Mell Reasco

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CAREER BESTS

SENIOR (2024-25)

Played at No. 3 singles and No. 1 doubles for a team that went 29-3 (13-2 SEC) and finished the year ranked No. 1 nationally after winning three team titles including the 2025 ITA National Team Indoor Championship, the 2025 SEC Tournament and the 2025 NCAA Championship
Secured 2025 NCAA All-Tournament Team and 2025 ITA National Team Indoor All-Tournament Team honors
Earned All-SEC First Team honors
Finished the season with a 7-8 dual singles record with two ranked victories
In doubles, capped off her senior season 21-2 in dual doubles competition with 20 wins coming while paired with Dasha Vidmanova on court one, posting an 11-2 mark in SEC regular season play before closing out the regular season on a 7-match win streak
Notched 13 wins against ranked opponents and four against top 20 foes
Did not compete in collegiate fall tennis competition

JUNIOR (2023-24)

Played at No. 3 singles and doubles for a team that went 25-5 (12-1 SEC) and finished No. 3 nationally after winning SEC Co-Regular Season and Tournament titles as well as 2024 NCAA National Finalists
Earned Second Team All-SEC and SEC Academic Honor Roll honors
Finished the season ranked No. 52 nationally in the singles ITA Year-End Rankings
Finished the year with a 15-9 singles record, winning five of her last six completed singles matches to end the season
Posted a 21-8 doubles record on the year, finishing the season with wins in 12 of her last 14 doubles matches after pairing up with Anastasiia Lopata on court three
Recorded five wins against nationally ranked singles opponents and six against players ranked in the singles ITA Year-End rankings
Posted 10 singles wins in dual match play including two wins against top-20 ranked opponents in the span of four finished matches
Went 17-6 in doubles dual match play while tallying an 8-3 mark in SEC play

SOPHOMORE (2022-23)

Part of team that went 26-5 and finished ranked No. 2 nationally after advancing to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships, the finals of the ITA National Team Indoors and won the SEC Tournament title
Posted a 24-7 singles record including 18-6 in dual matches, going 17-6 at No. 3 and 1-0 at No. 4
Tallied a 23-11 doubles mark including 17-10 in dual matches, playing at all three spots in the lineup
Went 11-5 at No.2 doubles and 2-0 at No. 3 with Meg Kowalski and final ITA ranking of No. 58
Named Second Team All-SEC
Earned a singles bid to the NCAA Championships, advanced to the Round of 32 and final ITA Ranking of No. 46
Part of ITA All-Academic Team and named ITA Scholar-Athlete

FRESHMAN (2021-22)

Concluded the season ranked No. 21 in ITA singles with a 27-9 overall record and went 23-12 in doubles overall
Went 5-1 at the No. 1 spot in the post-season
Earned All-America honors for being a Top-16 seed in the NCAA Tournament
Named to All-Freshman SEC Team and First Team All-SEC
Named top the SEC All-Tournament Team
Named to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Recorded a team-high 11 wins versus ranked opponents
Two-time SEC Freshman of the Week
Concluded the fall season with a 12-3 singles mark and a 8-2 doubles mark
Won the ITA Southeast Regional Championship
Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA National Fall Championship
Represented Ecuador in the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup
Member of ITA All-Academic Team

BEFORE GEORGIA

Trained in her home country of Ecuador and at New Ecuador HS
Ranked among the top South American juniors in the world
Has trained with former French Open champion Andrés Gómez and Paula Racedo
Reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 in the International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Junior Rankings and No. 617 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Rankings
Competed in various Grand Slam Junior events including the US Open, French Open and Wimbledon
Notable career wins include over a pair of top-12 junior players in the world
Claimed titles in a Grade 2 event in Prato, Italy, a Grade 1 tournament in Cuenca, Ecuador, a Grade B1 tournament in Sao Paulo, Ecuador and an ITF event in Monastir, Tunisia
Represented Ecuador in Fed Cup competition in 2019 and also helped 2021 national team move up to Fed Cup’s America’s Group 1 by winning four singles matches

PERSONAL