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Marisa Schmidt - Women's Tennis - University of Iowa Athletics

Marisa Schmidt

Height 5-9
Class Sr.
Hometown Karlsruhe, Germany

2023-24 Honors — Big Ten Player of the Week on March 27… CSC Academic All-District selection… ITA Scholar Athlete… Academic All-Big Ten… Big Ten Distinguished Scholar… Dean’s List honoree during fall and spring semesters.  2023-24 — Finished the season with a 13-5 singles record with a team-best .833 winning percentage… went 12-1 at the No. 2 position and 1-4 at No. 3… had a 6-1 record in Big Ten play… had a nine-match winning streak from Feb. 9-April 9… recorded a win over No. 88 nationally-ranked Justine Leong of Northwestern in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2… had seven doubles wins, going 4-4 at No. 2 and 3-6 at No. 3.

2022-23 Honors — CSC Academic All-District… ITA Scholar Athlete… Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List honoree during fall and spring semesters. 2022-23 — Went 14-11 overall in singles… went 8-7 in dual competition and 4-3 in Big Ten action… went 5-5 on court one and 3-2 at No. 2… won four consecutive singles decisions against Furman, Denver, Kansas State and Saint Mary’s… went 13-13 in doubles with eight dual victories… had five wins on court one and three on court two… reached the semifinals in doubles with partner Marisa Schmidt at the Intercollegiate Championships in the fall … ranked second on the squad in singles victories (6) and third in doubles wins (4)… Dean’s List honoree.

2021-22 Honors — ITA Scholar Athlete… Dean’s List honoree during spring semester.  2021-22 — Posted an 8-15 singles record at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions… had six wins on court one and two on court two… won three straight decisions to start the season… defeated No. 50 ranked opponent at ITA Kickoff event… faced seven ranked opponents at the No. 1 position… posted a 6-15 doubles record, including winning five matches on court two.

High School — Ascended as high as No. 63 in 2021 in the German National Women’s Open ranking… was ranked in the Top 20 Junior rankings… U21 champion and women’s open runner-up in the Baden-Wuerttemberg Championships… winner of several German national tournaments.

Personal — Born on May 10, 2002… pre-business major… daughter of Barbara and Dietmar Schmidt… has an older sister, Janine… majoring in finance.

SINGLES

Season #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Big Ten  Dual  Tourn.  Overall Pct. 
2021-22 6-15 2-0 2-9 8-15 8-15 .348
2022-23 5-5 3-2 4-3 8-7 6-4 14-11 .560
2023-24 12-1 1-4 6-1 13-5 0-0 13-5 .722
Career 11-20 17-3 1-4 12-13 29-27 6-4 35-31 .530

DOUBLES

Season #1 #2 #3 Big Ten  Dual  Tourn.  Overall Pct. 
2021-22 1-7 5-6 0-2 3-7 6-15 6-15 .286
2022-23 5-5 3-3 0-1 3-5 8-9 5-4 13-13 .500
2023-24 4-4 3-6 3-7 7-10 0-0 7-10 .412
Career 6-12 12-13 3-9 9-19 21-34 5-4 26-38 .406