CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois women's tennis and head coach Evan Clark announced the addition of Violeta Martinez (Port Saint Lucie, Fla.) to the Fighting Illini women's tennis program on Tuesday (April 12). Martinez will join the Orange and Blue for the 2022-23 academic year.
"We are thrilled to welcome Violeta to the Illinois women's tennis family," said Clark. "We continue to be fortunate enough to land high caliber tennis players, but more importantly land well-rounded, high character and humble individuals like Violeta. We believe it is an unbelievable fit for all parties and I am extremely grateful and appreciative of Violeta's confidence in me, our program and our great university. We cannot wait to have Violeta in the Orange and Blue next fall."
Violeta Martinez // Port Saint Lucie, Fla. // Rafael Nadal International School
Notes: Consistently ranked as a "blue chip recruit" and is listed in the top 20 in the nation according to tennisrecruiting.net … Ranked as high as No. 15 by tennisrecruiting.net in 2020 … Highest International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking of No. 325 … 2021 ITF J4 Netherlands singles and doubles finalist … 2021 ITF J4 Club tennis Tarragona doubles finalist … Brought home singles championships at the 2019 ITF J5 Vale Del Lobo junior open and the 2019 National Spring Championship (Mobile, Ala.) … 2019 National Level 2 Orlando singles finalist … 2018 National Championship (Orlando, Fla.) Champion … Daughter of Gustavo and Mariela … Brother Tomas plays collegiate tennis at Illinois-Springfield.
Why Illinois?
"I am extremely excited to start my journey as an Illini. The choice to join was an easy one for me. The University of Illinois offers a great balance of academics and athletics and this interests me as I am able to push both aspects of my college life. I am super excited to stretch myself on the tennis side with great coaches and teammates around me and help this very competitive team to push even further! I am super grateful to have this opportunity and I cannot wait to be on campus this fall!"
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