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2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster

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Kayla Wilkins

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.

Biography

2024 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
2022 ITA Scholar-Athlete 
2021 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention 


Graduate Student (2023-24)
  • 2024 All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention honoree
  • Totaled 16 singles wins and 12 doubles wins in her fifth season
  • Posted a top-25 singles win with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 defeat of Cal's No. 23 Hannah Vill Moeller
  • Defeated Colorado's No. 70 Ema Bubalo and Anya Nelson 6-0 with Teja Tirunelveli
  • Charted a 3-0 record when playing at No. 1 in singles
  • Was the first Wildcat with a singles win against Oregon in the Pac-12 Championships, helping set up the eventual Arizona victory
  • Clinched the tam win over No. 48 Utah with a victory at No. 2 singles

Senior (2022-23)
  • Accumulated an overall record of 10-12 in both singles and doubles, playing in between the No. 3 and 4 spots in the singles lineup and all over in the doubles lineup
  • Named to the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team
  • Only Wildcat to win against UCLA where she took her Bruin opponent to three sets
  • Awarded the Bear Down Award by her coaches and teammates
  • Part of the 2023 Arizona squad that was the nation’s second-leading D1 tennis program in community service hours

Junior (2021-22)
  • Recorded overall records of 16-15 in singles and 14-19 in doubles
  • Tied with Salma Ziouti for second-leading singles player and was the leading doubles player this season
  • Played mostly at the No. 2 spot with notable wins against Western Michigan, Oregon, Rice, Utah and Fullerton
  • Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete for her efforts in the classroom 

Sophomore (2020-21)
  • Finished the 2021 season with an Honorable Mention All-Pac-12
  • Won 10 singles matches, including two ranked victories
  • Racked up 12 doubles wins with several partners over the course of the spring
  • Played most of the season at the No. 1 and No. 2 spot in singles
Freshman (2019-2020)
  • Finished the spring season with a total of 14 singles wins including wins over Santa Clara and Kansas State
  • Played most of the doubles season at the No. 1 spot alongside Kirsten Prelle

High School
  • Graduated from Charlotte Mecklenburg Virtual High School June 2019
  • Won the USTA National L3 in Midlothian, VA in 2017
  • Doubles finalist in the Lexington, S.C. ITF Junior G4 in 2017
  • Sixth place in the 16’s National Clay Court Championships in 2017 
 
Personal
  • Born in Charlotte, N.C
  • Daughter of Chris and Lisa Wilkins
  • Has one sister, Emma


CAREER RECORDS
 
YEAR OVERALL SINGLES RECORD OVERALL DOUBLES RECORD
2019-20* 13-12 11-10
2020-21 10-10 12-11
2021-22 16-15 14-19
2022-23 10-12 10-12
2023-24 16-14 12-14
CAREER 65-63 59-66
 
YEAR DUAL SINGLES RECORD DUAL DOUBLES RECORD
2019-20* 7-4 5-5
2020-21 10-10 12-11
2021-22 12-9 11-11
2022-23 10-12 10-12
2023-24 13-10 9-11
CAREER 52-45 47-50

*Season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Graduate Student

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