SENIOR (2018-19): Went 16-2 in singles, primarily at the #1 spot in the lineup, to lead the Bucs to the NCAA Division II national championship ... Earned All-Sunshine State Conference First-Team singles ... Took over the #1 spot in the lineup on Mar. 9 and stayed there the rest of the year ... Only two career losses came to Lynn's Leolia Jeanjean, the best player in the nation ... Finished with a 35-2 record in singles, for a .946 winning percentage, setting the school record ... Best win came in the national semifinal as she defeated Columbus State's Beatriz Lopez 6-1, 6-2 ... Went 19-3 in doubles, mostly at #3 with Julie Razafindranaly ... Won 11 of their last 12 matches, including all four at the national tournament ... They trailed Giogia Pigato and Eleonora Liga of Lynn 4-2 in the championship match, but rallied to win in a tie-breaker 7-5 ... Earned a spot on the 4.0 club in the fall and was named to the SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in the spring ... Named an ITA Scholar All-American.
JUNIOR (2017-18): Member of NCAA Championship team ... Second Team All-Sunshine Conference in singles and doubles ... Finished season ranked 61st in nation in singles ... Went 19-0 in singles ... Was 8-0 in SSC singles matches ... Became fourth player in school history to record at least 15 wins without a singles loss ... Won seven matches without dropping a game ... Beat Columbus State's Marleen Tilgner, 6-4, 6-3, in NCAA semifinals ... Beat Academy of Art's Alma Thell-Lenntorp, 6-3, 6-2, in NCAA quarterfinals ... Beat Drury's Jo Jedrychowski, 6-1, 6-1, in NCAA Round of 16 ... Defeated Lynn's Eliska Petrackova, 6-2, 6-0, in SSC Championship ... Beat Lynn's Eleonora Liga, 6-2, 6-2 (April 3) ... Beat Thell-Lenntorp, 6-1, 6-1 (March 29) ... Defeated Clevelan State's Jana Schober, 2-6, 6-2, 10-1 (March 14) ... Beat Saint Leo's Madeleine Gauthier, 6-2, 6-2 (Feb. 24) ... Went combined 26-2 with two different partners in doubles ... Was 23-1 with Zuza Maciejewska in pairs play, including 14-1 record at No. 3 position ... Defeated West Florida's Jordana Lujan and Samantha Echevarria, 8-3, in NCAA Championship match ... Defeated Academy of Art's Paula Alcantara and Monika Stanikova, 8-3, in NCAA quarterfinals ... Beat Drury's Jo Jedrychowski and Viktoriya Zheleva, 8-3, in NCAA Round of 16 ... Beat Saint Leo's Kristyna Jurkova and Sophie Vlietstra, 9-8 (7-3), in NCAA South Region Championship ... Had a 4.0 GPA in graduate school ... SSC Commissioner's Honor Roll in spring.
PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Earned bachelor of science from Christian-Albrechts Universitat in Kiel, Germany ... Did not participate in collegiate tennis.
HIGH SCHOOL & AMATEUR: Graduated from Thomas-Mann-Schule High in 2013 ... Two-time winner of North German Championship in singles and doubles ... Champion of Schleswig-Holstein Championship in singles and doubles ... Runner-up of German Championships Under-18 singles .. Runner-up of German Championships U14 and U16 doubles ... Multiple winner of Schleswig-Holstein Championship.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jens-Uwe Schmidt and Susanne Steffen-Schmidt ... Has brother, Nikolas ... Pursuing masters in business administration and finance.
