| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Tucson, Ariz. |
| High School: | Tucson Flowing Wells |
| CAREER SINGLES RESULTS | |||||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Other | Overall | |
| 2008-09 | 3-2 | 5-1 | 5-1 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 21-5 | |
| 2009-10 | 1-0 | 3-2 | 12-10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 17-13 | |
| 2010-11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 10-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 13-12 | |
| TOTAL | 4-2 | 8-3 | 27-18 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6-6 | 51-30 | |
| CAREER DOUBLES RESULTS | ||||||
| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | Other | Overall | |
| 2008-09 | 14-7 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 3-1 | 18-8 | |
| 2009-10 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 8-2 | 0-1 | 16-6 | |
| 2010-11 | 1-0 | 9-7 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 11-10 | |
| TOTAL | 23-9 | 10-8 | 8-2 | 4-5 | 45-24 | |
2010-11 (Junior): Turned in a combined record of 24-22... Was 13-12 in singles, playing the majority of her matches at No. 3... Teamed with Christen Cadigan and twin sister Kirsten Leikem to post a 13-12 record in doubles, mostly at No. 2.
2009-10 (Sophomore): Turned in a combined record of 33-19... Was 17-13 in singles, playing the majority of her matches at No. 3... Teamed with Christen Cadigan and twin sister Kirsten Leikem to post a 16-6 record in doubles, splitting time between No. 1 and No. 3... Captured the Flight A Doubles title at the Quinnipiac Invitational... Posted a 1-1 singles record and was 0-1 in doubles at the ITA Regionals... Was named Atlantic 10 Performer of the Week on April 12.
2008-09 (Freshman): Turned in a combined record of 39-13... Was 21-5 in singles, playing at No. 1, 2 and 3... Teamed with twin sister Kirsten Leikem to post an 18-8 record in doubles, playing mostly at No. 1... Was the Flight B singles champion at the Quinnipiac Invitational... Captured the No. 2 singles and No. 1 doubles titles at the New England Championship... Claimed the Flight 1 doubles title at the Brown Invitational.
High School:
Played four years of varsity tennis and was a three-year member of the cross country team at Tucson Flowing Wells... Captained her tennis team as a sophomore, junior and senior... Was ranked as high as third in the Southwest in girls 18's... Paired with twin sister Kirsten to earn a #19 national ranking in doubles... Also teamed with Kirsten to become the only duo in state history to win four-straight state doubles titles... Was part of the 2004 state champion cross country team... Tennis team finished runner-up twice... Graduated third in her class... Was a member of the National Honor Society and served as co-editor of the yearbook... Also earned the National Hispanic Leadership Award and Senior Math Award.
Personal:
Born September 7, 1989... Daughter of Melanie and Ken Leikem... Has a twin sister, Kirsten - who also plays tennis at URI - and a younger sister, Lyndsay... Majoring in Political Science.
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