Maria Paraja

2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster

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Height:

5-6
Class:

Senior
High School:

IES El Piles
Hometown:

Gijón, Spain

Summary
Media
Season
Career
Historical

Honors & Awards
• 2018-19 All-CAA First Team - Singles
• 2018-19 All-CAA Second Team - Doubles
• 2018-19 Most Valuable Player (Team Award)
• 2017-18 All-CAA Second Team - Doubles
• 2017-18 Most Outstanding Doubles Player (Team Award)

Major(s)
Marketing and Finance

Career Highlights
• Concluded her career with 51 dual match singles wins, which ranked tied for sixth all-time in program history.
• Her 18 dual-match singles wins in 2017 was the 4th-most in a single season in program history.

Spring 2019 (Senior)
Was named to the All-CAA First Team for singles for the first time and the All-CAA Second Team for doubles with Alex Koniaev for the second time in her career • Finished her senior campaign with a 15-7 singles record and a 10-11 mark in doubles action • Won nine of her last 10 singles matches at the end of the season • Played primarily at the No. 2 position in singles with a 13-3 mark and at No. 1 at doubles with a 9-8 record • Cruised to a 6-4, 6-3 win over Natalia Perry of William & Mary in the CAA Championship semifinals • Earned a three-set win over Eva Nyikos of CofC • Defeated Abby Amos of James Madison, Sabrina Barisano of UNCW, and Ghita Benhadi of Drexel • Had a three-match doubles winning streak from March 20-23 • Highlighted her doubles campaign with wins against Campbell, Gardner-Webb, James Madison, George Washington and Drexel • Named the team's Most Valuable Player at the Elon Athletics Awards Banquet • Earned a spot on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2018 (Senior)
Completed the fall season with a 4-5 singles mark and a 4-4 record in doubles action • Won the Gold Single draw title at the Elon Fall Invitational at the Jimmy Powell Tennis Center with a 3-0 record • Earned wins against Tyler Blalock of Radford, Elizabeth Truluck of Davidson and Grace Hashiguchi of Liberty to win the title • Claimed the Maroon Doubles draw with Uma Nayar at the Elon Fall Invitational posting a 3-0 mark.

Spring 2018 (Junior)
Was selected to the All-CAA Second Team for doubles with Alex Koniaev • Finished her junior campaign with a 13-10 singles record and an 8-16 mark in doubles action • Won four of her last five completed singles matches • Played primarily at the No. 4 position in singles and at No. 1 at doubles • Earned a hard-fought 7-5, 7-6 (7-5) against Noumea Witmus of VCU • Defeated Sophie Dodds 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 playing at the No. 3 position • Also earned a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Lauren Goodman of No. 41 William & Mary in the semifinals of the CAA Championships • Additionally earned singles wins against East Carolina, Richmond and Charleston Southern • Had a four-match doubles winning streak from March 28-31 • Highlighted her doubles campaign with wins against UNCG, College of Charleston and Drexel • Named the team's Most Outstanding Doubles Player at the Elon Athletics Awards Banquet • Earned a spot on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2017 (Junior)
Completed the fall season with a 5-7 singles mark and a 4-5 record in doubles action • Finished a perfect 3-0 at the Kitty Harrison Invitational at UNC, picking up wins against Maryland and Charlotte • Went 2-1 in doubles at the Kitty Harrison Invitational with Suzanne Zenoni, recording wins against Penn State and Charlotte • Earned a win over Nancy Bridges of UNCG at the Elon Fall Invitational • Defeated Caroline Ferrari of Presbyterian to qualify for the main draw of the ITA Carolina Regionals.

Spring 2017 (Sophomore)
Recorded a team-best 18-6 record in singles and posted a 9-12 mark in doubles action • Ended the regular season on a seven-match singles winning streak, the longest streak by any Elon player during the season • Highlighted her singles season with wins against Hawaii, UNCW, Furman, James Madison and Towson • Played singles primarily at the No. 5 and No. 4 positions • Paired with Natalia Janowicz and Alex Koniaev in doubles action at the No. 1 position • Highlighted doubles action with wins against UNCW, College of Charleston and James Madison • Was named the team's Most Valuable Player • Earned a spot on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2016 (Sophomore)
Completed the fall 10-5 in singles and 7-5 in doubles • Highlighted her fall at the ITA Carolina Regionals going 2-0 in qualifying singles before falling to Sam Asch of Wake Forest in the Round of 64 • Picked up an 8-4 doubles victory over North Carolina's Maggie Kane and Cassandra Vazquez at the ITA Carolina Regionals partnering with Natalia Janowicz • Posted a 3-1 singles record at the Wake Forest Invitational • Went 2-1 in doubles at the ITA Carolina Regionals to reach the round of 16.

Spring 2016 (Freshman)
Completed her first season with a 5-5 singles and 3-3 doubles record • Earned singles wins against UNCG, UNCW, North Carolina A&T, NC Central and College of Charleston playing primarily at the No. 6 position • Earned her three doubles wins against North Carolina A&T, NC Central and Delaware • Earned a spot on the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2015 (Freshman)
Finished the fall season with a 9-5 singles mark and a perfect 4-0 record in doubles play • Highlighted her fall singles play with a 6-0, 6-04 victory over Allison Mills from South Carolina at the ITA Carolina Regionals • Also picked up singles wins against players from Western Carolina, North Carolina A&T, Emory, East Carolina, App State, UNCG, and Davidson • Went 2-0 in doubles at both the Elon Fall Invitational and the Kitty Harrison Invitational.

Before Elon
Was ranked as high as No. 63 in the women's open in Spain prior to her time at Elon • Attended IES El Piles for high school in Spain.

Personal
Born on Oct. 22, 1997 • Daughter of Jorge Paraja Bango and Ana Echenique Lorento.

Career Stats (Dual Match Only - Spring Season)

Year (Match-By-Match Link)	Doubles	Singles
2019	10-11	15-7
2018	8-16	13-10
2017	9-12	18-6
2016	3-3	5-5
Overall	30-42 (.417)	51-28 (.646)