Missouri State

Honors & Awards
• 2016 MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
• 2014-15 ITA All-Academic Team
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll - Fall 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2014

2015-16 Season (Senior)
Named an MVC Scholar-Athlete Team selection … Finished year with 14-15 overall record, second highest total on team … Also went 11-12 in dual play … Played primarily at Nos. 3-4 singles, but finished season playing at No. 2 slot … Went undefeated (6-0) during month of March … Won three straight matches that went to three sets from March 6-20 … Won first singles match of spring versus Creighton on Jan. 31 over Claire Embree (7-6, 6-3) … Helped cap 4-3 Bears victory over Northern Iowa (April 11) to extend MSU win streak to eight … Combined with fellow senior Ema turudija for team-best 12 wins in doubles play during year … Tandem represented MSU at No. 1 doubles, finishing 12-13 overall … Her and Turudija won five straight matches from March 4-18 … Finished a team-high runner-up at No. 5 singles at the MVC Tennis Individual Championship in the fall … Also appeared with Turudija at ITA Central Region Championship in Stillwater … The two defeated teams from South Dakota State and Kansas State to advance to Round of 16 … Ended fall schedule with an 8-6 loss to Julia Courter and Paula Rincon-Otero of Minnesota, the 20th ranked doubles team in the nation.

2014-15 Season (Junior)
Finished second on team overall in singles play with eight victories ... Tied for team high with three MVC dual triumphs, which included a three-match win streak from April 4-12 ... Competed at No. 4 and No. 5 singles ... Had a .500 record when playing at the No. 5 position ... Opened dual season with a 6-4, 6-1 win over SIU-Edwardsville's Haley Ilcewicz on Feb. 1 ... Six of eight victories came in straight sets ... Went 3-1 in three-set matches despite loss coming by third-set match tiebreaker ... Led in two separate singles matches that were left unfinished ... Had an even overall record before dropping matches to the second and third ranked teams in The Valley to end season ... All three doubles wins came with teammate Ema Turudija at the No. 1 slot ... Duo combined to defeat MVC Player of the Year Erica Medlin and Elvira Lopez of Northern Iowa, 8-4, on April 19 ... Played in opening exhibition tournament hosted by Drury, but sat out rest of fall schedule due to injury.

Background
Poile joins the Bears after spending the first two years of her collegiate career at Texas-San Antonio, where she was mentored by MSU head coach Mallory Weber ... Competed in singles at UTSA, and was a Western Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree as a freshman in 2012-13 ... Won four singles matches in her first season - including the first three of her career - with one of those wins coming over Kelsey Reblin from No. 29 Incarnate Word.

Personal
Miranda Kate Poile was born on Dec. 21, 1993 in Melbourne, Australia ... Daughter of Graeme Poile and Christine Smith ... Has two sisters, Sarah and Lisa ... Plans to major in communication at Missouri State ... Lists her biggest sports thrill as being the Victorian Schoolgirls Champion in 2009 and 2010.