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  Katherine Zigars

Katherine Zigars

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Meridian ID

High School:
Eagle High School

Height:
5-6

Experience:
3VL

Graduated:
2007

2005-06: Posted a singles record of 3-14 her Junior year... Started out at number 4 singles...Won her first singles match of the season against Sajevic of Valparaiso 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 at number 5 (3/14)... Lost a close match against C. Shofield of Gonzaga 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 at number 5 (4/9)...Defeated Andrea Barker of Utah State 7-6 (8-6), 5-7, (12-10) at number 5 (4/11)... Dominated Allison Fey of Montana State 6-1, 6-4 at number 5 (4/15)...Had a doubles record of 3-12 with partner Valerie Espinosa...Started at number 3 doubles and moved to number 2 doubles...Lost a tough battle against Nelson and Anderson of Utah State 9-8 (7-2) at number 3 (2/7)...Lost a close match against Pretorius and Ennenga of Weber State 9-7 at number 3 (2/9)... Won their first doubles match of the season against Dierberg and Stanislow of Valparaiso 8-1 at number 3 (3/14)...Defeated Vasileva and Clarke of Montana State 9-7 at number 2 (4/15)...Academic Honor of Dean's list...Received Student-Athlete Academic Honors.

2004-05: Had a tough season her Sophomore year...Started out at number 3 singles...Lost a tough battle against Cortes of Southern Utah 6-2, 7-6, 6-2 at number 4 (3/12)...Defeated in close match against Kim Cabiling of Eastern Washington 6-1, 7-6, (7-5) at number 4 (4/8)...Nearly defeated Gabriela Venditto of Weber State 6-4, 4-6, (10-5) at number 5 (4/15)...Had a doubles record of 0-7 with partner Armine Sarkavagyan at number 1...Lost close match against Smit and Piennar of Weber State 9-7 at number 1 (4/15)...Defeated in another close match against Duran and Vaileva of Montana State 9-7 at number 1 (4/22)...Had doubles record of 0-2 with partner Denise Cockrell...Lost a tough battle against Boutet and Jaros of Hawaii 8-6 at number 2 (4/4)...Academic Honor of Dean's list...Received Student-Athlete Academic Honors.

2003-04: Posted a strong singles record of 8-9 her Freshman year...struggled in the beginning, but finished tough...longest winning streak was three games for the season...won her first collegiate match against Bonny Bowers of Montana 3-6, 7-5 (10-2) in the fall (10/17)...a fighter, Katherine lost to Andrea Hansen of Utah State 6-3, 5-7 (10-7) in the fall (2/4) at number 6, then beat Hansen 6-3, 6-2 later in the fall (4/12) at number 6... teamed with Armine Sarkavagyan to post a 2-2 record...also, teamed with Denise Cockrell to post a 2-4 record in the spring...Academic Honor of Dean's list...Received Student-Athlete Academic Honors.

High School: Three-sport athlete at Eagle High School, lettering in tennis and participating in volleyball and basketball ... Finished fourth in the state in singles her senior year ... Played number one for Eagle High her last two years ... Was team captain for Eagle High her last two years ... Also a strong student, earning scholar-athlete honors with a 4.0 GPA ... Was also the named Salutatorian, Economic Student of the Year, a member of the National Honor Society, and was also the Secretary of Key Club.

Personal: Mother is Diana Zigars... Majoring in Mass Communications- Public Relations and Advertising with a minor in Marketing.

Zigars' Career Record

Year Singles Doubles Total

2003-04 8-9 6-9 14-18
2004-05 0-17 0-14 0-31 2005-06 3-14 3-12 6-26
Totals 11-40 9-35 20-75


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