2020-21 Women's Tennis Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Jacob Dye / ITA
Jacob Dye / ITA
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Intercollegiate Tennis Association

Lailaa Bashir

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Jackson Academy
  • Hometown Jackson, Miss.
  • Major Psychological Science

Biography

Honors
•  ITA/NAIA All-America in 2019-20
•  ITA National Player of the Week (Feb. 24-March 1, 2020)
•  Louisiana Freshman of the Year in 2019-20
•  Second-team All-Louisiana in 2019-20
•  XULA Female Newcomer of the Year in 2019-20

Briefly
•  Second year at XULA
•  Left-hander

2020-21 (Sophomore)
•  Went 4-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles in the season-opening ITA NAIA Gulf Regional Championships at XULA Oct. 2-4 and qualified in both for the ITA Oracle Cup Oct. 16-18 at Rome, Ga.
•  Teamed with Angela Charles-Alfred to defeat William Carey's William Carey's Valeriya Shubrina and Sabrina Goetzen 6-4, 6-2 in the Gulf Regional doubles final Oct. 4, 2020
•  Defeated teammate Kyra Akinnibi 6-2, 6-4 in the Gulf Regional singles final Oct. 4, 2020

2019-20 (Freshman)
•  Teamed with Angela Charles-Alfred to win XULA's first-ever ITA Cup small-college national title
•  46-4 for the season — 21-2 in singles and 25-2 in doubles — and was unbeaten during the spring semester, winning 10 decisions apiece in singles and doubles
•  Teamed with Angela Charles-Alfred to defeat UCLA's 37th-ranked Abi Altick and Taylor Johnson 6-1, 6-4 in the consolation round of the Oracle ITA National Fall Championships at Newport Beach, Calif., on Nov. 7, 2019
•  ITA/NAIA end-of-season rankings: No. 16 in singles, No. 1 in doubles with Angela Charles-Alfred . . . It was the first-ever final ITA No. 1 ranking for XULA tennis, women or men
•  Won four doubles titles during the fall: HBCU National Championships, ITA NAIA South Regional, ITA Cup NAIA and ITA Cup Small College
•  ITA Cup victories were voted the No. 1 women's achievement of 2019-20 in an ITA fan poll/bracket playoff
•  The Louisiana Freshman of the Year honor made her the second XULA women's tennis player to win a Louisiana Sports Writers Association major award and the first since Anastesia Opata was Newcomer of the Year in 2008
•  First-ever recipient of the Universal Tennis Ratings ITA National Player of the Week among NAIA women after going 4-0 in singles and 5-0 in doubles (with Angela Charles-Alfred) at the LSUA Invitational in Alexandria, La.
•  Helped XULA go 10-1 in dual matches and reach No. 3 in the final NAIA coaches poll
•  Helped XULA go 4-0 in duals against top-25 schools, including 2-0 against No. 12 LSUA

High School
•  Won individual championships in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools four straight years — including a doubles title in 2019 with Emory Laseter — and helped Jackson Academy's Lady Raiders win four consecutive state team titles
•  Also starred in basketball at Jackson Academy and helped the Lady Raiders win three consecutive state championships
•  MAIS AAAA-I Player of the Year her senior basketball season
•  Made the honor roll multiple times
•  Member of National Honor Society and French National Honor Society

Amateur
•  2018 Mississippi Tennis Association Female Player of the Year
•  Winner of approximately 50 age-group singles and doubles championships, including a Southern Closed singles title in 2011
•  Four-star recruit on TennisRecuriting.net

Personal
•  Enjoys skateboarding

Favorites
Food:  Pizza
Candy:  Milk Duds
Pizza toppings:  Chicken, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, olives
Ice cream flavor:  Mint chocolate chip
Cake:  Chocolate with vanilla icing
Flower:  Lilac
Color:  Any pastel (blue, yellow, coral, lilac)
Vacation destination:  Mykonos

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'6"