Bio
2004: Highly touted player competed sparingly due to an elbow injury and had wrist surgery which kept her out of 2004 fall competition.
Background: A player who enters UMBC with an enormous amount of national and international playing experience…her most recent USTA ranking of girls-18 was #69…was a member of Thailand’s Federation Cup team and the South East Asian (SEA) Games Team…has played on the satellite tour in Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Chile, and El Salvador and played ITF-Juniors in Belgium, Guatemala, Canada, and Mexico…this published author lists her top performance in Valencia, Venezuela in 2003, where she won two matches to enter the main draw and another to make it to the round of 16…at age 13, she authored a book, Junior Tennis Survival Guide, which has been sold at the U.S. Open…went undefeated for two seasons (2000, 2001) in singles and doubles at Coral Reef HS…was a member of the student government in high school and graduated #6 in her class…selected UMBC over such institutions as Florida State, Central Florida, Iowa, Ohio State, and Texas A&M because “of its academic program and I really liked the team and coach”…is considering a career as a chiropractor…majoring in Psychology...lists her favorite athlete as Tiger Woods, and has styled her game after Steffi Graf…daughter of Susie and Nelson Perez…born January 1, 1985.
