Sole senior for the 2008 squad, which includes four juniors and three sophomores and one freshman ... Four-year starter for the Lady Bulldogs ... Member of the 2005 SEC Western Division Championship squad ... Biological sciences major who is a three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete and two-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Member of the 2006 SEC Community team and 2005-06 and 2006-07 Newsom Award recipient for the women’s tennis squad ... Member of MSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and has attended NCAA seminars as the school’s representative.
Fall 2007:
Tied for first on the team with Valeriya Makarycheva with eight singles wins (8-5) ... Defeated two ranked players this fall, including the 17th-ranked Megan Alexander at the ITA Southern Regional Championships and the 51st-ranked Yvette Hyndman at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic ... Tied for fourth on the team with four doubles wins (4-7) ... Paired with Daniela Juskova for all four of her wins ... Claimed the Gold Draw at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic with Juskova with three consecutive wins... Moved into 10th place all-time in career doubles wins (40) ... Moved into 11th all time in career combined singles and doubles wins. (87)
2006-07 (Junior):
First on the team in doubles wins with 18 (18-15) … Also went 8-23 in singles play … Opened the fall by claiming the White Draw consolation singles title at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic, knocking off Shelley Godwin of host Alabama in the finals … Played most of the season at the No. 4 position ... Posted back-to-back wins twice in the spring, once against Sydney Lartigue and Caroline Jounian, and again later against Laura Martelli and Magdelena Czernik … Teamed with Daniela Juskova to claim her first nationals doubles ranking of 55th ... Paired with Juskova to post a 10-5 doubles mark ... Joseph and Juskova defeated the 55th-ranked tandem of Christine Johnston and Whitney Spencer of Kentucky … Also posted a 5-3 doubles record with fellow Lady Bulldog Elna de Villiers ... Also saw doubles action with teammate Tatiana Feit.
2005-06 (Sophomore):
Ranked third on the team with 12 singles wins (12-24 record) and fourth with 10 doubles victories (10-20 mark) during her sophomore season ... Finished the spring campaign as the Lady Bulldogs’ No. 1 singles player ... Posted back-toback SEC road wins at No. 3 singles against Auburn and Alabama in March ... Prevailed in her first six matches (and nine of first 10 matches) of the fall season ... Opened the fall by claiming the Ole Miss Fall Classic White Draw singles title ... Followed that season-opening effort by advancing to the singles finals of the 3.0 Draw and the C Draw doubles finals (with Tatiana Feit) at the Robert Alison Fall Classic ... Made the singles semifinal in Flight B of the ITA South Regional ... Primarily teamed with Daniela Juskova at No. 3 doubles during the spring season before being paired with Feit at No. 2 doubles during the final three SEC dual matches ... Helped the Lady Bulldogs with their 10th-consecutive ITA Academic Team Award, by posting the team-best 3.7 GPA in biological sciences
2004-05 (Freshman):
Tied for fourth on the MSU team with 19 singles victories (19-17 record) as a freshman … Went 8-9 in dual match play during the spring, including a 4-6 SEC mark … Posted a 5-2 home record in dual match competition … Claimed three straight SEC wins at the No. 6 singles position in March, but completed her rookie campaign competing at the No. 4 slot … Captured consolation singles titles at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic (Flight D) and Residence Inn North Wolfpack Invitational (Draw B1) during her initial fall season with the Lady Bulldogs… Registered eight consecutive singles wins during the fall, including a perfect 4-0 mark to claim the Draw B title of the Wilson/ITA South Regional Championships … Concluded fall singles play with a 10-6 record … Notched a 6-3 mark in three-set singles matches during the season … Owned a composite 8-7 doubles record during her freshman campaign … Teamed with Anastasia Kug kolova in fall doubles competition to win the Flight B consolation bracket of the Robert Alison Fall Classic… The duo also advanced to the Draw B doubles finals at the Wilson/ITA South Regional Championships … Earned status on the 2004-05 SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.
Pre-MSU:
Four-time state singles champion for independent schools at Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C. … Earned All-CISAA (Charlotte Independent Schools Athletic Association) tennis honors each of her four years competing for coach Calvin Davis’ Lady Bucs … Also helped lead CCDS to four consecutive state independent team championships as a three-time all-state selection by the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association … Held South Carolina’s No. 1 state singles ranking in the Girls’ 18’s division of the United States Tennis Association, while also rating among the South Region’s top 10 and the nation’s top 100 rankings … Also a member of South Carolina’s Fed Cup team ... Also competed in basketball, track and volleyball for the Lady Bucs … Member of CCDS’s National Honor Society and was a two-time selection to the Head of School’s List.
Personal:
Renée Joseph was born January 8, 1986 in Rock Hill, South Carolina ... Daughter of Samuel and Phebe Joseph ... Has two brothers, Lesley (25) and Jerry (26) ... Lesley played college tennis at Georgia and is now competing in the professional ranks and Jerry played college tennis at Florida A&M ... Majoring in biological sciences (pre-medicine).
