Jessie Aney

Makenna Jones, Chloe Ouellet-Pizer, Jessie Aney

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: Red Box Pictures

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: Jeffrey A. Camarati

Photo by: courtesy of ITA

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rochester, Minn.
High School:
Century

CAREER Tied third in program history with 127 career singles victories • Completed career with a 127-37 career singles record and a 112-33 career doubles record • 54-16 record playing doubles with Alexa Graham • Three-time All-America doubles player, one of only two in program history • 44-6 career singles record in ACC regular season dual matches • Won the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship • Member of four ACC Championship teams • Competed on the UNC men’s club ice hockey team for three seasons • Plans to attend graduate school at UConn and play ice hockey during the 2019-20 season.

SENIOR SEASON (2018-19) Joined Hayley Carter as the only three-time ITA All-America doubles selection in program history • ACC All-Academic Team • Named to ITA Team Indoor Championship All-Tournament Team at No. 1 doubles • Named ACC Player of the Week on March 12 • No. 2 seed at NCAA Doubles Championship for a second year in a row with Alexa Graham; reached 2nd round • Finished season ranked No. 6 in doubles with Graham and No. 107 in singles • Ranked as high as No. 58 singles and No. 2 on two occasions in doubles • Posted a 25-6 singles record • 9-2 vs. the ACC and 23-5 in duals • Recorded a 29-5 overall doubles record, including 24-4 playing with Graham • 11-4 mark against ranked doubles teams, including a win over UCLA’s Andrews/Broomfield in the NCAA Team Championship • Spent the 2018 fall semester competing in professional tennis events in Europe.

JUNIOR SEASON (2017-18) ITA All-America selection in doubles for second-straight season • No. 2 seed at NCAA Doubles Championship with Alexa Graham • Finished season ranked No. 3 in doubles with Graham and No. 86 in singles • Ranked as high as No. 18 singles and No. 1 on two occasions in doubles during the season • Notched 30 singles wins for a third time with a 30-15 overall mark • Went 9-4 against the ACC and 19-9 overall in dual matches • Had a 27-11 doubles record playing alongside Graham • Named to the all-tournament team of the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship after picking up two singles wins and three doubles victories • Aney/Graham defeated No. 1 ranked Hourigan/Jones of Georgia Tech on March 24.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2016-17) ITA All-American in doubles • ITA Carolina Region Player to Watch • First Team All-ACC • All-ACC Academic Team • No. 4 seed at NCAA Doubles Championship • Earned at-large bid to NCAA Singles Championship • Finished season No. 39 in singles & No. 5 in doubles with Hayley Carter • Ranked as high as No. 9 during 2017 season • Her 37 singles victories tied Sanaz Marand for the most in program history by a sophomore • 37-8 singles record, including 26-3 in dual matches (21-2 at No. 3) Defeated 13 ranked opponents • Posted an unblemished 13-0 record in ACC regular season singles dual matches for the second year in a row • Had a 24-4 doubles record playing with Hayley Carter • Won doubles national championship in fall with Carter at 2016 Riviera/ITA All-Americans • Aney/Carter also won the doubles crown at 2017 Freeman Memorial Championship (Las Vegas) • Received an at-large singles bid to the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship; reached 2nd round.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2015-16) Finished freshman season ranked No. 49 in singles; reached as high as 48th in early March • Ranked as high as No. 16 with Kate Vialle in doubles during the 2016 season • Received an at-large selection into the NCAA Singles Championship • Defeated No. 28 Kennedy Shaffer (Georgia) in NCAA first round, before bowing out to eventual national champion Danielle Collins (Virginia) in second round • 35-8 overall singles record, 13-0 in the ACC - only UNC player unbeaten against the ACC • 24-2 singles record in dual matches • 23-7 overall doubles record, 6-1 in ACC playing with Kate Vialle • Won the doubles title with Kate Vialle at the 2015 ITA Carolinas Regional • 15 singles wins over ranked opponents • Had a 17-match singles winning streak from Feb. 26-May 13 • Named to All-ACC Academic Team.

JUNIOR/PREP Considered a blue chip recruit and was ranked as high as No. 5 in her class by tennisrecruiting.net • Ranked 4th in the country by the United States Tennis Association for girls 18 and under • Played exclusively against the boy’s in final year of high school and posted an undefeated record in 2015 • Won a pair of USTA balls (titles) in singles, including one gold, and also earned four balls in doubles play • Reached the finals of the 2015 USTA Northern Section Championship • Won consolation bracket titles at the USTA National Selection Tournament in February, 2015 and the USTA National Winter Championship in December, 2014 • Finished third at the 2014 USTA National Clay Court championship • Became the youngest high school singles champion in Minnesota history when she won the 2011 title as an eighth grader • The following year she won the 2A doubles title with her sister, Katie, in her final season playing for Century • A two-sport star, was considered the top ice hockey player in the state of Minnesota • Led her league in scoring during the 2013-14 season with 109 points (51 goals and 58 assists) and again in 2014-15 with 96 points (44 goals and 52 assists) • Amassed 414 career points and holds the state’s all-time assists record • Honored on numerous occasions for sportsmanship, including at the National Clay Courts in both 2012 and 2013 • Also received the Jerry Noyce Junior Sportsmanship award in 2014, given to only one player in the Northern section by the USTA • Was the first and only girl to earn the Sports Illustrated Sportskid of the Year award. In 2010 • Sister, Katie, plays hockey and tennis at Gustavus Adolph’s College • Graduating high school one year early from the online education program, the Minnesota Virtual Academy.