Maria Panaite

Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
I.C. Briotianu

Panaite's Career Records
Overall Career Singles Record: 45-58*
Career Singles Record in Tournaments: 23-19
Career Singles Record in Dual Matches: 22-38*
Career Singles Record in Big 12 Matches: 4-14

* - one loss due to injury

Career Singles Record in Two-Set Matches: 33-40 (2-11 Big 12)
Career Singles Record in Three-Set Matches: 12-16 (1-2 Big 12)

Career Record vs. ITA Ranked Opponents: 0-3

Overall Career Doubles Record: 30-48
Career Doubles Record in Tournaments: 14-17
Career Doubles Record in Dual Matches: 16-31
Career Doubles Record in Big 12 Matches: 4-15

Career Positional Record
Singles
No. 1: N/A
No. 2: 1-8 (0-1 Big 12)
No. 3: 4-13 (1-6 Big 12)
No. 4: 3-0 (0-0 Big 12)
No. 5: 10-14 (2-10 Big 12)
No. 6: 5-3 (0-1 Big 12)

Doubles
No. 1: 2-2 (2-2 Big 12)
No. 2: 6-5 (0-0 Big 12)
No. 3: 8-23 (2-13 Big 12)

Panaite's Trophy Case
• 2015 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2014 Big 12 Academic All-Rookie Team
• Six-time Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

JUNIOR (2015-16)
With most of her competition taking place in the fall, Panaite went 7-5 in singles and 7-6 in doubles … 10 of her 12 decisions in singles were during the spring … 8 of the 13 in doubles were in dual matches … Won her first 2 singles matches at both the OU Invite and Drake Jamboree … Bounced back from an opening round loss at the SMU Fall Tournament in October by winning her final 2 singles … Her lone dual singles came on March 26 against UMKC’s Linda Ammar Mouhoub at No. 5 … Paired up with Sara Castellano during the dual season, going 1-2 at the No. 3 spot over 5 matches … Went 4-0 alongside freshman Mille Stretton at the Drake Jamboree in October.

SOPHOMORE (2014-15)
Went 11-19 in overall singles and 9-21 in overall doubles … 6-13 in singles during the spring, including 1-5 in Big 12 play … Lone conference singles win was on 3/22 at Iowa State (C. Hauge Andersen – 6-3, 6-0) … Also picked up a singles win against Iowa State’s Natalie Phippen in the Big 12 tournament on 4/23 … 7-13 in doubles during the spring … Played alongside Iva Bago for five different matches, going 4-1 from 2/11-2/21 … Carded a 5-6 singles record in the fall ... Won two of her final three matches to end the fall schedule ... Went 2-8 in doubles play during the fall.

FRESHMAN (2013-14)
Recorded an overall singles record of 8-19... Concluded the fall slate with a 4-6 singles record and a 2-6 mark in doubles... Made career debut at the K-State Fall Invitational (9/20-22)... Finished the opening weekend with a 2-1 singles record.

BEFORE KANSAS STATE
Panaite, a native of Pitesti, Romania, won doubles titles at the 2010 and 2011 Romanian National Championships. During the 2010 Romanian National Championships, she also advanced to the semifinals in singles. In 2010, she registered a second-place singles finish at one ETA Tournament, then tallied a semifinal singles bid at a second ETA Tournament in Constanta, Romania.

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 27, 1994... Daughter of Cezar and Simona Panaite... Major is communications.