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Honors and Awards
2023: Mainstay in Tech’s doubles lineup during dual season…Partnered with Kate Sharabura majority of the spring…Pair produced a 4-8 doubles record at No. 2 position…Won back-to-back doubles victories to open ACC play at No. 17 Notre Dame (Feb. 24) and Louisville (Feb. 26)…Helped Tech clinch the doubles point against UCF (March 23)…Pocketed a 6-3 win at Virginia Tech (April 2)…Also partnered with Rosie Garcia Gross for three matches in the spring season…Fall: Competed in two tournaments – Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic and the Tennessee Fall Invite…Went 2-2 in singles action, picking up a pair of wins in the season-opening tournament at Furman…Went 3-1 in doubles action in the fall with Garcia Gross, collecting three wins at the Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic.
2022: ITA Scholar-Athlete…Produced a 5-7 singles record and 4-3 doubles mark…Competed against two ACC opponents in singles – Florida State and Boston College…Partnered with Ava Hrastar for trio of doubles matches in dual play…Picked up doubles wins against Chattanooga and Mercer…Fall: Went 5-4 in singles play and 2-1 in doubles action…Pocketed pair of doubles wins with Mahak Jain to open the fall slate…Won three singles matches in Debbie Southern Furman Fall Classic.
2020-21: ACC Academic Honor Roll…ITA Scholar-Athlete…Finished with a 4-4 record in singles action and 7-17 mark in doubles play…Picked up a pair of league wins against Miami and Boston College…Partnered mainly with Carol Lee in doubles, posting a 2-9 record…Also went 5-1 in doubles action with Ava Hrastar…Pair collected four straight wins to open dual play…Collected conference wins against Clemson with Hrastar and Louisville with Lee…Defeated Georgia Southern’s duo of Elizabeth Goines and Sonja Keranen, 6-0, with Lee in the first round of NCAA Championships.
2019-20: ACC Academic Honor Roll…Competed in six singles matches and posted a 2-3 record…Grabbed first collegiate singles win against Kennesaw State’s (1/11) Aspen Jarrett 6-4, 6-0…Also proved victorious over Presbyterian’s (1/18) Zeba Jamal, 6-1, 6-4…Partnered with Rosie Garcia Gross and Sophia Sassoli mainly in doubles action…Won three-straight doubles matches to open the season…Pocketed two wins with teammate Nami Otsuka to open the season…Cruised to 6-1 victory over Baker/Reilly of KSU for first doubles win…Picked up 6-3 win against Walker/Vines of Furman (1/18) with Otsuka…Captured a pair of doubles wins with Garcia Gross over Mercer (1/21).
Fall: Joined Yellow Jackets in Jan. 2020.
PREP: A native of Pula, Croatia…Ranked as high as a UTR of 12…Reached second round of qualifying at the ITF World Tennis Tour in Zagreb, Croatia in Sept. 2019…Played for German club team in Baden-Baden.
MAJOR: Business Administration
