Ohio State Career: Ended career as program’s all-time leader in doubles wins with 102, ranked second in combined singles/doubles victories with 204 and third with 102 singles wins … in dual matches, was 79-9 in singles and 71-22 in doubles, ranking second since at least 1990 for singles and tying for first in doubles … second all-time in career singles winning percentage (.836) and sixth in doubles winning percentage (.761) … overall Big Ten Sportsmanship Award winner for Ohio State … 2014 Second Team All-Big Ten … led 2014 Buckeyes with 31 singles wins, tying for second for a Buckeye in a single season in program history at the time … 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 .
2016-17 (Senior Season): B1G Sportsmanship Award winner for Buckeye women’s tennis and Ohio State overall … 30-4 overall in singles, with 24-2 ledger in dual matches … ranked for much of the season in singles, reaching a high of 54 … ended year ranked No. 71 in doubles with Anna Sanford and No. 73 with Gabriella De Santis … reached No. 31 with De Santis in March … 18-match winning streak Feb. 19-May 19 … came back to win in three sets in B1G Tournament 4-3 win over Illinois … three singles wins and four doubles victories in NCAA play … 9-0 in Big Ten singles matches … played on courts 3-6 and was 8-1 on court four and 13-1 on court five, with 1-0 mark on court three and 2-0 ledger at No. 6 … 20-8 in doubles dual matches and 27-10 overall … 7-1 in B1G play … 14-4 on court two … played final eight matches with Sanford, with duo going 6-2 during the postseason … 6-2 in singles and 7-2 doubles ledger in the fall … won last four matches, including three victories at UT Fall Invite … four of last five matches went three sets … two wins in ITA All-Americans qualifying … 5-0 doubles mark at UT Fall Invite … picked up win over No. 24-ranked team from N.C. State in ITA All-Americans qualifying with Gabriella De Santis.
2015-16 (Junior Season): 11-0 in dual matches, playing on courts four, five and six … 16-3 overall … missed time at start of spring season with an injury … ranked 81st by ITA May 5 … 16-2 in doubles dual matches and 26-4 overall this season … ranked with Ferny Angeles Paz (No. 45) and Gabriella De Santis (No. 58) in doubles May 5 … 11-0 with De Santis in the spring playing on all three courts … five singles wins and 10-2 doubles ledger in the fall … reached ITA Midwest Regional final with Ferny Angeles Paz, falling in the championship match to teammates Anna Sanford and Miho Kowase … duo picked up three doubles wins at regionals before losing in tiebreaker in final … six-match doubles winning streak, with four wins at UT Fall Invite and two at Jack Kramer Invitational … advanced to quarterfinals at ITA Midwest Regionals … 2-1 at UT Fall Invite and 1-1 at Jack Kramer Invitational … six-match winning streak in doubles, with four victories at UT Fall Invite and two at Jack Kramer Invitational to reach quarterfinals.
2014-15 (Sophomore Season): Second on the squad with 21 wins and 19 victories in dual matches … 10-match winning streak March 6-April 17 … 9-1 mark in Big Ten singles matches … topped No. 62 Ebony Panoho in Buckeyes’ road win at Arizona State … tied for team lead with 21 doubles victories … 14-6 in dual matches, with 6-2 Big Ten mark and 13-5 ledger at No. 1 … 8-2 in final 10 doubles matches … ended season ranked No. 35 by ITA in doubles with Gabriella De Santis; No. 26 in poll entering spring … advanced to main draw round of 32 with three straight wins at ITA All-American Championships alongside De Santis after earning a spot through qualifying, becoming first Buckeye duo in main draw since 2001 … notched 18-match doubles winning streak before falling at ITA All-Americans … advanced to doubles quarterfinals at ITA Midwest Regional … reached round of 16 in main draw singles at ITA Midwest Regional … ranked No. 120 in first preseason ITA singles poll and ranked No. 32 in preseason ITA doubles poll with De Santis released Sept. 8 … captured ITA Midwest Summer Circuit doubles title with De Santis at Purdue July 7.
2013-14 (Freshman Season): Second Team All-Big Ten selection … led the Buckeyes with 32 total wins and nine B1G singles wins, ranking second all-time for a Buckeye freshman and tied for second for a single season overall … did not drop a singles match Jan. 18-March 28, posting team-high 14-consecutive wins during the streak … closed out season with eight straight singles victories … teamed with De Santis for a 19-2 record with a perfect 7-0 ledger in B1G contests … defeated South Carolina’s No. 51-ranked Blevins/Popova at No. 2 doubles and Folland at No. 3 singles in NCAA Tournament … led the squad with 10 singles wins in fall and claimed eight doubles victories … captured first career singles victory in debut match in straight sets Oct. 4 vs. Cornell’s Lauren Frazier at Akron Fall Invite … earned a spot in main draw of ITA Midwest Regional after three wins in qualifying … 3-0 singles record at Tennessee Fall Invite Oct. 25-27 … advanced to round of 32 of main draw doubles with De Santis at ITA Midwest Regional … 3-0 at Akron Fall Invite paired with De Santis and 3-0 in doubles at Tennessee Fall Invite with Grainne O’Neill … received Ruth Johnson Award Nov. 3 from OVTA for sportsmanship for her play on the Midwest Cup squad in the Marian Wood Baird Cup.
Mount Notre Dame: Captured Ohio singles state championship in 2010 … runner-up in back-to-back singles state championships in 2011 and 2012 … earned 2011 and 2012 Ohio Tennis Coaches Association John P. Harlow Sportsmanship Award … awarded 2013 High School Sportswoman of the Year by Women’s Sports Association of Greater Cincinnati.
Personal: Daughter of Mike and Theresa Niehaus … has two younger siblings, Andrew and Kelli … grandfather James Niehaus played basketball for Ohio State … hobbies include playing soccer and spending time with family and friends … greatest sports thrill was coming back to win state singles championship as a sophomore.
