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2024-25 Women's Tennis Roster

Emma Fernald

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Saint Petersburg, Fla.
  • High School Clearwater Central Catholic

Biography

Honors and Awards
Third Team All-CAA in singles (2023)
Third Team All-CAA in doubles (2023)
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
W&M Provost Award (2023-24, 2024-25)
CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)

Senior Season (2024-25)
Went 11-2 in singles, including 5-0 during the spring season … Behind a 2-1 record, won the consolation finals of the Black Singles Draw at the Tribe Invitational (9/14-15/24) … Went 2-0 in singles at the Hall of Fame Hidden Dual (10/4-6/24) … Went 2-1 in singles at the Liberty Hidden Dual (11/1-3/24) … Posted a 16-9 record in doubles … With Emma Pell, won the Griffin Doubles Draw at the Tribe Invitational (9/14-15/24) … Alongside Mira Kernagis, went 2-1 in doubles at the Hall of Fame Hidden Dual (10/4-6/24) … Went 11-6 in doubles during the spring season, with all matches coming at No. 3 with Kernagis … Clinched the doubles point against West Virginia (2/2/25), Temple (3/13/25), Fordham (3/19/25), Charleston (3/22/25), VCU (3/28/25), and Delaware (4/26/25) … Went 6-0 in doubles in the month of March … With Kernagis, named CAA Doubles Team of the Week on 3/25/25 … Scored the Tribe’s only doubles win during the CAA Championship match against Elon (4/27/25), defeating CAA Rookie of the Year Heidi Bulger and her partner Miray Konar … Earned CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll distinction during the fall semester … Selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team.

Junior Season (2023-24)
Named to the All-CAA Second Team in doubles … Won seven singles matches … Posted a 15-12 doubles record … Posted singles dual-match wins over Longwood (2/3), Georgetown (2/4), and George Mason (2/25) … Teamed primarily with Yu Chen in doubles, going 13-9 overall and 12-7 at No. 1 … Four doubles wins came against CAA competition … The pair knocked off the All-CAA First Team pair of Eda Arli and Elif Albayrak of UNCW (4/27) in the semifinals to help W&M advance to the league final … With Chen, clinched the doubles point against Longwood (2/3), Temple (3/24) and Campbell (4/14) … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll with High Honors during the fall … Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.

Sophomore Season (2022-23)
Selected Third Team All-CAA in singles and doubles … Finished the season at 18-8 in singles action, including an 11-5 dual-match record … Was 11-5 at the No. 4 singles post … Clinched the Tribe’s regular-season wins over Morgan State and Elon … Finished the season on a seven-match win streak, including wins in the CAA Quarterfinals over North Carolina A&T and the semifinals vs. Elon … Won a key match at No. 4 singles in the Tribe’s 4-3 win over Delaware … Went a perfect 3-0 in singles to close out the fall season at the Liberty Invitational … Advanced to the semifinals of Flight B Singles at the Navy Blue and Gold Invitational … Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team … Posted a 13-13 doubles record, playing primarily with Elisa Van Meeteren … The duo was named Third Team All-CAA and was 10-9 as a team … With Van Meeteren, clinched the doubles point on three occasions at No. 1 vs. Norfolk State, at No. 2 vs. Morgan State and in the CAA Championship vs. UNCW at No. 2 … Recorded three wins at No. 1 and four at No. 2 with Van Meeteren … Upset the No. 54-ranked Maryland team of Minorka Miranda and Marta Perez Mur, 6-4, in helping the Tribe to the doubles point against the Terps … Picked up a key win at No. 2 doubles in helping W&M to the doubles point in the CAA Quarterfinals vs. North Carolina A&T … Went a perfect 3-0 at the end of the fall season at the Liberty Invitational … A W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … Named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.

Freshman Season (2021-22)
Notched a 19-10 singles record, including a 13-6 mark in dual-match competition … Clinched CAA Championship match with a come-from-behind three-set win over Elon’s Alison O’Dea … Played as high as No. 4 in the singles lineup, picking up a victory against Norfolk State (2/5) … Won five in a row from March 16-27 … Went 6-4 at No. 6 singles and moved up to No. 5 at the end of the season, going 5-2 … Clinched the Tribe’s 4-0 win at ECU with a straight-set win at No. 6 … Posted a 13-13 doubles record … Teamed with Mila Saric to go 5-3 in doubles action, including a 3-2 record at No. 2 … Earned CAA Doubles Team of the Week honors with Emma Fernald on April 26 after posting a win at the No. 2 position against Elon … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Prep
Named her high school team MVP on three occasions in 2018, 2019 and 2021 … Was the Florida State Doubles Champion in 2019 … Ranked No. 190 nationally in U18  Rated No. 11 in the state of Florida U18, No. 5 in U16 and No. 18 in U14 … Won the Daytona Singles 18s Level 4 in 2018 … Won the consolation bracket at the Hawaii Level 2 18s in 2019 … A member of the track team and a team MVP in high school … Selected to the National Honor Society. 
 
Personal
Daughter of Gary and Kim Fernald … Earned her Bachelor of Arts in Government in May of 2025. 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'8"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'8"