Ohio State Career: Four-time First Team All-Big Ten (one of just three Buckeyes to be recognized all four years) … four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, three-time Academic All-Big Ten selection … ITA Midwest Regional doubles champion in Fall 2015 with Miho Kowase; duo was chosen for NCAA Doubles Championship (first Buckeye team selected since 2001) and tandem was ranked a program-best No. 2 during the year … earned spot in 2018 NCAA Singles Championship … ended career 84-50 overall in singles and 91-49 in doubles; tied for seventh in program history in career doubles and career combined singles/doubles wins and is ninth all-time in singles victories … tied for sixth with 65 dual match doubles wins and tied for eighth with 62 singles dual match victories in program history.
2017-18 (Senior Season): First Team All-Big Ten for fourth straight year; unanimous selection … NCAA Singles Championship qualifier (fourth in program history) … ended season ranked 62nd in singles and 41st in doubles (with Shiori Fukuda) … 21-12 overall in singles … 15-5 in dual matches, all on court one; 8-2 in Big Ten play … 21-12 doubles ledger, posting 13-4 mark in dual play (7-2 in B1G) … won in three sets to clinch team’s 4-3 victory over No. 15 Illinois April 20 … Big Ten Athlete of the Week April 3 after notching three wins on court one … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten and ITA Scholar-Athlete honoree.
Buckeyes win!
Sanford clinches a 4-3 win over No. 15 Illinois with a three-set victory on court 1!#GoBucks pic.twitter.com/mRWl7JjTqB
— Ohio State Women’s Tennis (@OhioStateWTEN) April 20, 2018
2016-17 (Junior Season): First Team All-Big Ten after 10-0 mark in singles and 8-0 ledger in doubles in conference action … ranked in singles throughout the year, reaching high of 41 … ranked in doubles during the spring with Francesca Di Lorenzo, hitting high of 63, and ended year ranked 71st with Sandy Niehaus … 22-14 in singles, with 16-10 dual match mark … 11-9 on court two and 5-1 on court three … won 11 of last 13 completed matches … 25-14 overall in doubles and was 21-8 in dual matches … 7-5 on court one, 10-3 at No. 2 and 4-0 on court three … posted four wins in NCAA matches with Niehaus and two in B1G Tournament play … B1G Player of the Week April 4 … notched 6-4 singles mark and was 4-6 in doubles in the fall … reached ITA Midwest Regional semifinals after three wins, including a three-set victory in first round … topped No. 11-ranked Brienne Minor of Michigan in semifinals, 6-2, 6-0 … win over No. 47-ranked Kimmy Guerin of Wake Forest in UT Fall Invite … competed in ITA All-Americans doubles main draw … an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten choice.
2015-16 (Sophomore Season): First Team All-Big Ten selection for second year in a row … claimed ITA Midwest Regional doubles title, the first regional championship for the Buckeyes, with Miho Kowase … regional title clinched spot at ITA National Indoors … tandem earned an at-large spot into NCAA Championships and was ranked throughout the spring, ending season No. 12 after being in Top 10 all spring (seven weeks in Top 4) … reached program high ranking of No. 2 … 20-7 in singles dual matches, including 16-5 mark on court two and 10-0 ledger in conference play … ranked 89th in singles … 23-9 overall in singles … 11-match winning streak March 18-May 1 … won in straight sets vs. Michigan in Big Ten Tournament final over No. 65-ranked Kate Fahey … 26-14 overall in doubles, with 18-8 dual mark … paired with Kowase for 25-11 overall mark, with 17-8 mark in dual matches … duo was 3-2 at national indoors; posted straight-set victory over No. 27-ranked Nevada tandem in round of 32 before falling in match tiebreaker (6-4, 4-6, 11-9) to No. 9 ranked team from Kentucky … won two matches in consolation, with victory over Virginia’s No. 13-ranked squad and win over duo from Oklahoma State … fell in consolation final to team from Stanford … six wins at regionals en route to title, topping teammates Ferny Angeles Paz/Sandy Niehaus in final … reached Round of 16 in singles draw at ITA Midwest Regionals before falling in three sets in Round of 16 … 2-1 in singles at Baylor tournament … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten pick.
2014-15 (Freshman Season): First Team All-Big Ten selection after posting 18 wins as a freshman … 11 wins in dual matches, including six wins at No. 1 and five at No. 2 … clinched Buckeye victory vs. Northwestern with a straight-set win at No. 2 … 19 doubles wins overall, including 13 in dual matches … 12-4 at No. 3 doubles in the spring … ranked No. 86 in singles in first ITA poll of the spring … led the Buckeyes with eight singles win in fall campaign and had 6-2 record in doubles … advanced to doubles quarterfinals of ITA Midwest Regional … 5-0 in singles at Baylor Invitational … 3-0 record at Tennessee Fall Invite … won first collegiate match in debut vs. SMU’s Maxine Schmidt at Baylor Invitational … named an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to Ohio State: Earned 2013 USTA National Scholar-Athlete Award … was ranked No. 1 in singles in the Midwest and No. 24 nationally and slotted No. 6 by tennisrecruiting.net among incoming freshmen … won 2013 Ohio Division I state doubles championship as a senior with sister Alle … state singles quarterfinalist as both a freshman and sophomore … first team all-state selection in 2011 and ‘13 … won 2014 U18 National Selection Tournament doubles title … member of Marian Wood Baird Cup championship teams in 2012 and `13 … played on Midwest squad that was a finalist at the USTA National Team Championships in July 2013 … Sanford family was the 2013 GCTA Tennis Family of the Year award recipient … National Honor Society member.
Personal: Daughter of Beth and Brian … has a younger sister, Alle, who plays college tennis at North Carolina … neuroscience major.
Before Sunday's Senior Day, Anna Sanford talked about her experience as a Buckeye.
The Buckeyes host Northwestern at noon. #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/IBlplF9TCi
— Ohio State Women’s Tennis (@OhioStateWTEN) April 22, 2018
