WALTHAM, Mass. -- First-year
Ashley Korbul of
Staten Island, New York, and sophomore
Aidan Wang-Fan of
Richmond Hills, Ontario, members of the women’s track and field and men’s tennis teams, have been named the Brandeis University Athletes of the Week for the week ending April 19. The Brandeis Athlete of the Week program is presented by The Chateau Restaurant and Jake n JOES Sports Grille.
Korbul competed with the women’s track and field team at the Georgia Tech Invitational against a largely Division I and II field. She placed third in the unseeded high jump at the event with a mark of 1.62 meters, an outdoor personal best and ranking her 35th in Division III this season. Korbul also ran 12.61 seconds in the 100-meter dash. She was 81st overall but tops among Division III competitors, taking 0.5 seconds off her PR, continuing a 3-meet streak of PRing in the 100. This improves upon her number seven mark on Brandeis’s all-time list, set last weekend.
Korbul and the Judges will compete at the 2026 University Athletic Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships this weekend at Case Western Reserve University. Korbul won the UAA title in the high jump earlier this year indoors.
Wang-Fan won three matches for the #20-ranked Judges’ men’s tennis team last week. He earned the team’s lone point in a 6-1 loss to #9 Bowdoin College with a 7-6, 6-4 victory at #6. He and partner Oliver Lorenz pushed the region’s top-ranked doubles team to a 7-5 decision in that match. In a key match-up against University Athletic Association rivals #24 NYU, Wang-Fan posted a pair of wins, 6-4 at #2 doubles along with Lorenz, and the match-clinching win at #6 singles, a 6-4, 6-3 victory at #6. Brandeis defeated the Violets, 4-3. Wang-Fan was also edged in three sets in a match against #15 Babson, 6-2, 6-7, 1-6, in a 5-2 loss.
WAng-Fan and the Judges head to Altamonte Springs, Florida, to compete in the 2026 UAA Tournament. Brandeis is the sixth seed in the tournament and will meet third-seeded and sixth-ranked Case Western Reserve in the opening round.
This is the tenth year that the Brandeis Athlete of the Week program has been presented by The Chateau Restaurant Group. The Athlete of the Year Program highlights top Brandeis student-athletes who have had an outstanding athletic achievement in the week prior. Each selected student-athlete will be featured on the Brandeis athletics homepage and inside the Chateau Waltham and Jake n JOES.
Owned and operated by the Nocera Family, the Chateau Restaurant of Waltham opened in 1933 and set the standard for providing the tradition of Italian family dining, friendly service, and quality food at reasonable prices for its customers. Located on 195 School Street, with 900 seats, the Chateau is always ready to accommodate large parties.
The Nocera Family consists of 6 brothers who have always had a passion for playing sports. In 2010, the Nocera Family launched a new concept, Jake n JOES Sports Grille. Jake n JOES Waltham opened in 2014 and is the best place to watch a game and enjoy quality food.
"Brandeis student-athletes are fantastic role models in our community,” says Chateau President Joe Nocera, “They exemplify the ideals of excellence and commitment both on and off the playing field. The Chateau Waltham and Jake n JOES Waltham are proud to partner with Brandeis Athletics to continue to enhance a positive focus within the Waltham Community."
Korbul is a 2025 graduate of New Dorp High School. For more information on Brandeis women’s track and field, visit their web page at
https://brandeisjudges.com/sports/wtrack.
Wang-Fan is a 2024 graduate of Bill Crothers Secondary School. For more information on Brandeis men’s tennis, visit their web page at
https://brandeisjudges.com/sports/mens-tennis.
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