Jaeda Daniel Season 2017-18

Jaeda Daniel Season 2017-18

Height5-7
ClassFreshman
HometownPort Charlotte, Fla.

All-SEC First Team (2018)
All-SEC Freshman Team (2018)
SEC Freshman of the Week (2018)
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch (2018)

As a Sophomore
Spring 2019:
Posted a dual match record of 9-11 in singles and 16-6 in doubles ... Including fall matches, was 14-16 in singles and 16-7 in doubles ... Finished season ranked No. 94 nationally in singles and No. 89 in doubles along with Madeline Meredith ... Played at the No. 1 singles spot in 27 of 29 matches ... Earned three victories over ranked opponents ... Defeated No. 23 Katarina Stresnakova of Oklahoma State 7-5, 6-3 in the Blue-Gray Classic ... Beat No. 113 Magda Adaloglou of Mississippi State 7-5, 6-4 for her first SEC win of the year ... Earned a 6-4, 6-3 win over Missouri's Mackenzy Middlebrooks to help Auburn to its first SEC win of the season ... Was ranked No. 61 singles during the preseason and moved as high as No. 64 in doubles in the March 5 ranking ... Went 11-3 playing with partner Madeline Meredith, mostly at the No. 2 doubles position ... Had an 8-match doubles winning streak through the month of February that wrapped up with a 6-4 win over Texas A&M's 52nd-ranked team of Townsend/McBryde to open SEC play on March 1 ... Teamed up with Yu Chen for three straight SEC wins over Mississippi State, Ole Miss and Alabama, then paired up with Lindsay Song for a win over Tennessee ... Finished off the season with Meredith in the SEC Tournament, earning a 6-4 win over the 61st-ranked team of Adaloglou/Racine from Mississippi State.

Fall 2018: Played in three tournaments, going 5-5 in singles and 0-1 in doubles ... Won two matches over ranked opponents at the Big 5 Challenge at TCU, defeating No. 37 Felicity Maltby of Texas Tech 6-4, 6-0, then downing No. 32 Natalie Novotna of Virginia Tech 6-2, 6-4 ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional with wins over opponents from Nicholls State, Alabama and McNeese ... Competed at the ITA National Fall Championships, dropping matches to the No. 2 and No. 24-ranked singles players ... Was ranked No. 39 during the fall season.

As a Freshman
Spring 2018:
Finished with the season ranked No. 61 by the ITA … Named SEC Freshman of the Week once … Finished 15-10 in singles on the season while splitting time at the one and two spots … Earned All-SEC First Team honors … Earned All-SEC Freshman Team Honors … Named ITA Southern Region Player to Watch in 2018 … Four singles wins over ranked opponents, highest over previously No. 31 Hadley Berg … Posted an 18-5 record in doubles at the one, two and three spots … Went on a six-game winning streak in doubles with Madeline Meredith


Fall 2017: Compiled a 9-4 record in singles, including three over ranked opponents ... Ranked No. 53 in the final fall rankings ... Defeated No. 11 Estela Perez-Somarriba (Miami) 6-3, 6-1 in first match of her career at the Miami Fall Invitational ... Picked up three wins in the pre-qualifying round of the Rivera/ITA All-American Championships to advance to the qualifiying round 

Prior to Auburn:
WTA Professional career-high ranking of 615 (singles) ... Maintained a top-20 junior ranking throughout her career, ranking as high as eighth in the country ... Pro career-high ranking in doubles of 713 ... Easter Bowl Champion ... Les Petite As Doubles Champion

Personal:
Daughter of Chevaughn and Mhyrlito Daniel ... Has two siblings: Jeannez and Jeovaughni ... Served in her home community as a DTLB Ambassador, working with inner city youth to improve their tennis skills ... Majoring in Psychology