2024-25 Lady Demon Tennis Roster

Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services
Chris Reich, NSU Photographic Services

Ayu Ishibashi

Ayu Ishibashi

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Hometown:
    Chiba, Japan
  • Highschool:
    Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors: 
2025 All-Southland Conference Women's Tennis Team No. 5 Singles Second Team
2025 All-Southland Conference Women's Tennis Second Team No.3 Doubles with Sofi Garcia

2024 Southland Conference Spring Honor Roll
Jan. 30, 2024 Southland Conference Player of the Week
2023 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2023 Academic All-Southland Conference Second Team
2023 All-Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Team No. 2 Singles First Team
2022 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll
2022 Intercollegiate Tennis Association Scholar Athlete
2022 All-Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Third Team Doubles (Ayu Ishibashi/Patrycja Polanska)
2022 All-Southland Conference Women’s Tennis First Team Singles
March 8, 2022 Southland Conference Tennis Player of the Week


2025 Season (Senior): 10-3 overall record, 7-2 in SLC play ... started the season on a four match win streak ... All-SLC Second Team in Singles at the No. 5 position ... Ranks sixth all-time in Singles Career win percentage (.759) ... tied 21st all-time in Career Singles wins at 44  ... wins include South Alabama, UTRGV, Lamar ... 7-4 record in doubles, 4-2 in SLC play ... 5-2 with partner Sofi Garcia .... wins include UIW and Lamar ... All-SLC Second Team in Doubles at the No. 3 position with Sofi Garcia ... 5-2 record with Garcia at the No. 3 position

2024 Season (Junior): Posted an 8-2 record overall … 1-0 in SLC play … wins include Tulane, La. Tech, Southern Miss., Sam Houston and among others … 8 match win streak … went 6-4 in doubles overall, 1-0 in conference play.

2023 Season (Sophomore): First-Team All-SLC Singles at No. 2 ... went 12-6 in singles on the season, 10 wins all at No. 2 ... posted a 6-3 mark in SLC play ... logged a win against Southern Miss.

2022 Season (Freshman): First-Team All-SLC Singles at No. 4 … went 6-0 in league play and 14-2 overall … her 14 total wins at No. 4 tie for fourth all-time in NSU history … her .875 winning percentage ranks second all-time at No. 4 and third all-time among NSU freshmen … regardless of position, her .875 winning percentage ranks sixth all-time in single season ... SLC Player of the Week with a pair of singles and doubles wins against Lamar and Alcorn State in which she lost a combined four games … ended the season on a 10-match winning streak … her two losses came to TCU and Houston … beat Texas State, UTSA, SFA, Lamar, AMCC, UNO and La. Tech among others … Third-Team All-SLC Doubles at No. 3 with partner Patrycja Polanska … 8-1 overall and 2-1 in league play with Polanska (1-2 with Gig Kanaphuet) … AMCC was the only loss … wins included Houston, Southern Miss and La. Tech.

Prior to NSU: Runner-up in the All-Japan Junior Tennis Championships (U16) in 2019 … won a U16 singles event at the Tecnifibre Wellington Junior ITF in the WTA future stars category … ranked 411 on the ITF Junior rankings with a 24-7 record (January 2020) … coached by Yasushi Nagashima.
 
Personal: Daughter of Yukiko and Takatoshi Ishibashi … one sister Yuka … health and exercise science major who wants to return to Japan after graduation and work for a company who sells various products for athletes … life’s ambition is to live true to oneself.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'4"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'4"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'4"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'4"