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Sonia Smagina - Women's Tennis - Kansas Jayhawks

Sonia Smagina

Class Junior
Hometown Penza, Russia
High School School of Olympic Reserve
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Year-by-Year Stats: 20192020 | 2021

Career Honors:

  • (2019) All-Big 12 Freshman Team, All-Big 12 Singles Second Team and All-Big 12 Doubles First Team
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team

Spring 2021: 

  • Competed primarily at the No.1 singles position, with several matches at No.2
  • Court one doubles partner with Vasiliki Karvouni and tallied five wins, duo spent time on court two
  • Notched a pair of nationally ranked victories over Tate Schroder, #49 TCU, (6-3, 6-1) and Anna Turati, #2 Texas, (3-6, 7-6 [13-11], 1-0 [10-2])
  • Singles victories: Denver, Wichita State, Arizona, Southeast Missouri, #49 TCU, #2 Texas and Kansas State
  • Doubles victories: Tulsa, Arizona, Southeast Missouri, Kansas State twice
  • 2021 Academic All-Big 12 First Team for studies in liberal arts and sciences, first time in career garnering honor
  • Helped team set a new GPA program best of 3.64

Spring 2020: 

  • Completed a 7-4 overall singles record at the No. 1 position and a 3-6 overall record in doubles at the No. 1 (1-2) and No. 2 (2-4) positions
  • Was 3-4 in singles against nationally ranked opponents, including wins against No. 72 Kaitlin Staines (Tennessee), No. 66 Vanessa Wong (Washington) and No. 93 Martina Okalova (Tulsa)

Spring 2019:

  • Compiled a singles record of 17-4 during her freshman season at the No. 3, 4, 5 and 6 positions
  • Teamed up with Anastasia Rychagova for an overall doubles record of 16-5 at the No. 2 position
  • Named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team, the All-Big 12 Singles Second Team and the All-Big 12 Doubles First Team
  • Named the All-Big 12 Tournament No. 2 Doubles Team

Fall 2018:

  • Participated in the Big 5 Challenge
  • Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Riviera ITA All-American Championships in Doubles
  • Reached the ITA Regional Singles Quarterfinals

High School:

  • Accumulated 12 singles and 23 career doubles wins on the International Tennis Federation (ITF) pro circuit
  • Ranked No. 1012 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and No. 576 in doubles

Personal: Daughter of Victor and Larisa Smagina … Undecided on a major.