Sharon Marin
| School: |
UNLV |
| Year: |
Senior |
| Home Town: |
Jerusalem |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Hasharon HS |
| Height: |
5-5 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
26-28 |
| Doubles Record: |
35-29 |
AT UNLV: A talented senior who has shown flashes of great potential in between being sidelined with back injuries throughout her career ... Sat out the fall tournament season after having back surgery last year ... Can make a big impact in the starting lineup when healthy ... A top student who has thrice earned Academic All-MWC honors as well as being named an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Continues a long line of Israeli players at UNLV but was the first woman from that country to join the program since Sarit Shalev in 1991.
2007: Sat out fall and then played just two singles matches and one doubles match (and not losing a set) before retiring for the season and opting for back surgery.
2006: Turned in a successful spring campaign, going 12-6 a the No. 3 singles position ... Played her best tennis late in the season, winning five of her final six matches, including a 5-2 mark in MWC regular-season play ... Posted her first two career ranked victories: shocked No. 83 Lucia Sainz of Fresno State 7-6, 6-3 on Feb. 26 and then downed another 83rd-ranked opponent -- TCU's Anna Sydorska -- 6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (11-9) on April 14 ... Her 2-3 fall record included a trip to the flight-two final of the UNLV Invitational ... Combined with Elena Gantcheva for a 2-4 record at No. 1 doubles and with Claire Smith at No. 2 for a 7-6 mark.
2005: Her 6-15 overall rookie record included a 4-11 mark at Nos. 3-4 ... Rallied late in season and won three of four at one point during conference play ... Turned in a 2-2 fall tournament effort ... Earned all-conference honors in doubles after 10-8 mark with partner Gantcheva, including 8-6 at top spot in lineup ... Highlight came in the semifinals of MWC tournament as she and Gantcheva upset the nation's eighth-ranked duo of Maja Kovacek and Iva Gersic of New Mexico.
HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Hasharon High School in Tel Aviv ... Ranked as high as No. 830 in the world by the WTA.
PERSONAL: Sharon Marin was born on June 28, 1984, in Jerusalem, Israel ... The daughter of Roberto and Bruria Marin ... Has an older brother, Daniel ... Majoring in international business.
