Carolina Castro Cota

Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Ervid Integral HS
Hometown:
Bogota, Colombia

Year-By-YearRecord
Year      Singles (MAC) Doubles(MAC)
2007-08   15-21 (1-7)    19-15 (1-7)
2008-09    6-16(1-4)    13-10 (2-3)
Totals    21-37 (2-11)   32-25(3-10)

Why Akron?
“I chose Akron because of the excellent businessprograms and because I am able to play for a good tennis team. Asan athlete and a student, I always look for the best for my careerand Akron was my best choice.”

as a Sophomore (Spring 2009): Missed three of theseason’s five tournaments and 12 dual matches due to injury… posted eight dual-match doubles wins in only fourteenmatches played, including a 1-0 record at the No. 1 position… Dean’s List honoree.

as a Sophomore (Fall 2008): Won her secondcollegiate singles flight title with a 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 (2)come-from-behind, championship match victory over Bowling Green'sKatia Babina in No. 4 singles at the Bowling Green Invitational(Sept. 20-21) ... partnered with freshman Zara Harutyunyan to winher first career doubles title in the No. 1 doubles flight of theBG Invite ... missed much of the fall season due to injury …Dean’s List honoree.

as a Freshman (Spring 2008): Earned ScholarBaller recognition ... 19 doubles wins led team in that category,tied for the 21st highest single-season total and was the mostsince the 1998-99 season ... 34 combined singles and doubles winswas ninth most by a freshman in team history and tied for the 31sthighest single-season total ... went 6-2 in first doubles beforepartner senior Amy Sherlock suffered aseason-ending injury ... played primarily No. 1 doubles and No. 2or No. 3 singles ... most memorable moments were playing doubleswith Sherlock … Dean’s List honoree.

as a Freshman (Fall 2007): Twenty combinedsingles and doubles wins led the team during fall tournament season... champion of No. 3 singles at Rocket Invitational (Oct. 13-14)at University of Toledo ... in her first collegiate tournament,partnered with junior Lindsey Berry to reachsemifinals of “A” singles and “A” doublesat Martha Thorn Invitational (Sept. 7-9) at West VirginiaUniversity ... reached semifinals of “A” doubles atQueen City Invitational (Oct. 5-7) at University of Cincinnati withwins over players from Xavier and Ball State ... Dean’s Listhonoree.

Prior to Akron: Was ranked 21st in the 16-23women’s age grouping ... completed her eligibility in theGirl's 16s ranked No. 5 in singles and No. 3 in doubles ... despiteonly participating in three stages of the Confederation of SouthAmerican Tennis Tour, reached a high ranking of No. 11 in bothsingles and doubles.

Personal: Born Aug. 10, 1990 in Bogota, Colombia... daughter of Luisa Cota and Luis Guillermo Castro ... father isa business administrator ... mother is an economist ... onesibling, Camilo (age 24) ... favorite books are TheAlchemist by Paulo Coelho and Angels and Demons byDan Brown ... favorite movie is Man on Fire ... favoritefood is Mexican ... athlete that she admires most is cyclist LanceArmstrong ... favorite quotation: “Because of the ignorancewe are wrong, and because of these mistakes we learn” ...majoring in accounting.