Fall 2001 — Registered a 3-2 mark in fall singles action … Participated in both the adidas Invitational and the Riviera All-American pre-qualifying … Teamed with freshman Sarah Gregg to post a 2-2 fall doubles mark … The duo reached the semifinals at the adidas Invitational.

2001 — Joined the Bruins in January of 2001 … Posted an 18-13 overall singles record in her first season of collegiate play … Saw most of her action at the Nos. 4 and 5 positions … Reached the Flight III quarterfinals at the Pac-10 Indoors … Defeated No. 41 Keiko Tokuda of Stanford, 6-3, 7-6(4) in a dual match on April 21 … Finished the season with a 12-8 record in dual matches … Teamed with Sara Walker in doubles, posting a 13-6 record … Defeated teammates Fisher/Marinova, 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 in the finals of the Pac-10 Championships … Participated in the NCAA Doubles Championships, falling to top-seeded Barnikow/Kalvaria in the first round … Finished 2001 ranked No. 15 in the final ITA doubles rankings.

High School/Juniors — Graduated early from Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, CA … Placed third at the 1999 Copper Bowl in Arizona … Reached the quarterfinals in singles and in doubles (w/ Tracey O’Connor) at the 2000 International Grass Courts … Also reached the quarterfinals at the 2000 International Hard Courts … Advanced to the semifinals in doubles … Played in the 1999 Orange Bowl … Played No. 1 singles for Japan at the 1999 Connelly Cup … Competed in doubles at the 2000 Wimbledon Junior Championships … Reached the second round at both the Roehampton International 2000 and the Thames Ditton 2000 tournaments in London, England … Advanced to the third round of the 2000 World Super Juniors in singles and second round in doubles … Singles semifinalist at the 2000 Asian Open … Ranked as high as No. 75 in singles and 60 in doubles in the ITF Junior Singles Rankings … Ranked third in Japanese Girls’ 18s singles.

Personal — Full name is Mariko Lilian Kathrein Fritz-Krockow … Born November 29, 1982 in Tokyo, Japan … Parents are Bernhard and Hiroko Fritz-Krockow … Younger sister, Emmy also plays tennis … Has lived in Japan, Germany, Barbados and in the U.S. … Speaks German, Japanese and English fluently … Admires Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf … Majoring in sociology and German … Hopes to one day compete on the WTA tour.