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2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster

Grace Summers

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool St. Benedict
  • Hometown Cordova, Tenn.
  • Major Kinesiology and Sports Studies

Biography

Awards
2018 - Second Team Academic All-American
2018 - Second Team All-OVC
2017 - Second Team All-OVC
2016 - First Team All-OVC

2017-18 (SENIOR):
Played in all 26 matches posting a 12-13 record in singles play with one match unfinished... ended career ranked first on EIU career list for singles wins with 57... was ranked first on EIU career wins at No. 3 singles and third on career list for wins at No. 2 singles... named second team All-Ohio Valley Conference... played season at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles... won seven matches at No. 2 and five matches at No. 3... named OVC Player of the Week on Feb. 21... set school record for singles wins on final day of regular season with win over UT Martin at No. 3 singles... played at No. 1 doubles teaming with Stella Cliffe for most of the season... was 15-9 in singles playing including a season opening win over a nationally ranked doubles team from Illinois... finished career ranked third on EIU career list for doubles wins with 53 and was ranked first on career doubles wins at No. 1 doubles... named CoSIDA Google Cloud Second Team All-American and first team Academic All-District 5... ITA Scholar-Athlete... 2018 OVC Medal of Honor winner...

2016-17 (JUNIOR): Finished her junior year 13-7 overall in singles matches playing the majority of the season at the No. 2 position... went 6-2 in OVC singles play... named second team All-Ohio Valley Conference... had a 12-6 overall doubles record partnering with Kamile Stadalninkaite for all but one match... finished with a team-high 5-2 conference doubles record splitting time between the No. 2 and No. 3 positions... ITA Scholar Athlete Award... OVC Medal of Honor Winner... 

2015-16 (SOPHOMORE): Had an amazing sophomore campaign finishing the year with an astounding 20-1 singles record from the No. 3 spot... named first team All-Ohio Valley Conference... after dropping her season-opening match to No. 58 Illinois she went undefeated the rest of the season winning 20 straight and going 10-0 in the OVC... her 20 season wins is tied for second most in a season all-time at EIU... had success in doubles play as well as she, along with partner Hannah Kimbrough, finished the year with a team-leading 15-4 record... the pair spent all season playing from the first position earning a 7-1 conference record... CoSIDA Academic All-District... OVC Academic Medal of Honor recipient

2014-15 (FRESHMAN): Earned an overall record of 12-7 in singles play with the majority of her time split between the No. 2 and No. 3 positions... she went 6-3 while playing in the No. 3 spot... finished OVC match play with a 7-3 record... played all of her doubles matches in the No. 1 spot with partner Sephora Boulbahaiem ending the season with an even 8-8 record...OVC Medal of Honor Winner...

HIGH SCHOOL ... Played tennis for coach Barbra Hervy at St. Benedict at Auburndale down in Tennessee... multi-year team MVP honoree... earned individual state champion honors at the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Division II-AA last spring... as she won in consecutive straight sets for the eventual title.. that honor is the first for her prep unit... she also nabbed her fourth consecutive Division II-AA West Region title... finished her senior campaign with an undefeated singles mark, which included a key win over the No. 1-ranked opponent in the USTA's Southern Section... member of the Tennessee Junior Classical League... received the Excellence Awards in Physical Science and Latin... member of the National Honor Society and Latin Honor Society.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior

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