Ohio State Career: 2017 NCAA Doubles Champion with Francesca Di Lorenzo, the first NCAA title in program history … ended career as program’s all-time leader in singles wins (112) and combined wins (213) and ranked second with 101 doubles victories … 2017 All-American … three-time First Team All-Big Ten (2014, ‘16, ‘17) … undefeated in dual matches as a senior (27-0) and had just five unfinished matches … set program record with 33 doubles wins in 2017 … 90 career dual match singles wins, the most for a Buckeye since at least 1990 and only player with more than 79 since that time, tying for first with 71 dual match doubles victories … ranks third all-time in career singles winning percentage (.812) … team captain as a senior … part of winningest senior class in program history (102 victories), appeared in four NCAA Tournaments, reaching quarterfinals in 2016 and semifinals in 2017 and won back-to-back Big Ten regular season and tournament titles … three-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree and four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete … four-time ITA All-Academic Team selection … 2017 ITA Midwest Region Senior Player of the Year and 2016 Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship winner … two-time NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier … part of program’s highest ranked doubles teams, reaching No. 2 and 3 with Anna Sanford in 2016 and finishing No. 3 with Di Lorenzo in 2017.
2016-17 (Senior Season): NCAA Doubles Champion with Francesca Di Lorenzo, winning five matches, including four over Top 15 ranked teams, with three super tiebreaker victories en route to title … All-American, named to ITA Collegiate All-Star Team and All-Big Ten … ranked in singles throughout the year, reaching high of No. 42 and ending year No. 90 … ranked in doubles with Sanford in the fall and with Di Lorenzo in the spring, ending at No. 3 (entered NCAA Tournament ranked 18th) … undefeated in singles in the spring with 27-0 mark, 9-0 in B1G play, and was 35-3 overall … came back to win in three sets in B1G Tournament 4-3 victory over Illinois and in NCAA Tournament vs. Stanford … posted four singles wins in the five NCAA Tournament matches and was leading vs. Buffalo 6-4, 5-0, when play was halted … clinched 4-3 team win over Oklahoma State in national indoors with three-set victory … 2-0 on court three, 16-0 on court four and 9-0 on court five … … 33-9 overall in doubles (program record for single season doubles wins), going 24-2 in dual matches … played on all three doubles courts and was 13-0 on court one, including wins in three NCAA matches … posted 8-3 singles mark and 4-7 doubles record in the fall … UT Fall Invite champion after posting 3-0 singles record, with two ranked wins, including win over No. 35-ranked Sadie Hammond of Tennessee … qualifying win at ITA All-American championships … competed in All-Americans main draw in doubles with Anna Sanford … ITA Midwest Region Senior Player of the Year … B1G Distinguished Scholar, ITA All-Academic Team choice, Academic All-Big Ten and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2015-16 (Junior Season): 21-2 in dual matches and 27-4 overall, earning First Team All-Big Ten honors … Midwest Region winner of ITA Cissie Leary Award for Sportsmanship … 17-match winning streak ended in Big Ten Tournament final vs. Michigan … 8-0 in B1G play during the regular season … clinched team’s 4-3 victory over No. 1 ranked and defending NCAA champion Vanderbilt in National Team Indoors quarterfinals, coming from a set down … 27-11 overall in doubles, posting 17-6 mark in dual matches (all with Sanford) and 6-2 B1G ledger … 25-8 overall with Sanford to lead team in wins as a doubles team … claimed ITA Midwest Regional doubles title, the first regional championship for the Buckeyes, with Anna Sanford … regional title clinched spot at ITA National Indoors … 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 to No. 9 ranked team from Kentucky … won two matches in NIIC 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 … 3-1 in singles at Miami Fall Invite and picked up two wins at UT Fall Invite … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete, Academic All-Big Ten, B1G Distinguished Scholar and ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2014-15 (Sophomore Season): Team-high 22 victories, including team-best 20 in dual matches … 9-2 singles ledger and 7-1 doubles mark in Big Ten play … 15-6 in doubles overall, including 12-5 dual match mark … 8-4 at No. 2 singles in the spring … advanced to quarterfinals of main draw singles at ITA Midwest Regional Oct. 19 … 3-0 in doubles play at Tennessee Fall Invite with three different partners: Ferny Angeles Paz, Grainne O’Neill and Anna Sanford … ranked No. 120 in preseason ITA singles poll (Sept.8) and ranked No. 54 in preseason ITA doubles poll with Angeles Paz … captured ITA Midwest Summer Circuit doubles title with Angeles Paz at Indiana July 29 … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, ITA All-Academic Team selection, an Academic All-Big Ten pick and an Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2013-14 (Freshman Season): First Team All-Big Ten … tallied 25 singles wins with a 16-4 record on court two to tie for fifth in program history in freshman wins … nine-match singles winning streak March 30-April 26 … teamed with Angeles Paz to end regular season with perfect 14-0 dual record and 7-0 B1G record … duo went 15-2 in the spring … ranked as high as No. 75 in ITA doubles poll with Angeles Paz for latter part of spring season … totaled eight doubles and six singles wins in fall slate … reached round of 16 at ITA Midwest Regional in doubles with Grainne O’Neill … tallied 3-0 singles record at Tennessee Fall Invite Oct. 25-27 … captured first career singles victory vs. West Virginia’s Ikttesh Chahal Oct. 5 at Akron Fall Invite … named ITA and Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
Reitaku High School: Member of Japanese National Team from 2009-12 … reached doubles quarterfinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Juniors … captured third at 2009 World Junior Tennis on Japanese National Team … claimed 2010 Junior Fed Cup title (Asia/Oceania) with Japanese National Team … ended the 2011 season ranked No. 48 and earned a career-high world ranking of No. 14 in 2010.
Personal: Daughter of Hiroyuki and Kaori Kowase … older sister, Maho, competed on the tennis team at Georgia … majoring in communications … favorite hobbies include reading Japanese books, hanging with friends and watching movies … greatest sports thrill was capturing third at the U-14 World Junior Tennis Tournament with the Japanese National Team.
