Imani Graham

Class:
Senior
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
St. Johns, Fla.
High School:
Creekside

2024 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2024 All-BIG EAST First Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023 BIG EAST Player of the Year
2023 All-BIG EAST First Team
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2022 All-BIG EAST Second Team
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2020-21 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2023-24: Unanimously selected to repeat as the BIG EAST Women's Tennis Player of the Year and was also a unanimous All-BIG EAST First Team selection after helping the Musketeers to a fourth-straight BIG EAST Championship and NCAA bid...Finished her senior season with a 14-6 record in the No. 1 singles spot, going undefeated in conference play on the way to earning Player of the Year honors...In non-conference action, picked up wins over Yale's Shyla Aggarwal, Indiana's Lara Schneider, Louisville's Jamilah Snells, and Virginia Commonwealth's Tania Isabel Andrade Sabando...In the fall, made her second trip to the ITA All-American Championships, picking up a singles win in the Round of 128...Finished with a total of 22 singles wins for the season...Paired with Anna Roggenburk to play No. 1 doubles, posting a 16-6 record for the dual season... The pair capped off the year with a win over No. 30 Notre Dame's No. 1 doubles team in the NCAA Championships, clinching the doubles point for Xavier... Pair also advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA All-American Championships...The duo earned the program's first ITA doubles ranking, coming in as high as #74 nationally in the March 5 rankings...Finished her Xavier career with an overall record of 150-65, with a 77-29 mark in singles and a 73-36 mark in doubles...All three win totals rank in the Top 20 in program record at the time of her graduation.

2022-23: Finished with a 36-23 combined record, going 19-9 in singles and 17-14 in doubles play...Named BIG EAST Player of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team after helping Xavier to third-straight BIG EAST Championship and NCAA bid... Led Xavier with 13 wins in dual play, all in the No. 1 singles spot, going undefeated in BIG EAST play...Among her win were victories over BIG EAST First Team Selections Emilija Kojcic of Marquette, Maria Constantinou of UConn, and Yuliya Kizelbasheva of DePaul, as well as second team selection Lalita Devarkonda of St. John's...Also picked up wins against Purdue, James Madison, Michigan State, Cincinnati and Wichita State...Also had nine doubles wins, primarily playing at No. 2 with Anna Roggenburk, including wins against Indiana, Purdue, UConn, Marquette and Creighton...Was named the BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week for the week of April 17 and was named the Doubles Team of the Week, paired with Anna Roggenburk for the week of April 10...In fall 2022, competed at the ITA All-America Championships, advancing to the round of 16 in doubles with Kat Lyman...Also competed in the singles bracket.

2021-22: Finished the season with a combined record of 38-18, going 20-8 in singles and 18-10 in doubles play, earning All-BIG EAST Second Team honors...Had a team-high 26 combined wins during the dual season, playing primarily in the No. 1 or No. 2 spots for singles and doubles...In singles, posted a 9-5 record in the No. 2 spot, including three wins over BIG EAST opponents... also played six dual matches in No. 1 singles, picking up five wins...In doubles, went 12-5 in dual play, including three wins in the No. 1 spot and nine wins on No. 2...Partnered with Anna Roggenburk for a 10-3 record in doubles, compiling an 8-2 record on the No. 2 court and also picking up a pair of wins on the No. 1 court...Also picked up a win on No. 1 singles with Ahmeir Kyle and on No. 2 singles with Kat Lyman...Helped Xavier pick up the doubles point in 11 matches...Was named the BIG EAST Singles Player of the Week for the week of March 10, 2022.

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...Collected a team-high 16 singles wins as a freshman, going 16-4 overall...Played primarily in the No. 4 singles spot, going 8-4, also went 2-0 in the No. 2 spot and 6-0 in the No. 3 spot...picked up the win in the No. 3 spot in the regular season match against DePaul to help the Musketeers to a 4-3 win...picked up wins in all three BIG EAST Tournament matches, ending the season on an eight match win streak...Played doubles primarily with Anna Roggenburk, going 10-2 overall, with a 3-1 record in the No. 2 spot and a 7-1 record in the No. 3 spot...Also played doubles with Kaitlin Ruether, going 3-0 in the No. 3 spot.

PRIOR TO XAVIER: A 5-star recruit out of St. Johns, Fla. (Creekside High School)...Was ranked as high as No. 7 nationally according to tennisrecruiting.net...Was a Girls 16s Orange Bowl Singles Finalist...2019 FHSAA Individual State Champion...Named to the All-County Girls Tennis Team in 2019...Named the St. John's County Player of the Year in 2019...Won the National Sportsmanship award in 2016.

PERSONAL: Majoring in Exercise Science with a Minor in Applied Health Sciences…daughter of Dr. DeArmas and Aretha Graham…Dad played baseball at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) from 1990-1994…has a younger sister Sage.