NCAA Singles Championship Finalist (2024-25)
NCAA Doubles Championship Semifinalist (2024-25)
ITA Singles All-American (2025)
ITA Doubles All-American (2025)
Second Team All-SEC (2024)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
ITA Southern Region Player to Watch (2024)
NCAA Singles Championship Selection (2024)
NCAA Doubles Championship Selection (2024)
SEC Player of the Week (1/31/24)
SEC Freshman of the Week (3/29/23)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)
As a Junior
Fall 2024: Became first Auburn player to reach NCAA Singles Championship finals ... Was part of the second Auburn doubles team to reach NCAA Doubles Championship semifinals with Ava Hrastar ... Recieved ITA Singles All-American and ITA Doubles All-American honors through NCAA Singles & Doubles Championships ... Earned bid to NCAA Doubles Championship by winning ITA Southern Regional Doubles Championship with partner Ava Hrastar ... Earned bid to NCAA Singles Championships by reaching quarterfinals of ITA All-American Championships singles quarterfinals ... Posted 12-4 singles record and 9-3 doubles record ... Posted seven ranked singles wins including highest career ranked singles win against No. 9 Nicole Khirin of Texas A&M and No. 16 Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma ... Posted four ranked doubles wins with Hrastar including over No. 12 Jade Otway and Isabel Pascual of TCU and No. 22 Chole Noel and Julia Garcia Ruiz of Oklahoma ... Was ranked preseason No. 32 in singles and No. 18 in doubles with Hrastar by the ITA
As a Sophomore
Spring 2024: Named second team All-SEC ... Named Southern Region Player to Watch ... Posted a 29-12 overall singles record, 19-6 in dual matches and 11-2 in SEC matches … Played primarily at No. 2 and No. 3 singles ... Earned eight ranked singles victories including No. 42 Bridget Stammel of Vanderbilt ... Recorded a 18-10 overall doubles record, 16-6 in dual matches and 11-2 in SEC matches ... Played primarily at the top of the Tigers' doubles lineup ... Earned seven ranked doubles victories alongside partner Ariana Arseneault including over No. 13 Fangran Tian/Elise Wagle of UCLA and No. 18 Mao Mushika/Hann Viller Moeller of California ... Provided key singles victories in the Tigers' top-25 wins over No. 15 Duke, No. 8 Florida, No. 4 Georgia and No. 24 Alabama ... Clinched the team victories over Duke, Kentucky, Missouri and LSU ... Received bid to the NCAA Singles Championship ... Received bid to NCAA Doubles Championship with Ariana Arseneault and reached the round of 16 ... Finished season ranked No. 62 in singles (No. 2 in Southern Region) and No. 11 in doubles with Ariana Arseneault (No. 1 in Southern Region) by the ITA
Fall 2023: Began the fall ranked No. 104 in singles ... Finished fall ranked No. 34 in singles and No. 30 in doubles with Selin Ovunc, both career-high rankings ... Reached the main draw doubles quarterfinal round of the ITA All-American Championships with Selin Ovunc from the qualifying round ... Earned three ranked singles wins, including over No. 34 Carly Briggs of Florida and No. 46 Loudmilla Bencheikh of Alabama ... Earned two ranked doubles victories with partner Ovunc against No. 6 Blake/Blokhina of Stanford and Jittakoat/Magrini of Fresno State
As a Freshman
Spring 2023: Became sixth Auburn player to be named to SEC All-Freshman team ... won SEC Freshman of the Week honors on 3/29/23 ... recorded a 21-9 singles record (18-7 in dual matches) playing at No. 3 and No. 4 ... Picked up six ranked singles victories ... Highest ranked singles victory of the spring game against No. 88 Isabella Pfenning of Miami during NCAA Second Round ... Earned match-clinching victory against FIU in NCAA First Round ... Recorded 18-8 overall doubles record ... Posted 14-6 dual match record alongside partner Kaitlyn Carnicella ... Went 9-2 in singles and 7-0 in doubles during conference matches ... Finished the season with nine consecutive singles match victories
Fall 2022: Posted a 3-2 singles record and a 3-0 doubles record in the fall ... claimed one singles victory over ranked opponent Jayci Goldsmith of Texas A&M ... was ranked 78th in singles at the end of the fall
Prior to Auburn
Ranked as high as No. 4 in her recruiting class by Tennis Recruiting Network … Blue-chip recruit … Won the 2022 Florida individual state championship in her senior season ... Was a finalist at both the 16's Easter Bowl (singles) and 16's Eddie Herr (doubles)
Personal
Full name is Delaney Jade Bennett ... Native of Belleview, Florida ... Parents are Steven and Beth Bennett ... graduated Florida Virtual School with a 4.0 GPA ... Was high school state champion in the state of Florida her senior year ... Majoring in Finance ... was a gymnast in high school
Bennett's Career Stats | |||||||||||||||
SINGLES | DOUBLES | ||||||||||||||
Year | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Overall | Dual | SEC | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 |
2022-23 | 21-9 | 18-7 | 9-2 | -- | -- | 2-5 | 9-2 | -- | -- | 18-8 | 14-6 | 7-0 | -- | 0-4 | 14-2 |
2023-24 | 29-12 | 19-6 | 11-2 | -- | 6-2 | 11-3 | 2-1 | -- | -- | 28-10 | 16-6 | 7-1 | 12-3 | 3-2 | 1-1 |
Fall 2024 | 12-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 9-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | -- | -- | -- |
Career | 62-25 | 37-13 | 20-4 | -- | 6-2 | 13-8 | 11-3 | -- | -- | 55-21 | 30-12 | 14-1 | 12-3 | 3-6 | 15-3 |