This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
This is the 11th-year for the traditional year-end gala honoring more than 750 student-athletes for their achievements on the field and in the classroom during the 2011-12 school year.
Debuted each year at the OSCARS - the year-end highlight video provides a look back at all 26 varsity sports competed at the University of Notre Dame and is created in cooperation with the Student Welfare and Development Office and LeSea Broadcasting.
Women's Tennis defeated Illinois 4 to 3 in the Eck Tennis Pavilion on February 19th.
AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished the year with a record of 20-15 in singles that saw her go 10-12 on the dual season in split time at No. 4 and No. 5 ... named member of BIG EAST Academic All-Star Team ... earned second monogram ... climbed as high as 78th in the ITA rankings ... finished with record of 2-8 at No. 4 singles before moving to No. 5 and putting together an 8-4 ledger ... during the tour portion of the season, earned a third-place result in her flight at the Eck Tennis Classic after defeating Ohio State's Gabby Steele in the third-place match, 2-6, 7-6, 6-0 ... wins at the No. 4 spot came over Yale's Annie Sullivan (6-2, 6-2) and Indiana's Kayla Fujimoto (7-6, 6-4) ... after making move to No. 5, openend with two straight victories over Oklahoma's Maria Kalashnikova (6-1, 6-1) and Virginia's Maria Fuccillo (6-4, 6-0) ... ended year with a record of 19-13 in doubles, including 13-10 in dual competition and 6-3 during the tour campaign ... spent majority of dual slate at the No. 2 position, finishing with a mark of 13-8 in those matches (also 0-1 at both No.1 and No. 3 doubles) ... paired primarily with Kristen Rafael during the dual season after working with Julie Sabacinski during the fall ... knocked off highest-ranked doubles opponent to-date when Sabacinski and she took down #17 Danielle Mills and Bistra Ostashoiysila of Miami (9-8) in the quarterfinals of the Sarasota Clay Court Classic ... ended season winning eight of last 10 matches, with one match going unfinished ... finished with five straight wins, including sweeping through the BIG EAST Championship with victories over Georgetown's Lauren Greco and Victoria Sekely (8-1), Marquette's Rocio Diaz and Olga Fisher (8-6) and #42 South Florida's Irene Rehberger and Ecaterina Vasenina (8-6) in the championship match.
AS A FRESHMAN: Posted a record of 16-10 in singles in her first year with the Irish program, including going 16-9 during the dual season as the team's No. 3 ... opened season competing at the Wildcat Invitational, before getting her dual campaign underway with a victory over Iowa's Zuzana Chmelarova in straight sets, 6-2, 6-1 ... reeled off wins in eight of her first nine matches on the dual slate, including a crucial three-set victory over Rika Tatsuno of Michigan (7-6, 5-7, 6-0) to help preserve the team's 4-3 win over the Wolverines ... defeated her first nationally- ranked opponent against Northwestern, knocking off #108 Kate Turvy in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) ... teamed primarily with Kristen Rafael during the dual season in doubles, registering a record of 10-2 (10-5 overall) ... earned 10 straight victories as a team, beginning with a win over Anik Cepeda and Carmem Pop of William and Mary, 8-3, and running through the NCAA round of 16 where they knocked off California's team of Annie Goransson and Tayler Davis, 8-4 ... named BIG EAST Freshman of the Year, marking the second consecutive year an Irish player earned that distinction (Kristy Frilling - `09), as well as being chosen as the ITA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year ... also chosen to the all-BIG EAST team ... named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Nine- time letterwinner in tennis (two), volleyball (three), basketball (two) and golf (two) at Bettendorf ... the top-ranked tennis recruit in the state of Iowa ... rated 32nd nationally in the 2009 recruiting class by tennisrecruiting.net ... did not play for high school team as a junior or senior ... went undefeated as a freshman and sophomore ... regional, conference and state champion during two years with Bettendorf ... named Quad City Athlete of the Year by the Quad City Times ... golf state qualifier as a junior and senior ... named the volleyball MAC Player of the Year ... selected for the senior all-state volleyball tournament and Iowa-Illinois Basketball Shootout ... named MVP of the senior all-state basketball game ... set records for assists, digs and aces at Bettendorf ... named a volleyball All- State Academic Scholar ... member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, student council and National Honor Society ... daughter of Bill and Barb McGaffigan ... youngest of four children ... sister, Jenny, played tennis at Illinois ... sister, Katie, played tennis at Wisconsin ... sister, Laura, played tennis at Indiana ... father played tennis and hockey at Catholic University ... mother played tennis and was a swimmer at Catholic ... plans to major in business ... currently enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.
