Kristina Schleich

Height:
5-3
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lilienthal, Germany
High School:
Gymnasium Lilienthal

Career: Two-year letterwinner • Two-year win total was 32 singles and 18 doubles victories • Ranked 47^th on the CU all-time singles list with 32 wins • Seven wins when playing three sets, five of those rallying from a set down • Two clinching singles wins and once on the doubles court.

2012 Spring (sophomore): Won a team-best 16 singles matches during the year, eight of them during the spring • Eight wins in the spring were the second highest on the team • Won seven singles matches at No. 1 position playing against the opponent's top player, the other win at No. 2 • During the spring played against nine nationally ranked opponents • Upset No. 48 Liudmila Vasilieva (Washington State) in three sets after dropping the opening set • Clinched a pair of team wins (St. Louis, Mar. 3; Metro State, Mar. 17) at No. 1 singles • For the year, won 26 combined singles (16) and doubles (10) matches, ranking third on the team.

2011 Fall (sophomore): Won a team-best eight singles matches • Reached the final at the Kansas Invitational (Sept. 16-18) and CU Invite (Sept. 23-25) • Also reached the semifinal at the Irvine Invite (Nov. 4-6) • At the CU Invite, rallied from a set down on the same day against a pair of Wyoming opponents in the quarterfinal and semifinals, respectively to achieve victory • In doubles, won six times with four of those wins reaching the CU Invitational (Sept. 23-25) final.

2011 Spring (freshman): Named the team's Co-Most Valuable Player • CU's first freshman player at No. 1 singles since 2003-04 • Played entire Big 12 Conference season at No. 1 singles when not injured • Faced five nationally ranked opponents at top singles spot • Shared team honors with 16 singles wins for the year • Defeated Oklahoma State's fifth year senior Nataliya Shatkovskaya, a former All-Big 12 first team selection in straight sets (Apr. 1) • Led the Buffaloes with eight dual match singles victories • Three wins each at No. 1 and No. 3 • Won her spring collegiate debut (Jan. 21) with a straight set victory • Won four-straight singles matches, including seven of her first nine • Teamed with Ania Anuszkiewicz at No. 1 doubles and upset Texas' nationally ranked No. 23 team of Craddock/Gaytan-Leach, 8-5 for first collegiate win as a tandem (Mar. 20) • Earned CU Athlete of the Week honors (March 28) • Clinched CU's doubles point with Carla Manzi Tenorio against Air Force (Jan. 21) • Won eight doubles matches for the year.

2010 Fall (freshman): Won a pair of singles matches advancing to the ITA Mountain Regional (Round of 32, Oct. 13-17) • Won four-straight singles matches • Tied for the second-most singles fall wins (8) • Teamed with Carla Manzi Tenorio at KU Invitational (Oct. 22-24) with three straight wins • Recorded second-most doubles victories (6).

Tennis in Germany: Member of the 2009 German Team Championship team • Member of two state championship teams (2001, 2002) and a pair of runner up finishes (2003, 2005) • In 2007, won the ITF junior doubles title in Spain.

Personal: Born August 24, 1990 • Daughter of Peter and Ingrid Schleich • Older sister, Kathrin is a tennis coach • Enjoys traveling and music • Lists biggest moment of high school starring in Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (playing Hermia) • Fifth German tennis student-athlete in the CU program, and the third German of coach Kenneally's tenure.

In the Classroom: College major is business management • Named to the 2011-12 Pac-12 honorable mention academic team.