2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster
Biography
Honors & Awards
• MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention (2017)
• MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team (2018, 2019)
• All-MVC No. 4 singles (2018)
• All-MVC No. 3 doubles (2018)
• MVC Individual Champion (Fall 2018)
• Player of the Week (April 9, 2019)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete Team - 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19
• MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll – Spring 2019, Fall 2018, Spring 2018, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015
• MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award - 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
• MVC Academic Honor Roll – 2018-19, 2017-18, 2016-17, 2015-16
2018-19 Season (Senior)
Finished an even 10-10 in spring dual competition at No. 3 singles...Posted a 14-13 mark overall...Earned MVC Player of the Week honors after starting 2-0 in league play, defeating Drake and UNI opponents...Tallied 4-2 record in MVC action...Broke tiebreaker against Drake to send Bears to the semifinal round of the MVC Championships...Claimed an individual singles title at the MVC Individual Championship in fall...Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete first team for second consecutive season...One of three Bears to record four or more wins during tournament season.
2017-18 Season (Junior)
One of three Bears to collect double-digit wins in the Spring dual season, with a 16-4 record at No. 4 singles … Posted a 19-9 record overall … 5-0 against MVC opponents … Carries an eight-match winning streak into the next season … Also had two four-match winning streaks during the season … Was a game away from taking the second set from her Ole Miss opponent in the first round of the NCAA Tennis Championship ... Jumped into the Bears' career singles leaders with 40-48 (.455) record in three seasons … With Alexia Meyer at No. 3 doubles, the All-MVC pair posted a 10-8 record in the dual season
2016-17 Season (Sophomore)
Mainstay in the top half of the MSU lineup, playing 18 of her 22 dual appearances at No. 2 singles ... In doubles play, she and Ekaterina Donetskova posted the most victories of any MSU pair with six overall wins and five in dual action ... Season long singles winning streak was three matches from March 19-April 8 ... Her No. 2 singles win at UNI (April 8) helped MSU clinch its first MVC road victory since the resumption of the program ... Earned three No. 1 doubles wins with Donetskova, including a 7-5 triumph against Drake (April 9) ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention selection.
2015-16 Season (Freshman)
Finished season 13-15 overall and 12-11 in dual play … Played primarily at Nos. 5-6 singles and ended year competing at No. 4 singles … Won all six matches played in during month of March … Held team highs in singles overall (11) and in MVC action (10) heading into the conference schedule … Won a dramatic three-set match versus Drake's Summer Brills to lead Bears to 4-3 victory over Bulldogs on April 9 … Earned first collegiate dual singles win over Karlin Naslund of Creighton on Jan. 31 6-3, 6-1 … Combined with teammate Abbey Belote for six wins at No. 3 doubles during dual schedule … Earned wins with Belote in MSU victories versus Drake (April 9) and Evansville (April 22) … Won four of five matches in doubles play from Feb. 20-March 10.
Background
Competed for Morocco in several notable tournaments, including as a representive at the African 18 and Under Junior Championship in 2014 ... Was ranked as high as 837th nationally in the world at the junior level by the International Tennis Federation ... Ranked at one time among top 10 junior players in Morocco ... Saw action on club tennis scene with Union Sportive des Cheminots ... Won Moroccan Championship in 2015 and Moroccan Cup in 2013 with club team ... Finished academic career at Groupe Scolaire Atlas with highest GPA among fellow graduates.
Personal
Daughter of Youssef Khamissi and Safaa Khachani ... Born Dec. 8, 1997 ... has a younger brother, Salim ... Full name is Fatima Zohra Khamissi ... a cell and molecular biology major.
Statistics
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