Sophomore joined Irish as a walk-on in fall of 2002 … two-handed groundstrokes off both sides make her a difficult opponent to read.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner led Pine Crest School to the Florida state tournament … four-time all-conference selection was named team MVP as a junior and senior … also served as team captain as a senior … recipient of zonal sportsmanship award … earned all-conference honors twice in cross country, while helping her team to the state tournament … played in the father-daughter tournament on the grass courts of the Longwood Cricket Club … plays in grandmother's tournament each summer, the Amy Yee Tennis Classic in Seattle … was a community service coordinator in high school … is the fifth member of her family to play collegiate tennis, including her mother, Linda (Arizona State) … from same area in Florida as current Irish baseball player Chris Niesel and golfer Frederico Salazar and former Notre Dame athletes Ricky Buhrman (tennis) and Charley Hambrook (golf) … born April 4, 1983 in San Antonio, Texas … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.