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2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster

Laila El Dessouki

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Hotel and Tourism Management (School of Professional Studies)
  • Hometown Giza, Egypt
  • High School German School of Cairo

Biography

2014-15 Match-By-Match Results
2015-16 Match-By-Match Results

2015-16:
Finished 13-6 in singles (5-3 at #4, 2-0 at #5, 1-1 at #3)…posted a 14-6 mark in doubles (6-2 at #2, 3-2 at #3), tied for the fourth-most doubles wins in a single season in program history…won three singles matches and one doubles match at the UAA Championship (4/22-24)…won five-straight singles matches (4/13-/24)…Second Team All-UAA…IAAC Fall and Spring Honor Rolls…UAA Spring Sport All-Academic…Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award.
 
2014-15: Earned ITA Division III All-America honors in doubles after finishing seventh (with partner Carmen Lai) at the USTA/ITA Small College National Championships (10/9-10)…paired with Lai to win the ITA Northeast Regional doubles title (9/27-29)…finished 17-6 in doubles (9-2 at #1)…led the team in singles victories (14-3), posting a 9-2 mark at #3…compiled an eight-match winning streak from 2/28-4/18…UAA Athlete of the Week (9/29)…ECAC Metro Player of the Week (4/15)...Intercollegiate Athletic Advisory Committee Fall Honor Roll...ITA All-Academic.
 
Pre-NYU: Attended Transylvania University for one year…member of the tennis team…posted a 13-3 singles record and an 11-5 doubles mark and was named Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Freshman of the Year…one of only two freshmen named to the All-HCAC Team.
 
High School: Did not have a tennis team…competed for the Tafwaky club team…served as Senior Class President.
 
Personal: Enjoys reading and watching movies…mother was a semi-professional tennis player…aspires to own and operate her own hotel.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2015-16Junior

    5'7"
  • C

    2016-17Senior

    5'7"
    C