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2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster

Gavi Kalaga

  • Class
    Senior
  • Height
    5-7
  • Hometown
    Bhubaneswar, India
  • Highschool
    Sai International School
  • Prev School
    Montevallo
  • Major
    Political Science

Biography

Awards
2019 First-Team All-WAC (singles)
2019 WAC All-Tournament Team (doubles)
2021 WAC All-Tournament Team (doubles)
2021 All-WAC Honorable Mention (singles)
WAC Singles Athlete of the Week (April 13, 2021)
WAC Doubles Team of the Week (April 13, 2021)
WAC Singles Athlete of the Week (March 23, 2021)

2020-21 (Junior) | retained eligibility due to COVID-19 pandemic) | Led the team in both singles wins (10-7, 4-2 in WAC play) and doubles victories (9-5, 4-2 in WAC play)...Played on both lines three and four in one-on-one play and teamed with Harsha Challa to serve as the team's top-flight doubles team...Captured victories in seven consecutive singles matches from Feb. 5-March 20...Went on a run of five-straight doubles matches without defeats alongside Challa from April 1-April 14. 
 
2019-20 (Junior) | season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic | Wrapped up the year with a 4-10 record in singles and a 5-9 showing in doubles...Named WAC Doubles Team of the Week with Harsha Challa (March 3).

2018-19 (Sophomore) | Finished her first season in the Crimson & White 14-11 overall in singles with a 4-0 mark in WAC play and 12-17 record in doubles action...Defeated Natasha Munday of New Mexico (10/26) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the UNM Halloween Howl...Won her first dual match 6-0, 6-0 against Nicole Gonzalez of WNMU (1/27)...Defeated UTSA’s (2/24) Charleen Tiwari 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 at the No. 6 position...Won five-straight matches near the end of the season in singles...Went 2-0 with teammate Harsha Challa at the WAC Championship.
 
2017-18 (Freshman | Montevallo) | One of four players with 20-plus wins as a freshman with a 21-5 overall mark in singles and 17-4 record in doubles play...Played at the top doubles position with teammate Emily Beatty with a 10-5 record and 15-7 overall on the year...Picked up her first collegiate victory against Maja Pindelska from then-No. 8 Saint Leo 6-4, 6-4 at the 2017 ITA Division II Women's South Regional Championships (9/22)...Won seven-straight matches between October and February followed by a six-match win-streak that sandwiched a single loss.
 
Before NM State | Graduated from Sai International School in 2017...Was the East Zone Champion in singles in 2015...Played basketball and won a championship at the state level for Sai International...Has several ITF junior circuit matches under her belt...Earned the Chairman's Award for academic excellence during her prep career.

Personal | Daughter of Venkatesh and Nivedita Kalaga...Majoring in political science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Junior

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Senior

    5'7"