Laura Munoz-Baroja

Michela Xibilia

/ Women's Tennis

Photo by: Ryan Weaver

Photo by: Ryan Weaver Photography

Photo by: David Conkling

Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
High School:
Summa-Aldapeta
Hometown:
San Sebastián, Spain

2023-24 (Grad.): Academic All-Summit League ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 19 singles matches, with 14 coming at the No. 3 position ... Compiled a 5-10 record in dual matches ... Won three matches at the ITA Regional in October ... Opened spring season with back-to-back wins over St. Mary on Jan. 27 and Central Arkansas on Feb. 3 ... Picked up straight-set wins over Eastern Illinois on Feb. 24 and Bradley on Feb. 25 ... Defeated Western Illinois on Mar. 9 ... Played in 16 doubles matches, playing with four different partners throughout the year ... Opened spring season with a No. 2 doubles victory over St. Mary with partner Anastassiya Timofeyeva on Jan. 27 ... Won with partner Amal Gati from the No. 1 spot at William Jewell on Mar. 26
2022-23 (Senior): ITA Scholar Athlete ... Academic All-Summit League ... College Sport Communicators Academic All-District ... Summit League Scholar of the Championship ... Compiled a 6-14 singles record on the year, including a 5-9 mark at the No. 3 position ... Notched an 8-14 doubles mark, playing mostly with partner Michela Xibilia from the No. 1 spot ... Won 3-of-4 doubles decisions at No. 1 from Feb. 10-18 ... Earned first singles win of spring season at No. 3 against Central Arkansas on Feb. 11, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2 ... Won back-to-back singles matches at Omaha and St. Thomas on Mar. 12 and 19 ... Picked up a 6-2, 6-1 win over Western Illinois at No. 3 singles on Apr. 14
2021-22 (Junior): ITA Scholar Athlete ... Summit League Academic Honor Roll ... Played in 19 singles matches from the No. 2 and 3 positions ... Picked up four wins at No. 3 singles ... Played in 17 doubles matches with Michela Xibilia, Joanna Cardona, Riddhi Sharma and Anastassiya Timofeyeva, playing at all three positions ... Picked up No. 1 doubles win against Central Arkansas on Jan. 23 with Michela Xibilia ... Earned first singles victory against Bradley on Feb. 26, picking up a three-set victory at the No. 3 spot ... Earned three-set singles victory over St. Thomas on Mar. 19 ... Finished season by winning two of final three doubles matches with Anastassiya Timofeyeva ... Won 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles against Western Illinois on Apr. 16
2020-21 (UTSA): Played in 15 matches for the Roadrunners … Completed 11 singles matches playing from the No. 3-6 positions … Earned a win over Prairie View A&M at the No. 5 spot on Mar. 7
2019-20 (UTSA): Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll … Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medalist … Finished 3-11 in singles … Finished 2-2 in doubles
High School/Club: Won several national tournaments and a state mixed doubles championship in 2016 … Ranked as high as No. 84 nationally in Spain … Won USTA Northern Junior Team Tennis Section Championship
Personal: Born in San Sebastián … Daughter of Jose Mario and Angelica … Brother Pablo played tennis at Ferris State … Majoring in Electrical Engineering … Can speak four languages: English, Spanish, French and Basque … Favorite movie is Interstellar
Coach Hale on Muñoz-Baroja: "We are super excited to add Laura to our Roo family! She is coming from a strong program at UT San Antonio. She has been training hard and has some good wins this summer against some high-ranked Spaniards! She will be a strong baseliner with the grit we need moving forward!"