Northwestern University Athletics
Pollard Announces the Addition of Shusharina
1/14/2020 10:17:00 AM | Women's Tennis
EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern head women's tennis coach Claire Pollard has announced that Masha Shusharina has signed a National Letter of Intent to join the Wildcats for the 2020-21 academic year.
Masha Shusharina | 5'5 | Moscow,Russia | GBOU School No. 118
High School: Top-500 world ranking… Holds a 23-13 record professionally.
Personal: Born Maria Shusharina on August 19, 2002 … Daughter of Shumilova Natalia and Shusharin Vladamir.
Shusharina on her Passion for Tennis:
"The mental game in it is a challenge and that is what I like about tennis … You need to play the intellectual game, to be smarter than the opponent, analyze [their] actions."
"Emotions of victories cannot be described in words, you get proof that all difficulties, changes, and efforts were not for nothing and that is the best feeling. I remember all my wins as if it was yesterday."
Pollard on Shusharina:
"It has been a while since I've been this impressed with a player's maturity, organization, and commitment. Maria exuded this throughout the recruiting process. She has high ambitions in the classroom and on the courts and we can't wait for her to join our program."
Masha Shusharina | 5'5 | Moscow,Russia | GBOU School No. 118
High School: Top-500 world ranking… Holds a 23-13 record professionally.
Personal: Born Maria Shusharina on August 19, 2002 … Daughter of Shumilova Natalia and Shusharin Vladamir.
Shusharina on her Passion for Tennis:
"The mental game in it is a challenge and that is what I like about tennis … You need to play the intellectual game, to be smarter than the opponent, analyze [their] actions."
"Emotions of victories cannot be described in words, you get proof that all difficulties, changes, and efforts were not for nothing and that is the best feeling. I remember all my wins as if it was yesterday."
Pollard on Shusharina:
"It has been a while since I've been this impressed with a player's maturity, organization, and commitment. Maria exuded this throughout the recruiting process. She has high ambitions in the classroom and on the courts and we can't wait for her to join our program."
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