Maria Mosolova (Women's Tennis, 2007-11)

Maria Mosolova finished her time at Northwestern as the second Wildcat women’s tennis player to earn All-America honors in singles in all four years of her career. In addition, she was a four-time All-Big selection, two-time B1G Player of the Year and finished each of her seasons ranked among the nation’s top-12 singles players.
 
Mosolova dominated from the beginning of her career, going 41-6 as a freshman in 2007-08 and winning the Big Ten Freshman and Player of the Year awards. She advanced all the way to the NCAA singles quarterfinal round as the tournament’s No. 4 overall seed, eventually finishing the season ranked seventh nationally.
 
Her best season came as a sophomore when she finished the season ranked second overall in singles and was named one of four finalists for the Women’s Tennis Honda Sports Award. After winning her second-straight Big Ten Player of the Year honor, Mosolova drew the No. 1 overall seed for the NCAA Championships, but was upset in the quarterfinal.
 
She reached the NCAA Round of 16 in 2010 and won her first two matches as a senior in 2011 to be named an All-American in each of those seasons, as well. She finished 2010 ranked 12^th in the nation and was 10^th following the 2011 championship.
 
Mosolova concluded her career as Northwestern’s recipient of the 2011 Big Ten Medal of Honor.