Transferred to Akron from Division II West Virginia State.

as a Sophomore (Fall 2008): Became first player in team history to advance through qualifying play and into the main draw at the ITA Midwest Regional, with straight-set victories over players from Toledo, Marquette and Eastern Illinois... Partnered with freshman Zara Harutyunyan to post a 1-1 record in doubles at ITA Midwest Regional, with a 9-8 loss to Minnesota’s top pair and an 8-4 win over Eastern Illinois’s No. 1 team... Teamed with Harutyunyan for an 8-2 win over a Northwestern pair that included half of the No. 29- and No. 34-ranked doubles teams in the nation in the Northwestern Wildcat Invitational... Finished third at Wildcat Invitational in “B” doubles, after posting wins over LSU, a combined team from Illinois and Notre Dame, and Northwestern... Claimed first collegiate doubles flight championship by winning Dartmouth Invitational with partner Harutyunyan... Nine singles wins and 10 doubles wins were both second-highest total on team... Finished third at No. 2 singles at Bowling Green Invitational.

as a Freshman (2007-08): Posted a 28-3 record as the team’s No. 1 player, including a 5-0 mark versus Division I opponents... Named West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) freshman- and player-of-the-year... Helped guide the Yellow Jackets to their first league championship and first appearance in the D-II tournament... In the first tournament of her collegiate career, she won the “A” singles flight of the Martha Thorn Invitational at West Virginia University... En route to claiming that title she beat Akron’s No. 2 and No. 3 singles players (junior Tanyarazwa Gombera and senior Amy Sherlock, respectively), and defeated WVU’s No. 1 player in the final.

Prior to West Virginia State: Ranked as high as No. 68 in Under 16 in Russia and No. 101 in her first year in Under 18... Held a career high ranking of No. 1,054 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior rankings in 2006... Attended St. Petersburg State University

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