Diana Khodan

All-ACC Academic Team … ITA Scholar-Athlete
Went 19-9 in singles and 18-10 in doubles before suffering a season-ending injury in early April … Became one of 18 Hurricanes to earn multiple All-ACC Academic Team recognitions … Peaked at No. 38 in the ITA doubles rankings, alongside Maya Tahan, and finished No. 55 … Logged a 5-3 mark against ranked doubles foes, including a 2-1 ledger against top-30 pairs … Finished third on the team in singles winning percentage (.679), doubles winning percentage (.643) and combined singles/doubles winning percentage (.661), plus tied for third in ranked doubles victories … Posted an 11-6 ledger in spring singles competition, including a 10-4 mark in dual matches and a 5-3 tally in ACC play, while splitting time at the No. 5 and No. 6 positions … Won seven straight matches from 2/5 to 3/18 … In the Miami Spring Invite, logged a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Simran Kortikere of the eventual NCAA champion, Texas … Topped Alesya Yakubovich of No. 17 Old Dominion, 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 … Defeated Anique Kattenberg of No. 19 UCF, 6-0, 6-3 … Downed No. 47 Georgia Tech’s Ruth Marsh, 6-2, 6-0 … Recorded a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Sophie Abrams at second-ranked NC State … Beat No. 61 Florida State’s Kianah Motosono, 6-1, 6-4 … In her final match before injury, topped No. 58 Columbia’s Michelle Xu, 6-1, 6-1, at Hard Rock Stadium … Went 9-7 in spring doubles action, including 8-6 in dual matches and 4-5 in ACC play … Competed exclusively at the No. 2 spot alongside Tahan … Beat NC State’s Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller, the eventual NCAA champions, in the Miami Spring Invite, 6-4 … Topped No. 26 Eryn Cayetano/Grace Piper of No. 15 USC, 6-3 … Notched a 6-3 victory over Sophia Biolay/Nandini Sharma of No. 19 UCF … Blanked No. 73 Sofia Munera/Amber O’Dell, 6-0, at No. 11 Virginia … Posted an 8-3 record in fall singles competition … Went 1-2 at the Fall Ranked Spotlight, earning a 6-2, 6-3 decision over NC State’s Sara Nayar … Tallied a perfect 3-0 mark at the June Stewart Invitational, including downing Dasha Kourkina of host Vanderbilt, 6-2, 6-3 … Finished 1-1 at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships … Won both her matches in the Miami Fall Invite … Compiled a 9-3 record in fall doubles action with two different partners … In her lone event with Isabella Pfennig, went 1-2 at the Fall Ranked Spotlight, tallying a 7-6 (7-3) win over No. 46 Jaedan Brown/Kari Miller of Michigan … Alongside Tahan, logged an unblemished 3-0 record, including beating Marcella Cruz/MaryAnn Rompf of Vanderbilt, 6-4 … Registered a 3-1 record at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, defeating No. 20 Victoria Allen/Petra Hule of Florida State, 8-5, to reach the quarterfinals … Went 2-0 in the Miami Fall Invite.

All-ACC Academic Team … ACC Freshman of the Week (4/6)
No fall season due to COVID-19 pandemic … Notched a record of 13-8 in both singles and doubles … Played in the NCAA Doubles Championship alongside Maya Tahan … Ascended to No. 14 in the ITA doubles rankings and finished at No. 19 … Ended the year fifth in the ITA Southeast Region … Went 5-4 versus ranked doubles tandems, including 3-1 against top-10 pairs … Paced Miami in ranked doubles winning percentage (.556) and co-led the team in ranked doubles victories … Finished second in doubles wins, doubles winning percentage (.619) and ACC singles winning percentage (.833), as well as tied for second in ACC singles victories (10) … Ranked third among Hurricanes in combined singles/doubles winning percentage (.619), combined ranked wins (six), ranked singles wins (one), combined ACC wins (16) and combined ACC winning percentage (.696) … Played at No. 5 and No. 6 in the singles lineup … Logged a 10-2 mark in ACC singles action with nine straight wins from March 7 to April 4 … Earned her first-career ACC victory by topping Clemson’s Zaina Nait Omar, 7-5, 6-1 … Picked up her first ranked triumph with a 6-3, 6-2 decision over No. 44 Margaryta Bilokin at eighth-ranked Duke … Defeated Ines Fonte, 7-6 (8-6), 6-0, at No. 50 Syracuse … Topped No. 47 Notre Dame’s Yashna Yellayi, 6-1, 6-2 … Cruised to a 6-0, 6-1 win over Louisville’s Rhea Verma … Beat No. 26 Wake Forest’s Peyton Pesavento, 7-5, 6-3 … Downed Lexi Keberle of No. 11 NC State, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-5) … Posted a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Vivian Glozman in the win over eighth-ranked Virginia … Again defeated Yellayi, this time 6-3, 6-3, in the ACC Championship second round … Won, 6-1, 6-4, versus No. 41 FIU’s Andreea Velcea in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 64 … Played primarily at the No. 2 doubles position … Finished 13-7 in dual matches, including 6-5 in ACC competition … Lost only three games across a trio of top-10 triumphs … Went 11-8 with Tahan and 2-0 with Florencia Urrutia … Alongside Tahan, beat No. 44 Tereza Janatova/Anna Vrbenska of No. 23 Ole Miss, 7-5 … With Urrutia, defeated Monika Dedaj/Carol, 6-2, at No. 12 Georgia Tech … Back with Tahan, registered a 6-0 win against Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova at eighth-ranked Duke … Edged Polina Kozyreva/Sofya Treshcheva, 6-4, at No. 50 Syracuse … Cruised to a 6-0 victory against seventh-ranked Jaeda Daniel/Adriana Reami of No. 11 NC State for her first top-10 decision … Won, 6-3, versus No. 65 Shene Disbergen/Rita Pinto of Virginia Tech … Tallied a 6-2 result versus No. 10 Ally Bojczuk/Julia Lilien of Notre Dame in ACC Championship second-round play … Downed Marina Alcaide/Andreea Velcea of No. 41 FIU in NCAA Team Championship first-round action.

ITA Scholar-Athlete
Spring season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic and did not count towards eligibility … Enrolled at Miami for the spring semester … Limited to just three matches because of a left wrist injury … Went 1-1 in singles competition, notching a victory at the No. 4 position … Made her collegiate debut against UC Santa Barbara’s Juliana Valero in ITA Kick-Off Weekend action and the match was left unfinished … Defeated Tennessee State’s Ashia Jones, 6-1, 6-0, for her first victory … Played in one doubles match, alongside Maya Tahan, and held a 5-3 lead over Florida Atlantic’s Natalie Kallmunzerova and Martina Kudelova when play was halted.

Ascended as high as No. 80 in the ITF Juniors singles rankings, doing so to close the 2018 calendar year … Competed for her nation’s junior national team … Claimed the Ukrainian Champion Cup in 2015 … Spent time training at the Kyiv International Tennis Academy … In 2019, at a tournament in Belgium, defeated Leylah Annie Fernandez, a Canadian standout who went on to win the 2019 Junior French Open … Began playing ITF Junior tournaments at age 14.

Full name is Diana Khodan … Name is pronounced Dee-AH-Nuh KHOW-Dahn … Nickname is Di … Born Aug. 17, 2001 … Parents are Liubomyr and Natalya Khodan … Father is a private entrepeneur … Has an older brother, Taras … Majoring in art with a minor in sport administration … Favorite athlete is Simona Halep because she plays quality, smart tennis and moves well on the court … Best sports memories are reaching the quarterfinals of a G1 singles tournament in Spain in 2018 and winning a $10K singles title in Turkey in 2016 … Enjoys playing volleyball … Chose Miami because of the high level of tennis and quality education … Committed to Miami over Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, NC State, Pepperdine, Syracuse, Texas and Tulsa … First Ukrainian to play for Miami during Paige Yaroshuk-Tews’ tenure.