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2016-17 Women's Tennis

Katarina Su

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Alpharetta
  • Hometown Alpharetta, GA

Biography

Senior (2016-17):

Su was named an ITA All-American in doubles for the third straight season after advancing to the semifinal round of the NCAA Individual Championships with Bridget Harding. The duo finished the season with a 31-10 overall record and was ranked No.-3 in the final ITA doubles national rankings. In the fall, Su and Harding captured the ITA Division III National Championship and advanced to the Oracle Cup title match, falling to a team from Division II’s Lynn University. In the spring, Su and Harding posted a 17-7 mark at No.-1 doubles, earning First Team All-UAA honors. During Emory’s NCAA tournament run, Su and Harding were 3-2 including a 9-7 win over Williams’ Juli Raventos and Linda Shin in the NCAA title match. Su was equally as dominate in singles play over the course of her senior season, going 26-5 overall. She was 20-2 including an 18-2 playing at fourth singles, earning Second Team All-UAA honors. Su won her last 13 matches of the season, going 20-1 over her final 21 matches, including a perfect 4-0 in NCAA tournament matches. At the end of her career, Su ranked third all-time with 89 career singles victories and fourth with 99 career doubles wins.

Junior (2015-16):

In her junior season, Su recorded a 13-7 singles mark including a 9-4 record in dual matches and was an impressive 26-9 overall record in doubles play, finishing as the 12th best doubles duo in all of Division III with partner Bridget Harding. She garnered ITA All-America distinction for the second straight season in doubles after claiming the ITA Fall South Regional tournament title and reaching the National Small College Division III championship match as well advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Championships double competition in the spring playing with Harding. In the NCAA Tournament, Su was 3-0 in singles including a win at the sixth position in the championship match against Williams and posted a 4-1 mark with Harding in doubles to help Emory to its second national championship in the last three seasons. Entering her senior season, Su ranks among the all-time leaders with 67 doubles victories (17th) and eighth all-time with a .808 winning percentage in singles action (63-15).

Sophomore (2014-15):

After an outstanding rookie campaign, Su was tremendous once again for Emory as a sophomore. Su was the lone Eagle to record 20 victories in both singles and doubles play, finishing at 22-7 in singles and 23-12 in doubles. In the fall, she reached the singles tournament finals of the ITA South Regional and won the doubles tournament at the regional with partner Anna Fuhr. At the ITA Small College National Championships, Su and Fuhr placed sixth in the draw. With her play in doubles during the fall season, Su was named an All-American by the ITA. In the spring season, she was 13-5 in singles, winning her last seven matches including two straight sets victories in no. 4 singles for Emory in the NCAA Quarterfinals (6-4, 6-3) and NCAA Championship match (7-6 (7-2), 6-4). Su added No. 4 singles All-UAA First Team and No. 2 Doubles First Team Honors during the season. She finished the season ranked 17th in the south region.

Freshman (2013-14):

Su lost just one singles match during her freshman season, finishing the year with a 28-1 record, marking the fourth-most singles victories in a singles season by an Eagle and tying for the freshman record.  Her .966 winning percentage in singles play was the second-best in school history, and she ended her year by winning each of her final 26 matches, including a 20-0 record in the spring season and a 12-0 mark as Emory’s sixth singles player.  Her only singles loss during the season came against teammate Madison Gordon in the round of 16 of the ITA Regional Championships.  Su earned all-UAA First Team recognition for her play at both sixth singles and third doubles.  During the season, she was 19-10 in doubles matches, including a 15-5 mark in the spring season, and an 8-2 mark when teamed with Brenna Kelly.

Career Record:

SINGLESTOTAL123456TourFinal Nat'l RankFinal Reg. Rank
2013-1428-11-01-0--1-05-012-08-1NRNR
2014-1522-70-12-15-36-0----9-2NR17th
2015-1613-7--1-04-01-00-43-04-3NRNR
2016-1726-5----2-018-2----6-344th16th
Total89-201-14-111-326-25-415-027-9 
 
DOUBLESTOTAL123

TourFinal Nat'l RankFinal Reg. Rank
2013-1419-103-04-28-34-5NRNR
2014-1523-124-57-23-09-5NRNR
2015-1626-91-414-22-09-212th4th
2016-1731-1017-7----14-33rd1st
Total99-4125-1625-613-336-16 


Honors:

2013-14All-UAANo. 6 Singles
First Team 
No. 3 DoublesFirst Team

2014-15ITA All-AmericaDoubles (Fall)
All-UAANo. 4 SinglesFirst Team
No. 2 DoublesFirst Team
ITA Small College National Participiant
ITA Fall South Regional ChampionDoubles
 
2015-16ITA All-AmericaDoubles (Fall & Spring)
NCAA Division III Championships ParticipantDoublesQuarterfinals
ITA Small College National ParticipantDoubles2nd
ITA Fall South Regional ChampionDoubles
 
2016-17ITA All-AmericanDoubles (Fall & Spring)
NCAA Division III Championships ParticipantDoublesSemifinals
All-UAAFirst TeamNo.1 Doubles
Second TeamNo.4 Singles
All-UAA Tournament TeamNo.1 Doubles
No.4 Singles
ITA Atlantic South Regional Most Improved Senior
ITA Oracle Cup National ParticipantDoubles Second Place
ITA Oracle Cup Division III National ChampionshipDoubles
ITA Fall South Regional ChampionDoubles

 

Prior to Emory:

Played for the Alpharetta High School tennis team for four years, serving as a team co-captain during her senior campaign... Was the team's Most Valuable Player in 2010 and 2013... Played no. 1 singles for the majority of her high school career... Won the Buckhead Rotary in 2010... Was the Southern Spring Closed Doubles Champion in 2010... Rated as a three-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net.

Personal:

Born March 24th... Was a counselor at Emory's Tennis Camps over the summer... Named an AP Scholar in 2012 and 2013, and was on her high school's honor roll all four years.

Why she chose Emory:

"I chose Emory because of its great balance of athletics and academics.  Emory's school size and beautiful campus were perfect for me."

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Senior

    5'6"
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