2018-19 Women's Tennis Roster
Elizabeth Barnickel
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Leawood, KS
- Height:
- 5-8
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission East
- Squadron:
- 20 Trolls
Notable:
- Two-time All-Mountain West Doubles.
- Member of Air Force's first-ever nationally ranked doubles team in 2017.
2017-18 | JUNIOR: Mountain West All-Conference singles ... Mountain West All-Conference Doubles with TJ Fumagalli ... 52nd-ranked doubles team in the nation ... earned teams "Fighting Falcon" award ... posted an overall record of 25-10 in singles with a 17-4 record in duals and a 8-6 record in tournament … 3-3 record in conference … posted an overall record of 23-8 in doubles with a 14-2 record in duals and a 9-6 record in tournament … 2-2 record in conference.
2016-17 | SOPHOMORE: First-team All-Mountain West doubles … member of the program’s first-ever nationally ranked doubles team … went undefeated (8-0) in dual meet doubles when partnered with teammate TJ Fumagalli … posted an overall doubles record of 24-4 with a 14-3 mark in tournament doubles and a 10-1 mark in dual meet doubles … posted a 17-10 overall singles record with a 10-6 mark in tournaments and a 7-4 mark in duals … completed Operations Air Force at Travis AFB, CA … completed Field Engineering and Readiness Lab … Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training Stan/Eval.
2015-16 | FRESHMAN: Recorded a 24-16 overall singles record, including a 16-8 mark in duals and an 8-8 tournament record … went 18-15 overall in doubles and was 10-9 in duals and 8-6 in duals … was the first freshman in three seasons to win 20 or more singles matches.
Before Air Force: Four-year letter winner in tennis… as a freshman, she was second-team all-metro, fifth in singles at state and first-team at state tournament… as a sophomore she was first-team all-metro honors and placed third in singles at state... as a junior she placed third in singles at state … as a senior she was all-metro player of the year and high school tennis All-American ... took first in singles at state … team sportsmanship award recipient at 18s Fed cup team event… placed third in doubles at National Open 18s tournament… Intersectionals participant, top ranking 100 in 12s and 18s… high school coach was Sue Chipman.
Personal: Cadet squadron 20 … parents are Ted and Kelly Barnickel … has one younger brother… majoring in civil engineering… would like to go become a civil engineering officer ... nickname is E … hobbies include cooking, hiking, traveling and watching movies active in her squadron as the academic officer ... completed the Soaring program the summer prior to her junior year where she got her flight wings ... spent the summer prior to her senior year doing summer research at the Air Force Civil Engineering Center at Tyndall AFB, Fla., and worked as a PEER officer during basic cadet training … began playing tennis at age three ... favorite food is pizza … advice to young people is to never give up and always try your best … credits her father has having the biggest influence on her sports career … greatest moment in sports was winning the Kansas state championship as a team and in singles ... favorite possession is her iPhone ... one thing on her bucket list is to scuba dive the Great Barrier Reef ... on road trips she never forgets her book and music ... dream vacation spot is Europe ... guilty pleasure is chocolate chip cookies ... something not many people know about her is that she has lived in the same house her whole life ... enjoys listening to Post Malone and rap music ... favorite TV show is Grey’s Anatomy ... favorite movie is She’s the Man ... favorite class subject is math ... favorite athlete is Caroline Wozniacki ... would like to thank her parents, brother, boyfriend, family, friends and team for all their support the last four years!
