2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster
Natalie Sprenger
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Boulder, CO
- High School:
- Monarch HS
- Major:
- Marine Biology
2021-22 ITAÂ Scholar-Athlete
2022-23 ITA Scholar-Athlete
UC Santa Cruz Success:
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Monarch High School in Colorado and the Apex Tennis Center. Earned National Science Honor Society, National Honor Society, Academic Varsity Letter, and Academic Award while playing No. 1 Singles on Varsity.
Wyoming District Cup L5 G18 singles/doubles Champion, Summer Masters L4 G16 doubles Champion, Gates Tennis Center L5 District Cup G16 doubles Champion, Colorado State Mountain Ocean Junior Open L5 G16 doubles Champion.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Dina Sprenger, has a brother Simon. She picked UCSC because "it has a beautiful campus, I felt an immediate connection with Coach Jensen, and there is a great Marine Biology program. UCSC also has a lot of diversity, which I like."
Calls her junior tennis coach Woody Oliver her most influential person because "he has taught me not only about the sport, but how tennis translates into everyday life. He also asks me questions that allow me to contemplate and make decisions on my own."
2022-23 ITA Scholar-Athlete
UC Santa Cruz Success:
- 2023-24:
- Had an overall record of 17-14 between singles and doublesÂ
- 2022-23:
- Went team-best 9-3 in singles, including eight wins in a row to open year. That was the longest win streak for a Banana Slug in a decade. 5-7 at No. 1 doubles, earned C2C All-Conference in singles and doubles.
- 2021-22:
- Went 4-5 at No. 2 Singles her first year at UCSC. Went 5-4 at No. 1 Doubles with Sara Beckman, earning C2C All-Conference.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Monarch High School in Colorado and the Apex Tennis Center. Earned National Science Honor Society, National Honor Society, Academic Varsity Letter, and Academic Award while playing No. 1 Singles on Varsity.
Wyoming District Cup L5 G18 singles/doubles Champion, Summer Masters L4 G16 doubles Champion, Gates Tennis Center L5 District Cup G16 doubles Champion, Colorado State Mountain Ocean Junior Open L5 G16 doubles Champion.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Dina Sprenger, has a brother Simon. She picked UCSC because "it has a beautiful campus, I felt an immediate connection with Coach Jensen, and there is a great Marine Biology program. UCSC also has a lot of diversity, which I like."
Calls her junior tennis coach Woody Oliver her most influential person because "he has taught me not only about the sport, but how tennis translates into everyday life. He also asks me questions that allow me to contemplate and make decisions on my own."
