Kate Turvy Class: Junior Hometown: Dublin, Ohio High School: Dublin Coffman Height: 5-2

2011-12:Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship ... Named a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection ... Tabbed as the 2012 ITA Midwest Regional Player to Watch ... Finished the Big Ten slate with an 8-2 record at the No. 1 position ... Notched her 25th singles win of the season (fall and spirng) with a win over No. 84 Petra Januskova of Penn State (4/14) ... Tabbed Big Ten Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week for a second time this season (4/10) ... Upset 10th-ranked Emina Bektas of Michigan to propel the Wildcats past the Wolverines, 4-3 (4/8) ... Did not lose a set in doubles (8-0) and singles (6-0, 6-0) at Michigan State (4/7) ... Won matches at the No. 1 spot against both Minnesota (3/30) and Wisconsin (4/1) ... Took down Iowa's Sonja Molnar at No. 1 singles (3/24) ... Won ninth straight doubles match with partner Belinda Niu against the Hawkeyes ... Worked with Niu to secure the doubles point and clinched the match with a sinlges victory at Illinois (3/10) ... Knocked off No. 9 Diana Nakic of Baylor in straight sets (3/4) ... Ascended to No. 11 in the ITA singles rankings (2/16) ... Beat No. 24 Natalie Pluskota of Tennessee at No. 1 singles in a consolation match at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship ... Took down No. 16 Lauren McHale, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, to clinch comeback 4-3 victory at No. 8 North Carolina ... Defeated No. 50 Mary Weatherholt of Nebraska, 7-6, 7-6 to help Northwestern advance to the ITA National Indoor Team Championships (1/29) ... Teamed with Niu to win at No. 3 doubles against the Huskers, 8-2 ... Named Big Ten Women's Tennis Athete of the Week on Jan. 24 ... Also named to CollegeSports360.com Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll that day ... Played No. 1 singles for first time in collegiate career against No. 15 Vanderbilt ... Upset Vandy's Jackie Wu (No. 23) in straight sets, 6-2, 6-4 ... Rallied from three-point deficit in the second set to win ... Teamed with Niu at No. 3 doubles to defeat Nelly Radeva and Lauren Mira, 8-6, to help NU secure the doubles point ... Joined Brittany Wowchuk as one of two Wildcats to advance to the semifinals of the main singles draw at the ITA Midwest Championships in October ... Defeated No. 12 Stacey Tan of Stanford at the ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles ... Led Wildcats with 10 singles wins during the fall.

2010-11: Played primarily at No. 3 and No. 4 singles for the Wildcats, compiling an impressive 32-9 overall singles record ... 9-1 in the Big Ten ... Finished the season ranked No. 76 in the Campbell's/ITA College Tennis singles rankings ... All-Big Ten selection ... Wins in nine of her last 10 singles matches on the year ... Defeated Stacey Tan of Stanford in NU's NCAA Round of 16 match ... 5-3 ... 3-1 at ASU Thunderbird Invitational in the fall season .. Also 3-1 in singles at ITA Midwest Regional Championship ... 5-3 in dual doubles matches ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2009-10: Freshman starter at No. 4 singles and No. 3 doubles ... Ranked as high as No. 85 in the nation in singles ... Only NU player to go 3-0 in singles at Big Ten Tournament in Iowa City and went on to close the season on a nine-match winning streak ... 2-1 at ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... Won one match at ITA National Indoor Team Championship ... 7-3 in her rookie Big Ten dual season ... One win against a ranked opponent, No. 33 Rachael White of Illinois ...Notched a 7-5 record in fall singles and a 4-1 mark in doubles ... Won her first two singles matches at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, both of which came against Big Ten opponents (Michigan's Tania Mahtani, Illinois' Rachel White) ... Victorious in two matches in the Duals in the Desert ... Finished her freshman year with 27-16 singles and 27-4 doubles records.

Personal: Born Kathryn E. Turvy ... Daughter of Kathleen and John Turvy ... Featured in Sports Illustrated's "Faces in the Crowd" section ... Majoring in human development and psychological services.

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