Katia Babina

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Glenbrook South
Hometown:
Glenview, Ill.

BABINA AND THE FALCONS
A 2009-10 team co-captain ... finished her career with a total of 130 combined wins, the 11th-highest total in BGSU history ... went 64-45 in singles and 66-45 in doubles ... ended her career tied for 14th on the BGSU singles wins list, and was 11th on the school list for career doubles wins ... her 27 doubles wins in 2007-08 placed her third on the BGSU single-season list ... 44 overall victories in ‘07-08 tied her for seventh on that school seasonal chart.

2009-10
A BGSU co-captain ... named the MAC Player of the Week on two occasions, earning that honor on both Feb. 3 and March 3 ... had an overall record of 35-27, finishing third on the team in total wins ... was 18-14 in singles and 17-13 in doubles play on the year ... played the bulk of the dual-match schedule at the second singles flight, posting a 12-8 record ... in doubles, played at the second flight for the entire dual-match season, with her 12-10 record including a 10-7 mark when competing with Jade Johnson ... played with each of the Falcons' three freshmen, along with classmate Samantha Kintzel, in doubles ... earned her first MAC P-O-W honor of the season after going 4-0 in the Falcons' wins over IPFW and Youngstown State ... one month later, was similarly recognized by the conference office after wins at singles and doubles in BGSU's victory at Cleveland State ... went 11-7 in the fall portion of the schedule, with a 6-4 singles record and a 5-3 doubles mark ... was 3-1 in singles at the Queen City Invitational and 2-1 at the Belmont Invite ... was a perfect 3-0 in doubles at the latter tournament, combining with Maddy Eccleston for two matches and Johnson for one.

2008-09
Finished the season with a 16-10 singles record ... went 14-14 in doubles action for an overall mark of 30-24 ... played primarily at the fourth singles flight in dual-match action, but was at the #3 spot for four matches, including the last three of the season ... went 5-3 in MAC singles play ... teamed with classmate Samantha Kintzel for all 28 doubles matches on the year, playing mainly at the #2 flight during dual-match action ... that duo played one match at the top flight, picking up a win ... the Babina/Kintzel tandem went 4-4 in MAC matches, and was 1-0 in the MAC Championships ... ended the season on an eight-match winning streak ... after dropping her doubles match vs. Akron (April 10), won at singles against the Zips, then picked up wins in both singles and doubles vs. Buffalo (April 11), Ball State (April 17) and eventual MAC champion Miami (April 18) ... teamed with Kintzel for a doubles victory against Toledo in the conference championships, before seeing her singles match abandoned ... in the fall portion of the schedule, advanced to the championship match of her singles flight at the Fall MAC Invitational in Kalamazoo ... went 2-1 in singles play at the Spartan Invitational in East Lansing ... also went 2-1 in singles at the BGSU Invitational, finishing second at the #4 flight.

2007-08
Named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... had an overall record of 44-16 on the year ... ranked second on the team in wins ... had a 17-11 singles record and a stellar 27-5 doubles mark ... her total of 27 doubles wins ranks third on the BGSU single-season list ... went 13-7 in dual-match singles play, all at the third flight ... in doubles, teamed with Kintzel for an eye-popping 15-1 record, including a 13-1 mark in dual-match action ... that duo went 4-0 in MAC play ... finished with a stellar overall mark of 6-1 in MAC doubles action, teaming with Libby Harrison for two conference matches and Stefanie Menoff for one match following an injury to Kintzel ... was instrumental in the Falcons’ win over Eastern Michigan in the quarterfinal round of the MAC Championships ... teamed with Menoff for an 8-4 win at the third doubles flight, then rebounded after a first-set loss in singles action ... won a second-set tiebreaker vs. EMU’s Tina Bestehorn, then captured the third set to clinch the match and a trip to the semifinals for the Falcons ... began the spring portion of the schedule by going a perfect 5-0 at the Indiana Doubles Invitational, competing with four different teammates ... lost her doubles match in the Jan. 20 dual-match opener at Butler, then won 16-straight doubles contests before a loss in the regular-season WMU match (April 19) ... in the fall, won the back draw at the fourth flight of the BGSU Invitational ... had a 2-1 weekend at Cincinnati’s Queen City Invitational, competing at the second flight ... in doubles, went 5-2 in the fall, competing with Menoff in all seven matches ... that duo won their first four matches of the season, including a 3-0 weekend and a flight championship at the BGSU Invitational.

2006-07
Had a total of 21 wins in her initial season in the Brown and Orange ... went 13-10 in singles, playing in six of the eight MAC regular-season matches ... in MAC Tournament action, posted a three-set win over Miami’s Victoria Pulido at the fifth flight in the quarterfinals ... that win helped the Falcons rally from a 3-0 deficit -- when a loss in any singles match would have ended BGSU’s season -- for a 4-3 win over the RedHawks ... in the semifinal round of the MAC Championships, was the lone Falcon to win her opening set, against Western Michigan’s Ashley Moccia, before the match was abandoned ... primarily played at the fifth singles flight during MAC play, moving up to the fourth flight for the final weekend of the regular season ... all 14 of her doubles matches during dual-match play came at the second flight ... had doubles marks of 5-5 with Andrea Volle and 3-8 when teaming with Ashley Jakupcin ... had an overall record of 7-7 in the fall season ... went 5-2 in singles play in the fall, tying for second on the Falcons in singles victories.

HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time all-conference and all-state selection at Glenbrook South H.S. ... earned four letters ... teamed up with former Falcon teammate Jenna Nussbaum to earn the Illinois state doubles title in her sophomore year ... state qualifier in all four years.

PERSONAL
Katia Babina was born Nov. 27, 1987, in the Ukraine ... interpersonal communication (IPC) promotions major at BGSU ... daughter of Audrey and Irina Babina ... has a younger sister.