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 Skylar Kuykendall
Skylar Kuykendall

Class:
Freshman

Hometown:
Jasper, Ala.

High School:
Potter's Wheel Academy (Sarasota, Fla.)

Height:
5-8

Experience:
HS

Awards:
Tiger 3.0 Club (Fall 2012); Dean's List (Fall 2012)


05/11/2013

Women's Tennis Ends Season With 4-0 Loss to No. 9 Alabama

Lady Tigers ended the season 18-7 with six wins over ranked opponents

05/10/2013

Memphis Advances in NCAA Tournament With 4-1 Win Over Florida State

Lady Tigers face Alabama tomorrow at 1 p.m. CT

05/08/2013

Women's Tennis Set For NCAA Tournament Action

Memphis faces Florida State on Friday at 10 a.m. CT in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

04/29/2013

Women's Tennis Ties C-USA Record With Six All-Conference Selections

Collins selected to C-USA First Team Singles; Kuykendall named C-USA Freshman of the Year

04/19/2013

Women's Tennis Cruises into C-USA Semis With 4-0 Win Over UCF

Memphis meets Tulsa for the third time this season

11/01/2012

Memphis Invitational Preview

The Memphis women's tennis team will welcome four teams to The Racquet Club of Memphis, Nov. 2-4, for the Memphis Invitational as Oklahoma, Ole Miss, Tulsa and Vanderbilt will be in attendance for the Lady Tigers' final home tournament of the 2012 fall season.

The Memphis Tiger Network caught up with head coach Lee Taylor Walker and a few players to see how the team has been preparing for the weekend.

Career Highlights


Won the Memphis Invitational Gray Draw in Fall 2012.

Freshman


Fall 2012: Went 10-4 in singles and 7-4 in doubles with partner Liza Tymchenko ... Won the Memphis Invitational #2 Gray Draw with three straight-set wins ... Went undefeated at the Memphis Invitational #1 with straight-set wins over Loyola Marymount's Reka Rohonyi and UT Martin's Jessica Silva ... Picked up her first win as a Lady Tiger over Colombia's Lizeth Ramirez, 6-1, 6-0 at the Amelia Island 10k ... In doubles, won all four matches at the Memphis Invitational #1 to begin the season.

Prep


Graduated from Potter's Wheel Academy in Sarasota, Fla. ... Spent the past seven years training in Bradenton, Fla., reaching as high as No. 250 in the world in the junior rankings ... Produced wins over top-100 ITF world-ranked juniors and top-550 WTA world-ranked women.

Personal


Born Sept. 14 in Dallas, Texas ... Daughter of Jim and Sandy Kuykendall ... Father played baseball at the University of Oklahoma.

Kuykendall's Career Singles Stats
Year Overall Dual Tourn. Conf.
Fall 2012 10-4 - 10-4 -
Kuykendall's Career Doubles Stats
Year Overall Dual Tourn. Conf.
Fall 2012 7-4 - 7-4 -

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