2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster

Jessica Braun

Jessica Braun

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Canton, Mich.
  • Highschool:
    Plymouth HS
  • Prev School:
    Ball State

Summary

Biography

Career Records:
Singles: 55-39 Dual, 20-7 Conference Play
Doubles: 59-26 Dual, 25-8 Conference Play

CSU Record (One Year): 
Singles: 11-6 Dual, 3-2 Big South
Doubles: 8-11 Dual, 2-3 Big South

Ball State Record (Four Years): 
Singles: 44-33 Dual, 17-5 MAC
Doubles: 51-15 Dual, 23-5 MAC

2024 at CSU (Graduate): 
Singles: 11-6 Dual, 3-2 Big South
Doubles: 8-11 Dual, 2-3 Big South

Named Big South Newcomer of the Year ... Selected Big South All-Conference First-Team for singles and doubles play ... Clinched the team's senior day victory over Longwood (4/13) ... Finished the year 11-6 in singles play as the regular #1 player for the team compiling a 7-3 record there to go with a 4-3 mark on the #2 court ... Held a record of 3-2 in conference play ... Paired with three different players for doubles during the year for a total record of 8-11 ... Had her best playing with Noa Boyd as they went 5-2 as a duo, all in the #1 position and a 2-1 mark in the league, earning First-Team All-Conference honors together ... Also collected victories with Khyanna Singh and Marina Skegro.

2023 at Ball State (Senior): 
Singles: 16-6 Dual, 7-3 MAC
Doubles: 16-3 Dual, 8-0 MAC

Earned CSC Academic All-American Second-Team Honors, the first Ball State athlete in over a decade ... Earned CSC Academic All-District as well ... Named to the All-MAC Academic Team ... Earned a conference weekly award (2/3) ... Helped the team to claim their second consecutive conference tournament title ... Qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the third year in her four years at the school ... Finished the year in singles with a 16-6 record and a 7-3 mark in MAC play primarily as the team's #3 and #4 player ... In doubles, she had a 16-3 mark to go with a perfect 8-0 record in league action with partner Emily Desai going 4-0 on court #2 and 11-0 on #3. 

2022 at Ball State (Junior): 

Singles: 8-12 Dual, 3-5 MAC
Doubles: 12-4 Dual, 5-3 MAC

Named the 2022 Mid-American Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player …. earned Mid-American Conference and Intercollegiate Tennis Association Academic honors … posted a 3-1 mark at the number three singles position … helped the Cardinals win the 2022 MAC Tournament title after claiming match point in a three-set thriller (7-5, 4-6, 6-4) over Toledo’s Julia Kuszynski at No. 3 singles … competed with Ball State at the 2022 NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas in singles and doubles. 
 
2021 at Ball State (Sophomore): 
Singles: 14-9 Dual, 7-7 MAC
Doubles: 16-6 Dual, 10-2 MAC

Earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors ... Named a 2021 Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete … was tabbed to the Academic All-MAC squad … earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association Academic honors … competed in 23 dual matches for the Cardinals … posted a 14-9 overall mark and went 7-7 in Mid-American Conference action … played mainly on court three … helped the Cardinals defeat Western Michigan claiming the program’s third Mid-American Conference regular season title and second trip to the NCAA Tournament … also competed at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles … posted a 4-0 MAC mark alongside teammate Mariya Polishchuk. 

2020 at Ball State (Freshman):
Singles: 6-6 Dual, 0-0 MAC
Doubles: 7-2 Dual, 0-0 MAC

During fall action made it to the championship match of her respective flight at the Purdue Invite (9/22/19) … earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors after posting a 3-0 record the weekend of Feb. 14-16 …  played mainly on court one … helped the Cardinals to one of their best spring starts with a 10-2 record … saw action in all 12 dual matches … earned first spring collegiate win against IUPUI (1/17/20) …. Went on a five-match win streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 16 claiming victories over Western Kentucky (1/31/20), Middle Tennessee (2/1/20), Northern Iowa (2/14/20), Findlay (2/15/20) and Oakland University (2/16/20) … also earned five-straight victories against the same opponents at No. 3 doubles alongside teammate Rebecca Herrington … the twosome closed out spring play prior to the season ending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with back-to-back wins over UC San Diego (3/4/20) and UC Riverside (3/5/20).

High School: Played at Plymouth High School ... owned a national ranking of No. 118 for the class of 2019 according to TennisRecruiting.Net ... Found much success competing in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) summer circuit ... she was a quarterfinalist at the 2018 USTA Midwest closed girls 18 singles tournament and registered three wins at the 2018 USTA National Hard Court Championships ... in 2017, Braun took home the USTA Southeast Michigan qualifier title for girls 18 singles ... came to Ball State boasting a Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 9.91 ... Daughter of Brian and Robin Braun, she has one sister Kayla … born on May 17, 2001 in Livonia, Michigan.

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