Georgia Southern University Athletics

PRONUNCIATION

HONORS AND AWARDS
2025 CSC Academic All-District Team
2023-24 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
Sun Belt Player of the Week (3/1/23)

JUNIOR (2024-25)
Went 9-9 overall in singles as a junior for the Eagles, including a 7-6 mark during the dual match season ... Went 4-1 at No. 6 singles ... Went 2-12 overall in doubles action ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team.

SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
Compiled an 8-16 overall singles and a 6-1 overall doubles record for the Eagles as a sophomore ... Clinched Georgia Southern's 4-3 win over South Carolina State with a come-from-behind 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 over Nalanda Silva on February 29.

FRESHMAN (2022-23)
Went 22-4 in singles and 6-4 in doubles play as a freshman for the Eagles ... Compiled a team-best 17-3 singles record during the Spring dual match season ... Named the Sun Belt Conference's Player of the Week on March 1 for going 4-0 in singles and 1-0 in doubles in four matches, becoming only the second Eagle to earn Player of the Week honors from the Sun Belt, joining Nadja Meier, who was the league's weekly honoree twice ... Went 4-1 during the Spring in three-set matches ... Notched a 7-5, 6-3 win over Maggie Pate of Appalachian State in the Eagles' come-from-behind 4-3 win over the Mountaineers in the Sun Belt Conference quarterfinals.

IN JAPAN
Chiba Prefecture U18 singles champion in March of 2021 and also advanced to the Round of 16 at the East Japan Junior Tennis Championship in July of that year ...Competes for her Tokyo Gakkan Urayasu High School, playing No. 1 singles for the last three seasons ... Reached #731 ITF Junior Singles Ranking in January 2021.

PERSONAL
Born Nanaka Kijima on October 21, 2003, in Chiba, Japan, her hometown ... Daughter of Ichiro and Yuka Kijima ... Has one sibling, Kei.

MAJOR
Management