Ella Brissett
Ella Brissett
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Houston, TX
  • High School:
    Kinkaid School
  • Major:
    Biology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS
Career Record after 2 Seasons:
113-32 (58-16 singles, 55-16 doubles)

2023-24 (Junior)
All-America (Doubles) ... Had a 10-9 record in singles and a 22-10 record in doubles ... Won the ITA West Region Doubles Championship with Lindsay Eisenman, capturing All-America honors ... Had a 7-6, 6-1 win over Chicago in the finals of the ITA Indoor Championship ... Also had a 6-2, 6-2 win over Carnegie Mellon in the ITA Indoor Quarterfinals ... Part of an 8-2 doubles win in the NCAA Division III Semifinals.  

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 biology. 

Ella Brissett posed shot

News Mentions

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Six Athenas Earn ITA Scholar-Athlete Distinction

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Six members of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned Scholar-Athlete honors from the Intercollegiate Tennis...

July 24, 2024

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Chulani, Eisenman Earn Second-Team Academic All-America Honors for Athenas Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Junior Alisha Chulani and sophomore Lindsay Eisenman earned second-team Academic All-America honors from the College Sports...

June 4, 2024

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Chulani Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals in Singles, Chulani/Batoshvili Advance in Doubles

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Alisha Chulani won a pair of singles matches on the first day of the NCAA Division III Individual Championships, and then...

May 26, 2024

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Wesleyan Denies CMS Women's Tennis a Chance at Three-Peat With 5-3 Semifinal Win

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team traveled to St. Louis this week for the NCAA Championships with eyes on winning...

May 22, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Advances to Regional Finals with 5-0 Win over Transylvania

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team advanced to the NCAA Regional Finals with a quick 5-0 win over Transylvania on...

May 10, 2024

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CMS Defeats Caltech 5-0 to Advance to SCIAC Championship Match

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team remained undefeated on the year with a quick 5-0 win over Caltech in...

May 2, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Moves to 20-0 With Senior Day Wins over HIU, Chapman

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team celebrated Senior Day at home on Saturday, and picked up a 4-0 win...

April 20, 2024

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Top-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Outlasts No. 10 Redlands 7-2

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 1 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's team was tested by No. 10 Redlands on Wednesday at the Biszantz Family Tennis Center,...

April 18, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Moves to 16-0 with Shutout over Cal Lutheran

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team remained undefeated on the season defeating Cal Lutheran, which came...

April 12, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Defeats Caltech to Stay Undefeated

PASADENA, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team remained undefeated on the year (15-0) as it defeated Caltech 8-1 on...

April 11, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Shuts Out Occidental in SCIAC Opener

EAGLE ROCK, Calif. - After its first three attempts at a SCIAC match were canceled due to weather, the top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's...

April 6, 2024

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Jade Haller Earns SCIAC Athlete of the Week Honors for CMS Women's Tennis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Jade Haller of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned the SCIAC Women's Tennis Athlete of the Week Award for...

April 1, 2024

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Top-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Earns Dominant Win Over No. 4 Middlebury

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The No. 1-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team swept doubles and then went on to capture an 8-1 win No. 4...

March 22, 2024

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Audrey Yoon Helps CMS Women's Tennis Edge Emory 5-4 to Move to 10-0 on the Year

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's team continued its lengthy winning streak by defending its home court on Sunday,...

March 10, 2024

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Top-Ranked Athenas Tennis Remains Unbeaten, Sweeps Kenyon, Sewanee

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team showed no letdown after winning the ITA Indoor Nationals over...

March 8, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Takes ITA Indoor Title With 4-2 Win Over Chicago

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team made an early-season statement by defeating the top challenger to...

March 3, 2024

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Top-Ranked Athenas Open ITA Indoors with 6-1 Win over Carnegie Mellon

NICHOLASVILLE, Ky. - The top-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team earned a quick 6-1 win over No. 10 Carnegie Mellon Friday in the...

March 1, 2024

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CMS Women's Tennis Controls Singles to Take Win over Brandeis

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis bounced back from a 1-0 deficit after doubles to earn straight-set wins at the top...

February 23, 2024

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Top-Ranked CMS Women's Tennis Defeats DI UC San Diego in Season-Opening Dual

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Lindsay Eisenman and Ella Brissett earned the doubles point with a 7-5 win in the tiebreaker at No. 2, and Eisenman went on to...

February 10, 2024

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Two-Time Defending National Champion CMS Women's Tennis Picked First in Preseason Poll

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team, winners of back-to-back national championships in 2022 and 2023, is favored to...

January 19, 2024

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Eisenman Ranked Second Nationally in Singles at Conclusion of Fall Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Lindsay Eisenman is ranked No. 2 in the nation in Division III singles for the two-time defending national champion CMS...

November 24, 2023

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Eisenman Finishes as National Runner-Up in Fall ITA Singles Championship

ROME, Ga. - Lindsay Eisenman went all the way to the national finals of the ITA Cup in singles, stretching her personal winning streak to 27...

October 15, 2023

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Eisenman Advances to ITA Singles National Championship Match

ROME, Georgia - Lindsey Eisenman dropped her first set to Sarah Youngberg of Wesleyan, but bounced back to win the next two in the semifinals of...

October 14, 2023

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Eisenman Advances to ITA Cup Semifinals with 26th Straight Win

ROME, Ga. - Lindsay Eisenman won her ninth straight match to start the season, and her 26th in a row dating back to last year, defeating Emily...

October 13, 2023

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Eisenman Advances to Quarterfinals of ITA Cup in Singles, Chulani/Yoon Move on in Doubles

CLAREMONT, Calif. – Lindsay Eisenman advanced to the quarterfinals of the ITA Cup singles championship with a 6-0, 6-3 win over Divya...

October 12, 2023

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Lindsay Eisenman Wins in Three Sets in All-CMS ITA Regional Singles Final

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Lindsay Eisenman won the final four points of the third-set tiebreaker, painting the line with a winner on match point, to...

October 2, 2023

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Eisenman-Brissett Win ITA West Region Doubles Title, Yoon Defeats Top Seed in Singles

CLAREMONT, Calif. - Audrey Yoon defeated top seed and defending national singles champion Angie Zhou of Pomona-Pitzer 7-6, 6-2 to create an...

October 1, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Has Six of Eight in ITA West Region Singles Quarterfinals

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team had six players advance to the ITA West Region Quarterfinals with two wins on...

September 30, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Co-Hosts ITA Regionals This Weekend

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Bisznatz Family Tennis Center will serve as one of the host sites for the 2023 ITA West Regionals this Friday-Sunday in...

September 28, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Wraps Up Fall Invitational with Strong Effort Saturday

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team won four out of six singles matches against Division I CSU Northridge, and won...

September 17, 2023

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CMS Women's Tennis Nearly Perfect on First Day of 2023-24 Season

CLAREMONT, Calif. - The two-time defending national champion Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's tennis team was 10-0 in singles and 6-1 in doubles on...

September 15, 2023