Nova Southeastern University Athletics

AS A SENIOR* (2020)
Played in 11 matches before the COVID-19 pandemic shortened what was expected to be her final season with the Sharks, helping NSU to its highest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) final national ranking at No. 3 … Initially ranked 38th and ended the shortened season 16th in the formidable South Region … Earned a 6-2 record (4-0 SSC) in the top three singles flights and partnered with Tingting Pei for a team-leading 10-1 (4-0 SSC) doubles mark – the pair notching victories in five matches against ranked teams at first and second-flight doubles … Received Sunshine State Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition ... Finished 2020 with a combined 77.1 win percentage with a 35-10 singles and 39-12 doubles record across three years on the courts for NSU.
 
AS A JUNIOR (2019)
Helped lead the Sharks to a history-making No. 6 final Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) ranking and tying the program wins record with NSU’s best season since 2007 on a 22-5 team record, a second-ever Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Runner-up finish, then hosting and reaching the South Region Final on NSU’s first NCAA postseason victory since 2009 … Winning her final three matches in singles, she produced a 13-2 (10-1 at No. 3, 3-1 at No. 2) overall record and 5-1 SSC mark with a nationally-ranked victory over Saint Leo’s 37th-ranked Kristyna Jurkova – earning Second-Team All-SSC singles honors … On the doubles courts in the first flight largely with partner Ana Navas, went 13-4 (4-2 SSC) to garner First-Team All-SSC accolades … A key component in helping the Sharks reach only their second SSC Championships final, she produced key quarterfinal and semifinal doubles victories, squaring an unfinished third set singles in the NSU win over No. 20 Florida Southern and then scrapping out the match-clinching 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Verena Schmid from defending National Champion and SSC top-seeded Barry for the Sharks advance … Ranked 20th with Navas in the final ITA doubles rankings and 64th as a singles player.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2018)
Named First Team All-SSC in doubles with Andrea Ivanovic and Second Team All-SSC in singles...Named to the ITA All-America doubles team in tandem with Ivanovic…Went 16-6 playing mostly No. 3 doubles and 16-7 in doubles with Ivanovic with a 7-2 mark against the SSC in both singles and doubles…Notched four wins against four national-ranked doubles teams including an 8-5 upset win over the No. 1 doubles team in the country, Klaudia Boczova and Eliska Petrackova of Lynn in the SSC Semifinals…Won three singles matches against Division I opponents, Sydney Goodson of Georgetown, Lea Owens of Richmond and Sarah Hall of Delaware…Scored the match-clinching point against Florida Southern twice, including in the SSC Quarterfinals which gave the Sharks their first postseason win in five years.

AS A FRESHMAN (2017)
Redshirted her freshman season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Andragogy International Universe (AIU High School) in Miami, Florida.
 
PERSONAL
Ranked as high as No. 329 in the ITF Junior poll...Majoring in Exercise and Sport Science…Born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras…Daughter of Suyapa Maldonado and Elvin Obando…Has two older siblings, Alejandro and Alejandra.