2019-20 Women's Tennis Roster
TJ Fumagalli
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- New Braunfels, TX
- Height:
- 5-7
- High School:
- New Braunfels
- Squadron:
- 9 Viking Nine
Notable:
- 2020 Mountain West Women's Tennis Player of the Year, the first in program history.
- School Record holder in 5 of 6 career win categories and all six season win categories (11 of 12 total).
- 228 career wins (next closest is 203).
- 2020 Air Force Academy Female Most Valuable Player (USAFA Athletics Top 6 Award).
- Team Captain in 2018-19 and 2019-20.
- In 2017-18, became the first player at Air Force at the Div. I level to earn a national ranking in both singles and doubles.
- In 2018-19, teamed with Kristin Kerrigan for Air Force's first-ever ITA Mountain Region Doubles Title and first-ever trip to ITA Fall Championships.
- Member of Air Force's first-ever nationally ranked doubles team in 2017.
- Four-time Mountain West All-Conference Singles.
- Four-time Mountain West All-Conference Doubles.
- Team MVP in 2018 and 2019.
- Nationally ranked #32 in doubles in 2019-20 with Nadeen Lieberman.
Air Force Rankings (As of 3/7/20):
Career
Overall Singles Wins - 1st/114
Overall Doubles Wins - 1st/114
Overall Combined Wins - 1st/228
Dual Singles Wins - 1st/74
Dual Doubles Wins - T-3rd/64
Dual Combined Wins - 1st/138
Season
Overall Singles Wins - 1st/40, 2016-17; 4th/31, 2018-19
Overall Doubles Wins - 1st/40, 2016-17; 4th/31, 2018-19
Overall Combined Wins - 1st/80, 2016-17; 2nd/62, 2018-19
Dual Singles Wins - 1st/29, 2016-17; 8th/18, 2018-19
Dual Doubles Wins - T1st/24, 2016-17
Dual Combined Wins - 1st/53, 2016-17; T9th/33, 2018-19
2019-20 | Senior: 2020 Mountain West Women's Tennis Player of the Year ... All-MW singles and doubles ... Team Captain ... 39-13 overall combined record ... 19-8 singles record and 20-5 doubles record ... went 11-3 in dual singles and 11-2 in dual doubles ... with senior Nadeen Lieberman, was part of nationally ranked doubles duo that went 11-2 with wins over nationally ranked doubles teams from Colorado and Florida State ... set program wins record at ITA Mountain Regional.
2018-19 | JUNIOR: Mountain West All-Conference Singles ... MW All-Conference Doubles with Kristin Kerrigan ... Team MVP ... Team Captain ... 62-10 overall record ... 31-3 record in overall singles and 31-7 record in overall doubles ... 18-1 in dual singles and 13-2 in tournament singles ... 15-4 in dual doubles and 16-3 in tournament doubles ... 2-0 in conference singles and 3-1 in conference doubles ... played at No. 1 single and doubles ... teamed with Kerrigan for Air Force's first-ever ITA Mountain Region Doubles Title and first-ever trip to ITA Fall Championships.
2017-18 | SOPHOMORE: Became the first player at Air Force at the Div. I level to earn a national ranking in both singles and doubles ... Mountain West All-Conference Singles ... MW All-Conference Doubles with Elizabeth Barnickel ... national singles ranking of 106 and national doubles ranking of 52 ... posted an overall record of 24-15 in singles with a record 16-5 in duals … 8-10 in tournament … 3-3 in conference … posted an overall record of 23-8 in doubles with a 15-3 record in duals … 9-6 in tournament … 2-2 in conference … named the team’s MVP.
2016-17 | FRESHMAN: 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 Elizabeth Barnickel … registered a 26-7 overall doubles record with a 16-6 mark in tournament doubles and a 10-1 mark in dual meet doubles … led the team with a 22-3 overall singles record with a 11-3 mark in tournament singles and a perfect, 11-0, mark in dual meet singles … completed Expeditionary Survival and Escape Training and earned Jump Wings over the summer … Commandant’s list.
Before Air Force: Lettered four years in tennis and two in basketball … earned all-state tennis honors and was a second-team all-district honoree in basketball … was her high school athlete of the year … was an academic all-state honoree all four years … was once named student of the month.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 9 ... daughter of John and Sabrina Fumagalli … is the youngest of four children … brother, Lucas, played at the Academy and was the captain of the men’s tennis team … nickname is Teej ... systems engineering major ... would like to become a pilot ... on the AD and Commandant’s list ... is the cadet wing athletics officer, overseeing and equipping all athletic events at USAFA to included fitness testing, PE classes, intramural & extramural sports and Div. I team. Is the go-between for the athletic department and cadet wing ... during the summer prior to her senior year, completed the powered flight program where she was instructed on how to fly a T-53 plane, completed a summer academics class and was the flight commander for Basic Cadet Training (BCT) ... during the summer prior to her junior year, completed Operations Air Force at Whiteman AFB, Mo., where she got a T-38 and Blackhawk incentive ride ... also worked basic cadet training as an element leader for squadron 9 ... began playing tennis at age six ... credits all of her dad as having the biggest influence on her sports career ... match day superstition is always wearing a headband ... favorite possession/gadget is her selfie stick ... one thing on her bucket list is to win a conference championship ... on road trips, she never forgets her teammates and her headbands ... dream vacation spot is the NCAA tournament ... guilty pleasure is a lot of coffee ... favorite role model is her doubles parter, Kristin "KK" Kerrigan ... something most people don’t know about her is that she's not nearly as intense in real life as she is on the court ... enjoys listening to Don't Stop Me Now by Queen ... favorite TV show is Big Little Lies ... favorite class is softball ... favorite athlete is Alex "Big Al" Kuo.
