Kathryn Talbert
Kathryn Talbert

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Mooresville, N.C.

High School:
Lake Norman

Height:
5-8

05/21/2013

Demon Deacons Earn Their Degrees

A total of 71 Wake Forest student-athletes received their degrees on Monday

04/25/2013

No. 30 Florida State Downs Wake Forest in ACC Championship

The Seminoles beat the Demon Deacons 4-1 in the first round of the tournament

04/24/2013

Deacs to Face No. 30 FSU in ACC Championship Opener

Wake Forest is 6-2 all-time against Florida State in the ACC Tournament

04/21/2013

Roach Stars on Senior Day Despite 6-1 Loss to No. 13 Clemson

The senior picked up her first career ACC victory

04/20/2013

Wake Forest Drops 4-3 Decision to No. 23 Georgia Tech

Talbert, Retolaza and Bercyte each picked up singles victories

2011-12 (Junior)
Posted a stellar 17-5 doubles record ... Was limited by injuries, playing in only eight dual matches ... Ranked as high as No. 7 nationally in doubles with partner Kayla Duncan, a career-high mark ... With Duncan, was the No. 6 seed at the ITA All-American Championship, reaching the quarterfinals ...Partnered Duncan to advance to the doubles semifinals at the ITA Carolina Regional ... Part of the first Wake Forest team since 2002 to earn a bid to the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship ... Won doubles flight at the Virginia Invitational ... Earned ranked doubles win over No. 27 Taylor Lindsey/Courtney McClane (Alabama) ... Went 7-1 at No. 1 doubles in the dual match season ... Played No. 3 singles in eight matches, going 5-3 ... Notched first-career ranked singles victory over No. 104 Courtney McClane of Alabama at the UVA Duals ... Chalked up notable singles wins over players from USF, NC State and Brown

2010-11 (Sophomore)
Partnered with Kayla Duncan as Wake's top doubles team ... Duncan and Talbert became the first Wake Forest doubles team since 2002 to reach the second round of the NCAA Doubles Championships, beating Baylor's No. 27 Sona Novakova/Nina Secerbegovic in the first round ... With Duncan, rose as high as No. 14 in the national rankings, making them the highest-ranked Demon Deacon doubles team since 2002 and tied for the second-highest ranked in school history ... With Talbert, scored top-10 doubles wins over No. 5 Shinnan Featherston/Lauren McHale (North Carolina) and No. 7 Sanaa Bhambri/Sandhya Nagaraj ... Also notched ranked doubles victories over No. 28 Emily Fraser/Hana Tomljanovic (Virginia), No. 69 Janelle Cuthbertson/Christi Liles (Texas A&M) and No. 87 Sandra Herrera/Giovanna Portioli (Winthrop) ... Posted a 16-9 overall doubles record ... Played much of the year at No. 2 singles before missing the end of the season with a shin injury ... Won all three of her matches at the Wake Forest Fall Invitational against opponents from Furman, Tennessee and LSU ... Ended the season with a 10-12 overall singles record.

2009-10 (Freshman)
Selected to NCAA Doubles Championship with partner Sasha Kulikova ... Ranked as high as No. 22 nationally in doubles ... Posted a 17-9 overall doubles record ... Won first seven dual match doubles matches ... Downed Duke's top doubles team of No. 47 Amanda Granson and Ellah Nze ... Defeated doubles teams from Vanderbilt, Florida State, and Virginia Tech ... Won the first five singles matches of her college career ... Played in the top half of the dual match singles lineup for her entire rookie year ... ... Notched an overall singles record of 15-12 ... Defeated Viet Ha Ngo of ACC Champion Georgia Tech in three sets ... Went a perfect 4-0 in singles in her first collegiate tournament, the Wake Forest Invitational


Background
A five star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net ... Finalist in 2008 Spring Super National Championships Doubles with partner Keri Wong ... Has four Gold balls and one silver ... Ranked up to 30 in 18's National Rankings, up to #20 in Girl's 16's National Ranking ... Ranked #1 in Southern section 18 and unders ... Member of Fed cup team for two years in a row ... Won the 2008 Winter Closed Southern Championship ... Claimed the North Carolina's 3A 2008 singles title with Lake Norman High School ... Born September 2, 1991 ... Parents are Denny and LouAnn Talbert ... Brothers are Carson and Logan.

Talbert's Career Statistics
Through 2011-12 Season

Singles

Year
Dual Matches
ACC
Tourn
Total
2009-10 8-10
2-6
7-2
15-12
2010-11 4-10
0-6
6-2
10-12
2011-12 5-3 1-1 2-2 7-5
Totals 17-23
3-13
15-6
32-29

Doubles

Year
Dual Matches
ACC
Tourn
Total
2009-10 13-6
4-5
4-3
17-9
2010-11 9-6
4-3
7-3
16-9
2011-12 7-1 1-1 10-4 17-5
Totals 29-13
9-9
21-10
49-22

 

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