Stefanie Mikesz
	Class: Sophomore Hometown: Bardowick, Germany High School: Berufskolleg Halle Westf. Height: 5-9 Experience: 2L

Spring 2011: Posted an impressive 17-7 singles mark playing mostly at the No. 3 position...Went 4-1 in C-USA play...Won her last five matches of the season, which included a victory over No. 20 Tulsa's Michelle Farley...Also defeated No. 44 Indiana's Katya Zapadalova...Recorded a season-high six-match win streak with wins over players from North Carolina Central, College of Charleston, East Carolina, Wofford, Detroit and Illinois State...Notched a dominating 6-0, 6-0, triumph over Tennessee State's Shardel Suber playing her only match at the No. 2 position...Pushed 67th-ranked Janette Bejlkova (USF) to three sets...Went 12-6 in doubles competition with teammate Andrea Arques-Garcia and 2-4 pairing with Mariya Slupska...Won seven-straight doubles matches at one point in the season playing with Arques-Garcia...Also went 3-2 in league play with Arques-Garcia.

Fall 2010: Began Lady Tiger career at Roberta Alison Fall Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala., with 1-2 record...Posted first win against Jodie Tiley of UT-Martin, 6-1, 6-1...Received bid to ITA All-American Championships to compete in prequalifying doubles with Courtney Collins...The pair was up 5-0 and 6-3 at points during their match but were ultimately edged out by Illinois duo Breanna Smutko and Chelcie Abajian, 9-7...Went 2-2 at ITA Regionals in singles...Had back-to-back wins over Karina Kedzo of East Tennessee, 6-2, 6-4, and Safiyya Ismail of Cincinnati, 6-4, 6-2...Final singles win of the fall season was a 6-2, 6-1 downing of MTSU's Taylor Coffey at the June Stewart Invitational...Teamed with Courtney Collins in doubles, posted a 4-9 mark overall...Over the season, went 4-9 with wins against duos from Samford, Xavier, Belmont and Vanderbilt.

Prep: Was a national singles and doubles champion during her junior career ...Ascended to a ranking of No. 1 in Germany individually...Captured the German National Team Cup...Ranked as high as No. 3 regionally and No. 53 nationally in the women's open rankings.

Personal: Born September 8...Daughter of Halina and Lumir...Has one brother, Jiri...Father played professional hockey and mother played handball for the Czech Republic and Germany...Speaks three languages: German, Czech and English...Fun fact: singing is her second passion behind tennis and she sings all the time, even if it "sometimes annoys her friends and family."