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Women’s Tennis Welcomes 2024-25 Incoming Class
8/8/2024 1:45:00 PM | Women's Tennis
Three newcomers set to join the 2024-25 roster
NEW YORK – Columbia women's tennis head coach Ilene Weintraub officially introduced three newcomers to the 2024-25 roster Thursday.
The incoming group was rated as the No. 6 recruiting class in the country by tennisrecruiting.net. The class features Emily Baek from Suwanee, Georgia, Malak El Allami from Casablanca, Morocco and Amber Yin from St. Louis, Missouri.
Details on this season's incoming class are below. Fans can access the complete 2024-25 Columbia women's tennis roster by clicking this link.
EMILY BAEK – FY – CC – Suwanee, Georgia / Lambert
PRE-COLUMBIA
Earned varsity letters all four years of high school … Named Most Valuable Player with an undefeated record playing the one singles all four years of high school without dropping a set … Led the varsity team to a region and state championship … Listed in the Top 10 for high school players in the nation by UTR … Named a scholar-athlete all four years of high school … Rated as a blue-chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net … Top 10 finish in G12 and G14, and Top 20 finish in G16 and G18 … Bronze Ball winner in doubles at L1 USTA Indoor Nationals with incoming teammate Amber Yin … Undefeated in singles at 2022 16s L1 USTA Spring Team Nationals … 2023 18's L3 USTA Southern Closed champion … Undefeated in singles at the No. 1 position at 2023 18's L3 Nationals Mixed Team Tournament … Undefeated in singles at the No. 1 position at 2024 18's L3 Nationals Gold Team Tournament … Graduated with high honors in the top 5% of the class.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Orson and Kelly Baek … Has one sibling, Ethan … Has coached a diverse group of 12 kids and build the foundation for their tennis technique while strengthening their passion for the game … Contributed over 100 hours of community service inside and outside of the classroom … Enrolled at Columbia College.
MALAK EL ALLAMI – FY – CC – Casablanca, Morocco / Azhar Erriad II/EdOptions Academy
PRE-COLUMBIA
Became the first Moroccan girl to win a Junior Grand Slam singles match with a win at Wimbledon in 2023 … Represented Morocco at the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals where helped her nation to a record-breaking sixth-place finish … Advanced to the second round of singles and doubles at the 2024 Roland Garros Junior Championships … Achieved a high ITF Junior Ranking of 36 (February 26, 2024) … 2024 J100 Rabat singles champion … 2024 J100 Mohammedia singles champion … 2024 J200 Cairo singles champion … Competed in the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon Junior Championship in 2023.
PERSONAL
Born July 28, 2006 … Enrolled at Columbia College.
AMBER YIN – FY – CC – St. Louis, Missouri / Lafayette
PRE-COLUMBIA
2023 Post Dispatch Metro Player of the Year … 2023 Class 3 singles state champion … Helped the team finish third at the 2023 state championships … Ranked No. 1 in the nation with USTA rankings in the 12s, 14s and 16s … 2021 Easterbowl 14s Doubles Champion … Finished second at the 16s National Indoors (2021) … 12's Winter National Singles and Doubles champion (2018) … Finished 3rd in indoor doubles (2018) with fellow incoming first-year Emily Baek.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Steven Yin and Mary Wang … Has one sibling, Mia … Enrolled at Columbia College.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
Stay up to date on all things Columbia Women's Tennis by following the Lions on X (@CULionsWTEN), Instagram (@culionswten) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
The incoming group was rated as the No. 6 recruiting class in the country by tennisrecruiting.net. The class features Emily Baek from Suwanee, Georgia, Malak El Allami from Casablanca, Morocco and Amber Yin from St. Louis, Missouri.
Details on this season's incoming class are below. Fans can access the complete 2024-25 Columbia women's tennis roster by clicking this link.
EMILY BAEK – FY – CC – Suwanee, Georgia / Lambert
PRE-COLUMBIA
Earned varsity letters all four years of high school … Named Most Valuable Player with an undefeated record playing the one singles all four years of high school without dropping a set … Led the varsity team to a region and state championship … Listed in the Top 10 for high school players in the nation by UTR … Named a scholar-athlete all four years of high school … Rated as a blue-chip recruit by TennisRecruiting.net … Top 10 finish in G12 and G14, and Top 20 finish in G16 and G18 … Bronze Ball winner in doubles at L1 USTA Indoor Nationals with incoming teammate Amber Yin … Undefeated in singles at 2022 16s L1 USTA Spring Team Nationals … 2023 18's L3 USTA Southern Closed champion … Undefeated in singles at the No. 1 position at 2023 18's L3 Nationals Mixed Team Tournament … Undefeated in singles at the No. 1 position at 2024 18's L3 Nationals Gold Team Tournament … Graduated with high honors in the top 5% of the class.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Orson and Kelly Baek … Has one sibling, Ethan … Has coached a diverse group of 12 kids and build the foundation for their tennis technique while strengthening their passion for the game … Contributed over 100 hours of community service inside and outside of the classroom … Enrolled at Columbia College.
MALAK EL ALLAMI – FY – CC – Casablanca, Morocco / Azhar Erriad II/EdOptions Academy
PRE-COLUMBIA
Became the first Moroccan girl to win a Junior Grand Slam singles match with a win at Wimbledon in 2023 … Represented Morocco at the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup Juniors Finals where helped her nation to a record-breaking sixth-place finish … Advanced to the second round of singles and doubles at the 2024 Roland Garros Junior Championships … Achieved a high ITF Junior Ranking of 36 (February 26, 2024) … 2024 J100 Rabat singles champion … 2024 J100 Mohammedia singles champion … 2024 J200 Cairo singles champion … Competed in the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon Junior Championship in 2023.
PERSONAL
Born July 28, 2006 … Enrolled at Columbia College.
AMBER YIN – FY – CC – St. Louis, Missouri / Lafayette
PRE-COLUMBIA
2023 Post Dispatch Metro Player of the Year … 2023 Class 3 singles state champion … Helped the team finish third at the 2023 state championships … Ranked No. 1 in the nation with USTA rankings in the 12s, 14s and 16s … 2021 Easterbowl 14s Doubles Champion … Finished second at the 16s National Indoors (2021) … 12's Winter National Singles and Doubles champion (2018) … Finished 3rd in indoor doubles (2018) with fellow incoming first-year Emily Baek.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Steven Yin and Mary Wang … Has one sibling, Mia … Enrolled at Columbia College.
FOLLOWING THE LIONS
Stay up to date on all things Columbia Women's Tennis by following the Lions on X (@CULionsWTEN), Instagram (@culionswten) and on Facebook (@ColumbiaAthletics).
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