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Nina Sorkin Season 2020-21

Height5-5
ClassSenior
HometownGlen Allen, Va.
High SchoolDeep Run

Senior (2020-21): Led team with 11 wins... Started season with five matches unbeaten... Picked up a ranked win versus No. 121 from North Carolina on Court 3... Had match-clinching point against VCU...

Junior (2019-20): Went 5-4 primarily playing Court 4... Four of five wins came in straight sets... Started doubles off with five wins with partners Elizabet Danailova, Chhinda Som, and Erika Cheng

Sophomore (2018-19): Competed in singles at the Big 5 Challenge and Kentucky Invite… Also competed in singles and doubles at the Commonwealth Invite and ITA Atlantic Region Championship...Tallied 10 singles wins in the spring...

Freshman (2017-18): Posted a 20-17 overall record, including a 12-6 clip at the six during the spring… Had critical singles points in close 4-3 wins over No. 39 Old Dominion and No. 53 Boston College… Also turned in singles wins against ranked foes – No. 27 Wake Forest, No. 34 NC State, No. 38 Clemson and No. 68 Louisville… Posted a 14-9 doubles record in the spring, playing primarily with fellow freshman Nika Kozar… The two had wins against duos from top-40 ranked teams: No. 16 FSU, No. 17 Miami, No. 23 UVA, No. 31 Syracuse and No. 34 NC State… In the fall, advanced to the singles flight finals at the Wofford Fall Invite… Won the consolation doubles flight at the Hokie Fall Invite with Kozar.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Ranked 29th in her class and Virginia’s No. 1 tennis recruit by TennisRecruiting.net, the highest of a Tech recruit... Ranked the fifth-best high school senior in the Mid-Atlantic region and sat at No. 42 nationally for the 2017 senior class... Five-star recruit out of Deep Run High School... A four-time All-Metro Player of the Year honoree... First tennis player in Virginia to win four VHSL singles and doubles titles …Went 23-0 her junior year en route to claiming state titles in the 5A singles, doubles and team events... Finished with a career record of 89-1... Also won the state singles and doubles championships freshman and sophomore year... Competed at the 2016 U-18 Clay Court Championships - won five singles matches to reach the quarterfinals... Also advanced to the doubles semifinals at the 2015 U-16 Clay Court Championships.

Personal: Played for mother Maria at Deep Run... Mother played tennis at Tech while father was a member of the baseball team and brother is currently a student at Tech... Majoring in human development.