Jaeda Daniel Honored as National Most Improved Senior by ITA
6/13/2022 11:02:00 AM | Women's Tennis
TEMPE, Ariz. – After garnering regional honors last week, NC State women's tennis' Jaeda Daniel was honored as the national winner of the 2022 ITA Most Improved Senior award, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Monday afternoon.
She was chosen as the winner of the annual award from a group of 12 regional winners and finalists from across the nation. It marks the second year in a row that a member of the Wolfpack squad has been selected as the winner of this award.
Daniel was the 2022 NCAA champion in doubles alongside playing partner Nell Miller, marking the first title in NC State women's tennis history and putting an exclamation mark on a decorated career for the Wolfpack graduate. The Newtown Square, Pa., native was one of just five players in the nation to be named an All-American in both singles and doubles in 2022, and she also garnered status as a First Team All-ACC honoree.
Daniel finished her last campaign with the Pack ranked No. 1 nationally in doubles and No. 11 in singles. She was part of the first duo in Wolfpack women's tennis history to earn a No. 1 final national ranking and surged as high as a career-best No. 8 in singles during 2021-22.
Daniel compiled 24 singles wins this season, with 16 of those victories coming in dual match play. After playing at the No. 4 singles spot for the majority of the 2021 dual match campaign, she embraced her leadership role at the top of the Wolfpack lineup. In doubles, she collected a team-leading 34 wins, the fourth-most in a single season by any NC State player.
In total on her three-year career at NC State, Daniel amassed 62 singles wins (ninth in program history) and 79 doubles wins (fifth in program history).
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