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Luisa Echeverry

Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
High School:
Liceo Benalcazar
Hometown:
Cali, Colombia

As a Senior (2018-19): 2019 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC ... Dean’s List student ... (Fall) Saw limited singles action ... paired with four different partners in doubles action, going 7-5 ... (Spring) Went 13-12 in singles action, playing mainly at No. 5 ... opened season with six consecutive singles victories ... played No. 3 doubles with various partners.

As a Junior (2017-18): 2018 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC selection ...(Fall) Went 6-3 in singles action … participated in the ITA Regional Championships ... won qualifying round match … (Spring) Went 14-10 in spring action, 20-13 overall … the only Zip to record 20 victories in singles play … played primarily No. 4/5 … was a perfect 2-0 at No. 2 singles … earned singles victories over NIU’s Evelyn Youel, 6-1, 7-5, and Ball State’s Victoria Sec, 6-2, 6-2 … in doubles, played No. 2/3 with freshman Miruna Vasilescu and senior Waverly Wituski … won a combined 37 matches (20 singles, 17 doubles).

As a Sophomore (2016-17): 2017 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-MAC selection ... Dean’s List student ... (Fall) Went 9-3 in singles ... participated in the ITA Regional Championships ... saw action at No. 3 doubles with Rita Pedroso ... went 8-4 doubles action overall ... (Spring) Played primarily No. 4/5 singles ... finished 25-11 overall, including 16-8 in the spring ... partnered with four different Zips in doubles action ... went 13-6 overall in doubles.

As a Freshman (2015-16): 2016 ITA Scholar-Athlete ... (Fall) Finished with a 5-4 singles record … won all three matches at the Akron Shootout ... beat Youngstown State’s Nehel Sahni, UMBC’s Alice Taylor, and Cleveland State’s Victoria Bensimon … won five consecutive doubles matches to finish with a 5-3 mark … (Spring) Completed the season with a 9-11 singles mark, while going 2-3 in the MAC … competed mainly at the No. 5 and 6 slots … ended 12-6 in doubles with a 1-3 conference record after partnering primarily with Martina Zerbola at the No. 3 spot.

High School: Left-handed ... played international tennis on the U18 circuit ... advanced to the second round of the 2015 ITF Barranquilla tournament ... in 2014, participated in the U18 ITF Barranquilla, Sudamericano Individual La Paz, and Grado 1 Cundinamarca tournaments ... in 2013, won doubles at the U16 Copa Indervalle SDM, U18 ITF Ecuador, U16 Grade 1 Antioquia, and U16 Grade 1 Valle Cope Indervalle ... ranked No. 2 nationally twice (at ages 14 and 16) ... ranked No. 10 nationally.

Personal: Born March 19, 1998, in Cali, Colombia ... daughter of Maximiliano Echeverry and Adriana Rodriguez … can speak Japanese … mechanical engineering major.

ECHEVERRY’S CAREER STATS

*SINGLES*
*Season*	*Overall*	*Dual*	*Tourn.*	*MAC*	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
2015-16	14-15	9-11	5-4	2-3	-	-	-	5-5	3-5	4-4
2016-17	25-11	16-8	9-3	4-3	-	1-0	2-0	8-3	7-4	1-1
2017-18	20-13	14-10	6-3	3-5	-	2-0	1-1	4-5	7-4	-
2018-19	14-19	13-12	1-7	1-6	-	1-0	1-1	4-6	7-5	-
Total	73-53	52-41	21-17	10-17	-	4-0	4-2	21-19	24-18	5-5

*DOUBLES*
*Season*	*Overall*	*Dual*	*Tourn.*	*MAC*		#1		#2		#3
2015-16	17-9	12-6	5-3	1-3		0-1		4-2		13-3
2016-17	13-6	5-2	8-4	-		-		2-0		6-3
2017-18	17-15	13-9	4-6	3-4		2-0		6-5		5-4
2018-19	9-17	2-12	7-5	0-4		-		1-1		1-11
Total	56-47	32-29	24-18	4-11		2-1		13-8		25-21