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Honors and Awards
2023: all-ACC second team…Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Singles Championship, making her first appearance in the singles draw…Boasts a 27-8 overall singles record for the year…Went 20-4 in dual singles action, including a 10-2 mark against ACC opponents…Held down the No. 2 position all season…Climbed as high as No. 23 in the ITA national singles rankings on April 4…Spent the entire spring season ranked in the top 50 nationally…Proved to be the clinching match seven times for the Yellow Jackets…Clinched Georgia Tech’s 5-2 win over then-No. 17 Notre Dame to open ACC play on Feb. 24…Defeated Julia Andreach in three sets to seal the victory…Opened league play winning her first three matches, including a victory over No. 15 Alana Smith of NC State, 6-3,6-7 (4), 6-1…Won 12-of-14 matches to conclude team play in the NCAA Championships second round…Recorded back-to-back clinching wins over Syracuse and UCF…Also clinched Tech’s 4-3 win at Virginia Tech, rallying back from a 5-0 deficit in the third set tiebreak to win seven-straight points to clinch the match…Sealed Tech’s place in the ACC Tournament semifinals with a straight-set victory over Duke’s Emma Jackson to clinch a 4-3 victory…Partnered with Alejandra Cruz in doubles…Pair rose as high as No. 69 in the ITA national doubles rankings and went 19-12 overall, including an 11-10 dual record…Pair collected first conference win at Louisville…Duo cruised to a 6-2 decision over No. 3 Fiona Crawley and Carson Tanguilig of UNC…Fall: Went 7-4 in singles and 9-3 in doubles during tournament season…Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Southeast Regionals with Cruz and round of 16 in singles play…Collected three doubles victories at the Tennessee Fall Invite.
2022:ITA Doubles All-American…all-ACC third team…all-ACC academic team…ITA Scholar-Athlete…Compiled an overall record of 17-11 in singles and 21-10 in doubles her freshman season…In ACC action, went 8-5 in singles and 6-7 in doubles…Produced an 8-4 mark at the No. 3 position in singles…Won five-straight ACC singles matches…Pocketed straight-set win over Priska Nugroho of NC State at No. 3…Collected 6-0, 6-1 victory over Alisha Reayer of Memphis to open NCAA Tournament action…Partnered with Ava Hrastar in doubles…Pair made NCAA Tournament Individual run to quarterfinals…Opened conference play with a pair of wins over Miami and Florida State…Pair took home ACC Tournament win over Boston College…Collected two NCAA Tournament doubles wins over Memphis and Auburn in team play…Upended No. 23 doubles team from Florida in first round of NCAA Doubles Championships before outlasting Baylor in the round of 16, 1-6, 6-2, 15-13. Fall: Won first five singles matches to open the fall slate…Finished with a 7-2 singles record in tournament action…Took first four doubles matches to open fall slate…Went 9-2 in doubles play in fall tournament action.
PREP: Ranked a top 100 ITF Junior recruit…Brings wealth of international playing experience to Georgia Tech…Represented Great Britain in the European Winter and Summer Cups in U14, playing the No. 1 position…Won three Tennis Europes…2016 Eddie Herr doubles champion…2018 ITF G5 Dubai Champion…2019 British Tour (Frinton) Champion…Captured ITF G2 and G4 doubles championships in Belgium and Lithuania…Competed in 2021 Wimbledon Juniors, advancing to the round of 16 in singles…Attended Kesgrave High School.
MAJOR: Biology
