Christopher Newport University

2023-24 - Senior - Concluded her career as the most decorated Captains women's tennis player of all time ... First CNU player to garner first team All-Conference honors in both singles and doubles all four years of her career ... Named the C2C Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Collected C2C Doubles Team of the Year honors ... NCAA Singles National Championship Qualifier ... NCAA Doubles National Championship Qualifier ... Helped lead CNU to first Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference Championship ... Helped lead to first ever bid into the NCAA Division III Team Championship where the Captains earned a first-round bye ... Recorded 19 wins at No. 1 doubles in her final season, ranking second most in program history ... Finished career ranked No. 2 all-time in career victories at No. 1 in doubles play with Raine Weis with 44 ... First three-time national qualifier in program history ... Advanced to the ITA Regional Championship quarterfinals in the fall ... Earned highest national ranking in program history in doubles after entering the NCAA Championships ranked No. 9 in the country ... Finished season with a 12-8 singles record including 11 wins at No. 2 ... Closed final campaign with a 19-5 record in doubles including a pair of wins over nationally-ranked opponents ... Earned a win at No. 1 doubles against 16th-ranked tandem from Trinity (Texas) in CNU's first ever NCAA Tournament appearance ... Repeat selection as an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Collected CSC Academic All-District honors and was named to the VaSID Academic All-State selection

2022-23 - Junior - Led the Captains in singles and doubles victories in her third season at CNU ... Earned first team All-Conference honors in singles and doubles ... Also secured first team All-State honors in both singles and doubles ... Closed the season ranked No. 22 in the nation in doubles ... Also ranked No. 12 in the regional singles rankings and No. 7 in the Atlantic South doubles poll ... Finished the year 10-12 in singles play including an 8-7 at No. 2 ... Paired with Raine Weis for a 15-8 record in doubles play with a 9-7 record at No. 1 ... Captured two wins over regionally-ranked opponents in singles play ... Earned a thrilling 8-7 (7-5) win over the top-ranked doubles tandem in the nation from Sewanee on February 17 ...Added two more wins over regionally-ranked opponents in doubles ... With Weis, moved into sixth all-time with 25 doubles wins together while also ranking third in career wins at No. 1 with 19 

2021-22 - Sophomore - Continued to make history for the Captains in her second season, becoming part of the first doubles team to ever qualify for the NCAA Division III National Championships ... Finished year ranked No. 13 in the nation in doubles with partner Raine Weis ... Also ranked regionally in both singles (No. 12) and doubles (No. 4) ... First team All-State in doubles ... First team All-Conference at No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles ... First player in program history to earn a national ranking in the final doubles poll more than once in her career ... Finished 10-5 at No. 1 doubles including three wins over regionally-ranked opponents ... Moved into the top-ten all-time at CNU in wins at No. 1 ... Finished with 11 total doubles victories during the year ... Added eight wins in singles play including four on the top line ... Defeated regionally-ranked opponents from Sweet Briar and Oberlin at No. 1 singles during the year ... Earned spot on the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference All-Academic team

2020-21 - Freshman - Exploded onto the scene for Christopher Newport women's tennis in her first year, posting one of the finest rookie campaigns in program history ... Named ITA Region Rookie of the Year, becoming only the third Captain in program history to garner the recognition ... Made history for CNU women's tennis by becoming the first freshman to finish the season nationally-ranked in both singles and doubles ... Ranked No. 36 in singles and No. 25 in doubles with partner Amanda Yermal ... Named the Conference Rookie of the Year and the Conference Doubles Team of the Year ... First team All-Conference in both singles and doubles while also earning second team All-State honors in both singles and doubles ... Posted an overall record of 7-3 in singles while playing at No. 2, including a pair of wins against Division I competition ... Recorded an 8-5 record in doubles, all at No. 1, including a 4-0 mark in conference play 

At Watauga -- Reached number one USTA ranking in North Carolina and top 100 ranking in the Southern Region ... Went undefeated during high school career ... Played competitive national and Southern Region USTA tennis tournaments ... Selected to play for NC Zonal's team two years in a row

Personal -- Tessa Catelyn Trate was born in North Carolina ... Daughter of Doug and Cate Trate ... Has two brothers, Dristen and Ryan ... Volunteered at the Watauga Human Society, helped collect clothes and other necessities for the local women's shelter, and collected Christmas presents for children at the Grandfather Home in Boone, N.C. ... Favorite athlete is Roger Federer ... Person in history she'd most like to meet is Alan Rickman ... Most impressive person met is her mother ... Dream vacation is a trip to London with her friends and family ... Favorite food is pho ... Favorite movies are The Breakfast Club and Howl's Moving Castle ... Favorite TV show is Criminal Minds ... Favorite musician is Tyler Childers ... Majoring in Psychology.