2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Roster
King, Whitney
/ Women's Tennis
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/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
/ Women's Tennis
Whitney King
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
Bio
Career: Three-time First Team All-Patriot League Team (2025, 2024 & 2023) ...Patriot League Scholar Athlete of the Year (2025)... three-time Academic All-League Team (2025, 2024 & 2023) ... tied for third in career doubles victories (80) … 9th in career singles victories (63)...seventh in combined wins with 143...tied for 10th in single-season doubles victories (22 in 2023-24 and in 2021-22) ... two-time Patriot League Player of the Week ... one-time Bison Athlete of the Week.Â
2024-25 (Senior): Team Captain...Scholar Athlete of the Year…First Team All-Patriot League selection…Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree…went 15-7 in singles, including a 9-5 (3-3 PL) mark in duals…registered an 18-8 record in doubles, including a 14-5 (4-3 PL) mark in duals…played exclusively at first doubles and first singles…earned all doubles wins playing alongside Abby Platt… tied for third all-time in doubles wins with 79…9th all-time in singles wins with 63…7th all-time in combined wins with 143.
2023-24 (Junior): First Team All-Patriot League selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … went 18-10 in singles, including a 12-8 (3-3 PL) mark in duals … registered a 22-6 record in doubles, tying for 10th in program history for single-season doubles victories, including a 13-6 (3-2 PL) dual record … played exclusively at first doubles and first singles … earned all 22 doubles victories playing alongside Abby Platt … went 7-1 in singles and 9-0 in doubles in tournament action, capturing titles at the Bucknell Invitational and the Rick McClure Invitational … recorded doubles winning streaks of nine straight and six straights matches … joined by Platt, was leading Boston U.’s PL Doubles Team of the Year (Samantha Johns/Sia Chaudry) in the Patriot League Tournament before the match went unfinished … defeated PL opponents from Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola in singles play … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Sophomore): First Team All-Patriot League selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … one-time Patriot League Player of the Week (4/25) … posted a 12-7 singles record and an 18-8 mark in doubles play … in dual matches, went 11-7 (3-3 PL) in singles and 14-6 (6-0 PL) in doubles … played all doubles matches in the No. 1 position and 16 of her 18 dual singles matches at No. 1 … partnered with Abby Platt in all six Patriot League doubles victories, finishing the season 15-4 overall as a tandem … won nine of 12 singles matches in straight sets … earned two singles wins over All-Patriot League Second Team member Amelia Galin of Colgate, including a 6-2, 7-5 victory in the Patriot League Championship quarterfinals … joined Platt in a 6-4 win over the Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year Cooper Jackson and Paige Herremans of Army … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Freshman): Enjoyed a sensational rookie season, going 18-3 at singles and 22-5 at doubles ... in dual matches, went 10-2 (2-0 PL) at singles and 14-4 (4-1 PL) at doubles ... team leader in overall (18) and tournament (8) singles victories ... in tournaments, posted an 8-1 record at both singles and doubles ... majority of singles matches came on the second court, on which logged an 8-2 ledger ... 15 of 18 victories came in straight sets ... partnered with senior captain Daniela Bellini in every doubles appearance, each of which came on the first court or in the top flight ... 22 doubles victories was tied for 10th in school history at the end of season ... named the Bison Athlete of the Week (9/13) for performance at Navy's Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational ... won an individual title at 'B' Courage singles and teamed with Bellini to capture the championship at 'A' Honor doubles ... went 3-0 at singles with a notable 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 win over Fairleigh Dickinson's Aleksandra Vorozheikina, a two-time All-NEC honoree ... went 4-0 at doubles with an 8-3 victory over Navy's Jillian Taggart, a 2021 All-Patriot League First Team member, and Emily Tannenbaum in the finals ... became the first women's tennis player since 2009 to win this award during the fall ... selected as the Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week (2/15) after going 2-0 at both second singles and first doubles during Bucknell's weekend sweep of Seton Hall (4-2) and Marist (5-0) ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Lettered in tennis and basketball at the IMG Academy … ranked in the top 30 in the country as a freshman … earned five stars on tennis recruiting … reached semis of G16s Eddie Herr doubles … finalist of G16s Midwest closed … semifinalist of G5 ITF.Â
Personal: Daughter of Keith and Amy King … has two sisters: Sydney and Abby … Sydney played tennis at Villanova … Abby played soccer at Denison.
2024-25 (Senior): Team Captain...Scholar Athlete of the Year…First Team All-Patriot League selection…Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree…went 15-7 in singles, including a 9-5 (3-3 PL) mark in duals…registered an 18-8 record in doubles, including a 14-5 (4-3 PL) mark in duals…played exclusively at first doubles and first singles…earned all doubles wins playing alongside Abby Platt… tied for third all-time in doubles wins with 79…9th all-time in singles wins with 63…7th all-time in combined wins with 143.
2023-24 (Junior): First Team All-Patriot League selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … went 18-10 in singles, including a 12-8 (3-3 PL) mark in duals … registered a 22-6 record in doubles, tying for 10th in program history for single-season doubles victories, including a 13-6 (3-2 PL) dual record … played exclusively at first doubles and first singles … earned all 22 doubles victories playing alongside Abby Platt … went 7-1 in singles and 9-0 in doubles in tournament action, capturing titles at the Bucknell Invitational and the Rick McClure Invitational … recorded doubles winning streaks of nine straight and six straights matches … joined by Platt, was leading Boston U.’s PL Doubles Team of the Year (Samantha Johns/Sia Chaudry) in the Patriot League Tournament before the match went unfinished … defeated PL opponents from Colgate, Lafayette and Loyola in singles play … earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2022-23 (Sophomore): First Team All-Patriot League selection … Academic All-Patriot League Team honoree … one-time Patriot League Player of the Week (4/25) … posted a 12-7 singles record and an 18-8 mark in doubles play … in dual matches, went 11-7 (3-3 PL) in singles and 14-6 (6-0 PL) in doubles … played all doubles matches in the No. 1 position and 16 of her 18 dual singles matches at No. 1 … partnered with Abby Platt in all six Patriot League doubles victories, finishing the season 15-4 overall as a tandem … won nine of 12 singles matches in straight sets … earned two singles wins over All-Patriot League Second Team member Amelia Galin of Colgate, including a 6-2, 7-5 victory in the Patriot League Championship quarterfinals … joined Platt in a 6-4 win over the Patriot League Doubles Team of the Year Cooper Jackson and Paige Herremans of Army … member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2021-22 (Freshman): Enjoyed a sensational rookie season, going 18-3 at singles and 22-5 at doubles ... in dual matches, went 10-2 (2-0 PL) at singles and 14-4 (4-1 PL) at doubles ... team leader in overall (18) and tournament (8) singles victories ... in tournaments, posted an 8-1 record at both singles and doubles ... majority of singles matches came on the second court, on which logged an 8-2 ledger ... 15 of 18 victories came in straight sets ... partnered with senior captain Daniela Bellini in every doubles appearance, each of which came on the first court or in the top flight ... 22 doubles victories was tied for 10th in school history at the end of season ... named the Bison Athlete of the Week (9/13) for performance at Navy's Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational ... won an individual title at 'B' Courage singles and teamed with Bellini to capture the championship at 'A' Honor doubles ... went 3-0 at singles with a notable 6-4, 4-6, 10-8 win over Fairleigh Dickinson's Aleksandra Vorozheikina, a two-time All-NEC honoree ... went 4-0 at doubles with an 8-3 victory over Navy's Jillian Taggart, a 2021 All-Patriot League First Team member, and Emily Tannenbaum in the finals ... became the first women's tennis player since 2009 to win this award during the fall ... selected as the Patriot League Tennis Player of the Week (2/15) after going 2-0 at both second singles and first doubles during Bucknell's weekend sweep of Seton Hall (4-2) and Marist (5-0) ... member of Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Before Bucknell: Lettered in tennis and basketball at the IMG Academy … ranked in the top 30 in the country as a freshman … earned five stars on tennis recruiting … reached semis of G16s Eddie Herr doubles … finalist of G16s Midwest closed … semifinalist of G5 ITF.Â
Personal: Daughter of Keith and Amy King … has two sisters: Sydney and Abby … Sydney played tennis at Villanova … Abby played soccer at Denison.
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