Player Bio: Maria Kalashnikova - SoonerSports.com - Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners

Maria Kalashnikova

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Tbilisi, Georgia
	High School: College of Tbilsi Humanitarian University

Height:
5-5

Senior (2010-2011)
Won the 2011 No. 6 singles Big 12 position championship with a conference record of 10-1 ... Led the team in overall singles record at 18-6 ... Named first team Academic All-Big 12 for the third straight year ... Played doubles in 10 matches, going 8-2 overall at the No. 3 spot with partners Tara Eckel, Marie-Pier Huet and Whitney Ritchie.

Junior (2009-2010)
Finished third in the Big 12 conference at the No. 4 singles position ... Ended the season with a team-best 16-7 overall singles record and 8-3 conference record at the No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4 spots... Finished with a combined 15-8 record overall in doubles and 7-5 in Big 12 with partners Ana-Maria Constantinescu, Tara Eckel and Kristina Radan ... Clinched OU's upset over No. 30 Alabama on Feb. 6, 2010 after defeating Paulina Bigos of Alabama, 6-4, 6-2, at the No. 3 position ... Named Academic All-Big 12 for the second consecutive year.

Sophomore (2008-2009)
Ended the season 11-11 overall in singles and 4-8 in Big 12 play ... Played in the No. 2 singles position in 19 of 23 matches ... Played in the No. 1 position in the season opener against Texas-Pan American, shutting out her opponent, 6-0, 6-0 ... Faced two opponents ranked in the top 125 singles individuals ... Ended the season with a 11-12 record in doubles ... Partnered with Ana-Maria Constantinescu at the No. 1 position for 17 of 23 matches ... Earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors.

Freshman (2007-2008)
Went 18-17 her freshman year in spring and fall combined ... Went 3-2 in spring singles at the No. 2 spot and 6-9 at the No. 3 spot ... Partnered with Elena Antakova, Christi Baxley, Rachel Cox, Tara Eckel and Chelsea Orr in doubles ... Went 11-6 overall in doubles.

Prior to Oklahoma
Earned a national ranking of 408th in the ITF 18 and under ... Was 49th in Europe in 16 and Under ... Ranked 7th in Georgia.

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