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  Kara Delicata
School: University of Michigan
Year: Senior
Home Town: LaSalle, Ontario
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High School: Sandwich Secondary School
Height: 5-7
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Birth Date: Friday, August 30, 1985
Dominant Hand: Right
Major: Psychology
Singles Record: 60-63
Doubles Record: 90-54

At Michigan ... Finished four-year career with records of 60-63 in singles (38-48 dual) and 89-54 in doubles (64-32 dual) ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference (2005, '07) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner (2005, '07) ... All-Big Ten (2006) ... Big Ten Athlete of the Week (Jan. 18, 2006) ... NCAA Doubles qualifier (2004-05).

Senior (2006-07) ... Earned fourth varsity letter ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner ... Singles ... 22-12 overall record ... 11-7 regional record ... 17-7 dual match record (1-0 at No. 2; 11-6 at No. 3; 5-1 at No. 4) ... 8-2 record during Big Ten regular season ... earned victories over Purdue's Neela Vaez (6-4, 6-0) and Indiana's Sigrid Fischer (6-3, 4-6, 6-3) at Big Ten Championship (April 26-29) ... picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win over Ohio State's Christina Keesey (April 21) ... defeated Michigan State's Stephanie Kebler, 6-4, 4-6, 1-0(7) (April 15) ... posted a 6-3, 6-7(4), 1-0(6) victory over Illinois' Shivani Dave (April 8) ... earned a 6-3, 6-1 win over Purdue's Vaez (April 7) ... picked up a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Iowa's Hillary Mintz (April 1) ... defeated Minnesota's Danielle Mousseau, 6-3, 6-0 (March 30) ... posted a 6-1, 6-2 win over Penn State's Lauren Holzberg (March 23) ... earned a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Alabama's Nicole Briceno (March 17) ... picked up a 6-1, 6-3 win over Wisconsin's Chelsea Nusslock (March 11) ... defeated Marquette's Kylie Moore, 6-3, 6-2 (March 10) ... earned a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Texas A&M's Anna Blagodarova (March 4) ... posted a 4-6, 6-1, 2-1 ret. win over Miami's (Fla.) Caren Seenauth (March 2) ... picked up a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Washington's Allison Rainey (Feb. 4) ... defeated Oregon's Anna Powaska, 6-3, 6-1 (Feb. 3) ... posted a 6-3, 6-2 win over Vanderbilt's Courtney Ulery (Jan. 27) ... 5-5 record in tournament play ... went 2-1 at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 12-14) ... went 2-2 at Thunderbird Invitational (Nov. 3-5) ... went 1-1 in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19-24) ... went 0-1 in prequalifying at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 30-Oct. 8) ... Doubles ... 20-15 overall record ... 11-6 regional record ... 16-8 dual match record (2-2 with Jenny Kuehn at No. 1; 2-2 with Chisako Sugiyama at No. 1; 1-0 with Lindsey Howard at No. 2; 11-4 with Tania Mahtani at No. 2) ... 9-1 record during Big Ten regular season ... 4-7 record in tournament play ... went 1-2 with Kuehn and Sugiyama at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 12-14) ... went 1-2 with Kuehn and Allie Shafner at Thunderbird Invitational (Nov. 3-5) ... went 1-1 with Elizabeth Exon in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19-24) ... went 1-2 with Kuehn in qualifying at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 30-Oct. 8).

Junior (2005-06) ... Earned third varsity letter ... All-Big Ten Conference ... named Big Ten Athlete of the Week (Jan. 18) ... Singles ... 10-24 overall record ... 3-16 regional record ... 5-19 dual match record (5-18 at No. 1; 0-1 at No. 2) ... 2-8 record during Big Ten regular season ... listed No. 20 in final ITA regional rankings (June 2) ... defeated Penn State's Sasha Abraham, 6-3, 7-6(4) (April 22) ... posted a 6-2, 6-3 win over Wisconsin's Kaylan Caiati (March 25) ... defeated Western Michigan's Malena Remynse, 7-5, 6-1 (March 16) ... posted a 6-1, 6-1 win over Marquette's Maria Calbeto (March 11) ... defeated Tennessee's Victoria Jones, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 (Feb. 19) ... 5-5 record in tournament play ... went 3-0 at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 13-15), including wins over No. 34-ranked Marion Ravelojaona of California (6-0, 6-3) and No. 71-ranked Lyndsay Shosho of Georgia Tech (6-3, 6-4) ... went 2-2 at Thunderbird Invitational (Nov. 3-6), defeating Arizona State's Vana Tomas (6-1, 6-3) and Stanford's No. 25-ranked Whitney Deason (6-3, 6-3) ... went 0-2 in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 20-25) ... went 0-1 in prequalifying at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 1-9) ... Doubles ... 19-15 overall record ... 13-5 regional record ... 15-9 dual match record at No. 1 (0-5 with Allie Shafner; 15-4 with Debra Streifler) ... 10-0 record during Big Ten regular season (No. 1 flight winner with Streifler) ... listed No. 25 nationally and No. 3 regionally in final ITA rankings with Streifler (June 2) ... 4-6 record in tournament play ... went 2-1 with Shafner at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 13-15) ... went 1-2 with Elizabeth Exon at Thunderbird Invitational (Nov. 3-6) ... went 1-1 with Shafner in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 20-25) ... went 0-2 with Nina Yaftali in qualifying at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 4).

Sophomore (2004-05) ... Earned second varsity letter ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner ... NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier (at-large) ... Singles ... 11-19 overall record ... 6-13 regional record ... 8-17 dual match record (0-3 at No. 2; 8-14 at No. 3) ... 3-7 record during Big Ten regular season ... listed No. 28 in final ITA regional rankings (June 3) ... posted a 6-4, 7-6(4) win over Penn State's Sarah Spence (April 24) ... defeated Minnesota's Lindsay Risebrough, 6-4, 6-3 (April 3) ... picked up a 6-4, 7-6(5) win over Iowa's Anastasia Zhukova (April 2) ... defeated Western Michigan's Malena Remynse, 6-4, 6-2 (March 16) ... posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Marquette's Elsemieke Dokter (March 12) ... picked up a 6-4, 6-3 win over Maryland's Jennifer Dent (Feb. 5) ... defeated Alabama's Melissa Day, 6-0, 6-2 (Jan. 29) ... posted a 7-6(5), 7-5 win over Vanderbilt's Taka Bertrand (Jan. 22) ... 3-2 record in tournament play ... went 2-1 at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 7-9) ... went 1-1 in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 21-26), defeating Ohio State’s Kristin Messmer, 6-1, 6-3 ... Doubles ... tied for team lead in overall wins (25) ... 25-11 overall record with Michelle DaCosta ... 16-6 regional record ... 18-6 dual match record at No. 1 ... 8-2 record during Big Ten regular season ... listed No. 19 nationally and No. 3 regionally in final ITA rankings (June 3) ... upset Northwestern's No. 1-ranked Cohen/Grier, 8-6, at Big Ten Championship (May 1) ... 7-5 record in tournament play ... recorded a 1-1 record at NCAA Doubles Championship (May 24-28), earning a 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 win over Tulane's No. 31-ranked Ivanov/Ivanov ... posted a 2-0 record at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 7-9) ... listed No. 3 in ITA fall regional rankings (Nov. 30) ... went 1-1 at ITA National Indoor Championships (Nov. 4-7), upsetting No. 1-ranked Mlakar/Holland of Arizona, 8-1 ... went 3-1 and reached quarterfinals in main draw at Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 21-26) ... went 0-2 in main draw at Riviera/ITA All-American Championships (Oct. 5-10).

Freshman (2003-04) ... Earned first varsity letter ... NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier (at-large) ... Singles ... 17-8 overall record ... 13-2 regional record ... 8-5 dual match record (1-2 at No. 5; 7-3 at No. 6) ... 3-0 record during Big Ten Conference regular season ... defeated Wisconsin’s Teresa Gonzaga (6-3, 6-2) and Northwestern’s Connie Chiang (6-2, 6-0) at Big Ten Championship (April 29-May 2) ... earned a 6-2, 6-1 win over Wisconsin’s Teresa Gonzaga (April 25) ... defeated Northwestern’s Ruth Barnes, 6-4, 6-1 (April 24) ... recorded back-to-back 6-0, 6-0 shutouts against Marquette's Dominika Dabrowski (March 20) and Minnesota’s Shelby Rohrer (April 3) ... defeated Western Michigan’s Maelynn Bernosky, 6-3, 6-1 (March 17) ... defeated DePaul's Brenda Leung, 6-4, 6-7(5), 1-0(6), for first career dual match victory (Jan. 17) ... 9-3 record in tournament play ... went 2-1 at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 9-11) ... went 1-1 in main draw at ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23-28) ... went 2-1 at USTA National Tennis Center Invitational (Oct. 11-13) ... went 4-0 and won “Blue” flight at Wolverine Invitational (Oct. 3-5), including a 6-1, 6-3 decision over Bowling Green’s Cam Benjamin for first collegiate victory ... Doubles ... 25-13 overall record ... 17-7 regional record ... 15-9 dual match record (14-9 with Michelle DaCosta at No. 1; 1-0 with Kavitha Tipirneni at No. 2) ... 5-5 record during Big Ten regular season ... listed No. 27 nationally and No. 5 regionally in final ITA rankings with DaCosta (June 4) ... teamed with Tipirneni to earn an 8-3 decision over DePaul's Leung/Rehusova for first career dual match win (Jan. 17) ... 10-4 record in tournament play ... went 1-1 with DaCosta at NCAA Doubles Championship (May 24-29), defeating Kentucky’s No. 14-ranked Foster/Kalsarieva, 6-3, 6-1 ... went 2-1 with Tipirneni at Michigan Invitational (Jan. 9-11) ... went 2-1 with Tipirneni in main draw at ITA Midwest Regional Championships (Oct. 23-28) ... went 2-2 with Tipirneni at USTA National Tennis Center Invitational (Oct. 11-13) ... went 4-0 and won “Victors” doubles flight with Tipirneni at Wolverine Invitational (Oct. 3-5), including an 8-1 decision over DePaul’s Matko/Allego for first collegiate win.

Prep ... Attended Sandwich Secondary School (2003) ... honor roll student ... named 1999 Citizen of the Year ... finished third at 2002 Copper Bowl ... member of the runner-up team at 2001 junior team championships and 12th-place team at 2001 World Junior Team Championships ... third at Canadian National Championships as a freshman ... Ontario provincial champion (2000) ... team was 2000 All-Ontario champion.

Personal ... Kara Nicole Delicata was born August 30, 1985 ... daughter of Bruno and Gina Delicata ... father played football at the University of Richmond ... graduated from the College of Literature, Science and the Arts with a bachelor's degree in psychology (2007).