Maria Juliana Parra Romero

Class:
Junior
Prev School:
Colegio San Sebastian
Height:
5-2
Hometown:
Bucaramanga, Colombia

2022-23 (So.)
• Selected to ASUN All-Conference first team
• Recognized on VaSID All-State singles first team
• Two-time ASUN Player of the Week (Jan. 18, March 8)
• Earned a No. 90 ITA National Ranking with partner Tiffany Nguyen, finished spring season as partners for an 8-2 record in 12 matches together including a victory over the No. 59 pair of Sara Snyder and Jess Dawson (Furman), 7-6 (6)
• Totaled a 27-7 singles mark and a 21-11 doubles record for the year
• Finished second on the team with 27 total singles victories
• Began the fall with a six-match win streak, finishing with an 11-3 fall record
• Topped No. 107 Sophie Luescher of Oregon 6-3, 6-2 at the ITA All-American Championships
• Became first in program history to win four matches at the ITA All-American Championships (4-2)
• Put together a 16-4 (6-2 ASUN) spring campaign, good for second most spring triumphs on team
• Played all her singles matches in the No. 1 position
• Carried a season-high 12-match unbeaten streak in singles competition from Oct. 21 to Feb. 12
• Picked up a victory over No. 32 Charlotte’s Ruxi Schech 6-0, 6-2
• Finished third on team with 21 total doubles wins
• Began fall season with five straight doubles wins, finishing the season with an 8-1 record
• Went 13-10 (6-1 ASUN) in doubles across the spring season
• Played across two doubles positions, going 11-9 from No. 1 and 2-1 from No. 2

2021-22 (Fr.)

• Selected as ASUN Conference Women’s Tennis Freshman of the Year, the first player in program history to earn the honor

• Honored on ASUN All-Conference first team

• Tabbed VaSID Rookie of the Year, the second Liberty player in school history to earn the honor and first since Jordan Jenkins in 2008

• Earned VaSID All-State singles first team accolades

• Named ASUN Player of the Week on Feb. 22

• Closed year as the No. 13-ranked singles player in the ITA Atlantic Region

• Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll

• Established a new program record for singles wins in a season with 29

• Posted a 29-5 overall singles mark (18 spring wins, 11 fall wins), 18-3 spring record and 14-2 mark in the No. 1 slot in the lineup

• Earned record-breaking 29th win in the ASUN Championship final (April 24) against Stetson’s No. 1 singles player, Nadejda Maslova, doing so in straight sets (6-2, 6-3)

• Went 7-1 in ASUN regular season competition and was 3-0 in singles at the ASUN Championship

• Held 11-2 record in fall singles matches

• Finished freshman season with the best singles winning percentage in program history (min. 20 wins), .853 (29-5 record)

• Had winning streaks of four or more matches four times, won the first seven matches of her collegiate career

• Closed the year with an 11-1 mark in her last 12 matches (March 5-April 24), won the last four matches of the season

• Earned first career victory against ECU’s Ines Bachir el Boucha in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) on day one of the LU Invite, Sept. 11

• Finished tied for second on the squad in doubles wins with 19 (11 spring, eight fall)

• Held a 6-1 overall doubles record with Tiffany Nguyen as her partner, including a 4-1 dual match record

• Won doubles matches with seven different partners, including: Nguyen (6), Micaela Ode Mitre (5), Kalani Soli (4), Bruna Sampaio (1), Maretha Burger (1), Willa Rogers (1) and Alexandra Almborg (1)

• Posted four ASUN doubles wins, three with Soli and one with Nguyen

• Went 8-2 in fall doubles matches

Prep

• Graduate of Colegio San Sebastian

• Reached No. 1 in Colombia’s junior tennis rankings

• Earned No. 527 ITF and No. 1371 WTA rankings

Personal

• Daughter of Roque Parra and Lina Romero

• Undecided upon major

• Birthday is Oct. 7