Kat Lyman

Class:
Redshirt Junior
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
High School:
Oceanside Collegiate Academy

As a redshirt freshman (2020-21): (No Fall Tournaments due to COVID-19) Helped the Musketeers to a 17-4 overall record, with a 6-0 record against BIG EAST teams on the way to the program's second BIG EAST Championship and NCAA Tournament berth...earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team after going 13-4 overall in singles action...Played the bulk of her time at the No. 2 spot going 10-2, went 3-0 at the No. 2 spot and also played a pair of matches in the No. 1 spot. Among Lyman's singles wins was the BIG EAST-clinching match against DePaul...Also has a 7-3 doubles record partnered with Kaitlin Ruether, playing primarily in the No. 2 spot...Earned an ITA national ranking of 123 during the spring of 2021.

At West Virginia (2019-20): As a freshman at WVU, collected 11 total wins in a shortened dual season...Finished with a 6-2 singles record in dual play, winning six straight singles matches to start the season, primarily in the No. 4 spot...In doubles play, Lyman went 5-3 with one unfinished match, playing in the No. 1 spot with Anne-Sophie Courteau.

Prep Career: Played for Jeff Wilson at Oceanside Collegiate Academy in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina...Rated a four-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net...Reached her highest national ranking of No. 26 in June 2017, according to TennisRecruiting.net...Checked in at No. 64 nationally in July 2019...Ranked as the 20th-best player in the Southeast Region...Rated as the No. 5 player in South Carolina...2019 South Carolina Player of the Year...2019 Post and Courier All-Lowcountry Player of the Year and Moultrie News Prep Sports Player of the Year...2019 All-Lowcountry Girls Tennis Team and South Carolina All-State Girls Tennis Team...2017 Chick-fil-A Palmetto Championship winner...2016 United State Tennis Association (USTA) Southern Junior Tournament Champion...Won a state championship with Wando High School in 2016

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Elizabeth Lyman...has one brother and one sister.