MEDIA
San Diego Union-Tribune: Studying Astrophysics, Haynes is Reaching for the Stars (Jan. 15, 2025)
HONORS AND AWARDS
UC San Diego
All-Big West First Team, singles
All-Big West Second Team, doubles
UC San Diego Athlete of the Year
CSC Academic All-District
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll, Highest Honors
ITA Scholar-Athlete
Big West Player of the Week
AS A GRADUATE STUDENT IN 2024-25
All-Big West First Team selection in singles ... Named
Athlete of the Year at the 2025 Triton Awards in June ... Set a program Division I single season record with 16 singles win during spring season ... Posted a 7-2 mark in conference play ... Played exclusively at the No. 1 singles position ... Recognized on theÂ
All-Big West Second Team in doubles alongside Kelly Leung, after that duo posted a 3-0 mark against conference foes at No. 1 ...Tied for team lead in doubles victories with eight ... Named
UCU Athlete of the Week (March 31)Â ... Earned
Big West Player of the Week honors on Jan. 22 ... Named
UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 7) ... Selected to the College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District Team ... Earned a spot on
The Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ... Named
ITA Scholar-Athlete.
AS A SENIOR IN 2023-24 AT COLUMBIA
Registered a 14-7 singles record in her final campaign as a Lion ... Closed out the season with a 6-4, 6-1 win over her foe from Brown at No. 3 singles (April 21) ... Was 5-2 in doubles during fall play ... Team captain ... Recognized as an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Earned her degree in astrophysics.
AS A JUNIOR IN 2022-23 AT COLUMBIA
Posted a 10-9 record overall in singles play … Went 3-5 in dual singles … Notched a 7-5, 6-1 win over Harvard’s Maxi Duncan in the No. 2 singles (April 17) … Finished with a 6-3 mark overall in doubles action … Secured one doubles dual win over Morgan State’s Stefania Moysiadi and Ana Aran (Jan. 22) … Team captain ... Recognized as an ITA Division I Scholar-Athlete.
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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021-22 AT COLUMBIA
Posted an 11-8 overall record in singles, including a 6-5 dual match slate, 5-3 fall tournament record, and 1-1 conference record … Played primarily at No. 4 and No. 5 singles … Went 2-2 at No. 4 singles and 3-3 at No. 5 singles … Combined for a 3-1 doubles record.
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AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020-21 AT COLUMBIA
Season canceled by Ivy League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2018-19 AT COLUMBIA
Finished the season with a 17-3 overall singles record while playing primarily at No. 6 singles and went a combined 15-6 in doubles … Went 8-0 in dual matches, 9-3 in tournament play and 5-0 at No. 6 singles … Concluded season on a 10-match win streak (Nov. 2 through Feb. 28) … Teamed with Michelle Xu for a 13-5 overall doubles record on year, including 3-1 in dual matches and 10-4 in tournament play … Also went 2-1 in doubles with partner Melissa Sakar … Claimed the Penn Invitational doubles championship with partner Michelle Xu … Won D Division doubles title with Xu at the Columbia Invitational.
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HIGH SCHOOL
A 2019 graduate of Rancho Bernardo High School in San Diego, Calif., where she played one year of varsity tennis for Head Coach Mike Parrinello … Ranked No. 27 by tennisrecruiting.net in 2019 … Ranked No. 13 by TennisRPI … Won Southern California Sectionals in 2016 … Advanced to the finals of the National Open Hardcourts Tournament in 2016 … Advanced to the Finals of the Women’s National Hardcourts … Won Under-12 singles championship at 2013 USTA National Open … Won both the 2013 Sunset Athletic Club singles and doubles titles in 2013 … Won both the VTC Boys & Girls Winter championships singles and doubles titles .. Won 2012 Sunset Athletic Club singles title … Won PNW Sectionals at the 14 and under age group … Won Little Mo national title in 2011 … Earned Girls’ National Hardcourts Sportsmanship Award … Ranked No. 15 in the USTA National Rankings in 2016 … Ranked as high as No. 5 on tennisrecruiting.net Class of 2019 list in 2016 … Ranked No. 1 in Southern California in 2017 … In her one year of high school tennis as a freshman, earned the Southern California Most Improved Player Award in 2016 … Named San Diego Union Tribune Athlete of the Month in 2015 … Led the Broncos to the Palomar League championship in 2015 … Went undefeated in singles as a freshman … Two-time Intersectional champion in 2015 and 2016 … Named Team Most Valuable Player as a freshman … Named F.A.C.E Award at Rancho Bernardo, which honors top-25 grade point average for graduating senior class … Earned the Silver Star Award for students achieving a 4.0 grade point average per quarter … Served as a volunteer coach for a children’s tennis clinic.
PERSONAL
Born:Â June 1 in Beaverton, Ore.
Sibling: Chris
Major:Â Data Science
Future plans:Â Hopes to earn a PhD in astrophysics and become an astrophysicist, professor, and researcher
Top tennis moment:Â Coming back to clinch a match 7-6 after being down by 3 points
Hobbies: Hiking, ping pong, and Pickleball
Favorite movie: Inception
Favorite food: Sushi
Fun fact:Â She can ride a unicycle