Pepperdine University Athletics

AWARDS: 
All-WCC singles first team - 2019
All-WCC doubles honorable mention – 2018
WCC Player of the Week- 4/2/2019
 
PEPPERDINE CAREER: Has compiled a 37-14 overall singles record … Amassed a 34-16 overall doubles record and a 17-1 doubles record when playing WCC opponents.

PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Named to All-WCC singles first team … Appeared in 45 singles and 30 doubles matches as a senior … Earned a .692 winning percentage (27-12) at No. 2 singles and a .667 percentage (20-10) at No. 3 doubles … Advanced to the round of 16 at the 2018 ITA Southwest Regional Championships and the final round of the UNLV Freeman Memorial Championships.


PEPPERDINE 2017-18: Finished the season with a 10-2 overall singles record and a 9-2 record in dual play … Posted a 14-6 overall doubles record with a 13-6 dual record and an untarnished 9-0 record when playing conference matches.

PEPPERDINE 2016-17: Joined the Waves in the spring of 2017 … Stated she chose Pepperdine because there is a “great tennis program, excellent academics and the beautiful location.”

JUNIORS: Earned a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 31 and WTA ranking of No. 325 … Part of the U16 and U18 Croatia National Team … Won the Croatian National Championship U16 … Won 25K Budapest, 10K Sharm El Sheikh and 10K Bad Waltersdorf throughout her juniors career … Won seven 10K tournaments in doubles.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Birotehnika in Zagreb, Croatia in 2016.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Jozef and Marija Lekaj … Has two siblings Dorontina and Marcela.

FAVORITES: Roger Federer (pro athlete) … The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (book) … Gladiator (movie) … pizza (food) … roller skating (pastime).