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Misa Malkin

  • height 5-4
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High school Primavera Online High School
  • height 5-4
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High school Primavera Online High School

Misa Malkin Bio

AWARDS

  • SEC Freshman of the Week – Feb. 23, 2022
  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll – 2022, 2023, 2024

2023-24 (JUNIOR)

  • Tallied 16 singles wins and 20 doubles wins during her junior campaign
  • Primarily played at the Nos. 4 and 5 spots in the singles lineup where she amassed nine singles victories in dual matches
  • Had the best season of her career in doubles, winning 20 matches after only tallying a total of 17 during her first two seasons
  • Went 8-4 during tournament doubles matches, winning with three different partners
  • Played at the Nos. 2 and 3 positions in the doubles lineup where she claimed 12 wins, six at each position

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Posted a 17-12 singles record with a 9-4 mark in dual play and a perfect 7-0 record against SEC opponents
  • Primarily played at the No. 4 spot in the dual singles lineup where she went 6-1
  • Went on a seven-match singles win streak through SEC play
  • Clinched two matches for the team, one against Kentucky and one against Alabama
  • Paired with Elise Mills to clinch the doubles point versus Missouri in a tiebreak

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)

  • One of four Gamecocks in the 2021-22 season to have at least 20 singles wins
  • Clinched the win against Princeton at ITA Kickoff Weekend when she defeated No. 60 Brianna Shvets
  • Won her consolation draw of the ITA Carolina Regionals which included a win over NC State’s then-No. 73 Sara Nayar
  • Earned her first road win at then-No. 63 Kentucky in straight sets against Ellie Eades
  • Defeated the No. 2 doubles pair of Brooke Killingsworth and Anna Brylin of Wake Forest with Sarah Hamner as an unranked duo
  • Made the ITA Doubles rankings with both Hamner and Ayana Akli
  • Ranked as high as No. 20 with Hamner and as high as No. 42 with Akli
  • Helped secure the doubles point in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals against then-No. 14 Georgia with Hamner
  • Ended the year as the No. 45 doubles pair with Hamner

HIGH SCHOOL

  • Ranked as high as the No. 20 recruit nationally on the TennisRecruiting.net list in 2020 as a senior
  • Spent four years ranked among the top-20 recruits, sitting at No. 11 in 2017, No. 18 in 2018 and No. 16 in 2019
  • Considered a blue-chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net
  • At one point in 2017 held the top TennisRPI in the nation
  • Earned a bronze ball in the 16s singles at the 2018 USTA Billie Jean King National Championships by defeating two of the top juniors in the country
  • Reached the quarterfinals of the Cancun 15K ITF Tournament in November 2019
  • Earned USTA Southwest Junior Player of the Year in 2019
  • Was the top-ranked junior in the USTA Southwest for the 12s, 14s and 16s
  • At the time of her signing in November 2020, was ranked as the No. 49 junior in the United States and No. 291 junior in the world according to her Universal Tennis Ranking

CAREER SINGLES STATISTICS

Year Overall Tournament Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC) #4 (SEC) #5 (SEC) #6 (SEC)
2021-22 20-18 11-6 9-12 (4-7) — 0-1 2-0 2-0 5-11 (4-7) —
2022-23 17-12 8-8 9-4 (7-0) — — 1-0 (1-0) 6-1 (5-0) 1-2 1-1 (1-0)
2023-24 16-18 7-8 9-10 (2-8) — — — 5-5 (0-4) 2-5 (2-4) 2-0
Total 53-48 26-22 27-26 (13-15) — 0-1 3-0 (1-0) 13-6 (5-4) 8-18 (6-11) 3-1 (1-0)

CAREER DOUBLES STATISTICS

Year Overall Tournament Dual (SEC) #1 (SEC) #2 (SEC) #3 (SEC)
2021-22 11-16 6-7 5-9 (2-6) 1-1 2-2 2-6 (2-6)
2022-23 3-12 2-8 1-4 (1-4) — 0-2 (0-2) 1-2 (1-2)
2023-24 20-10 8-4 12-6 (6-4) — 6-3 (0-2) 6-3 (6-2)
Total 34-38 16-19 18-19 (9-14) 1-1 8-7 (0-4) 9-11 (9-10)