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2019 Women's Tennis Roster

Briana McDonald
Joe Reinsch
Joe Reinsch

Kara Hinton

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Major Journalism
  • Hometown San Jose, Calif.
  • High School Valley Christian

Biography

2017 (fall) : Hinton beat Rutendo Gwaze of Holy Names 6-0, 6-1 in the opening round of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association West Regional championship ... Continuing on to defeat Hannah Highsmith of Sonoma State 6-2, 6-1 ... Falling eventually to champion and No. 3 seed Anastasiia Kuprina of Concordia Irvine 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinal round ... Paired with Diana Baumgartnere in double and the two made it to the semifinal match falling 8-4 to Alma and Klara Thell-Lenntorps of Academy of Art

2017 (sophomore): Went 16-6 in singles seeing most of her singles success at the No. 4 position ... She was paired mostly with junior Tatiana Betancourt ... The duo played at the No. 3 position of the season going 13-7 together ... Going on a seven match winning streak ... When Hinton was not paired with Betancourt she was paired with Lisa Schneider, Lilit Vardanyan or Jourdan Jefferson

2016 (offseason): Won her first match in the women's ITA West Regional championships against Julia Golub of Holy Names University 6-1, 6-1... The duo of Lilit Vardanyan and Hinton won their first match in the women's ITA West Regional championships against Pyper Brown and Judy Ung of Cal State LA 8-2

2016 (freshman): Went 10-5 in singles for the Cougars, playing primarily at No. 5 singles... Hinton posted a 9-12 record during doubles play... primarily partnered with Lilit Vandanyan in the No. 2 slot

2015 (offseason): Won her collegiate debut at the USTA/ITA West Regional with a 6-2, 6-1 victory

High School: Was a two-sport athlete at Valley Christian High School in San Jose, Calif. ... Competed in track & field and tennis... Was the No. 1 singles player for four years under head coach Cuong Duong and captained the team as a senior... Was named team MVP all four years... As a sophomore, took third place in the singles draw at WCAL... The following year took first place for doubles of the same tournament, while guiding the team to a Division IV state title... As a senior, was named Female Scholar Athlete of the Year and took second place at WCAL in the doubles draw and was a semifinalist in doubles at CCS

Personal: Born on Jan. 22, 1997 in Santa Barbara, Calif. to Tedd and Chunhee Hinton... Is majoring in journalism... Enjoys being outdoors, playing sports, and playing the piano

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2018Junior

    5'7"
  • 2019Senior

    5'7"