Mimi Fotopoulos
| School: |
University of Tennessee |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
Prairie Village |
| Home State: |
Kansas |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Shawnee Mission East |
| Height: |
5-5 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
8-7 |
| Doubles Record: |
3-8 |
AS A FRESHMAN (2012-13)
Singles
Closed out Julie Sabacinski of Notre Dame, 6-2, 7-6 in a close singles point for the Lady Vols (2/3)
Defeated Mimi Nguyen of Michigan, 6-7 (5), retired (2/1)
Competed during the 2013 ITA Kickoff in Lincoln, Neb. falling to Nebraska's Maggie Lehmicke (1/26)
Defeated Nida Hamilton of Northwestern 7-6(3), 6-2 during the UVA Winter Invatational (1/21)
Picked up her first collegiate win with a victory over Ximena Siles of South Carolina, 6-2, 6-0
Finished the highest of any Lady Vol at the Furman Fall Classic with a third place flight three victory over Amanda Murray (Furman) in straight sets
Of her five singles victories, two match wins came against SEC opponents (USC & Kentucky)
Doubles
Did not see playing time during the ITA Kickoff in Lincoln, Neb. in doubles play
Saw action in all four of the Lady Vols Fall tournaments
Split time with three differnent doubles partners (Travares, Toti and Grace)
All three of her wins came with fellow freshman partner, Tiffany Tavares
HIGH SCHOOL
Ranked as the No. 32 player in the nation as well, a five-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net, as well as the No. 1 recruit in the Plains ... Two-time USTA National Sportsmanship Award recipient ... Four-time USTA National Open Singles and Doubles Champion ... Six-time Missouri Valley Singles Champion ... Six-time Missouri Valley Doubles Champion ... USTA Missouri Valley Sportsmanship Award ... USTA Missouri Valley Heart of America Tennis Family of the Year ... Three-time National high school tennis All-American ... Two-time undefeated Kansas 6A High School Singles Champion (2010, 2011) holding the state high school record of 32-0 ... Four-year letterwinner and team captain ... Helped her team to the 6A state championship twice during her career ... Named to the First Team All-State and All-Metro in singles each year of her high school career ... Was undefeated in singles in her final two seasons in high school compiling a record of 64-0 ... Her team earned league, district and regional championships from 2008-11.
PERSONAL
Lists her biggest thrill as going undefeated in No. 1 singles in back-to-back seasons and winning the high school state singles championship while going 32-0 ... Father, Sam, played at the University of Texas as well as the University of Oklahoma where he was the No. 1 singles player and Big 8 Champion (Oklahoma) as well as a member of the Greek Davis Cup team and National Team ... Older brother Chris plays tennis at the University of Oklahoma ... Grandfather John played tennis and basketball at the University of Kansas ... also a three-year letterwinner for the cheerleading team and one year captain ... Mimi Elizabeth Fotopoulos, daughter of Sam and Angie Fotopolous, was born April 30, 1993 in Overland Park, Kan.
