Pepperdine University Athletics

PEPPERDINE 2019-20: Finished sophomore season at an even .500 in dual singles on court six … Played in nine of the 11 contests for the Waves.
 
PEPPERDINE 2018-19: Garnered All-WCC honorable mention honors as a freshman … Earned WCC doubles pair of the week with partner Ashley Lahey (3/19) … Went 9-4 in dual singles at the #4 and #5 positions and 14-6 in dual doubles.
 
JUNIORS: Ranked #1 in Poland when she was in the 14U, 16U and 18U age groups respectively … Earned a Tennis Europe-high ranking of 63 … Highest ranking in Junior ITF was 86 … Earned her highest WTA ranking in 2018 in singles with 1,013 and in doubles with 558 … Won two WTA doubles titles, the $15,000 Mragowo in doubles in Poland and the $15,000 Trnava in doubles in Slovakia in 2017 … Polish National Champion in the following categories: 14U in singles and mixed doubles (2013), 16U in singles (2014), 18U in singles and doubles (2015, 2016), women’s adults in singles and doubles (2016), 23U in singles and doubles (2017) … Won two bronze medals in singles and doubles at the 2017 European Junior Championships in Switzerland … Participant at two Junior Grand Slam tournaments in 2016 with the Australian and US Opens … Earned the following titles in Europe: Lods Cup in doubles (2013), Wroclaw Cup (2013), Marsa Tennis Europe 16U in doubles (2013) … Earned many achievements on the ITF Tour including: singles finalist of G5 ‘Dema Cup’ (2014 in Bulgaria), doubles finalist of the G5 ‘ITF Sweden Junior Open’ (2014 in Sweden), singles finalist of G4 ‘2nd Qatar ITF Junior Open (2015 in Qatar), singles finalist of G4 ‘SEB Outdoow Open (2015 in Sweden), doubles finalist of G2 ‘Moser Czech Junior Open (2015 in Czech Republic), singles finalist of G2 ‘Uruguay Bowl’ (2015 in Uruguay), singles winner of G3 ‘Londrina Juniors Cup’ (2015 in Brazil), doubles finalist of G2 ‘Cang Thailand ITF Juniors’ (2015 in Thailand), doubles finalist of G2 ‘26th Tashkent ITF Juniors (2016 in Uzbekistan), doubles finalist of G2 ’37, International Spring Bowl (2016 in Austria), doubles finalist of G2 ‘Abris Cup’ (2016 in Hungary), doubles winner of G3 ‘Copericus Bowl ‘ (2016 in Poland).
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from XIII Liceum Ogólnoksztalcace w Szczecinie in Szczecin, Poland in 2018.
 
PERSONAL: Daughter of Lucyna Malgorzata Kuczer and Jaroslaw Wieslaw Kuczer … Has one older brother, David … Has career aspirations of winning multiple Grand Slams and being one of the best tennis players in the world … Her brother David played in #1 singles and doubles at SMU and ranked as high as #81 in the nation … Stated the reason she loves tennis so much is: “Tennis gives me an opportunity to travel the world, explore new places and meet new people.  It is an individual sport in which everything depends on me, so it taught me to be responsible and be able to take care of myself.  It also allowed me to compete throughout my entire life and now, it gave me an opportunity to come to California and play tennis at Pepperdine.”
 
FAVORITES: Roger Federer and Simona Halep (pro athletes) … FC Barcelona (pro team) … The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (book) … Rocky series (movies) … pancakes (food) … soccer and volleyball (sports other than tennis) … reading books and watching sports (hobbies/pastimes).
 
WHY YOU CHOSE PEPPERDINE: “My main goal is to be one of the best tennis players in the world and I think that Pepperdine will be able to help develop my athleticism, help me grow as a person and improve my tennis level, all in order to get closer to the goal … Learning is extremely important to me and at Pepperdine I know I will be able to get a great education. I think Pepperdine offers the best balance in the nation between very high tennis levels, coaching levels and educational levels … And of course, Pepperdine has one of the most beautiful campuses in the world.”