Biography
AWARDS
• 2021 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• 2x Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year (2019, 22)
• 2019 Patriot League All-Conference Second Team
• 2x Patriot League All-Academic Team (2019, 21)
• 4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2018, 19, 20, 21)
• 4x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2018, 19, 20, 21)
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2021-22
Collected her third major Patriot League year-end award with her second Doubles Team of the Year award after going 10-8 with Erica Di Battista ... Posted a 13-10 doubles record and 7-9 singles mark, including 4-3 at line 6 ... Teamed with Di Battista for two wins over the 2021 PL Doubles Team of the Year from Army, including in the PL Final ... Added No. 1 wins against Brown, UConn, Loyola Maryland and Rhode Island ... Claimed No. 2 victories against Boston College and Bryant ... In singles, posted No. 6 wins over UConn, Lafayette, Duquesne and Bryant.
AS A SENIOR IN 2020-21
Earned Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year honors after graduating magna cum laude from Sargent College and helping lead the Terriers to their first conference title since 2017 ... Earned her second PL All-Academic Team honor as well ... Served as team captain with Lily Burchell ... Posted an 8-4 singles record with a 5-6 doubles mark to eclipse 100 career victories ... Posted singles wins in the No. 1 slot against Rhode Island and Holy Cross ... Collected a No. 2 win against Merrimack and added No. 4 victories in straight sets against Navy, Lafayette and Bucknell, dropping just five total games ... Teamed with Buchell for No. 1 doubles victories over Bucknell, Navy, Holy Cross and Merrimack ... Also teamed with Victoria Carlsten for a No. 2 win at Bryant ... Earned fourth Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) award and fourth ITA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) nod.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2019-20
Posted a 9-11 singles record and 9-9 doubles mark ... Recorded straight-set wins at line 3 against Cornell and Bryant ... Added wins in the No. 2 slot against Rhode Island and at No. 3 against Binghamton ... Tallied wins against Brown, Army, Cornell, Providence and Sacred Heart during the fall schedule ... Reached the quarterfinals at the ITA Northeast Regionals for the second consecutive year with Shelly Yaloz by posting wins over UConn, Columbia and Brown ... Teamed for No. 1 doubles wins against Cornell, Dartmouth and Brown ... Owned a 6-5 lead against Harvard when play was halted and came up just short to BC's then-35th-ranked duo, 6-4 ... Added a No. 2 win against Rhode Island ... Earned third Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) award and third ITA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) nod.
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018-19
Finished second on the team with 20 singles wins while also collecting 25 doubles wins to earn her first Patriot League All-Conference (second team) award and Doubles Team of the Year honor (alongside Shelly Yaloz) ... Played every match with Yaloz, winning the final eight contests with notable No. 2 wins against Army (2x), Bucknell, Loyola Maryland and Navy ... Also posted key No. 1 wins against Miami (Ohio), Providence and Rhode Island ... Won the top doubles flight at the Quinnipiac Invitational with wins over Sacred Heart, UConn, Army West Point and fellow BU duo Remi Ramos and Lily Burchell ... Posted wins against Rhode Island, Cornell and Rutgers to reach the quarterfinals at the ITA Northeast Regionals ... Played primarily at No. 3 singles with key wins against Harvard, Army, Navy, Bucknell and Lehigh ... Won the first set against then-No. 27 Miami (Fla.) in a match that was halted ... Won at line 1 against Holy Cross and at No. 2 against Lafayette and Rhode Island ... Also claimed victories during the fall against Penn, UMass, Dartmouth and Harvard ... Earned her first Academic All-Patriot League Team award ... Named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA) list and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (3.20+ GPA) for the second consecutive year.
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017-18
Led the Terriers with 20 singles wins while also earning 11 total doubles victories ... Posted a 20-13 record with a 12-9 mark at lines 2-4 during the dual season ... Earned a pair of No. 2 singles wins against Holy Cross and Loyola Maryland in the PL quarterfinals ... Won her final seven matches with notable No. 3 wins against UConn, Memphis, Lehigh and Army West Point (2x) ... Also claimed victories against Penn, Columbia (2x), UConn, Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Providence and Columbia during the fall ... Posted a 9-10 mark during the dual season with Iryna Kostirko ... Earned notable victories at line 2 against Brown, Yale, UConn, Army and Lehigh ... Named to the ITA Scholar-Athlete list and Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for owning a GPA above 3.50.
BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
A five-star recruit for the Terriers who helped Plano West Senior H.S. capture the Texas State UIL Class 6A title her senior year ... Consistently improved her game, moving up from No. 140 in TennisRecruiting.net's initial rankings in 2013 to No. 49 in 2017 ... Ranked as the No. 6 recruit in Texas and at No. 9 in the Gulf States ... Won the L4 SCMZ doubles title as a junior after finishing as a 6A doubles state finalist her sophomore year ... Qualified for regionals in singles action at the 5A level as a freshman ... A national merit scholar and AP scholar ... Served as vice president of her school's National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born on Oct. 13, 1998 ... Daughter of Kathryn and HaYoon Kim ... Has one younger brother, Joshua ... Graduated from Sargent College, majoring in human physiology ... Earning graduate degree in the School of Public Health.
