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Whitney Hekking
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Davis High School
- Hometown:
- Kaysville, Utah
Bio
2019-20 Season (Senior): Team captain ... ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Senior … Played at the No. 1 spot in doubles and No. 3 for singles ... Finished doubles play with a 12-1 record with partner Madison Tattini ... Achieved highest ranking of No. 12 in the ITA/Oracle Doubles poll before the season was ended on March 12 ... Upset the nation's No. 3-ranked doubles team of Rebeka Stolmar/Marie Mattel 6-3 from #12 UCF ... Won 12-straight doubles matches to begin the season, highlighted by wins against duos from Minnesota, #12 UCF, Ole Miss and #33 Denver ... Finished singles play with a 6-6 dual record ... Downed Britt Pursell from #33 Denver in three sets 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to help Utah upset the Pioneers ... Added a doubles victory in the upset against #33 Denver after topping Hada Chang/Taylor Melville 6-3 ... Won the doubles title at the UNLV Invitational during fall play with three wins ... Advanced to the doubles semifinal round of the ITA Mountain Region Championships following four straight wins … Athletic Director's Honor Roll and Dean’s List.
2018-19 Season (Junior): ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Pac-12 All-Academic second-team … mainly played at the No. 5 spot in singles (8-8), also seeing action at No. 4 (2-1) and No. 6 (1-0) to have an overall singles dual record of 11-9 (3-3 in Pac-12 play) … won four singles matches in a row early in the year (1/19-2/10), including beating Zoe Tanti of Southern Utah at the No. 4 spot (6-4, 6-3) … clinched the win for the Utes against Minnesota (2/23), beating Caitlyn Merzbacher 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 … battled back for a 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-1 win over Katie Fitt of BYU (3/16) … defeated Taryn Fujimori of Oregon (3/31) in straight sets, 6-2, 6-0 … also took down Tallulah Farrow of Colorado (4/20) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 … partnered mainly with Leah Heimuli at doubles … defeated the No. 2 doubles team out of No. 17 North Carolina State (2/16), 6-2 … beat the No. 2 doubles team on the No. 10 Washington team (3/10), 6-4 … also beat Arizona’s No. 2 doubles team twice, once in regular season (6-3) and again at the Pac-12 Championships (6-3) … won four singles matches during the fall season, including against Aleksandra Sredojevic of Lewis University at the Wildcat Invite (10/5) … made it to the finals of the SDSU Classic in Flight F, winning it all with a victory over Faye Worrall from Eastern Washington (7-6(3), 6-2).
2017-18 Season (Sophomore): ITA Scholar-Athlete … Pac-12 All-Academic second-team … played at the No. 5 (3-7) and No. 6 (4-0) spots in singles … back-to-back wins over Utah State (7-5, 6-2) and Denver (6-3, 6-2) at the No. 6 spot … also had wins at No. 6 against Boise State (3-6, 6-2, 6-3) and Alabama-Birmingham (6-1, 6-2) … picked up a Pac-12 win over Arizona (6-4, 6-2) at the No. 5 position … also defeated Fresno State’s No. 5 (6-3, 6-4) … was paired with Taylor Calton in doubles at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots … five straight wins in doubles with Calton to start the season … won their doubles match against Fresno State 6-3 at the No. 2 spot … helped the Utes sweep doubles play against No. 14 UCLA with a 6-3 win at the No. 2 spot.
2016-17 Season (Freshman): In Pac-12 play, she defeated Ege Tomey of Washington State on March 26, Marie Wan Aelst of Arizona on March 11 and Chloe Hule of Colorado on April 22 … At the Pac-12 Championships, in singles play, she came out on top against Arizona’s Chypyha, 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 … Teamed with Alexia Petrovic to defeat Kendall Kirsch and Sydney Rider of Wisconsin on February 19.
High School: Graduated from Davis High School a semester early in Dec. 2016 to begin her college tennis career … Helped Davis High School to a state title in 2013, along with four individual state title … lettered all four years … Girls 18 Singles second places in the 2015 ITA Fall Championship.
Personal: Daughter of Anissa and Brent Turley … mother played tennis at BYU … father played baseball at BYU and was all-conference, also played in the minor leagues … grandfather on mother’s side played football for Utah … grandfather on father’s side played tennis for BYU … has five siblings ... sister, Brianna, is a senior on the Utah tennis team … enjoys playing other sports such as volleyball, football and basketball … Double-majored in Sociology and Human Development & Family Studies.
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