Biography
Career
Singles: 42-10
Doubles: 43-12
Harding Rankings: 3rd in Singles Career Winning Percentage (.808, 42-10) ... 4th in Singles Career Dual 1 Wins (32) ... w/ Folse, t-7th in Doubles Career Wins (22) ... w/ Folse, 1st in Doubles Career Winning Percentage (.815, 22-5) ... w/ Takanashi, 2nd in Doubles Career Winning Pct. (.810, 17-4) ... w/ Folse, 8th in Doubles Career Dual Winning Percentage (.778, 14-4) ... w/ Folse, 3rd in Doubles Career Tournament Wins (8) ... w/ Takanashi, t-8th in Career Tournament Wins (5) ... w/ Folse, t-10th, Doubles Career Dual 1 Wins (14) ... 4th in Doubles Career Winning Percentage (.782, 43-12) ... t-2nd in Doubles Career Tournament Wins (13)
Note: Has three career wins vs. ITA nationally ranked opponents, most of any Harding player ... also has three career doubles wins over ITA nationally ranked doubles teams.
Awards
2019 ITA All-America (doubles)
2020 ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award
2019 GAC Newcomer of the Year
2019 All-GAC (first team)
2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2019 ITA Scholar Athlete
2020 ITA Scholar Athlete
2019 GAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete
2020 Academic All-GAC
2019-20
Singles: 19-6 ... concluded the season ranked seventh in Central Region singles, tied for highest ever by a Harding women's player (Pernilla Axelsson, 9th, 2007, South Region) ... 8th in Season Dual Winning Percentage (.882, 15-2) ... t-7th in Season Dual 1 Wins (15) ... 15-2 in duals and 4-4 in tournaments ... reached the Flight 1 Semifinals at the GAC Individual Championships (d. India Shiaelis of Southeastern Okla. 6-4, 6-1) ... reached the Round of 16 at the ITA Central Region Championships (d. Silvana Caceres of Emporia St. 6-1, 6-1; d. Karolina Strom of Missouri Western 6-0, 6-0) ... 15-2 at No. 1 ... won 14 straight matches to end the season ... 5-1 vs. regionally ranked opponents (d. No. 4 Casie Curry of Midwestern St. 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; d. No. 7 Yu-Ning Lee of Drury 6-1, 6-3; d. No. 3 Alicia Barbaroux of Tarleton St. 7-5, 6-3; d. No. 4 Michell Khoo of Arkansas Tech 6-2, 6-2; d. No. 13 Tania Teruel of Northwest Mo. St. 6-2, 6-1) ... 3-1 vs. nationally ranked opponents (d. No. 43 Cassie Curry of Midwestern St. 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; d. No. 35 Alicia Barbaroux of Tarleton St. 7-5, 6-3; d. No. 46 Michelle Khoo of Arkansas Tech 6-2, 6-2) ... 3-3 in three-set matches.
Doubles: 22-5 ... w/ Folse, t-1st in Doubles Season Wins (22) ... w/ Folse, t-3rd in Doubles Season Winning Percentage (.815, 22-5) ... w/ Folse, 9th in Doubles Season Dual Winning Percentage (.778, 14-4) ... w/ Folse, 1st in Doubles Season Tournament Wins (8) ... w/ Folse, t-10th in Doubles Season Dual 1 Wins (14) ... t-5th in Doubles Season Wins (22) ... w/ Folse, won the Flight 1 Championship at the UCA Fall Invitational (d. Slezakova/Loncarevic of Murray St. 6-4; d. Stoll/Carvalho of Northeastern St. 7-5; d. Dancetovic/Iwaniuk of Northwestern St. 7-5) ... w/ Folse, won the Flight 1 Championship at the GAC Individual Championships (d. Shiaelis/Sergeev of Southeastern Okla. 6-1; d. Kamoe/Nyarko of Henderson St. 6-2) ... w/ Folse, reached the Flight A Semifinals at the ITA Central Region Championships (d. Nguyen/Yuen of MSU Moorhead 8-1; d. Alenicheva/Schaaders of Northwest Mo. St. 8-2; d. Vargas/NJowakowska of Southern Ark. 8-5) ... 14-4 at No. 1 ... 3-0 vs. regionally ranked opponents (w/ Folse, d. No. 6 Visic/Ramirez of Midwestern St.; d. No. 2 Gonzalez/Ovcina of Angelo St. 6-4; d. Lee/Abazi of Drury 6-2) ... 1-0 vs. nationally ranked opponents (w/ Folse, d. No. 4 Gonzalez/Ovcina of Angelo St. 6-4) ... 0-1 in tiebreakers.
2018-19
Singles: 23-4 ... led team and tied for 7th in program history in Season Wins (23), the most by a Harding player since 24 by three players (Pernilla Axelsson, Sara Campbell and Laura Tollett) in 2001 ... 6th in Season Winning Pct. (.852, 23-4) ... 6th in Season Dual 1 Wins (17) ... concluded the season ranked 43rd in Division II and 15th in Central Region singles (HU's second-highest ranked player) ... 17-3 in dual matches (second on the team in dual wins) ... 6-1 in tournaments ... reached the quarterfinals of the ITA Central Region Championship (d. Ellea Ediger of Fort Hays St. 6-2, 6-1 in Round of 64, d. Marta Ferrando of Northwest Mo. St. 6-2, 7-5 in Round of 32, d. Laura Arce Vieyra of Augustana 6-2, 6-1 in Round of 16, l. to Isabella Dunlap of Central Okla. 6-0, 7-5 in QF) ... won the Flight 1/2 title at the GAC Individual Championship (d. Teresa Sanchez of Arkansas Tech 6-1, 6-0 in QF, d. Joanna Nowakowska of Southern Ark. 6-2, 6-3 in SF, d. Arisa Takanashi of Harding 6-2, 6-4 in F) ... 5-1 vs. GAC (d. Mallory Tabler of Ouachita Baptist 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1, d. Sydnee Parker of Henderson St. 6-4, 6-2 at No. 1, d. Aurora Novati of Southern Ark. 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1, d. Chiara Berg of Southeastern Okla. 6-2, 6-4 at No. 1, d. Katharina Drebka of Arkansas Tech 6-2, 5-7, 10-8 at No. 1) ... 17-3 at No. 1 ... 2-2 vs. regionally ranked opponents (d. No. 16 Vasilisa Polunova of Neb.-Kearney 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, d. No. 16 Salome Bleuler of Mo.-St. Louis 6-7, 6-1, 6-2) ... had a 12-match winning streak from Oct. 20-Mar. 5 ... 4-2 in three-set matches ... ranked No. 48 nationally in the Nov. 21 ITA Division II singles rankings, a season-best No. 25 on Mar. 20, No. 27 on Mar. 27, No. 33 on April 3, No. 35 on April 10, No. 35 on April 17, No. 37 on April 24, No. 42 on May 1.
Doubles: 21-7 (tied for the team lead in doubles victories) ... 16-5 in duals and 5-2 in tournaments ... w/ Takanashi, concluded the season ranked eighth nationally (earning All-America honors) and second in the Central Region (highest season-ending doubles national and regional rankings in Harding's NCAA era) ... w/ Takanashi, t-8th in Season Wins (17) ... w/ Takanashi, 4th in Season Winning Pct. (.810) ... w/ Takanashi, t-5th in Season Tournament Wins (5) ... w/ Takanashi, reached the semifinals of the ITA Central Region Championship (d. Nowakowska/Gill of Southern Ark. 8-2 in Round of 32, d. Engelbrecht/Crohn of Washburn 9-7 in Round of 16, d. Recuenco/Teruel of Northwest Mo. St. 9-7 in QF, l. to Dunlap.Landin of Central Okla. 6-3, 2-6, 10-7 in SF) ... w/ Takanashi, reached the Flight 1/2 finals of the GAC Individual Championship (d. Bell/Sanchez of Arkansas Tech 7-5 in QF, d. Nowakowska/Vargas of Southern Ark. 7-6 in SF, l. to Boepple/Moosbacher of Okla. Baptist 6-3 in F) ... 5-1 vs. GAC (w/ Takanashi, d. Tabler/Dinsmore of Ouachita Baptist 6-2 at No. 1, d. Parker/Puluspene of Henderson St. 6-4 at No. 1, d. Dowling/Moosbacher of Okla. Baptist 7-6 at No. 1, d. Budnik/Shiaelis of Southeastern Okla. 6-4 at No. 1, d. Rowlands/Ward of Arkansas Tech 6-2 at No. 1) ... 16-5 at No. 1 ... w/ Takanashi, went 2-0 vs. nationally ranked opponents (d. No. 3 Czapinski/Morrissey of Washburn 7-5, d. No. 9 Vargas/Nowakowska of Southern Ark. 6-2) ... played 21 matches with Takanashi, going 17-4 ... had two six-match winning streaks ... went 2-0 at GAC Tournament w/ Takanashi (d. Dowling/Moosbacher of Okla. Baptist 7-5, d. Vargas/Nowakowska of Southern Ark. 6-2) ... w/ Takanashi, ranked No. 23 in ITA Division II Doubles on Mar. 20, No. 20 on Mar. 27, No. 31 on April 3, No. 37 on April 10, No. 13 on April 17, No. 19 on April 24, and No. 14 on May 1.
Previous School
Cox transferred to Harding from Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina ... 2018 second-team All-Sun Belt Conference in singles ... tied for the team lead in singles victories with a 15-6 record ... had an eight-match winning streak ... went 13-6 in doubles, playing primarily at No. 3, where she was 10-3 ... 2017 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year ... 13-7 in singles, all at No. 1 ... 10-7 in doubles ... a 2016 graduate of Rockwall (Texas) High School ... ranked as high as 77th nationally by TennisRecruiting.net ... played at Brookhaven Tennis Academy, where she was coached by Dave Anderson.
Personal
Born: July 21, 1997
Major: Marketing
Parents: Glen and Rosie Cox ... has one brother (Randie)
Enjoys photography and design ... once bitten by a copperhead ... doesn't have a middle name.
