Women's Tennis Adds Three For 2015-16 Campaign
7/29/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
WACO, Texas - Baylor women's tennis head coach Joey Scrivano announced the addition of three student-athletes, Gabriela Ferreira, Rhiann Newborn and Elizabeth Profit to his 2015-16 roster Wednesday.
All three athletes will be eligible to compete for the Bears during the 2015-16 season.
"These young ladies are team players, high character people, hard workers, and I'm personally proud to welcome them to the Baylor family," Scrivano said. "This group has the intangibles to grow while making an impact immediately. There will be a learning curve, transitioning from junior tennis to NCAA tennis. It will be a challenge, but I know this group will be able to rise to the occasion. These are the kind of young people we want to have on our team, and I'm excited for their future."
 | Elizabeth Profit | Freshman | Lomita, Calif. Profit, a five-star blue chip recruit according to tennisrecruiting.net, remained in the site's top-20 recruits throughout her four-year high school career. She advanced to the quarterfinals of the USTA National Winter Championships with an upset of third-ranked recruit Ellie Douglas in the round of 16. Currently, Proffit is ranked No. 933 in the world by the ITF and has won nine career ITF Pro Circuit main draw matches. She chose Baylor over UCLA and USC. SCRIVANO ON PROFIT PROFIT ON BAYLOR |
 | Rhiann Newborn | Junior | Houston, Texas Newborn, a transfer from Syracuse University, produced an 18-19 record during freshman and sophomore seasons with the Orange. She played primarily in the No. 3 spot in 2015, while going 11-9 in singles action. Newborn arrived at Syracuse as a five-star recruit and ranked 30th in the country according to Tennis Recruiting Network. She concluded her junior career with a No. 1 ranking in the Gulf Coast Region and in Texas. SCRIVANO ON NEWBORN NEWBORN ON BAYLOR |
 | Gabriela Ferreira | Freshman | Asuncion, Paraguay Ferreira has a current singles ranking of No. 1154 from the ITF and has amassed a 12-14 mark in the ITF Pro Circuit main draw matches. She advanced to the quarterfinals of the $10,000 Pro Circuit event in El Trebol, Argentina last summer. SCRIVANO ON FERREIRA FERREIRA ON BAYLOR "I chose Baylor because I wanted to be a part of the incredible winning tradition. I could see that this was a place where I could grow as a tennis player but more importantly as a person." |
All three players will join a Baylor team that finished last year ranked No. 8, after compiling a 28-7 record and making the NCAA Quarterfinals for the sixth time in program history and advancing past the NCAA second round for the 10th time in the last 11 years. The Lady Bears won both the Big 12 regular season and tournament titles in 2015 to give the program 19 conference titles.
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