Lucia Batta

Class: Sophomore Hometown: Budapest, Hungary High School: Altisz Alapitvany

Height: 5-5 Experience: 1L

*2011 ITA REGIONAL FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR*

*2011 MOUNTAIN WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR*

*2011 AlL-MW SINGLES*

*2011 AlL-MW DOUBLES*

UNLV: A highly decorated sophomore who will again vie for the top spot in the singles lineup as well as start in doubles ... Was ranked 95th in the preaseason and heads into spring at No. 121 ... Also ranked third in singles in the Mountain Region to begin 2012 ... First name is pronounced "LEW-chee" ... Became only the second Lady Rebel ever to earn ITA Regional Rookie of the Year honors, joining Marianne Vallin in 1997 ... The fourth UNLV woman to be named Mountain West Freshman of the Year and first since Elena Gantcheva in 2005 ... Turned in an 8-5 singles mark in fall play, including for the second straight year reaching the final of the USTA/ITA Mountain Region Championships in October ... After winning the 2010 crown, she this time fell to teammate Aleksandra Josifoska in the title match ... Finished 5-3 in doubles in the fall playing with Josifoska, including reaching the quarterfinals in the regional ... Ranked as high as No. 858 in the world in singles by ITF in July 2010 ... One of a program-record seven Lady Rebels to earn Academic All-Mountain West in 2011.

2011: Named all-conference in both singles and doubles ... Made her career debut in the national singles rankings in January at No. 41 ... Led team with 25-11 singles mark, including 12-8 at No. 1 position ... Her 26 doubles wins tied for fourth in program's single-season history ... Her winning percentage of .839 tied for third on the Lady Rebel single-season list ... Made her career debut in national doubles rankings in January at No. 48 ... Playing at the No. 2 spot. she and partner Anna Maskaljun went undefeated in eight MW doubles matches ... One of two freshmen who joined the program to form one of the top recruiting classes in school history ... Turned in a spectacular fall season and began spring at the top of the singles lineup ... Ranked 41st in the nation and No. 1 in the Mountain Region in singles to begin spring season after posting a 13-3 mark in tournaments ... Began rookie semester 6-0 and did not lose her first collegiate match until falling in the second round of qualifying at the Riviera/ITA Championships in Pacific Palisades, CA, in September ... Upset top-seeded and 67th-ranked Anastasia Putilina of Utah, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, to win the singles title at the 2010 USTA/ITA Mountain Region Championships played in Las Vegas on Oct. 17 ... The victory brought UNLV only its second-ever ITA regional championship. Former All-American Elena Gantcheva was the co-champion of the singles draw back in 2007 in San Diego when the final that season was called off because of wild fires raging in the area ... Batta competed at the ITA National Indoor Championships in White Plains, NY, in November and lost to fifth-ranked Allie Will of Florida, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 ... Earlier in the fall, Batta earned the Flight One Singles co-championship with teammate Aleksandra Josifoska at UNLV Invitational in September ... Also posted a 6-3 mark in doubles with a trio of partners ... Went 3-1 with Anna Maskaljun and the duo earned a national ranking of 48th and regional ranking of second in January.

HIGH SCHOOL: A graduate of Altisz Alapitvany Gymnasium in Budapest.

PERSONAL: Lucia Batta was born on Feb. 3, 1991 ... Favorite tennis player is Kim Cleijsters ... Majoring in hospitality management.

Bata's Collegiate Record
SINGLES
Year	Tour.	Dual	(MW)	Total
2010-11	13-3	12-8	4-4	25-11
DOUBLES
Year	Tour.	Dual	(MW)	Total
2010-11	6-3	20-2	8-0	26-5
CAREER-HIGH SINGLES RANK: 41 (Jan. 4, 2011)
CAREER-HIGH DOUBLES RANK: 48 (Jan. 4, 2011)