Juan Escudero played three seasons at Tech, and won three individual league championships. He was the top singles player in the conference twice, earning OVC Player of the Year honors in 1986 and 1987 when he captured the league championship at number one singles. He shared the league crown in doubles play in 1988.

Juan set a school-record for career winning percentage in doubles play (.789) and reached second all-time in career winning percentage in singles play (.716). In his first season (1986), Juan posted a 15-4 singles record and was 13-3 in doubles play, and won the OVC championship and Player of the Year honor despite Tech finishing sixth as a team. He was Tech’s first OVC Player of the Year since 1975.

As a junior, Juan was 15-5 in singles and 11-8 in doubles play, becoming Tech’s first repeat winner of OVC Player of the Year. Again, Tech finished sixth. As a senior, Juan was instrumental in Tech’s climbing to second place in the OVC, the team’s highest finish in 18 years. He was 13-8 in singles play and placed third in the league, and compiled a school-record 21-1 record in doubles action and won the OVC championship at number one doubles. In all, Juan posted a 43-17 record in singles play and had a career 45-12 mark in doubles.

In 1988, when the OVC celebrated its 40^th anniversary and named its “all-time all-OVC” teams, Juan was chosen, one of only two active players included on the 21-player men’s tennis list. In 1987, Juan was ranked as high as 31^st in the nation (ITCA), the highest national ranking ever achieved by a Tech tennis player.

Prior to Tech, Juan was ranked #1 in Puerto Rico (1979-1983/Juniors), and went undefeated for three years to win the Puerto Rican High School National Championships. He was the undefeated college champion of Puerto Rico in 1983, and was awarded the Sportsmanship Award in Junior Davis Cup competition.

After graduating from Tech with a B.S. degree in marketing in 1988, Juan established himself as one of the top coaches in the Caribbean region, and has sent several top student-athletes from Puerto Rico to Tennessee Tech. He was head teaching pro at ARRAQ Tennis Club in 1990, and at the time of his induction was head pro at San Francisco Tennis Club in San Juan. He began working as the Puerto Rico National Junior head coach in 1994, and was chosen captain of the Davis and Federation Cup teams in 1997.