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AS A JUNIOR (2016-17)
2017 Spring
Singles: Played in No. 6 spot …. Started season out against Incarnate Word… posted a win against Alejandra Tamayo… later won in three against Madison Porter of Colorado State… finished the season with a win against Carla Ortega of Louisiana.
 
Doubles: Teamed with Eva Dench to form Texas State’s No. 1 doubles team … posted 4-5 record… opened season with a 6-2 victory against Giovanna Fioretti and Sara Jurakova of McNeese State … won back-to-back regional matches against Incarnate Word and UTSA ... also won a pair of matches against Isabel Jasper and Natasha Gonzalez of Harvard and Jessica Perez and Elvira Juravliova of Loyola Marymount.

2016 Fall
Singles: Posted a pair of victories at the Rice Invitational and ITA Regional Championships ... first win was against Caitlyn Mitchell of Sam Houston State at Rice ... also won a straight-set decision against Diane Friedricks of Sam Houston State at the ITA Regionals.

Doubles: Led Texas State with eight doubles victories during the fall ... teamed with Julia Navajo Melendez to win a pair of matches against both Northern Colorado and Southern Utah at the Air Force Invitational ... also teamed with Eva Dench to win a match against Denver at Air Force ... She and Dench also won four consolation matches to reach the consolation final at the ITA Texas Regional Championships ... they also won their dual match versus Prairie View A&M.


PREVIOUS SCHOOL
Transfer from Long Beach State … played on a conference championship team in 2015 … had a 2-1 record in singles matches and a 7-1 doubles mark in dual matches in 2016 … was 8-3 overall in doubles matches as a sophomore … clinched double point at Big West Tournament in 2016 … had a 4-4 mark in singles matches as a freshman in 2014-15.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Saffron Walden in Essex, England … reached as high as No. 10 in the UK’s U18 rankings ... was the top ranked player in her county for four straight years ... won a national U18 doubles title in May 2014... reached the second round of the U18 Junior National Championship in 2014 ... named the Most Improved Player at her tennis academy in 2014 ... played rounders for Saffron Walden County High School and helped her team to a county championship
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Karen Sims and Russ Jones ... enjoys reading and shopping ... major is History.