2022-23 Women's Tennis Roster
Brylin, Anna
Anna Brylin
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Millburn HS
- Hometown:
- Short Hills, N.J.
- Deals:
Bio
2023 (Graduate Student): All-ACC Second Team in Doubles...Team captain...Led the Deacs in singles wins (18) while holding down the No. 2 position...Earned a national ranking in singles for the first time of her career, standing as high as No. 42 and joining junior Casie Wooten as one of two Wake Forest individuals to hold such recognition in the ITA throughout the spring...Partnered with Brooke Killingsworth in doubles play for the third-straight year to again form one of the country's best duos...The pair posted a 15-8 record while holding a top-25 national ranking throughout the spring and moving to fourth all-time in career wins as a tandem within program history...The two also recorded three ranked wins...Brylin defeated four ranked opponents in singles -- her best mark within a single season...Notched a few personal accomplishments, including a place in the program's top-10 all-time in doubles victories...Reached a dozen solo wins faster than any other Wake Forest player and was one of six ACC individuals to land such a feat at the time...Won all but one of her first eight matches to open the season...She and Killingsworth earned a bid to the 2023 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships for the third consecutive season...All-ACC Academic selection - tied with Sasha Kulikova (2006-10) for most all-academic nods throughout program history (4)...CSC Academic All-District pick...Recipient of the ITA Carolina Regionals Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award and Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award...ITA Scholar Athlete...ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Senior): ITA Doubles All-American...Third Team All-ACC...All-ACC Academic Team selection...ACC Academic Honor Roll...ITA Scholar-Athlete...Enjoyed a standout senior season, which started with a major feat in teaming up with Brooke Killingsworth to capture the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championship on Oct. 10, 2021...Became the first Deacon duo to achieve such a feat...Continued to act as a formidable duo with Killingsworth to rank as high as No. 2 in the ITA during the spring campaign... The pair's ranking of No. 5 in May 2022 was Wake Forest's highest for a doubles tandem in the latter part of a season since Janet Bergman/Bea Bielik in 2002...Brylin and Killingsworth tallied a 12-5 overall record during the regular season while taking down five ranked opponents and earning a bid to the 2022 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships...Was one of three players to tie for the team lead in singles victories (16)...Played in 27 spring matches.
2021 (Junior): Ended the season with a 14-8 record in solo play and a 13-7 record in doubles...Took down 20th ranked Meg Kowalski of Georgia in singles in May 2021...Primarily played out of the No. 2 spot in doubles with partner Brooke Killingsworth...The pair ranked as high as 21st in doubles in April 2021...Went 2-0 against top 10 ranked doubles teams…All-ACC Academic honoree...ITA Scholar Athlete.
2019-20 (Sophomore - COVID-19 Shortened Season): Finished the season with a 4-9 overall record including a 1-0 mark in dual match play… Played out of the No. 3 doubles spot with Saby Nihalani with the duo ranking as high as No. 46 in the ITA rankings… Ended the year with a 15-9 record in doubles action including a 14-8 record while playing with Nihalani…Claimed a ranked win over No. 35 Adams and Kozarov of Furman in October.
2018-19 (Freshman): Compiled a 14-9 overall record including a 10-5 mark in dual match play… Played most of her matches on court five, but posted a 2-0 record on court three and a 2-1 record in the fourth spot… Recorded a 20-7 overall mark in doubles, including an 8-2 record with Anna Ulyashchenko… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
High School: Played freshman and senior seasons at Millburn High School… Helped lead the Millers to a State Championship both seasons… Was a doubles finalist at the girls 16s National Hard Court Championships and Clay Court Championships in 2015 and 2016… Placed third in girls 18s doubles at the National Winter Championships in Arizona in 2015… 2016 Finalist at Orange Bowl in girls 16s doubles…Named singles champion of girls 18s National Level 2 in 2017… ITA summer circuit singles champion and finalist in doubles at Rutgers in 2017… Advanced to the semifinals of Plantation ITF in singles and finals in doubles
Personal: Full name is Anna Maria Brylin... Daughter of Sergei and Elena Brylin… Born March 12, 2000 … Father, Sergei, played professional hockey for the New Jersey Devils from 1994-2008, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) from 2008-11, Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL) from 2011-12, and won bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships playing for Russia … Undecided on major.
2022 (Senior): ITA Doubles All-American...Third Team All-ACC...All-ACC Academic Team selection...ACC Academic Honor Roll...ITA Scholar-Athlete...Enjoyed a standout senior season, which started with a major feat in teaming up with Brooke Killingsworth to capture the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championship on Oct. 10, 2021...Became the first Deacon duo to achieve such a feat...Continued to act as a formidable duo with Killingsworth to rank as high as No. 2 in the ITA during the spring campaign... The pair's ranking of No. 5 in May 2022 was Wake Forest's highest for a doubles tandem in the latter part of a season since Janet Bergman/Bea Bielik in 2002...Brylin and Killingsworth tallied a 12-5 overall record during the regular season while taking down five ranked opponents and earning a bid to the 2022 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships...Was one of three players to tie for the team lead in singles victories (16)...Played in 27 spring matches.
2021 (Junior): Ended the season with a 14-8 record in solo play and a 13-7 record in doubles...Took down 20th ranked Meg Kowalski of Georgia in singles in May 2021...Primarily played out of the No. 2 spot in doubles with partner Brooke Killingsworth...The pair ranked as high as 21st in doubles in April 2021...Went 2-0 against top 10 ranked doubles teams…All-ACC Academic honoree...ITA Scholar Athlete.
2019-20 (Sophomore - COVID-19 Shortened Season): Finished the season with a 4-9 overall record including a 1-0 mark in dual match play… Played out of the No. 3 doubles spot with Saby Nihalani with the duo ranking as high as No. 46 in the ITA rankings… Ended the year with a 15-9 record in doubles action including a 14-8 record while playing with Nihalani…Claimed a ranked win over No. 35 Adams and Kozarov of Furman in October.
2018-19 (Freshman): Compiled a 14-9 overall record including a 10-5 mark in dual match play… Played most of her matches on court five, but posted a 2-0 record on court three and a 2-1 record in the fourth spot… Recorded a 20-7 overall mark in doubles, including an 8-2 record with Anna Ulyashchenko… Named to the All-ACC Academic Team
High School: Played freshman and senior seasons at Millburn High School… Helped lead the Millers to a State Championship both seasons… Was a doubles finalist at the girls 16s National Hard Court Championships and Clay Court Championships in 2015 and 2016… Placed third in girls 18s doubles at the National Winter Championships in Arizona in 2015… 2016 Finalist at Orange Bowl in girls 16s doubles…Named singles champion of girls 18s National Level 2 in 2017… ITA summer circuit singles champion and finalist in doubles at Rutgers in 2017… Advanced to the semifinals of Plantation ITF in singles and finals in doubles
Personal: Full name is Anna Maria Brylin... Daughter of Sergei and Elena Brylin… Born March 12, 2000 … Father, Sergei, played professional hockey for the New Jersey Devils from 1994-2008, SKA St. Petersburg (KHL) from 2008-11, Metallurg Novokuznetsk (KHL) from 2011-12, and won bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships playing for Russia … Undecided on major.
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