2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
Jessica Braun
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Plymouth
- Hometown:
- Canton, Mich.
2021-22 (Junior): Named the 2022 Mid-American Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player …. earned Mid-American Conference and Intercollegiate Tennis Association Academic honors … posted a 3-1 mark at the number three singles position … helped the Cardinals win the 2022 MAC Tournament title after claiming match point in a three-set thriller (7-5, 4-6, 6-4) over Toledo’s Julia Kuszynski at No. 3 singles … competed with Ball State at the 2022 NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas in singles and doubles.
2020-21 (Sophomore): Earned Second Team All-Mid-American Conference honors ... Named a 2021 Mid-American Conference Distinguished Scholar Athlete … was tabbed to the Academic All-MAC squad … earned Intercollegiate Tennis Association Academic honors … competed in 23 dual matches for the Cardinals … posted a 14-9 overall mark and went 7-7 in Mid-American Conference action … played mainly on court three … helped the Cardinals defeat Western Michigan claiming the program’s third Mid-American Conference regular season title and second trip to the NCAA Tournament … also competed at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles … posted a 4-0 MAC mark alongside teammate Mariya Polishchuk.
2019-20 (Freshman): During fall action made it to the championship match of her respective flight at the Purdue Invite (9/22/19) … earned Mid-American Conference Player of the Week honors after posting a 3-0 record the weekend of Feb. 14-16 … played mainly on court one … helped the Cardinals to one of their best spring starts with a 10-2 record … saw action in all 12 dual matches … earned first spring collegiate win against IUPUI (1/17/20) …. Went on a five-match win streak from Jan. 31-Feb. 16 claiming victories over Western Kentucky (1/31/20), Middle Tennessee (2/1/20), Northern Iowa (2/14/20), Findlay (2/15/20) and Oakland University (2/16/20) … also earned five-straight victories against the same opponents at No. 3 doubles alongside teammate Rebecca Herrington … the twosome closed out spring play prior to the season ending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with back-to-back wins over UC San Diego (3/4/20) and UC Riverside (3/5/20).
High School: Played at Plymouth High School ... owned a national ranking of No. 118 for the class of 2019 according to TennisRecruiting.Net.
Club Tennis: Found much success competing in the United States Tennis Association (USTA) summer circuit ... she was a quarterfinalist at the 2018 USTA Midwest closed girls 18 singles tournament and registered three wins at the 2018 USTA National Hard Court Championships ... in 2017, Braun took home the USTA Southeast Michigan qualifier title for girls 18 singles ... came to Ball State boasting a Universal Tennis Rating (UTR) of 9.91.
Personal: The daughter of Brian and Robin Braun, she has one sister Kayla … born on May 17, 2001 in Livonia, Mich.
