Senior - 2014-15

• Midwest Region ITA/Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship & Leadership Award
• ITA Scholar Athlete
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• All-Big Ten Selection
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree
• UI Fighting Illini Spirit Award Recipient
• Illinois Women's Tennis Brianna Knue Spirit Award Recipient
• Team MVP
• Two-time Big Ten Player of the Week (first Illinois player since 2012 to earn accolade)
• Went 19-13 overall in singles
• Played predominately at No. 2 singles going 11-5
• Worked to a 15-7 dual singles record
• 8-3 in Big Ten singles play
• Worked to a 19-8 doubles record, playing all but four matches (1-3) with Louise Kwong
• Team up with Kwong to go 15-4 in doubles dual play all at No. 1 including wins in the last six matches
• In final doubles appearance as an Illini, worked with Kwong to upset 39th-ranked Northwestern tandem in the Big Ten Tournament
• Owns the third-most doubles wins in program history at 88

Junior - 2013-14

• Garnered the team Strength and Conditioning Award
• Went 13-10 overall this spring
• Achieved a record of 8-3 at the No. 3 singles spot
• Ended the season on a five-match winning streak
• Went 11-9 in doubles play
• Earned the second best team doubles record with freshman Alexis Casati, going 8-7 in dual play

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Earned All-America honors in doubles for advancing to the NCAA Championships quarterfinals with Rachael White
• Along with doubles partner Rachael White became the first Illini All-American since Lindsey Nimmo in 1993
• Second-team All-Big Ten selection
• Collected 28 doubles wins on the year, the seventh-most in school history
• Ended the season ranked No. 15 in the nation and No. 2 in the Midwest Region in doubles with partner Rachael White
• Ended the year ranked No. 11 in the Midwest Region in singles
• Won the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional doubles crown, along with partner Rachael White, in the fall season
• Along with White, beat four nationally ranked doubles opponents on the way to the quarterfinals at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships

Freshman - 2011-12

• Garnered first-team All-Big Ten recognition
• Voted Advantage Illinois Most Valuable Player and Player to Watch by her teammates
• Led the squad with a 23-9 mark overall in singles, including a team-best 17-6 dual record, while playing primarily at Nos. 2 and 3
• Cracked the national singles rankings, ending the year at a career-high No. 121
• Led the team in doubles wins, going 23-8 overall and 15-4 alongside Lambropoulos with whom she reached as high as No. 42 in the nation
• Finished the year ranked seventh in the Midwest Region and fifth alongside Lambropolous
• Made her debut at the No. 1 singles spot at the Big Ten Tournament

Juniors/High School

• Graduated from Amos Alonzo Stagg High School
• Selected to all-conference, all-section and All-State teams as a freshman
• Captured the 2010 USTA National Open Girl's 18 singles title in St. Louis
• Coached by Tom Lockhart

Personal

• Born June 2, 1993
• Daughter of Jan and Zofia Kopinski
• Majoring in community health: health planning and administration
• Twin brother Tim plays for the Illini men's tennis team, marking the first time in Illinois history that twins have played on both tennis squads
• Lists her biggest thrill in sports as winning the 2001-02 Peewee Hockey title in the Oak Lawn House League Championship

The Kopinski File

Favorite movie: Indiana Jones Trilogy
Favorite quote: "Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records." - William Arthur Ward
Favorite TV show: Dexter
Favorite sports team: Pittsburgh Penguins
Favorite food: A good steak
Pre-match ritual: Eating a banana
Favorite place on campus: Illini Ice Arena
Favorite sport: Hockey
Dream job: Manage a professional hockey team
Favorite song: "Penguin" by Avicii
Favorite singer: Brandon Flowers
Best memory as an Illini: Getting first win at Duke Invite
Actress who would play her in a movie: Katherine Heigl
Favorite Disney movie: The Lion King
Hidden talent: Telepathy with Tim, her twin brother, who also plays tennis for the Illini
Favorite superhero: Iron Man

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