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2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster

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Gaayatri Shankar

Gaayatri Shankar

  • Height:
    5-5
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Kochi, India
  • High School:
    TocH Public School
  • Prev School:
    Tarleton State
  • Major:
    Accounting

Summary

Biography

2022-23: Completed her collegiate career with a 4-5 singles record during the fall semester, with two of those wins at third singles and the other two split across second and fourth singles … Added a 3-5 record in doubles action with two of those wins at second doubles partnered with Lucia Placidi and the third at first doubles with partner Karim Carreras … Opened up her final season with a 6-0, 6-0 shutout of Saint Michael’s Natalie Meiler at fourth singles … Also posted straight set wins at third singles versus Molloy and second singles versus Saint Anselm … Earned Academic Excellence on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following the fall semester.

2021-22: Earned a spot on the All-Conference Second Team at the No. 1 doubles position with partner Ivana Andric … Finished the season with six singles victories, splitting them across second, third and fourth singles … Added 13 doubles victories on the season, seven with partner Ivana Andric at first doubles and five with Nicole Mika at second doubles … Opened up the season with three-straight wins, the first two at fourth singles against Saint Anselm (Sep. 12) and Southern New Hampshire (Sep. 14) and the final at second singles against American International (Sep. 25) … Did not surrender a set in her season-opening win over the Hawks Bridget Hughes … Partnered with Andric, did not lose a doubles match over the first six of the season, all but the last of which came against Northeast-10 opponents … Earned Academic Distinction on the Northeast-10 Academic Honor Roll following both the fall and spring semesters.

Before New Haven: Transferred to New Haven after playing one season at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas … Competed in five matches during the 2020 spring season, earning one singles victory at fifth singles against Texas Wesleyan University … … Named an International Tennis Association Scholar Athlete while at Tarleton State … A three-time captain of Sacred Heart College in India where her team won three inter-college women’s championships.

Personal: Daughter of K Shankar and Rehka Shankar … Has one sister Nivedita … Working towards a Master of Science in accounting with a concentration in artificial intelligence analysis.

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