Avery Halloran
Avery Halloran
Height: 5-2
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Southington, Conn.
High School: Southington
Major: Nursing

2022-23: Earned CSC Academic All-District honors ... Won in the four singles position 6-3, 6-0 against UMass-Boston (April 16) ... Had a 5-5 record for singles and 4-9 record for doubles … Had three straight match wins in singles play against Gordon (Sept.3), at Salem State (Sept. 4) and against Suffolk University (Sept. 7) … Registered a 2-3 record with teammate Libby Weed and a 2-6 record with Olga Zhizhin ... Won 8-3 with partner Libby Weed to help get the win for the Sharks against Gordon (Sept. 3) ... Came back after an unfinished match in singles to get a 8-4 win against University of St. Joseph's (CT) with doubles partner Olga Zhizhin (Oct. 12). 

2021: Appeared in all 12 matches in the fall ... Posted a 7-4 singles record, including a 4-2 mark in GNAC action from sixth spot in the Sharks lineup ... Registerd a 5-6 doubles mark, including 4-2 against conference opponents ... Selected to the GNAC All-Sportsmanship Team ... Two-time GNAC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 13; Sept. 27) ... Swept the first GNAC Player and Rookie of the Week honors (Sept. 13) after posting a 3-0 singles record and a 3-1 doubles record to begin the season ... Opened the season winning four of her first five singles matches ... Blanked Albertus Magnus' sixth singles opponent, Cara Dominello in two sets (6-0, 6-0) after pairing with Sam Margolin to win 8-4 in second doubles (Sept. 8) ... Bounced back from a two-set fifth singles loss against Colby-Sawyer to defeat Lesley's Jordan Blair in two sets (6-2, 6-3) in fifth singles ... Helped the Sharks to a pivotal 5-4 road victory against Regis Colelge (Sept. 25), teaming with Olga Zhizhin to win second doubles, 8-6, before shutting out Kaeligh FitzPatrick in two sets (6-0, 6-0) ... Defeated the University of St. Joseph's (Conn.) Julia Michaud in two sets, 6-1, 6-0, in fith singles (Oct. 3) ... Knocked of Eastern Nazarene's Madison Rearick in two sets, 6-1, 6-0, in sixth singles (Oct. 6) to help Simmons finish with a 5-1 conference mark and claim the second seed. 

Before Simmons: 
Two-sport athlete in tennis and swimming and diving at Southington High School ... Earned three Varsity letters ... Played first singles and third doubles ... Captained the Knights a senior ... Selected to the Meridan Journal All-Record team ... Posted a 12-6 singles mark her senior campaign ... Honor student all four years ... Was an officier in the National Honors Society ... Enjoys swimming ... Daughter of Carina and Michael Halloran.