Biography
AWARDS:
NCAA Singles Championship runner-up – 2018
ITA Senior Player of the Year - 2020
ITA All-American singles – 2017, 18, 20
ITA Collegiate All-Star Team – 2018
ITA Southwest Region Player to Watch – 2017, 19
ITA Southwest Region Arthur Ashe Award – 2020
ITA Southwest Region Senior Player of the Year - 2020
WCC Freshman of the Year – 2017
All-WCC singles first team– 2017, 18, 19
All-WCC doubles first team– 2017; second team- 2019; honorable mention – 2018
Pepperdine Dean’s List – 2018
CoSIDA Academic All-District – 2020
CoSIDA Academic All-American - 2020
WCC All-Academic first team – 2018, 19, 20
Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete – 2017, 18, 19, 20
WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Gold) – 2017, 18, 19, 20
WCC Player of the Week – 3/10/20, 2/12/19, 2/26/19, 3/19/19; 2/13/18; 4/11/17; 3/7/17
WCC Doubles Pair of the Week – 3/10/20, 2/12/19, 3/12/19, 3/19/19, 4/9/19; 2/13/18; 4/4/17
PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Ranked #1 in ITA singles for the majority of her senior season … Named an ITA All-American for the third time in her career … Went 26-1 overall for the season in singles (dual and individual) … Won three-straight fall tournaments in the 2019 Oracle/ITA Masters, the 2019 Women’s Collegiate Invitational and the 2019 ITA All-American Championships … Awarded ITA Player of the Month for both September and October … Went undefeated in fall play at 16-0 in singles while defeating the likes of #4 Alexa Graham (North Carolina) twice, newcomer #4 Abbey Forbes (UCLA), #9 Jada Hart (UCLA) and #22 Solymar Colling (USD) … Went 10-1 in dual singles earning wins over #10 Kelly Chen (Duke), #12 Elysia Bolton (UCLA), #12 Natasha Subhash (Virginia) and #26 Bianca Turati (Texas) … Won the last four completed dual doubles matches with partner Astrid Olsen.
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Named to All-WCC singles first team and doubles second team as a junior … Garnered All-Academic WCC first team nod … Achieved Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete and WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll listings … Appeared in 27 singles and 35 doubles matches as a junior … Ranked as high as #4 in singles and #1 in doubles … Earned a .703 winning percentage (19-8) at No. 1 singles and a .742 (26-9) at No. 1 (7-2) and 2 (10-2) doubles … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2018 ITA Fall National Championships and the round of 32 in the 2019 NCAA Singles Championships.
PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Became the first-ever Pepperdine women’s tennis player to reach the NCAA Singles Championship, finishing as runner-up as a sophomore … Finished the season ranked #6 nationally and ranked as high as #3 in the Oracle/ITA national singles rankings … Finished the season ranked #43 in the doubles rankings alongside Mayar Sherif and ranked as high as #10 during the season … Amassed a 27-5 overall singles record with a 12-2 output in dual action … Played primarily in the No. 2 position with an 8-2 record, while she also went undefeated at 4-0 in the top-spot throughout the season … In doubles, totaled a 15-6 overall record with a 14-4 dual output, playing primarily in the #3 spot for a 10-3 in that location alongside Adrijana Lekaj … Won her second-straight ITA Southwest Regional singles title … Defeated 6th-ranked Alle Sanford of North Carolina in March and downed #9 ranked Ena Shibahara of UCLA in May at the NCAA Singles Championships.
PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Finished freshman season ranked #11 in the Oracle/ITA singles rankings … Reached the NCAA Singles Championship quarterfinal … Won ITA Southwest Regional singles title … Reached the U.S. Open Juniors round of 16 … Posted an impressive 32-7 singles record in her freshman year, including 12-5 against nationally ranked opponents … Had a 19-4 record in dual singles matches … Defeated #3 nationally ranked Blair Shankle of Baylor in the round of 16 of the NCAA Championships … Compiled a 19-12 doubles record on the year.
JUNIORS: Southern California Tennis Association Southern California Player of the Year in 2015 … Ranked #1 in Southern California in 2015 and 2016 … Currently ranks her highest all-time at #72 in the ITF rankings and has a #85 output in the current USTA standings … Ranked #3 on both the USTA National Rankings and the Tennis Rec Network in 2014 … Won titles in the 35th Woody Hunt South Bay Junior Closed Tournament (Level 2) in both the girls’ 18 singles and doubles categories … Took the crown in the SoCal Sectional prior to playing the European Clay Circuit in 2016 … Participated in fundraisers for her local club in Manhattan Beach … Reached the finals of the Offenback ITF Grade 1 and Swiss Junior Trophy ITF Grade 2, the semifinals in the Berlin ITF Grade 1 and Galati Romania 10K (doubles) and finished in the round of 16 at the Torun Poland 25K+H qualifiers in 2016 … In 2015, reached the semifinals of the Wichita Falls ITF Grade 4 and the quarterfinals of the Tulsa ITF Grade 1 … In 2014, reached the finals of the USTA Easter Bowl, Hard Courts and two National Level 2’s Tournaments … In juniors, has an overall record of 46-15 in singles, including a 9-9 record against Blue-Chip competitors … She has gone 12-1 against 5-star, 3-0 against 4-star, 1-0 against 3-star opponents and has posted a 21-5 overall record against unranked competition.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Connections Academy Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. in 2016 … Along attended Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach, Calif. in 2015.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Pauline and Corning Lahey … Has two older siblings … Amassed a bachelor’s degree in Sports Medicine … Her sister, Kristen Lahey, swam at USC … Stated the thing she loved most about the sport is the “mental and tactical challenge, [there is] always something to improve.”
FAVORITES: Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray (pro athletes) … Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (book) … Invictus and The Untouchables (movies) … Friends (TV show) … Maroon 5 (musical group) … crab (food) … waterskiing, skiing and basketball (sports other than tennis) … Favorites hobbies and pastimes other than tennis including waterskiing, skiing, camping, hiking and being outdoors and among nature.
