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Malkia Ngounoue
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
- High School:
- Abeka Academy
Year-by-Year Stats: 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022
Career Honors:
- (2019) All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
- (2021) All-Big 12 Singles First Team
- (2022) All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
- (2022) Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- (2023) All-Big 12 Singles First Team
- (2023) All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
Spring 2023:
- Won 12 singles matches and went on a five match win streak a little ways inton the spring season
- Notched 11 doubles victories with Heike Janse Van Vuuren
- Named All-Big 12 first-team honors in singles
- Named All-Big 12 second-team honors in doubles with Heike Janse Van Vuuren
Fall 2022:
- Notched eight singles wins and four doubles victories in the fall
- Recorded her biggest career upset over #2 Hamner (South Carolina) in singles
Spring 2022:
- Earned twelve singles victories with two separate three-match win streaks
- Notched eleven doubles victories partnered with Maria Titova for nine
- Named All-Big 12 Singles Second Team
- Named Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
Fall 2021:
- Earned eight singles victories
- Four-match singles win streak
- Tallied seven doubles victories, with Maria Titova as her primary partner
Spring 2021:
- Notched eight singles victories primarily at the No. 2 position, with one win at the No. 1 spot against Kansas State’s Karine Marion-Job in the Big 12 Women’s Tennis Tournament opening match to propel the Jayhawks into the second round
- Seven doubles wins on the season with partner Julia Deming mostly, spent some time paired with Carmen Roxana Manu as well
- Singles victories: Tulsa, Arizona, Iowa State, SEMO, Wichita State, West Virginia, #10 Baylor, monumental win over Kansas State (7-6, 5-7, 7-5)
- Doubles wins: Arizona, Iowa State, SEMO, West Virginia, Kansas State, #10 Baylor and #24 Oklahoma
- Helped team set a new GPA program best of 3.64
- Named to All-Big 12 Singles First Team during postseason
Spring 2020:
- Compiled a 4-6 overall record in singles at the No. 2 position and a 6-5 overall doubles record with teammates Luniuska Delgado (3-5), Julia Deming (2-0) and Maria Toran Ribes (1-0)
- Registered singles wins over Carmen Palumbo (Drake), Esther Thebault (Wichita State), Shura Poppe (Tulsa) and Inci Ogut (Northwestern)
Spring 2019:
- Tallied an overall singles record of 7-3 in her freshman season at the No. 4 and 6 positions, with a 6-1 record on court 6
- Paired up with Maria Toran Ribes in doubles; the duo notched a 17-3 record at the No. 3 position
- Named to the All-Big 12 Doubles Second Team
- Named the All-Big 12 Tournament No. 3 Doubles Team
Fall 2018:
- Reached the Singles Big 5 Challenge Singles Final
- Made it to the Doubles Final at the H-E-B Invitational
- Participated at the ITA Regional Championships
- Reached the Singles Marliss Gruver Fall Invitational Final
High School:
- 5-ranked prospect in the 2018 recruiting class by TennisRecruiting.net
- Ranked as high as No. 1 in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) rankings in the 10-and-under, 12-and-under, 14-and-under and 16-and-under age groups
- Ranked as high as No. 5 in the 18-and-under age group
- Rated as high as No. 192 in the junior world rankings by the International Tennis Federation (ITF)
- Won the doubles championship at the Corpus Christi ITF
- Advanced to the singles semifinals and was a doubles finalist at the International Grass Court Championships
- Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Pan American ITF and the Round of 32 at the Orange Bowl International Championships
Personal: Daughter of Aime Ngounoue and Cicily Ade … Majoring in psychology and sociology.
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