UCLA Sweeps Women’s Tennis Weekly Awards
Bruins’ Lutkemeyer and Fakih earn weekly recognition

Player of the Week
Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, UCLA
Jr. – Irvine, Calif. – Tustin Connect High School – Major: Environmental Science
- Posted a 4-0 record across singles and doubles matches as UCLA swept Minnesota and topped No. 19 Wisconsin last week. The Bruins snapped Wisconsin’s 13-match win streak
- Defeated nation’s No. 5 singles player, Maria Sholokhova of Wisconsin, 7-5, 7-5, on court one to pull UCLA level at 3-3. It was the highest-ranked win of Lutkemeyer’s career
- Added a 6-0, 6-1 win vs. Minnesota’s Aiva Schmitz
- With Ahmani Guichard, beat Taylor Cataldi/Tianna Rangan of Wisconsin 6-4 on court three to clinch doubles point
- Lutkemeyer/Guichard also registered a 6-3 victory against Schmitz/Arina Valitova of Minnesota
- Last UCLA Player of the Week: Elise Wagle (Feb. 5, 2025)
Freshman of the Week
Kate Fakih, UCLA
Pasadena, Calif. – Connections Academy
- Logged 2-0 singles record and 2-0 doubles mark, clinching both wins during Big Ten homestand with Minnesota and No. 19 Wisconsin
- Outlasted Wisconsin’s Tianna Rangan 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in deciding contest on court four
- Her 6-0, 6-3, performance vs. Minnesota’s Sofia Pinto on court three the next day counted for UCLA’s fourth point to complete the sweep
- Alongside partner Olivia Center, beat Pinto/Jeselle Ante of Minnesota, 6-4, on court two to clinch the doubles point
- With Center, downed Ekaterina Ivanova/Ellison Reynoldson of Wisconsin, 6-3, in day’s first result to help UCLA earn the doubles point
- Last UCLA Freshman of the Week: Kate Fakih (March 5, 2025)
2024-25 Big Ten Women’s Tennis Honorees
Sept. 18: Maiko Uchijima, Jr., Penn State
Sept. 25: Kate Fakih, Fr., UCLA
Oct. 2: Maria Sholokhova, Jr., Wisconsin
Oct. 9: Jana Hossam, Fr., USC
Oct. 16: Luciana Perry, So., Ohio State/Oliva Dorner, Jr., Penn State
Oct. 23: Kate Fakih, Fr., UCLA
Oct. 30: Kiley Rabjohns, Sr., Northwestern
Nov. 6: Nao Nishino, Fr., Ohio State
Nov. 13: Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Jr., UCLA
Jan. 15:
P: Reese Miller, So., Michigan
F: Emily Sartz-Lunde, Michigan
Jan. 22
P: Teah Chavez, So., Ohio State
F: Patsy Daughters, Oregon
Jan. 29
P: Piper Charney, So., Michigan
F: Kate Fakih, UCLA
Feb. 5
P: Elise Wagle, Sr., UCLA
F: Jessica Bernales, Michigan
Feb. 12
P: Julia Fliegner, Sr., Michigan
F: Kate Fakih, UCLA
Feb. 19
P: Teah Chavez, So., Ohio State
F: Erica Jessel, Northwestern
Feb. 26
P: Neena Feldman, So., Northwestern
F: Carina Syrtveit, Washington
March 5
P: Mai Nguyen, Jr., Rutgers
F: Kate Fakih, UCLA
March 12
P: Oriana Parkins-Godwin, RS-So., Michigan State
F: Jana Hossam, USC
March 19
Co-P: Tereza Dejnozkova, Jr., Iowa
Co-P: Julia Fliegner, Sr., Michigan
F: Emily Sartz-Lunde, Michigan
March 26
P: Reese Miller, So., Michigan
F: Emily Sartz-Lunde, Michigan
April 2
P: Luciana Perry, So., Ohio State
F: Patricia Grigoras, Penn State
April 9
P: Anne-Christine Lutkemeyer, Jr., UCLA
F: Kate Fakih, UCLA