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2022-23 MIT Women's Tennis Roster

Jon Santer

Sarah Pertsemlidis

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Stanford Online
  • Hometown Coppell, Texas
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

2022-23:
- Lynn Miller Warrior Award recipient
- Participant in the 2022 ITA Cup in singles and doubles
- ITA Cup Singles Runner-Up
- ITA Singles All-American
- ITA Cup James O'Hara Sportsmanship Award recipient
- ITA Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team (No. 2 Doubles)
- NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week (April 17)
- NCAA Singles and Doubles Championship Selection
- CSC Academic All-District
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (No. 2 Doubles)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (No. 1 Singles)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- ITA Northeast Region Senior Player of the Year
- CSC First Team Academic All-America
- Finalist for the ITA Sally Ride STEM Award
- ITA National Senior Player of the Year
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Singles Championship
- Finished with a 13-5 singles record, including 11-4 at No. 1 in dual matches
- Posted a 15-3 mark in doubles play, including 7-0 in NEWMAC matches and 8-2 at the No. 1 position when paired with Jessica Lu

2021-22:
- NEWMAC Singles Athlete of the Week (Apr. 11 and May 2)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (No. 2 Doubles)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (No. 1 Singles)
- All-American (Singles)
- NCAA Singles Semifinalist (First in Program History)
- Ranked No. 5 in the final ITA Singles national rankings
- Finished 19-4 in singles play, including 13-2 at No. 1
- Posted a 15-4 record in doubles, including 12-1 with Seraphin Castelino and 10-1 at No. 2
- Defeated six nationally-ranked opponents in singles action and nine wins in doubles play

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
- ITA Scholar-Athlete

2019-20:
- Posted a singles mark of 8-3 that included a 2-1 record at No. 1
- Was 6-4 in doubles, including 5-4 when paired with Libby Rickeman
- Finished as runner-up in doubles (with Libby Rickeman) at the MIT Invitational
- All her singles wins came in straight sets, including 6-0, 6-0 vs. No. 10 Brandeis
- Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA New England Championship in singles
- Finished the season ranked No. 24 nationally and No. 9 regionally in the ITA Individual Rankings
- Also finished the season ranked No. 23 nationally and No. 6 regionally in the doubles rankings, paired with Libby Rickeman

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Giving Vanessa a big group hug after a very long tough match or any time we do our team cheer (shout out to Megan for being a great leader)

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in biological engineering
- Member of the 2021 iGEM team, our project is a probiotic therapeutic for Maple Syrup Urine Disease
- Had a brief UROP in the Bryson Lab using machine learning algorithms to design tuberculosis vaccines
- UA Election Commissioner
- Member of Roadkill Buffet Improv Comedy Troupe

High School:
- Ranked No. 8 in Texas and No. 114 nationally among 2019 seniors
- Co-leader of the Comedy Club

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'7"