Ella Brissett

Year:

So.
Hometown:

Houston, TX
High School:

Kinkaid School
Major:

Biochemistry
College:

Claremont McKenna

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At CMS
Career Record after 2 Seasons: 81-13 (48-7 singles, 33-6 doubles)

2022-23 (Sophomore)
Second-Team All-SCIAC ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Had a 24-4 record in singles and a 26-5 record in doubles ... Earned the clinching win in a 5-4 victory over Pomona-Pitzer in the NCAA Regional Finals, coming back from 3-1 down (and 40-15) for a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 win ... Also had a 6-4, 6-1 win over Pomona-Pitzer in the SCIAC Championship ... Had a 16-match win streak in singles and closed out the year on a 19-match win streak in doubles, including 7-0 in the postseason with Lindsay Eisenman ... Brissett and Eisenman came back from 6-4 down to defeat Pomona-Pitzer 8-6 in the NCAA Regional Finals with CMS down 2-0 to help swing the momentum of the match.

2021-22 (First-Year)
All-SCIAC second team honors ... Earned SCIAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week honors ... Had a 24-3 record in singles and 7-1 record in doubles for an Athenas squad that captured the second national title in program history with a 5-1 win over Chicago on May 25 ... Picked up the clincher at No. 4 singles, with a 6-4, 6-3 win to close out the championship over Chicago ... Had a 6-0, 6-0 win in the NCAA Semifinals over Venia Yeung of Wesleyan, who was the national singles runner-up in 2019 ... Earned a 6-1, 6-2 win at No. 4 to put the Athenas ahead 4-0 over Redlands in the SCIAC Semifinals... Twice picked up singles wins over the No. 2 ranked team in the country at the time (Emory, Pomona-Pitzer).

Prior to CMS
Attended The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas, where she was a member of the tennis team ... Earned All-SPC honors all four years ... Helped Kincaid to two state championships as a sophomore and senior ... Academic accolades included a National Spanish Exam Bronze Award and a NASA High School Aerospace Scholar honor ... Extracurricular activities included serving as an Upper School to Middle School Peer Mentor, a Senior to Freshman Peer Mentor, a Girl Scouts Gold, Silver and Bronze Award recipient, and volunteering with the Jack and Jill of America Organization, the Kinkaid Youth Against Cancer Club, and as a Spanish Translation Assistant at Casa el Buen Samaritano Medical Clinic.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in biochemistry on the pre-med track.

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Eight Athenas Earn Scholar-Athlete Honors from Intercollegiate Tennis Association

National Champion CMS Women's Tennis Team to Visit White House on Monday

Six CMS Women's Tennis Players Capture ITA All-America Honors

Back-to-Back! CMS Women's Tennis Repeats as National Champions

CMS Women's Tennis Advances to Fourth Straight National Championship Match with 5-1 Win over Emory

CMS Women's Tennis Comes Back in Singles for 5-4 Win over Amherst in NCAA Quarterfinals

CMS Women's Tennis Comes Back to Defeat Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 in NCAA Regional Finals

CMS Women's Tennis Defeats UT Dallas 5-1 to Advance to NCAA Regional Finals

CMS Women's Tennis Earns Quick Shutout of Chapman to Advance to SCIAC Finals

CMS Women's Tennis Earns SCIAC Title for 10th Straight Season with 5-3 Win over Pomona-Pitzer

Katherine Wurster Wins SCIAC Newcomer of the Year, Six Athenas Take All-SCIAC Accolades

Ella Brissett Earns SCIAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week Honors

Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Defeats No. 3 Pomona-Pitzer 5-4 for SCIAC Regular Season Title

CMS Women's Tennis Rolls Past Chapman For 15th Straight Win

CMS Women's Tennis Wins 14th Straight, Takes Down UC Santa Cruz 8-1

Second-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Defeats No. 16 Caltech 8-1

CMS Women's Tennis Stretches Winning Streak to 12 with Another Shutout Win

CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Whittier for 11th Straight Win

CMS Women's Tennis Takes Two More Wins, Defeats Redlands, Gustavus Adolphus

CMS Women's Tennis Defeats Grinnell, Stretches Winning Streak to Eight

CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Williams, Occidental

CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Division I Santa Clara

CMS Women's Tennis Defeats Sewanee, Bowdoin by 7-2 Scores

CMS Women's Tennis Picks Up Pair of Shutout Wins

CMS Women's Tennis Advances to ITA Indoor Finals with 7-2 win over MIT

CMS Women's Tennis Opens ITA Indoors with 6-3 Win over Case Western

CMS Women's Tennis Controls Singles for 5-2 Win over Point Loma

CMS Women's Tennis Takes Down Westcliff 8-1 in First Dual of 2022-23 Season

CMS Women's Tennis Ranked First in Preseason ITA Division III Poll

CMS Women's Tennis Advances Seven Into ITA Singles Quarterfinals, Four Teams into Doubles Quarters

Five Athenas to Compete in ITA West Region Championship Matches

Biszantz Family Tennis Center to Host ITA West Regionals This Weekend

CMS, Pomona-Pitzer Split in Doubles Matches on Final Day of Host Invitational

CMS Women's Tennis Dominates on Second Day of CMS-PP Invitational

CMS Women's Tennis Starts New Season Strong at Host Invitational