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Ivana Petrich

Senior
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
National Sport School

At Delaware: Three-year letterwinner • fourth-year standout on Hens' singles and doubles ladder • expected to return to a top-six singles and pair for a top-three doubles spot for the Blue Hens • owns record of 55-13 in singles and 48-21 in doubles for her career • ranks No. 10 on UD career singles win list and No. 12 in doubles victories.

2009-10 Season: Went 10-6 in singles play to move into 10th place all-time on Delaware's top career singles wins list as a junior • recorded a 15-4 doubles record to move into a two-way tie for 12th place in career doubles wins • was Old Dominion Tournament No. 1 doubles champion.

2008-09 Season: Earned UD Alumni Association Team Most Valuable Player Award • went 24-3 in singles play to tie single season record of 24 set by Elly Giese in 1998-99 • record was broken in 2009-10 • posted 5-2 and 19-1 records at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively • notched a 15-10 doubles record, going 14-9 with teammate Samantha Carnall • named Colonial Athletic Association Singles Player of the Week on March 30 • CoSIDA Academic All-American nominee.

2007-08 Season: Enjoyed a record-setting freshman season • tallied the second-most singles wins in a season for a freshman with a 21-4 slate • in doubles action went 18-7 • posted record of 16-5 with teammate Elena Berry at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles to tied for seventh highest ingle-season doubles win total in UD history • runner-up in Flight C Doubles play with Berry at the Old Dominion Tournament.

High School: National-level tennis player while in high school at National Sport School • won Transcanada Pipeline Award for Academic Excellence in 2005 • first class honors in grades 10 through 12 • Alexander Rutherford Academic Scholarship winner • earned Canadian Governor General's Bronze Medal award in academics.

Personal: Ivana Sheilagh Petrich ("pet-rich") • born Dec. 16, 1989 • daughter of Bohdan and Valery Petrich • honor student as a finance major with an international business minor at Delaware • father is a geologist and mother owns a yoga studio.