuit and English Lawn Tennis circuit, along with her brother John.

TENNIS COACHING CAREER:
1981-1983 NCAA Division I Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach at University of California Berkeley.
1983-1986 NCAA Division I Head Women’s Tennis Coach at San Jose State University. While at SJSU her teams accumulated more wins in three seasons than the school had won in the previous six seasons.
1986-1990 NCAA Division I Head Women’s Tennis Coach at the University of California Santa Barbara. While at Santa Barbara she led her team to its first ever Division I NCAA national tennis ranking.
1990-1993 First Woman to be hired in an Athletic Director position at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, the oldest athletic club in the United States. She was named Director of Tennis and Head Tennis Professional at a time when the Olympic Club was still an all-men’s athletic club.
During her coaching career she often coached numerous junior regional and national teams that represented the United States Tennis Association.

MARIN COUNTY TENNIS HALL OF FAME
In 2018, Lisa was inducted into the Marin County Tennis Hall of Fame.

PROFESSIONAL CAREER
Following her athletic tennis career, Lisa went back to school to get two post-Graduate Degrees and has been a practicing Psychotherapist and Psychoanalyst for the last 20+ years. She is currently in private practice in San Francisco, working with teens and adults (MarinCatholicHOF).

Photo Courtesy of Marin Catholic.

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Upcoming Event: Men's Golf at El Macero Classic - Day One on Apr. 10, 2026

Upcoming Event: Beach Volleyball versus Concordia (Calif.) on Apr. 10, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Baseball versus San Diego on Apr. 10, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Beach Volleyball at Pepperdine on Apr. 10, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.

Upcoming Event: Men's Golf at El Macero Classic - Day Two on Apr. 11, 2026

Upcoming Event: Track and Field versus Jim Linthicum Invitational on Apr. 11, 2026

Upcoming Event: Beach Volleyball at Pepperdine on Apr. 11, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Upcoming Event: Baseball versus San Diego on Apr. 11, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

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