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Katya Shepherd Johnson

  • Award
    Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/1/2024
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • School
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Year
    Freshman
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Takoma Park, Md.
  • High School
    Montgomery Blair
Singles Athlete of the Week- Katya Shepherd Johnson, (Fy.), MIT
 
First year Katya Shepherd Johnson (Takoma Park, Md.) generated a pair of victories in the No. 1 singles position. Against #27 Caltech, she defeated Emily Zhang, 6-4, 6-2, to help the Engineers capture an 8-1 victory. Shepherd Johnson then battled nationally-ranked No. 2 Lindsay Eisenman of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps for a 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (6) win, claiming MIT’s final point in a 5-4 loss to the No. 1 Athenas.
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