Student-Athlete Features
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As a Senior (2019-20):
- Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame female amateur athlete of the year
- NTCA first team All-American
- Southland Bowling League first team all-conference and Bowler of the Year
- Finished seventh at the Columbia 300 Music City Classic
- Columbia 300 Music City Classic all-tournament team
- Mid-Winter Invitational all-tournament team
- Southland Bowling League Bowler of the Month (January 2020)
- Northeastern Invitational MVP
- Individual champion and MVP at the Ladyjack Hammer Classic
- Finished sixth at the Prairie View Invitational
- Finished 14th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Collegiate Invitational
- Finished 20th at the Stormin Blue and White Classic
- Finished 46th at the World Bowling Championships
As a Junior (2018-19):
- 2019 NCAA Player of the Year and first-team All-American
- 2019 Southland Player of the Year
- Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame female amateur athlete of the year
- Made five all-tourney teams and was twice the tourney MVP
- Second in NCAA in overall average (21.09), Baker double (54%), makeable spares (89%)
- Competed for her native Russia at 2019 World Championship
As a Sophomore (2017-18)
- Voted second team NTCA All-American
- Made two all-tournament teams
- Individual winner at Wisconsin-Whitewater
- Led the nation in baker double percentage (58.2)
- Ranked third nationally in 10thframe anchor double (30.2)
- Was No. 7 in overall scoring average (206.78)
- 6 in the nation in strike percentage
- Went to quarterfinal round of World Youth Championship in July (highest ever for a Russian bowler)
As a Freshman (2016-17)
- First team All-American
- National Rookie of the Year
- All-Southland Tournament team selection
- Southland Bowler of the Month (December 2016)
- Sugar Bowl Classic MVP
- Led Southland anchor bowlers with a 36.8 doubles percentage
- Was third nationally in overall scoring average (20.97)
- Second nationally in baker average
- Fourth nationally in strike percentage (53.3)
Junior Highlights
- Considered one of the top players on Federation of Bowling of Russia (FBR)
- Held title of Russian champion since 2013
- First Russian in history to win European Bowling Tour title
- Fifteen-time prize winner at European Youth Championships (three gold, six silver, six bronze)
- Youngest player ever (at 14) to win at European Bowling Tour title
- Was the first Russian to win gold in an international adult event in 2015 after winning the European Champions Cup
- Set record over six games winning European Youth Championship with an average of 245