Texas A&M women's tennis 2020-21 signing class was ranked third in the NCAA according to Tennis Recruiting Network's 2021 winter class rankings, announced Monday. A host of blue-chip prospects, Gianna Pielet, Mary Stoiana, Jeanette Mireles and Ellie Pittman, signed with the Aggies in November.
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The 2021 signing class marks the second-straight class that the women's tennis program has signed that includes at least a trio of blue chippers, in 2018 Texas A&M inked Jessica Anzo, Jayci Goldsmith and Katya Townsend. The Aggies did not sign classes in the 2019 and 2020 signing period.
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Mireles ranked as high as 23rd on Tennis Recruiting Network's rankings and holds a career-best 10.93 UTR. The Houstonian reached the semifinals of the 2020 ITA Fall Circuit at Texas A&M in September before falling to A&M's Tatiana Makarova. In July's ITA Summer Circuit event in College Station, Mireles reached the finals after picking up a trio of wins at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
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Pielet has ranked as high as number one in the country at ages 12, 14 and 16 while being ranked the top-prospect in the Southwest Region and Florida by Tennis Recruiting Network. The right-hander has earned a junior ITF ranking as high as 173 in the world with a personal-best UTR of 11.59.
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Pittman, from Indianapolis, Indiana, comes to Aggieland as the number 25 player in the senior class and the top senior in Indiana, according to Tennis Recruiting. The right-hander owns a career-best UTR of 10.93 and has picked up wins at each of the ITA Circuit events she has entered this year.
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Stoiana hails from Southbury, Connecticut where she ranks as the best player in the New England region and No. 13 player nationally. The right-hander has posted 13 wins over fellow blue chippers in the past year and owns a career-high 10.93 UTR.
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The 2021 signing class marks the second-straight class that the women's tennis program has signed that includes at least a trio of blue chippers, in 2018 Texas A&M inked Jessica Anzo, Jayci Goldsmith and Katya Townsend. The Aggies did not sign classes in the 2019 and 2020 signing period.
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Mireles ranked as high as 23rd on Tennis Recruiting Network's rankings and holds a career-best 10.93 UTR. The Houstonian reached the semifinals of the 2020 ITA Fall Circuit at Texas A&M in September before falling to A&M's Tatiana Makarova. In July's ITA Summer Circuit event in College Station, Mireles reached the finals after picking up a trio of wins at the Mitchell Tennis Center.
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Pielet has ranked as high as number one in the country at ages 12, 14 and 16 while being ranked the top-prospect in the Southwest Region and Florida by Tennis Recruiting Network. The right-hander has earned a junior ITF ranking as high as 173 in the world with a personal-best UTR of 11.59.
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Pittman, from Indianapolis, Indiana, comes to Aggieland as the number 25 player in the senior class and the top senior in Indiana, according to Tennis Recruiting. The right-hander owns a career-best UTR of 10.93 and has picked up wins at each of the ITA Circuit events she has entered this year.
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Stoiana hails from Southbury, Connecticut where she ranks as the best player in the New England region and No. 13 player nationally. The right-hander has posted 13 wins over fellow blue chippers in the past year and owns a career-high 10.93 UTR.
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FOLLOW THE AGGIES
Visit 12thman.com for more information on Texas A&M men's tennis. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M men's tennis team on Facebook, Instagram, and on Twitter by following @AggieMTEN.