2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Alexis Odom
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spring, Texas
- Height:
- 5-7
- High School:
- Klein HS
- Squadron:
- 7 / Shadow Seven
2022-23 All-Mountain West Doubles Selection
2025 All-Mountain West Singles Selection
2025 Air Force Athletic Leadership Award
2025 ITA Mountain Region Most Improved Player
Senior | 2024-25:
Served as team captain … Was a 2025 All-Mountain West singles selection … Went 3-1 in the sixth annual Bedford Cup in the Mountains to open 2024-25 … Finished with a team-best 13-6 doubles record with freshman Maya Michalski, starting the dual season 4-1 and closing on a 7-1 run in their final eight matches … Combined for 30 wins in 2024-25 … Earned the Air Force Athletic Leadership award … Earned her commission in May of 2025 before attending pilot training.
Junior | 2023-24:
Won four dual singles matches in her junior season, all in straight sets … Won eight doubles matches, totaling five in dual play and finishing with a 4-5 record with partner Nadia Kojonroj.
Sophomore | 2022-23:
Went 26-8 on the year in doubles, all played with partner Sydney Fitch … opened the dual season on a four-match win streak which included a line-one victory over No. 61 Colorado … started Mountain West play on a five-match streak which included wins over both No. 49 SDSU, No. 58 Fresno State and current second-place UNLV … with Fitch, opened the fall season on a 6-0 run which included a doubles main draw victory at the Bedford Cup (Sept. 17) … defeated top-seeded Arizona duo on the way to a second-place finish in a 16-team doubles draw at the Wildcat Invitational (Oct. 29) … earned 13 singles wins, including a pair of three-set wins in the opening two rounds of the 2023 Mountain West Women’s Tennis Championship against Colorado State (Apr. 28) and San Jose State (Apr. 29), clinching the Falcons’ first-ever appearance in the championship round.
Freshman | 2021-22:
28-24 overall record ... ranked second amongst freshmen in wins ... 19-19 singles and 9-5 doubles record ... went 10-12 in dual singles ... earned two wins in MW play, primarily at No. 3 singles.
High School: Tennis recruiting four-star rating … 2019 Bi-District doubles champion … 2019 third place regional finalist … G16 sanctioned Texas high ranking of #2 and was the #3 seed in the 2019 Texas Slam … earned G16s excellence in 2019 … competed at 2019 Winter Nationals and Indoor Nationals … high school coach was Holly Cannon … played club for Northgate Country Club High Performance Tennis Academy and was coached by David Bvunzawabaya.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 7 … daughter of Lamar Odom and Mary Brown … has two siblings … nickname is Lexi … considering business management major … future career plan is to become a JAG officer … Why I decided to come to the Academy: “Both of my parents were very influential in my decision to pursue a military based lifestyle. My father served for 22 years and acquired the rank of a Lieutenant Colonel. My mother served for six years and acquired the rank of a Staff Sergeant. Seeing the way that they interact with people and how they are driven in everything they do really inspired me. My biggest goal in life is to be at least half of the person each of them are today. Both of my parents have made impacts on society for the better and I hope to follow in their footsteps in the future.” … active in her squadron as the Standards and Eval. officer ... hobbies are online shopping at Lululemon, doing her makeup, dressing up and going to upscale restaurants and hanging out with friends while driving around Houston … began playing tennis at age six … tennis superstition is to try and stay off the lines … favorite possession is her MacBook Pro … one thing on her bucket list is to become a prosecutor and maybe working in politics … dream vacation spot is California … guilty pleasure is eating … favorite role model is her mom … something most people don’t know about her is that she really likes to play soccer and volleyball … favorite TV shows are Shameless and Orange is the New Black … favorite movie is Coraline … favorite class subject is math … favorite athletes are Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.
