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2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster

Clara Whitaker

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Kapaun Mt. Carmel HS
  • Hometown Wichita, Kan.

Biography

Career Statistics:
Through Spring 2025; Dual match record in parentheses

Singles:
2021-22: 17-12 (11-9)
2022-23: 6-6 (1-0)
2023-24: 3-5 (0-0)
2024-25: 4-6 (0-1)
Total: 30-39 (12-10)

Doubles:
2021-22: 11-11 (5-9)
2022-23: 5-7 (2-1)
2023-24: 6-3 (0-0)
2024-25: 6-5 (3-3)
Total: 28-26 (10-13)

Individual Honors:
3x Athletic Director's Honor Roll Qualifier (Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021-22)
2024-25 (Senior)
Clinched doubles on senior day with a 7-6 (8) win over a duo from North Texas on April 4...Went 2-0 in doubles at the Tulsa Invite with partner, Sati Aubakirova...Went 2-1 in singles at ITA Central Regionals in October...Began fall with super tiebreak singles win over South Florida's Karine Kulidjian 2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (8), Two of four singles wins came against Tulsa's Eda Nomanoglu

2023-24 (Junior)
Played in three fall events...Competed in more doubles matches (9) than any other Shocker...Won three singles matches in addition to leading team in doubles wins with six.

2022-23 (Sophomore):
Wichita native completed her second season with a 6-6 record in singles and a 5-7 doubles mark... Appeared in one dual match (Mar. 26 vs. Omaha) at No. 6 singles and defeated her opponent in straight sets... Made four doubles starts during the spring and was 2-1 with one unfinished match... Served as an officer on WSU's Student-Athlete Advistory Committee (SAAC) in charge of Marketing and Branding... Made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA) in the fall.

2021-22 (Freshman):
One of the most-decorated prep tennis players in Kansas history adjusted well to Division I tennis with a 17-12 singles record... Went 11-9 in duals while logging time in every spot from 2-6.... Won her first eight singles dual matches to start the spring, capped by a Feb. 11 win over Florida Atlantic at No. 3 singles that helped WSU secure a 4-3 team victory... Was 11-11 in doubles (5-9 in duals)... A member of WSU's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).... Finished with a 6-3 singles record during the Fall tournament season... Won her first three collegiate matches at the Shocker Classic... Dropped her first qualifying match at the ITA Central Region Championships but bounced back to win a pair of consolation matches... Qualified for the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA) in both semesters... ITA Scholar-Athlete (3.50+ GPA during the academic year).
 
High School:
2021 Kapaun Mt. Carmel graduate… Just the fourth girls tennis player in Kansas history to win individual state titles in all four years … Finished her career with a 125-5 record… Went 31-0 as a senior and outscored her four state tournament foes by a combined game score of 48-5… Helped the Crusaders win the Class 5A team championship in 2019 and to runner-up finishes in 2018 and 2020… Coached at Kapaun by Kathy Schulte and privately by former Shocker Lucy Kovalova…. Made the Superior Honor Roll in all four years.
 
Personal:
Daughter of Camden and Heather Whitaker…Older sister Emma golfs at Oklahoma State and younger brother Asher plays golf at Oklahoma…On a pre-med track at WSU, majoring in Chemistry.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'9"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'9"