Vanessa Nommensen

Height:
5-8
Class:
Freshman
High School:
International Connections Academy
Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.

2014-15: Recorded the second most overall (16-16) and dual (13-10) victories on the team as a freshman ... Primarily played the No. 4 singles position, where she went 10-8 ... All 13 of her dual wins came via straight-sets ... Won six in a row March 10-22, including victories over Houston's Maria Cardenas, Cincinnati's Lauren Bellinger, No. 59 New Mexico's Dominique Dulski and SMU's Yana Erkeeva ... Delivered a 6-3, 6-3 conference tournament quarterfinal win vs. Temple's Dina Karina ... Also essential in earning the victory over No. 69 Yale, knocking off Carol Finke, 6-2, 6-2 ... Went 9-17 overall in doubles and 8-10 in dual play ... Primarily played the No. 2 spot with senior Nicky Stracar ... Won three of her last four doubles matches, including her conference tournament quarterfinal and semifinal matchups vs. Temple and Tulsa, respectively...Named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

High School: Five-star recruit ... Ranked 37th in the nation and fifth in the state of California according to tennisrecruiting.net ... Was ranked 1038 by ITF ... Has compiled a 36-26 overall record this past year, including 10 wins vs blue chip or five-star players ... Won the ITF Grade 5 title last year in doubles in Edmonton, Canada ... Won doubles at the 16 and 18 regionals ... Finalist for the ITF Grade 4 in Vancouver, Canada and the National Open 18s in Irvine, California ... In singles, she posted a third place finish in the National Open in Irvine, California ... Was on the Distinguished Honor Roll of three years of high school.

Personal: Born September 10, 1997, in Philadelphia ... Daughter of Andrea and Sven Nommensen ... Has an older brother named Patrick ... Hobbies include traveling, baking, spending time with family/friends ... Simply desires to achieve goals as a team and individually in college.

Coach Sisk says: We are thrilled with the announcement of Vanessa to our Tulane family. She is another great player, who is very diligent with her tennis and coupled with great aspirations on the court. Vanessa is a five-star recruit from California who decided to go to school a year early and begin her journey. She is another of the great kids we are recruiting that have a passion to be the face of Tulane tennis. I expect great accomplishments in Vanessa's future."

Nommensen's Career Singles Statistics

Year	Overall	Dual	Tour	Conf.	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6
2014-15	16-16	13-10	3-6	3-1	-	1-0	2-2	10-8	-	-
Total	16-16	13-10	3-6	3-1	-	1-0	2-2	10-8	-	-