2025-2026 Women's Tennis Roster

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Kylie Schaefer

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool North Cross School
  • Hometown Roanoke, Va.

Biography

2024-25 - Sophomore -- Earned Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Doubles Team of the Year honors with playing partner Raine Weis ... 2025 NCAA Division III Doubles National Qualifier ... 2025 NCAA Division III Singles National Championship Alternate ... Earned first team All-Conference honors in singles and doubles ... Named to the C2C All-Tournament Team ... Named first team All-State accolades in both disciplines ... Finished season ranked No. 19 in pairs play with partner Raine Weis ... Won 16 matches in doubles play including a 15-4 record at No. 1, marking the sixth most wins at No. 1 in a single season ...  Finished year with a 16-8 overall record in doubles ... Added a 15-9 record in singles play while playing on three lines ... Registered a 13-7 overall record in duals including an 11-5 mark at No. 2, 1-1 record at No. 1, and 1-1 at No. 3 ... Won nine of her last ten matches including the clinching point in the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championship ... Repeated as an All-Academic selection by the C2C 

2023-24 - Freshman -- Earned second team All-State honors after also collecting second team All-Conference honors in singles during her first season with the Captains ... Led the team in singles wins with 14 while playing primarily at No. 6 in her first year ... Posted a 3-0 mark at No. 3 and 4 combined and added a 9-4 record at No. 6 ... Closed the season with eight straight wins including a pivotal straight-set win against Mary Washington in the C2C Championship match, helping propel CNU to its first ever conference championship ... Finished the year with a 14-5 record in singles and an 11-11 mark in doubles play ... Paired with Megan Bauer to post eight wins at No. 3 during the dual season 

At North Cross School -- Multi-sport athlete for the Raiders as a member of the tennis, basketball, and soccer teams ... Served as team captain for all three sports for two years ... Earned 15 letters in total ... Collected first team All-Conference honors every year she competed with the tennis team since 8th grade ... 2019 Conference Singles Tournament Runner-Up and led team to conference championship and state quarterfinals ... Named team MVP in 2021 and led team to repeat conference title and state quarterfinal finish ... Earned first team All-State honors ... As a senior, she was the singles tournament runner up again and named team MVP ... She was named first team All-Conference and All-State and reached the state semifinals ... As a member of the basketball and soccer teams, she collected multiple All-Conference and All-State certificates while helping lead Raiders to several conference titles and state championship appearances ... Scored 864 career points on the hardwood and added 52 career goals and 47 assists on the soccer field ... Also competed with the Valley United Travel Soccer team from 2020-21 -- President's Cup Finalists 

Personal -- Kylie E. Schaefer was born in Black Mountain, N.C. ... Daughter of Tracy and Jim Schaefer ... Has one brother, Sam ... Mom, Tracy, played tennis at Wake Forest and father, Jim, was a member of the men's tennis and track & field programs at SUNY Cortland ... Favorite athlete is Roger Federer ... Person in history she'd most like to meet is Robin Williams ... Dream vacation is a trip to Greece ... Favorite food is chicken caesar salad ... Favorite TV show is Gilmore Girls ... Aspires to work in sports broadcasting, specifically for one of the four Grand Slams of professional tennis ... Majoring in Communication Studies.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023-2024Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2024-2025Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2025-2026Junior

    5'4"