Murray State University Athletics
Racers Tennis Announces 2024 Signing Class
6/28/2024 1:41:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Head Coach Jorge Caetano officially announces 2024 signing class for MSU tennis
Murray State women's tennis coach Jorge Caetano announced the program's 2024 signing class on Tuesday afternoon.Â
"I couldn't be happier with the signing class we were able to put together," said Caetano. "I knew we were going to lose 5 key experienced players from this year's team so my goal was to find strong talented players with lots of international experience which makes the transition to college tennis smoother and we were able to accomplish that. All of them strive to get better both on and off the courts and I can't wait to have them on campus in August!"
A full breakdown of the signing class can be found below:
Barbora Hermanova - Incoming Freshman
Hometown: Prague, The Czech Republic
High School: Obchodní Akademie Vinohraská
Hometown: Itupeva, BrazilÂ
High School: Colegio Saber
Hometown: Fukuoka, Japan
High School: Daiichi Pharmaceutical University High School
Hometown: Nishinomiya, Japan
High School: Sundai Kofu High School
Previous School: Seattle University
Hometown: Mayfield, KY
High School: Mayfield High SchoolÂ
"I couldn't be happier with the signing class we were able to put together," said Caetano. "I knew we were going to lose 5 key experienced players from this year's team so my goal was to find strong talented players with lots of international experience which makes the transition to college tennis smoother and we were able to accomplish that. All of them strive to get better both on and off the courts and I can't wait to have them on campus in August!"
A full breakdown of the signing class can be found below:
Barbora Hermanova - Incoming Freshman
Hometown: Prague, The Czech Republic
High School: Obchodní Akademie Vinohraská
- Ranked Top 10 in her age group and ranked top 50 among all women's players in the Czech Republic.
- Highest UTR (Universal Tennis Rating): 8.19
Hometown: Itupeva, BrazilÂ
High School: Colegio Saber
- Â Highest WTA World Professional Doubles Ranking: 1262
- Highest ITF Junior World Ranking: 467 (Third highest ranked recruit in program history).
- 3 ITF Junior Singles Titles (April 2024 J60 Luque - Paraguay, April 2023 J30 Luque - Paraguay, July 2022 J5 Curitiba - Brazil)
-  1 ITF Junior Doubles Title  (July 2022 J5 Curitiba - Brazil)
- Highest UTR (Universal Tennis Rating): 9.02
Hometown: Fukuoka, Japan
High School: Daiichi Pharmaceutical University High School
- Highest ITF Junior World Ranking: 272 (Highest ranked recruit in program history).
-  4 ITF Junior Doubles Titles -> September 2023 J100 Sarawak - Malaysia, November 2022 J3 Andong - Japan, October 2022 J5 Surubaya - Indonesia, October 2022 J5 Jakarta - Indonesia.
- 2 ITF Singles Runner-up Finishes -> October 2023 J60 Perak Malasysia, October 2022 J5 Surubaya - Indonesia.
- October 2023 ITF J500 Osaka, Japan Doubles Semifinalist (Losing in 3 sets to the 2023 US Open Junior Semifinalists Wakana Sonobe and Hayu Kinoshita).
- Highest UTR (Universal Tennis Ranking): 9.25
Hometown: Nishinomiya, Japan
High School: Sundai Kofu High School
Previous School: Seattle University
- Played primarily at the #3 singles and #2 doubles spot for Seattle University.
- Highest ITF Junior World Ranking: 594
- 2 ITF Junior Doubles Titles -> September 2023 J4 Miki City - Japan, May 2021 J5 Tirana - Albania
- Highest UTR (Universal Tennis Ranking): 9.08
Hometown: Mayfield, KY
High School: Mayfield High SchoolÂ
- #9 Recruit in the State of KY
- Â 2024 and 2023 Regional Singles Runner Up and State Rd of 16
- 2022 and 2021 Regional Doubles Champion
- 2022 State Doubles Quarterfinalist
- 2024, 2023, 2022, 2019 Regional Team Runner Up
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