2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Biography
CAREER HONORS
Louisiana Newcomer of the Year (2022)
Second Team All-Louisiana (2022)
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
SPRING 2023: Saw action in all 26 dual spring matches ... Tallied a 15-6 singles mark, the second most victories on the team ... Went 4-0 at No. 2, 10-6 at No. 3, and 1-0 at No. 4 ... Provided the clinching point in four matches, including the season opener versus Wyoming (1/14) with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win ... Longest winning streak was five with marquee victories against Stetson (3/6) and Northwestern State (3/17) by scores of 6-2, 6-2 apiece ... Lone league win came in a 6-4, 6-3 win versus UTEP (4/8) ... Claimed a 6-1, 6-2 win against Florida Atlantic (4/21) in the C-USA Tournament quarterfinals ... Posted a 15-8 dual doubles record, playing every match from the top spot ... The 15 wins tied for the sixth most in a single season in program history ... Teamed up with both Leonie Schuknecht and Ana Rodrigues ... Highlight wins included a 6-4 victory against No. 21-ranked Oklahoma State (2/20) as well as a 6-4 win versus Florida Atlantic (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: Posted a 3-3 singles record during the fall slate ... Defeated Ava Neyestani of Northern Arizona on court three at the Tulsa Invitational ... Won the Flight Three title at the UCA Fall Invitational with straight-set victories over Oral Roberts and Northwestern State ... Tallied a 5-3 doubles mark, teaming up with Leonie Schuknecht in three tournaments ... Defeated Northern Arizona on court one at the Tulsa Invitational ... Went 2-1 on court one at the UCA Fall Invitational with a 6-1 win versus Oral Roberts and a 6-0 win against Northwestern State ... Closed out the fall with wins of 7-5 versus Nicholls State and McNeese State on court one at the LA Tech Invitational.
SPRING 2022: Saw action in all 24 matches this season ... Recorded a 14-7 mark in dual singles, the second most wins on the team ... Picked up wins on three different lines, going 1-1 at No. 2, 10-4 at No. 3 and 3-2 at No. 4 ... Provided clinching point in spring opener against Wyoming (1/15), the team's first ever win over the Cowgirls ... Had a stretch of winning eight of nine matches (all via straight sets), including a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Texas State (2/13) to clinch the match ... Also provided clincher in 6-2, 6-4 win versus Arkansas State (2/27) and 6-4, 6-1 win against New Orleans (3/16) ... Registered two victories over conference foes, winning 6-0, 6-2 at UTSA (3/4) and 5-7, 6-1, 6-4 against UAB (4/3) ... Teamed up with Ilana Tetruashvili and Tiffani Nash to go 13-10, all from the No. 2 position ... Put together a seven-match winning streak, including league wins over Middle Tennessee (2/25) and UTSA (3/4).
FALL 2021: Saw limited action in the fall due to injury ... Went 1-2 in singles with lone win coming over ULM in LA Tech Invitational ... Went 0-2 in doubles, partnering with Ana Rodrigues and Olga Bienzobas.
PRIOR TO LA TECH: Spent three years at St. John's in her hometown of Queens, New York ... Achieved a career-high UTR rating of 9.67 in singles ... Produced a dual singles record of 22-14, playing primarily at No. 1 and No. 2 ... Lone full season came in 2019 as a freshman, registering a 12-7 singles mark ... Combined to go 10-7 in singles in shortened sophomore and junior years ... Totaled a 27-6 dual doubles record with 19 of those coming from the top spot ... Went 8-1 on court one as a junior ... Was a five-star recruit out of James Madison High School with a career-high ITF ranking of 183 ... Was a two-time ITF doubles champion and a three-time ITF singles finalist.
PERSONAL: Full name is Najah Dawson ... Nickname is "Naj" ... Daughter of Claudette and Larry Dawson ... Born Sept. 9, 2001 in Valley Stream, New York.
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