Christine Skoda

Spring 2006 (Senior): Awarded Academic All-Big 12 honors for the second time in as many years… Went 15-10 in singles play, occupying the No. 3 slot for most of the season… Tallied a 6-5 conference singles record… Won six straight singles contests between March 25 and April 8… Went 10-4 in singles action to close out the season… Defeated Texas[apos] Courtney Zauft, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 1-0 (12), in Kansas[apos] final regular-season contest… Played in the No. 3 doubles spot all season with multiple teammates… Began playing with Yuliana Svistun midway through the season, recording an 8-3 record… Also went 4-3 while playing with Brittany Brown. Fall 2005 (Senior): Completed the fall witha 4-7 singles record…Opened the season by going 2-0 in singles play at the Hurricane Invitational…One of six Jayhawks to qualify for ITA Central Regional singles…Also qualified for ITA Central Regional doubles play along with teammate Brown…Notched a victory in roud two of consolation singles play over Wichita State[apos]s Anaines Exini at the ITA Central Regionals…Finished 8-4 in doubles competition while teaming with Brown…Placed 13th teamed with Brown in the doubles draw at the Hoosier Classic. Spring 2005 (Junior): Notched an 8-13 record in singles spending time at No. 1 and No. 2 singles… Posted a 7-4 record in the Big 12 at No. 2 singles, which tied her with Smith for a team best… With her seven Big 12 wins, Skoda finished third in the Big 12 regular season at the No. 2 position… Named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week of March 14-March 20…Notched a 5-6 record with Filberth at No. 2 doubles…Earned her first Catherine Holland MVP award at the team[apos]s postseason awards banquet. Fall 2004 (Junior): Compiled a 1-8 record in singles while taking over the number one singles position for the Jayhawks… Teamed with Lauren Hommell to earn a team-best 4-5 doubles record… Advanced to the second round of competition at the Wilson/ITA Regional with a victory over Arkansas-Little Rock[apos]s Jenna Hurdle and Outi Jarvinen, 8-4… Earned back-to-back wins to start the season at the Hurricane Invitational. Spring 2004 (Sophomore): Posted a 9-13 record in the spring… Was named Big 12 Player of the Week for March 23-29… Had a five-match winning streak from March 17 through April 3… Teamed with Brittany Brown to carry a team-best 13-9 doubles record… The duo put together a seven-match winning streak from March 12 through April 3. Fall 2003 (Sophomore): Finished with a 5-7 record during the fall… Had the second most wins in the fall behind Haylock… Won four of her last five matches to end the season… Went 4-4 with doubles partner Brittany Brown… Won each of her doubles matches at the Polo Collegiate Preview. Spring 2003 (Freshman): Had a 10-9 singles record in dual play which tied Haylock for the team lead in singles victories… Posted a 6-12 doubles record… Played in the No. 4 singles spot the entire spring… Won back-to-back singles matches over BYU and SMS to open dual play… Earned the Sportsmanship Award at the team tennis banquet. Fall 2002 (Freshman): Had a 4-5 singles record and a 5-3 doubles record… Won the first singles and doubles match she played as a Jayhawk at the Hurricane Invitational… Won two singles qualifying matches to earn a spot in the ITA Central Regionals… Went 3-0 in doubles at the Hoosier Invitational with Haylock and C. Steinbock. High School: In 1998 was ranked sixth in Canada… Team finished second in the 1999 Western Canada Games… Team finished fourth, while she took third in singles at 2001 Canada Games… Finished ranked 16th in singles and 15th in doubles in Canada in 2001… Ranked second in Alberta Adult open circuit during the summer of 2002… Was voted most likely to be an Olympian by her high school classmates. Personal: Born on Feb. 6, 1984… Parents are Hana and Ctibor Skoda… Plans to major in Business.