2021-22 Women's Tennis Roster
Alex Kuo
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Jolla, CA
- Height:
- 5-3
- High School:
- La Jolla
- Squadron:
- 11 / Rebeleven
- 2022 ITA Cissie Leary Sportsmanship Award Winner - Mountain Region.
- 2021-22 Team Fighting Falcon Award Winner
- 2020-21 Team Fighting Falcon Award Winner
- 2020-21 Team Doubles Award Winner
- 2020-21 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2019-20 Academic All-Mountain West
- 2018-19 Academic All-Mountain West
2021-21 | SENIOR: Team captain ... 31-20 overall record ... 13-9 in singles and 18-11 in doubles ... 10-6 in dual singles and 14-6 in dual doubles ... 5-4 doubles record in MW play ... Team Fighting Falcon Award winner.
2020-21 | JUNIOR: Posted 19-17 overall record ... went 9-9 in singles and 10-8 in doubles ... tied for team lead in combined wins ... earned five wins in conference play (2 singles, 3 doubles) including the clinching win in singles against Wyoming ... earned team Fighting Falcon Award and Team Doubles Award with doubles partner Isabella Flodin (10-6 as partners) ... Academic All-Mountain West.
2019-20 | SOPHOMORE: 30-18 overall record ... went 19-8 in singles and 11-10 in doubles ... went 14-8 in tournament singles and 5-2 in duals ... went 7-6 in tournament doubles and 4-4 in dual doubles ... Academic All-Mountain West.
2018-19 | FRESHMAN: Posted 30-19 overall record...went 15-10 in singles and 15-9 in doubles...went 12-10 in tournament singles and 1-0 in dual singles...went 11-8 in tournament doubles and 2-0 in dual doubles...Academic All-Mountain West.
High School: Lettered four years in tennis…won the deciding match for La Jolla for the San Diego Championship as a junior…played #1 singles all four years…high school coach was Darice Carnaje.
PERSONAL: Member of cadet squadron 11 … daughter of Jim and Gigi Kuo … has four siblings … sister, Emily, plays tennis at Pomona College … nickname is Al or Big Al … Operations Research major ... future career plans are to commission into the Space Force and go to grad school ... on the Superintenden't list ... is the director of operations for squadron 11 ... during the summer prior to senior year, completed Space Operations Command summer research at Peterson AFB and was a ropes course cadre (cadet instructor) for ILT (interpersonal leadership training) ... was a cadre for Basic Cadet Training the summer prior to her junior season ... completed jump training (five solo jumps from 4,500 feet) during the summer before sophomore year ... Why I decided to come to the Academy: “My mother is a physician for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, so I grew up hearing stories about what her patients did in the military. Hearing about the sacrifices they made inspired me to give back to my country for all of the opportunities I have been given.” … began playing tennis at age five … on road trips, she never forgets her headphones … favorite role models are her parents … favorite athlete is Roger Federer ... something most people don't know about her is that she has the same birthday as Justin Bieber, Kesha and teammate Mebeli Becerra.
