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2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster

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Leonie Schuknecht

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bottrop, Germany
  • Instagram leonie.tennis

Biography

CAREER HONORS
2023 First Team All-Conference USA (singles)
2023 First Team All-Louisiana
2023 Two-time C-USA Athlete of the Week

2022 October C-USA Athlete of the Month
2022 September C-USA Athlete of the Month
C-USA Academic Medalist (2022)
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023)

RANKINGS
15th ITA Southern Region Singles (2023)

SPRING 2023: Saw action in 25 of the 26 spring matches ... Finished season ranked No. 15 in singles in the Southern Region ... Became just third player in program history to be a first team all-conference selection ... Registered a team-best 16-3 dual singles record, playing every match from the top position ... Her .842 winning percentage was the highest of any C-USA player at the No. 1 spot ... Won 37 of her 47 completed sets ... Provided the clincher in three matches ... Opened the spring with a nine-match winning streak (lost only one set in first 11 matches), including victories over Wyoming (1/14), Tulsa (1/15), Wichita State (2/19), and South Florida (3/3) who were all nationally ranked at one point this season ... Was up a set against No. 21-ranked Oklahoma State (2/20) ... Went 2-1 versus league foes, including 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 and 6-0, 7-5 wins versus UAB (4/1) and UTEP (4/8), respectively ... Notched a 6-3, 6-2 win versus Florida Atlantic (4/21) in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinals ... Recorded a 16-7 dual doubles mark, the most victories on the team ... The 16 wins tied for the second most in a single season in program history ... Partnered with Najah Dawson and Ilana Tetruashvili, going 10-5 on court one and 6-2 on court three ... Highlight wins included a 6-4 victory against No. 21-ranked Oklahoma State (2/20) as well as a 6-1 win versus FAU (4/21) in the C-USA Tournament ... Became just fifth player in program history with 15+ dual wins in singles and doubles in a single season.

FALL 2022:
Registered an 8-3 singles mark, playing in five fall events ... Collected two wins at opening Tulsa Invitational, scoring a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win against Lenka Stara of Arkansas and a 6-1, 6-1 win versus Sofia Markova of Northern Arizona ... Claimed the Flight One title at the UCA Fall Invitational with victories over Oral Roberts, Northwestern State, and Central Arkansas ... Upset 12-seed Lahari Yelamanchili of Tulane in the Round of 64 at the ITA Southern Regionals ... Recorded biggest win in program history, defeating 52nd-ranked Emmanouela Antonaki (Mississippi State) 6-3, 6-4 at the John Cade Invitational ... Also tallied a three-set win over Rhea Verma of Louisville in Starkville ... Tied for the team lead in doubles wins with a 7-6 record ... Teamed up with three different teammates to record victories in four different events ... Won multiple matches with Najah Dawson at the UCA Fall Invitational and the LA Tech Invitational ... The 15 total fall wins was a team high.

SPRING 2022:
Saw action in all 24 matches this season ... Registered an 11-10 dual singles record, playing every match at the top position ... Opened the spring with back-to-back wins over Wyoming (1/15) and Montana State (1/16) at the Hurricane Invite ... Defeated rival ULM (2/2) by a score of 6-4, 6-4 for first victory in series since 2004 ... Put together a four-match winning streak, including the clinching point against Middle Tennessee (2/25), winning 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 ... Also notched the clinching point versus West Alabama (3/19) with a 6-0, 6-4 win ... Teamed up with Ana Rodrigues to go 15-6 in dual doubles, the most wins on the team ... Played all doubles matches at the No. 1 position ... The 15 wins tied for the fourth most in program history and was the third most of any C-USA doubles duo at the top spot ... Put together a seven-match winning streak ... Lone conference win came in a 7-5 victory over Southern Miss (4/1).

FALL 2021:
Recorded a 4-3 singles record ... Placed third in Flight 1 at the UCA Invitational, defeating Missouri State and Central Arkansas ... Collected one win apiece at the ITA Southern Regionals and LA Tech Invitational ... Tallied a team-best 4-2 doubles mark, partnering with Ilana Tetruashvili and Ana Rodrigues ... Claimed victories over the top two doubles teams from SEMO at the UCA Invitational in Flight 1 ... Defeated a tandem from Samford at ITA Southern Regionals ... Bested ULM on court one at the LA Tech Invitational. 

SPRING 2021:
Posted a 7-11 dual singles record, playing every match at the No. 1 position ... Became first freshman to spend all spring at top spot since 2010 ... First collegiate win came in 6-2, 6-3 victory over Stephen F. Austin (1/31) ... Won three-set match at Arkansas State (2/27) with a final score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 ... Notched lone league victory in 6-3, 6-4 win over UAB (3/20) ... Ended regular season with wins over regional opponents Northwestern State (4/13) and McNeese State (4/18), surrendering just five games ... Registered 10-7 dual doubles mark, playing every match from the top position with Ilana Tetruashvili ... Won 10 of their last 13 matches, including a five-match winning streak ... Went 2-1 in C-USA action, recording a 6-2 win versus WKU (3/5) and a 7-6 victory against UAB (3/20) ... Tallied three 6-0 doubles wins.

FALL 2020: Registered a 2-4 singles mark ... Recorded a runner-up finish in Flight 1 of the LA Tech Invitational with victories over UL-Lafayette and ULM ... Recorded a 3-3 doubles mark, teaming up with Anastasiia Salenko ... Won the consolation bracket of the LA Tech Invitational with back-to-back wins versus Arkansas State and ULM in Flight 1.

PRIOR TO LA TECH: Part of the West German U18 championship team in 2019 ... Ranked as high as No. 30 in Germany for U18 junior players and as high as No. 164 for all women's tennis players in Germany.

PERSONAL: Full name is Leonie Schuknecht ... Daughter of Sandra and Markus Schuknecht ... One sibling, Lucia ... Born Nov. 8, 2001 in Bottrop, Germany.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'9"