Caroline Ryba

Class:
Senior
High School:
Glenbrook South HS
Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.

2017 SPRING SEASON
Named to the All-Big Ten team for second straight year - collected a 15-7 record in singles play, all from the No. 1 spot - went 10-10 in doubles play with the majority of her matches in the No. 2 spot with partner Frei - defeated No. 123 ranked Taylor Ng of Dartmouth in straight sets 7-5, 6-2 - took down No. 87 ranked Yuliya Shupenia of DePaul in an exciting three set match 4-6,6-3,6-1 - ended the season on a six match winning streak and won eight out of the last 10 - was the team's Sportsmanship Award recipient - came back after dropping the first set on four different occasions including a win against Indiana 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 - helped secure a point against No. 24 Mississippi St with a 6-3 victory over the pair of Harrison/Lizariturry - won four straight doubles matches during the spring season with the help of teammate Frei - won three straight B1G doubles matches including a victory over No. 9 Michigan 7-6 (7-4) - was named Co-Team MVP with Tina Kreinis by her teammates.

2016 FALL SEASON
Went 6-6 in singles play and 14-5 in doubles - picked up two singles victories and five doubles victories at the Gopher Invitational - added four more doubles wins at the FGCU Fall Tournament - played into the round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Championships with three singles wins - won four doubles matches with Cammy Frei at the ITA Central Region Championships - picked up one doubles win with Frei at the Kitty Harrison Invite.

2016 SPRING SEASON
Named to the All-Big Ten team - went 12-8 in singles playing every single match at the No. 1 spot - went 13-7 in doubles going 13-4 with Julia Courter - went 2-1 against opponents who were ranked at time including a big win over No. 44 Lauren Chypyha out of Wisconsin - ranked as high as No. 120 in the country and No. 8 in the Central Region - had a six match win streak from Feb. 26-March 18 - named the B1G Athlete of Week on March 1 - sealed the doubles and singles point on numerous occasions.

2015 FALL SEASON
Finished the fall season with a 6-4 record in singles play and 1-3 record in doubles play - started her season with a trip to the ITA All-Americans tournament going 1-1 including a victory over Washington's Nour Abbes - had a fantastic outing at the ITA Central Region Championships advancing to quarterfinals in singles including beating a ranked opponent in Kelli Hine out of Missouri - at the Thunderbird Invitational she won a singles match over California's Audrey Mayer and won a doubles match with teammate Mehvish Safdar.

2014-15 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Finished the season 20-12 in singles and 17-9 in doubles - Big Ten Sportsmanship Award honoree - went 11-5 in both singles and doubles at the Baseline Tennis Center - on the spring, went 14-7 in singles and 10-7 in doubles - played at Nos. 1 and 2 singles and Nos. 1 and 3 doubles - became the first Gopher freshman since 2011 to win at the No. 1 singles position against a Division I opponent and finished 3-0 at that spot in the lineup - went 11-7 at No. 2 - won 10 of her first 11 singles matches on the dual season - had five Big Ten singles wins - had a 10-5 doubles record with Mehvish Safdar - duo led the team with six conference wins and won six straight matches from March 16 to April 5 - capped her first collegiate fall season 6-5 in singles and 7-2 in doubles - placed third at the Gopher Invitational in singles (Sept. 19-21) - as a qualifier, reached the round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Championships (Oct. 16-20) - won a Gopher Invitational doubles title with Aria Lambert and had second-place finishes with Safdar and Jessika Mozia at the tournament (Sept. 19-21) - won a pair of doubles matches at the Big Green Invitational alongside Kendall Heitzner (Oct. 31-Nov. 2).

PRIOR TO MINNESOTA
Was a four-time All-Central Suburban League and a two-time all-state honoree - was Glenbrook South High School's most valuable player three times - won five Level 2 Midwest tournaments and many lower level tournaments - finished junior tennis with a No. 31 ranking in the United States and a No. 2 ranking in the state of Illinois among Class of 2014 high school graduates according to tennisrecruiting.net - listed as a five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.net - went 24-0 in her junior year to earn the first seed at the IHSA State tournament - won her conference in her sophomore, junior, and senior years - won sectionals as a sophomore and as a junior.

PERSONAL
Plans to major in Chemical Engineering - was on her high school honor roll, received awards in biology, chemistry, physics, AP Chemistry, and English, and finished high school with a 4.25 grade point average - enjoys listening to music, running, yoga, and reading - most memorable sports thrills were winning the 2010 G16s Midwest Open and going undefeated (24-0) in her junior season of high school tennis, earning the No. 1 seed at the IHSA State tournament - daughter of Danuta and Bogdan Ryba - born June 28, 1996.

Caroline Ryba's Career Statistics
Season	Singles	Doubles
2014-15	20-12	17-9
2015-16	18-12	14-10
2016-2017	21-12	23-14
Career Totals	59-36	54-33