Natalie Etchegaray
Natalie Etchegaray
Height: 5-5
Year: SR
Hometown: Placentia, CA
High School: El Dorado
Major: Biology

2016:  Key competitor for the nationally-ranked Bulldog women’s tennis team that took third in the conference… Named the ITA West Region Senior Player of the Year… Became an ITA All-American for the second time… Finished the season ranked No. 13 in the country for singles… Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA West Regional Fall Championships… Registered an impressive singles record of 22-6, which included a nine-match win streak to close out the regular season… Landed on the All-SCIAC First Team for the fourth-consecutive time… Put together a flawless conference season in singles by going undefeated (9-0)… Qualified for the NCAA Individual Championship for singles and doubles… Earned a final national doubles rankings of 17th with teammate Lauren Villanueva… Put together a 17- 10 record as a formidable duo… Knocked off the then-No. 8, 17, and 21 doubles teams from Linfield College (OR), Trinity University (TX), and Whitman College (WA), respectively… Member of the squad that earned ITA All-Academic Team status for the fourth-consecutive year… Collected her third ITA Scholar-Athlete nod… Also a Redlands Scholar-Athlete… 

2015:  Major contributor to the women’s tennis program at Redlands that finished the year with a 14-8 record and a national ranking of No. 18… First-Team All-SCIAC honoree… ITA All-American in singles as a result of her top-20 national ranking at the conclusion of the season… Named the ITA West Region Player to Watch… Individually qualified for the NCAA Singles Championships for the first time in her career… Posted a 15-8 record in singles as the team’s No. 1 player throughout the season… Came out on top against counterparts from ranked foes like Washington University – St. Louis, University of Mary Washington (VA), and Bowdoin College (ME)… Instrumental in the Maroon and Gray’s 7-3 showing in SCIAC competition, highlighted by avenging an earlier loss to the University of La Verne in the third-place match of the conference tournament… Reversed results against the No. 1 Leopard with a 6-3, 6-1 showing on May 2… Joined forces with Ceara Sumida as the No. 1 doubles duo to earn a 14-8 record, which included a seven-match winning streak…  Finished the season as the No. 4 team in the region… Redlands Scholar-Athlete… ITA Scholar-Athlete... Part of the squad that gained ITA All-Academic Team honors...

2014:  Competed for the nationally-ranked Bulldogs as the No. 2 singles player… Helped Redlands to upset sixth-ranked Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in the third-place match of the SCIAC Championship Tournament…  Individually won 11 matches for the Bulldogs, downing four opponents from ranked teams… Enjoyed a five-match winning streak that stretched from April 5 to May 2, during which she defeated her counterpart form No. 30 Chapman on May 2…Teamed up with Julia Pollak as the Maroon and Gray’s No. 2 doubles duo…  Recorded a 17-6 mark… Ended the season on a seven-match winning streak, which included wins over three tandems from ranked foes…Earned First-Team All-SCIAC accolades… Landed on the SCIAC All-Academic Women’s Tennis Team… Redlands Scholar-Athlete… Part of the squad that garnered ITA All-Academic status… 

2013: Standout freshman for the squad that finished with a national ranking of 11th… Helped Redlands to eclipse the 20-win mark for the first time in school history… Contributed to the Bulldogs’ third-place finish in SCIAC and second-round appearance in the NCAA Championships… First-Team All-SCIAC selection… Stepped up in her rookie season as the No. 2 singles player, earning a 21-4 record in the spring… Opened the year with six straight-set wins in a row… Fourteen of her triumphs came against players from nationally ranked schools, including No. 10 Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, No. 13 DePauw University, and No. 14 UC Santa Cruz… Earned 15 wins in straight sets… Advanced to the singles semifinals of the 113th Ojai Valley Tournament… Competed in doubles with Julia Pollak at the No. 2 slot, earning an impressive record of 25-2… Fired off 15 straight wins to start the season… Captured 10 wins in the final 11 matches of the year… Seventeen wins came against tandems from nationally ranked schools… Also advanced to the doubles semifinals of the 113th Ojai Valley Tournament… ITA Scholar-Athlete… Part of the squad that was named an ITA All-Academic Team… Member of the Dean’s List… UR Scholar-Athlete…