Paola Rodriguez

Class:
Senior
High School:
Academia de Peretuo Socorro
Hometown:
Vega Baja, Puerto Rico

BALL STATE: Majoring in business . . . 2011-12: Played mainly at No. 2 doubles throughout the season . . . Helped the Cardinals advance to the next match of the 2012 Mid-American Conference Tournament with a 9-7 comeback victory over Toledo at No. 2 doubles with teammate Sarah Hebble . . . Opened spring play with back-to-back wins over IUPUI and Wright State at the No. 6 singles position . . . Closed out the season with MAC doubles wins over Northern Illinois and Toledo . . . Fall 2011: Posted two wins at the Ball State Fall Invite . . . defeated fellow Mid-American Conference opponent Northern Illinois at the Fall MAC Invitational . . . 2010-11: Played in 17 matches in the spring . . . started the season off winning five straight matches . . . wins over Wright State, IUPUI, Dayton, Valparaiso and Chicago . . . earned a 2-2 mark at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational in the fall of 2010 . . . posted the second best doubles mark at 5-3 . . . 2009-10: Played a total of eight doubles matches.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Academia Perpetuo Socorro . . . played for Mr. Ruiz . . . placed second in the P.R.H.S.A conference . . . was tabbed Most Valuable Player her last two years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Francisco and Myrgia Rodriguez . . . born February 21, 1991, in San Juan, Puerto Rico . . . has two sisters, Fabiola and Gabriela.