2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Brooke Killingsworth
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Laurel Springs School
- Hometown:
- Rogers, Ark.
Career Accolades:
- 2022 ITA Doubles All-American, alongside Anna Brylin
- 2023 All-ACC Second Team in Doubles, alongside Anna Brylin
- ACC Doubles Team of the Week, alongside Marcella Cruz (Feb. 20, 2024)
2024 (Senior): Showed veteran leadership in a final standout year of her collegiate career...Finished third on the roster in singles victories for dual-match play (12)...Partnered with newcomer Marcella Cruz to become one of the ACC's notable doubles teams, as the two pieced together a 12-9 record in dual matches...The duo was named ACC Doubles Team of the Week on Feb. 20, earning the nod as the first-ever team to win the new honor, after reaching a first nationally-ranked win over South Carolina's No. 27 Ayana Akli/Olympe Lancelot...Took over the No. 2 singles spot within the Deacs' lineup for the entire spring...Totaled four solo wins over ranked opponents, a mark that finished second-best on the roster behind classmate Casie Wooten...Knocked off No. 69 Shelly Bereznyak of Ohio State in just her second appearance of the fall...Showed a relentless effort while on the road at No. 6 NC State on March 8, hanging on through three sets to defeat No. 37 Abigail Rencheli...ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship Award recipient...ACC Postgraduate Scholarship recipient...All-ACC Academic Team.
2023 (Junior): All-ACC Second Team in Doubles...Again played as a reliable piece for the Deacons...One of four Wake Forest players to reach double-figures in singles wins (11-11)...Mainly played out of the No. 3 singles spot...Partnered with Anna Brylin 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...Killingsworth embraced a major moment in clinching the Round of 64 comeback win over No. 23 Arizona State through three sets in the NCAA tournament, as her Deacs trailed 3-1 at a midpoint in the match...Reached her 100th career combined win through singles and doubles during the same Arizona State outing...Also tallied a straight-sets victory against No. 8-seeded Notre Dame during the second round of the ACC tournament...She and Brylin earned a bid to the 2023 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships for the third consecutive season...All-ACC Academic selection...CSC Academic All-District nod...ITA Scholar Athlete...ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Sophomore): ITA Doubles All-American...All-ACC Academic Team selection...ACC Academic Honor Roll...ITA Scholar-Athlete...Took a leap in her second season with the Deacs...partnered with Anna Brylin to capture the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) All-American Championship on Oct. 10, 2021...Became the first Deacon duo to achieve such a feat...Ranked as high as No. 2 with Brylin in the ITA Doubles 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...Killingsworth and Brylin produced 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...Mainly played in the No. 5 and No. 6 spot in singles, competing in 25 spring matches...Second on the team in solo wins (13)...Went 7-3 in conference play.
2021 (Freshman): Ended the year with a 8-15 solo record and a 13-8 doubles record...Shifted through spots No.2 through No. 5 during the season..Ranked nationally as high as 21st in doubles play with partner Anna Brylin in April 2021...Primarily played out of the No. 2 spot in doubles...Maintained a perfect record of 2-0 against top 10 doubles opposition…All-ACC Academic honoree...ITA Scholar Athlete.
