2011 All-Sun Belt -
Singles
2011 All-Sun Belt -
Doubles
2011 All-Louisiana -
Second Team
2010 All-Louisiana - First
Team
2011-12 (Senior):
Fall:
Teamed with Medy Blankvoort to defeat a duo from LSU in the opening round of the ITA Regional Championships...advanced to the round of 16 in the main draw consolation bracket with a three-set victory over Troy's Candela Munoz teamed with Blankvoort to win the A1 doubles
title at the Ragin Cajun Classic; the pair defeated three SBC foes and
Louisiana Tech en route to their title...teamed up with Blankvoort
in doubles at the NSU Invitational and finished in third in Flight One...finished
in third at the Ragin Cajun Classic in singles with three wins in four matches;
lone loss was a three-set match...went 1-2 in singles at both the NSU
Invitational and SFA Fall Classic
2010-11 (Junior):
Spring:
Named All-Sun Belt in both singles and doubles and
was named to the All-Louisiana Second Team...finished the spring season 14-5 in
singles; was 1-1 at No. 1, 12-4 at No. 2 and 1-0 at No. 3...won eight of her
final 10 matches...won 10 of her 14 matches in straight sets...won a three-set
thriller at No. 3 singles against No. 73 Mississippi State...teamed with Claire
Clark in doubles and dominated their competition...posted a 19-1 record and won
their final 18 matches of the season; were 1-0 at No.1 and 18-1 at No. 2...lone
loss was against a duo from No. 27 SMU...won by an average score of 8.1-2.9...only
four opponents won more than four games
Fall:
Teamed with Claire
Clark, defeated Georgia Tech's Jullian O'Neal and Elizabeth Kilborn in
the opening round of the ITA All-American Championship...won her singles flight
in the Warhawk Classic with a trio a straight set victories...knocked off
Auburn's Taylor Shcreimann in the opening round of the ITA Southern Regional
2009-10 (Sophomore):
Spring:
Earned
All-Louisiana honors...earned a 20-3 singles record during the spring season...had
a record of 4-1 at number two, 10-1 at number three and 6-1 at number four...combined
with her fall record, she had a mark of 28-6 in singles competition in 2009-10...had
a 13-match winning streak during the middle of the season, not dropping a match
from Feb. 20 to April 14...claimed a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Valeriya Makarycheva
of nationally-ranked Mississippi State...also earned a 6-4, 6-2 win over
Christine Seredni of nationally-ranked Florida International in the Sun Belt
Tournament semifinals...had a perfect 7-0 singles record against Sun Belt
Conference opponents... had a 15-7 mark in doubles during the spring season,
16-6 when partnering with Claire Clark...played 15 of those doubles matches at No.
1 doubles...won seven of her last nine doubles decisions to end the season
Fall:
Earned an 8-3 record
in singles matches...won her flight in the Troy Fall Classic, defeating teammate
Vivian Polak in the final...claimed a second-place finish at the Stephen F.
Austin Invitational...posted a 2-4 doubles record with Claire Clark
2008-09 (Freshman):
Spring:
Finished her freshman campaign with the second-best record on the team at 8-7
while helping to solidify the middle of the Warhawk lineup...was 3-3 at number
three, 1-2 at number four, 3-2 at number five, and 1-0 at number six singles...clinched
ULM's first round upset of rival Louisiana-Lafayette in the opening round of
the Sun Belt Conference tournament with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 win over Marina Ruiz de
Gauna at number five singles...of her seven losses, four came in the third set,
including two by way of a third-set tiebreaker...teamed with Sharon Makhanya to
post a 6-9 doubles record with five victories coming in the second position
where the duo was 5-7
Fall:
Did not compete with the team...was a late addition, joining the Warhawks for
the 2009 spring semester
Prior
to ULM:
Played tennis under the direction of Robby Domacasse in her native Bonaire
before being recruited to one of the top tennis academies in the Netherlands...trained
at Henk van Hulst Tennis Academy where she earned top performer and top junior
athlete accolades
Personal:
Full name is Monica Ann Winkel...born on December 4, 1989, in Curacao...daughter
of George and Patricia Winkel...one older brother, Edward, and one younger
brother, Philip...majoring in psychology
