Meg Kowalski

Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Laurel Springs School
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.

CAREER BESTS
• ITA Singles Ranking: No. 12 (2021)
• ITA Doubles Ranking: No. 52 with Morgan Coppoc (2020)
• Single-Season Singles Wins: 25 (2019; 2021)
• Single-Season Dual Singles Wins: 21 (2019)
• Single-Season Doubles Wins: 19 (2022)
• Single-Season Dual Doubles Wins: 16 (2019)
• Career Singles Record: 82-17
• Career Dual Singles Record: 53-8
• Career Doubles Record: 70-36
• Career Doubles Dual Record: 49-23

SENIOR SEASON (2021-22)
Concluded the season with a 21-9 overall record and went 19-13 in doubles overall… Provided depth to the team, playing No. 3 to No. 6 throughout the season… Named Second Team All-SEC… Named to SEC Community Service Team for fourth straight season... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll... Recorded two wins against ranked opponents… Concluded the fall season with a 14-5 singles mark and a 12-9 doubles mark… Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Southeast Regional… Member of ITA All-Academic Team... A member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and L.E.A.D.

JUNIOR SEASON (2020-21)
Helped Bulldogs win the SEC Regular Season and Tournament titles and advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships, posting a final record of 23-2 and final ITA national ranking of No. 4... Earned All-America honors in singles and finished ranked No. 25 nationally with a 25-4 record including 13-3 at No. 3 in the lineup... Advanced to the round of 16 at the NCAA Singles Championships... Final doubles record of 26-7 including 19-4 with Lea Ma... Named First Team All-SEC... Named to SEC Community Service Team for third straight season and SEC Academic Honor Roll... Reached career high in singles rankings at No. 12... Upset No. 6 Cameron Morra of North Carolina 6-3, 7-6(3)... Became first Bulldog to blank a singles opponent in a dual match 6-0, 6-0 since the 2017 season, defeating Angel Carney of Ga. State... Ended the fall season with a record of 15-2… Was one of two Bulldogs to go undefeated in singles, 9-0, over three events… Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) President... Named to the SEC Council on Racial Equity and Social Justice... Inducted into L.E.A.D. Academy... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete and part of ITA All-Academic Team.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2019-20)
Had a singles record of 6-0 and a doubles record of 5-2 before the cancellation of the 2020 season… Reached career highs in both doubles and singles rankings at No. 52 for both… Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll… Was named to the SEC Community Service Team Member for the second straight year… Finished the fall season with a ranking of No. 56 in singles… ITA Southeast Regional Championships Consolation Runner-Up, defeated by teammate Morgan Coppoc… Recipient of the McMullan Women’s Tennis Scholarship donated by the McMullan Family… Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2018-19)
Concluded the season ranked No. 108 in ITA singles with a 25-1 overall record and went 16-12 in doubles overall… Went undefeated in singles during the regular season, going 15-0 for an overall record of 19-0…Named SEC Freshman of the Year and ITA Southeast Regional Rookie of the Year; Georgia’s third-straight winner of each… Named to All-Freshman SEC Team and SEC Community Service Team… Named NCAA All-Tournament Team… Named to the ITA National Indoor All-Tournament Team…Recorded a team-high 10 clinches in singles… Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week… Concluded the fall season with a 4-0 singles mark and a 0-4 doubles mark… Started her collegiate career with a singles flight championship in the Big 5 Challenge, going 4-0 in the weekend… Earned her first ranked win at Big 5 Challenge against No. 118 Savannah Slaysman of Arizona State, 6-2, 6-3… Earned Dean’s List on J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for the fall and spring semester (at least 3.50 GPA with 14 or more hours)… Recipient of the McMullan Women’s Tennis Scholarship.

BEFORE GEORGIA
Attended Lyons Township High School in 2014 where as a freshman she led the Lions to a 29-2 overall record, a sectional title and a third-place finish in state playoffs – Lyons Township’s first state trophy in 11 years… Only freshman in the state semifinals, losing to eventual state champion Brienne Minor who later went on to win the 2017 NCAA Singles Championship in Athens, Ga. for Michigan…Concluded scholastics with Laurel Springs School, an accredited online private school… Trained at Smith Stearns Tennis Academy in Hilton Head Island, S.C. under the direction of BJ Stearns… Member of National Honors Society… Earned a Junior life-best ranking of No. 5 on Tennis Recruiting Network… Blue chip recruit according to Tennis Recruiting Network… A doubles finalist at the 2017 Hilton Head $15k ITF Circuit – her first professional event… 2017 National Selection singles champion… Won the 2016 & 2017 doubles titles at the Delray Beach (Florida) and Copa Sultana-Mayagues (Puerto Rico) ITF events, including being as a singles semifinalist 3 times… Reached the Round of 16 in singles of the 2017 Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships… Reached the Round of 16 in the singles and doubles main draws of the 2017 Pan American Championships ITF in Tulsa, Oklahoma… Finished singles finalist and doubles semifinalist at the 2015 Eddie Herr International Championships… 2015 National Selection Doubles Champion.

PERSONAL
Born Nov. 19, 1999… Daughter of Chris and Mattie Kowalski… Family: Has two brothers, Harry and James… Major: Sports Management... Right-Handed.