Kolie Allen

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Ohio State Career

2021 NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier
2020 and 2022 Big Ten Sportsmanship Award recipient
Four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete
Started senior year ranked No. 12 in doubles with Isabelle Boulais, first Buckeye team in Top 15 since February 2018
Ended freshman season No. 96 in ITA singles rankings
Ranked No. 61 in doubles at end of sophomore year (with Irina Cantos Siemers) and No. 39 in doubles at end of junior campaign (with Boulais)
43-31 dual match doubles record with the Scarlet and Gray and 48-28 in singles dual matches; 68-45 overall in singles and 56-49 in doubles

Fall 2022 (Fifth Year)

Ranked No. 116 in singles at the end of the fall
7-4 in singles, with 4-2 mark in doubles
Defeated No. 17-ranked Kari Miller of Michigan at ITA Midwest Region Championships
3-2 at ITA Fall Ranked Spotlight in singles, with 2-1 doubles mark
Started fall ranked No. 32 with Isabelle Boulais in doubles

Summer 2022

Won Evansville 60K doubles title with Ava Markham of Wisconsin
Reached semifinal of 25K doubles tournament in Columbus partnered with Isabelle Boulais

2021-22 (Senior Season)

Received Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for Ohio State
12-7 in singles dual matches in the spring, including 11-3 mark on court four and 5-2 B1G record
10 doubles dual match victories, with 5-3 mark in Big Ten play
3-5 in singles and 5-4 in doubles in the fall; action was limited while returning from offseason surgery
Ranked No. 12 in preseason doubles rankings with Isabelle Boulais, the first Buckeye team in the Top 15 since Feb. 20, 2018 and highest for a Buckeye team since Miho Kowase and Francesca Di Lorenzo ended 2017 No. 3
Posted a come-from-behind win in UC/Xavier tournament and two wins at Gamecock Hidden Duals
Reached semifinals of ITA Midwest Regional with back-to-back 8-2 wins paired with Boulais
Notched two doubles victories in Arizona to close fall play
Named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and to the Academic All-Big Ten team

2020-21 (Junior Season)

Earned Big Ten’s automatic berth into NCAA Doubles Championship with Isabelle Boulais
Duo fell to No. 2 seed from Duke in opening round of NCAA Championship
10-11 in singles dual matches (0-1 at No. 1, 0-3 at No. 2, 7-5 at No. 3, 3-2 at No. 4)
Clinched team victory vs. Penn State to seal Big Ten regular season title
15-4 in dual matches in doubles in the spring, including a 15-3 mark with Boulais
Ended season ranked 39th with Boulais in ITA doubles rankings
Earned Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete honors

2019-20 (Sophomore Season)

Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner
14-8 overall, with 7-4 dual match record, in singles, playing on court four
6-11 in doubles and was 4-6 in dual matches, with 3-2 record on court one with Irina Cantos Siemers
Ranked No. 125 in singles at end of fall
Entered doubles rankings with Cantos Siemers in February at No. 53 and at No. 61 to close season
Clinched Buckeyes’ 4-3 win over No. 2 Florida State in College MatchDay match at USTA National Campus, coming back for a 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5 win on court four
Three-set win in Buckeyes’ 4-3 victory at Oklahoma State to advance to ITA National Indoors
Posted wins over Georgia Tech and Texas at ITA National Indoors in hometown of Chicago
Won four of last five singles matches, with victories over Kentucky, Arizona State, Florida State and Northwestern
Paired with Cantos Siemers to defeat nation’s No. 9-ranked doubles team from Vanderbilt
Reached quarterfinals at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships
Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten and ITA Scholar-Athlete honors

2018-19 (Freshman Season)

21-7 on the year, leading team with 19-6 dual match record in singles
15-11 overall in doubles, with 14-9 dual match ledger playing on all three courts (7-4 in Big Ten matches)
Ranked in singles from Feb. 20 through the end of the spring, reaching a high of No. 48, and ending year at No. 96
Ranked No. 45 in doubles with Shiori Fukuda in the preseason
4-4 mark at No. 2 singles, with 15-2 record on court three
Defeated then-No. 21 Kelly Chen of Duke at ITA National Indoors, rallying for three-set win
Three-set win over Victoria Flores of Georgia Tech Jan. 19 was first collegiate victory
2-1 in singles at Michigan Invitational in first collegiate matches; posted doubles victory over Michigan tandem with Danielle Wolf
Did not compete in the fall because of injury
Earned Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and ITA Scholar-Athlete honors

Prior to Ohio State

Won Illinois state singles title in 2017, finishing year 33-0
U16 USTA Level 1 national doubles champion
2014 U14 National Hard Court Doubles Bronze Ball winner
2015 U16 National Clay Court Championships Doubles Bronze Ball Winners G16
2015-August USTA National Doubles Championship Level 1 U16 gold ball winner
Won 18s national team championship with Midwest squad in 2016, team placed fourth in 2017
Won Midwest Level 2 18s title in December 2016
Won 18s doubles and finished third in singles at National Level 2 championships in 2017
Member of Math Honors Society and earned honors GPA

Personal

Only child of Jody, an All-American volleyball player at Illinois State, and Maurice
Speech and hearing science major
Enjoys listening to music, spending time with friends and family and attending sporting events