TEMPE – The Sun Devil women's tennis program has added a blue-chip prospect to its roster for the 2018-19 season in California's Cali Jankowski, coach Sheila McInerney announced Wednesday.
"We're excited to welcome Cali to our program next year," McInerney said. "Her tennis speaks for itself. She's the No. 8 player in her class and Matt and I feel her best tennis is ahead of her."
Jankowski, a native of Carlsbad, California, near San Diego, comes to ASU with an outstanding resume of athletic and academic success.
"As impressive as her tennis skills are, Cali is just as impressive in the classroom with a 4.0 GPA," McInerney said. "She's a tremendous student and will most likely be a great candidate for the Barrett Honors College."
While Jankowski was the eighth-ranked girls' tennis prospect in the U.S., according to tennisrecruiting.net, she was also a top-five high school senior in California. Her home state has eight seniors on the nation's top-25 players list according to tennisrecruiting.net, more than any other state.
She has gone 38-8 in 2017 as a junior and rising senior at Laurel Springs School, with 12 of those wins coming against fellow blue-chippers.
"We are thrilled that Cali has chosen to become a Sun Devil and sign with Arizona State," associate head coach Matthew Langley said. "As Sheila mentioned, she exemplifies the term 'student-athlete' and we are confident that Cali will have great success both academically and athletically through our program because she is very hard-working, driven and mature beyond her years."
This September, Jankowski won the Zimmerman/Johnson USTA National Tournament in Palo Alto. She also advanced to the USTA Girls National Clay Court Championships semifinals in Memphis in July, just two months after she rolled through the USTA's National Level 2 Tournament and defeated all of her opponents in straight sets on the way to the title.
"On the court, Cali has an aggressive game style and is a great competitor, which both Sheila and I look forward to working with, and I'm sure fans will enjoy watching," Langley said. "She will be a great asset to our program and we can't wait for her arrival in Tempe in 2018."
While Jankowski will make her Sun Devil debut next season, the Devils' 2018 campaign begins in just two months with the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor Jan. 13-15.
"We're excited to welcome Cali to our program next year," McInerney said. "Her tennis speaks for itself. She's the No. 8 player in her class and Matt and I feel her best tennis is ahead of her."
Jankowski, a native of Carlsbad, California, near San Diego, comes to ASU with an outstanding resume of athletic and academic success.
"As impressive as her tennis skills are, Cali is just as impressive in the classroom with a 4.0 GPA," McInerney said. "She's a tremendous student and will most likely be a great candidate for the Barrett Honors College."
While Jankowski was the eighth-ranked girls' tennis prospect in the U.S., according to tennisrecruiting.net, she was also a top-five high school senior in California. Her home state has eight seniors on the nation's top-25 players list according to tennisrecruiting.net, more than any other state.
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She has gone 38-8 in 2017 as a junior and rising senior at Laurel Springs School, with 12 of those wins coming against fellow blue-chippers.
"We are thrilled that Cali has chosen to become a Sun Devil and sign with Arizona State," associate head coach Matthew Langley said. "As Sheila mentioned, she exemplifies the term 'student-athlete' and we are confident that Cali will have great success both academically and athletically through our program because she is very hard-working, driven and mature beyond her years."
This September, Jankowski won the Zimmerman/Johnson USTA National Tournament in Palo Alto. She also advanced to the USTA Girls National Clay Court Championships semifinals in Memphis in July, just two months after she rolled through the USTA's National Level 2 Tournament and defeated all of her opponents in straight sets on the way to the title.
"On the court, Cali has an aggressive game style and is a great competitor, which both Sheila and I look forward to working with, and I'm sure fans will enjoy watching," Langley said. "She will be a great asset to our program and we can't wait for her arrival in Tempe in 2018."
While Jankowski will make her Sun Devil debut next season, the Devils' 2018 campaign begins in just two months with the Michigan Invitational in Ann Arbor Jan. 13-15.