2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Shepherd Johnson, Katya
Katya Shepherd Johnson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Montgomery Blair
- Hometown:
- Takoma Park, Md.
- Prev School:
- MIT
- Major:
- Radio/Television/Film
Bio
AWARDS:
2024-25: Appeared in one singles match and two doubles matches during dual season...reached a doubles quarterfinal at the ITA Midwest Regional alongside partner Kiley Rabjohns (10/10-12)... picked up one win each in singles and doubles play at the Michigan State Classic (10/25-27)... went 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Spartan Invite (11/1-3)... made her dual season debut against Eastern Illinois and came away with victories in both singles and doubles play (1/26)... won another doubles match alongside partner Britany Lau against Milwaukee (2/16).
2023-24 (at MIT): Went 4-1 at No. 1 singles... downed the No. 2 ranked DIII player in MIT's matchup with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps... spent majority of the season ranked in the top 25... advanced to the sweet 16 of the DIII NCAA Singles Tournament.
High School: Played No. 1 singles at Montgomery Blair... two-time state singles semifinalist... named team MVP following the 2022 season.
SINGLES
DOUBLES
- ITA DIII All-American (2024)
- Northeast Region Rookie of the Year (2024)
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2024)
- First Team All-NEWMAC (2024)
- ITA Scholar Athlete (2025)
2024-25: Appeared in one singles match and two doubles matches during dual season...reached a doubles quarterfinal at the ITA Midwest Regional alongside partner Kiley Rabjohns (10/10-12)... picked up one win each in singles and doubles play at the Michigan State Classic (10/25-27)... went 2-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the Spartan Invite (11/1-3)... made her dual season debut against Eastern Illinois and came away with victories in both singles and doubles play (1/26)... won another doubles match alongside partner Britany Lau against Milwaukee (2/16).
2023-24 (at MIT): Went 4-1 at No. 1 singles... downed the No. 2 ranked DIII player in MIT's matchup with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps... spent majority of the season ranked in the top 25... advanced to the sweet 16 of the DIII NCAA Singles Tournament.
High School: Played No. 1 singles at Montgomery Blair... two-time state singles semifinalist... named team MVP following the 2022 season.
SINGLES
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match | Tourn. | Big Ten | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 2023-24 (MIT) | 26-7 | 13-5 | 13-2 | -- | 13-5 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024-25 | 8-8 | 1-0 | 7-8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | -- |
| Career | 34-15 | 14-5 | 20-10 | -- | 13-5 | -- | -- | -- | 1-0 | -- |
| Season | Overall W-L | Dual Match | Tourn. | Big Ten | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2023-24 (MIT) | 4-3 | 3-0 | 1-3 | -- | -- | -- | 3-0 |
| 2024-25 | 10-7 | 2-0 | 8-7 | -- | -- | -- | 2-0 |
| Career | 14-10 | 5-0 | 9-10 | -- | -- | -- | 5-0 |
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