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2021-22 MIT Women's Tennis Roster

Megan Guenther

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Hinsdale Central
  • Hometown Willowbrook, Ill.
  • Major Geology

Biography

2021-22:
- Team captain
- NEWMAC Doubles Athlete of the Week (Mar. 28 and Apr. 25)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (No. 3 Doubles)
- Was 1-0 in singles with a straight-set win over Clark at No. 4
- Posted an 18-4 doubles record, including 6-0 in NEWMAC play
- Put together a 15-match winning streak in doubles, including nine wins over nationally-ranked opponents

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

2019-20:
- Team captain
- Posted a 3-4 mark in doubles action, including 2-2 at No. 2 and three wins while paired with Pamela Duke
- Earned an 8-4 win over No. 10 Brandeis at No. 2 doubles at Indoor Nationals
- Paired with Pamela Duke, she finished the season ranked No. 14 regionally in the final ITA Doubles Rankings
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- ITA Scholar-Athlete

2018-19:
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (No. 5 singles)
- NEWMAC Championship Most Outstanding Player
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- Three-time NEWMAC Singles Athlete of the week and one-time Doubles Athlete of the Week

2017-18:
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (No. 6 singles)
- Was 8-2 in singles play, including 6-0 in the league as she ended the year on a seven-match winning streak
- Led 6-0, 5-0 at No. 4 singles as the Engineers defeated John Jay in the first round of the NCAA Tournament

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning the Illinois State Doubles Tournament in 2016.

Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Winning our regional tournament in 2019 against Bowdoin to advance to the NCAA Elite Eight

Off the Court at MIT:
- Pursuing a Master of Science in geology
- Earned her undergraduate degree in earth, atmospheric and planetary science with a minor in environment and sustainability and a concentration in history
- Geology intern at Rio Tinto
- UROP and undergraduate thesis research on lunar volcanic glasses
- Research within the Metals, Mining, & Environment Program within the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
- UROP on the formation of the Himalayas
- UROP on the behavior of Amazon Mechanical Turk Participants
- Received the 2021 Christopher Goetze Prize for Undergraduate Research and the 2020 EAPS Undergraduate Teaching Award
- Social Officer of MIT EMS (2020-2022)
- Equipment Officer of MIT EMS (2019-2020)
- Captain of MIT Women's Tennis Team (2019-2022)
- Housing Chair of MIT German House (2018-2019)
- Involved in MIT Emergency Medical Services, PLEASURE @ MIT and the MIT Outing Club

High School:
- Four-year letter winner from 2013-17 at Hinsdale Central High School
- 2016 Team Captain and Team MVP
- 2016 Illinois State Doubles Champion
- Tennis Recruiting Network 3 Star Player
- Her team won the 2016 Illinois State Team Championship
- Member of the National Honor Society, Art Honor Society and German Honor Society
- President of German Club
- Captain of Earth Science in Science Olympiad
- National Merit Finalist
- AP Scholar with Distinction

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'6"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'6"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'6"
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    5'6"