Veronika Polakova '17 Recruiting Profile

I have already committed to go to a university in the UK. I appreciate all the offers, emails and support I received throughout my time in high school. Thank you!

I am from a small European country Slovakia. I spent last year (my junior year) in America as an exchange student.

I started playing tennis when I was five, and have loved the sport ever since. I always wanted to play tennis for a university, knowing what a unique opportunity it is.

I am strong mentally and never give up. I have strong, consistent ground strokes and am quick on my feet. I am primarily a singles player, but I am good on the net and love to play doubles. I am very coachable and a hard worker on the court. I am yearly ranked between 20^th and 30^th place nationally in Slovakia.

I am a great student with a 4.0 GPA. I am a member of the Math Team and have been successful in many competitions in Math, Physics, Chemistry and English. I have received a score of 117 out of 120 on the TOEFL.

I want to go to a university where I would have great education and good tennis opportunities. I am open to all options and hope to be the best student and tennis player possible.

Biggest individual achievements in tennis:

• Utah state championships semifinals as first singles
• 1^st place at Utah regional championships as first singles
• 3^rd place in Slovak national winter championships in doubles
• 1^st place in Slovak west region summer championships in both singles and doubles
• semifinals at several rank A (highest difficulty) tournaments in Slovakia in both singles and doubles