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Alexa Noel

Height

5-7

Class

Graduate Student

Hometown

Summit, N.J.

Previous School

Iowa

High School

Laurel Springs

Instagram

@alexanoel6

Twitter

@alxxanoel

Alexa Noel - Women's Tennis - University of Miami Athletics

Career Honors:
2024 NCAA Singles Champion
4x ITA All-American (singles) (2025, 2024, 2023, 2021)
2024 ACC Player of the Year
2024 ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2024 U.S. Open Wildcard
2024 Honda Sport Award Finalist
2024 First Team All-ACC (singles)
2024 CSC Academic All-American Second Team
2024 All-ACC Academic Team
ACC Player of the Week (2/6/24)
2023 First Team All-ACC (singles)
2023 Third Team All-ACC (doubles)
2023 All-ACC Academic Team
2023 Four-time ACC Player of the Week (1/17, 3/7, 3/14, 4/4)
2023 ITA Scholar-Athlete
2021 Big Ten Player of the Year
2021 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2021 First Team All-Big Ten
2021 Big Ten All-Tournament Team
2021 ITA Central Region Rookie of the Year
2021 USTA Collegiate Summer Team

2024-25 (Graduate)
  • ITA All-American (singles)
  • 15-1 overall singles record; 15-1 in dual matches; 10-0 conference record
  • 9-4 overall doubles record; 9-4 in dual matches; 5-4 conference record
  • Went 9-1 against ranked opponents; including highest ranked win of the season against No. 6 Valerie Glozman (Stanford)
  • Reached 100 career singles wins
  • Secured three doubles point with Maria Vargas vs. Penn/Notre Dame/Stony Brook and one with Raquel Gonzalez against Wake Forest
  • Earned highest ranked doubles win over No. 2 Gabriella Broadfoot and Maddy Zampardo (NC State) with Raquel Gonzalez
  • Named ACC Doubles Team of the Week (4/8/25), Player of the Week (3/18/25)
  • Ended the year ranked No. 4 doubles and No. 3 singles in the ITA Southeast Region rankings
  • Notched season high ITA singles ranking at No. 14 and doubles ranking at No. 25
  • CSC Academic All-American
2023-24 (Senior)
  • Earned Miami’s fourth NCAA Individual title and third singles title in program history
  • Claimed her third ITA All-America honor after being seeded No. 8 entering the NCAA singles tournament
  • Named ACC Player of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • Granted U.S. Open Wildcard Main Draw after winning the title
  • Finalist for the Honda Sport Award
  • Made the All-ACC First Team after recording a 27-8 overall singles record and going 21-6 vs. ranked opponents
  • Defeated No. 1 Mary Stoiana twice (Feb. 2 & NCAA Semifinals)
  • Earned a spot on the All-ACC Academic Team
  • Recorded a 16-4 overall doubles record, 11-4 in dual matches
  • Secured five doubles points with Audrey Boch-Collins (Duke, Notre Dame, Boston College, Syracuse, FIU)
  • Continued an eight-match win streak in doubles with Audrey Boch-Collins
2022-23 (Junior)

Finished 34-8 in singles and 20-9 in doubles 
 Placed seventh nationally in singles victories 
 Sixth player—11th occurrence—in program history to earn a top-five seed in the NCAA Singles Championship 
 Became the 19th Hurricane—30th occurrence—to log 30-plus singles wins and 20-plus doubles wins in a season 
 Ranked top-20 in singles all season and top-15 all spring, peaking at fifth and finishing sixth, as well as second in the ITA Southeast Region 
 Alongside Alexa Noel, ascended as high as No. 16 in the ITA doubles rankings and ended No. 36, plus finished third in the ITA Southeast Region 
With Daevenia Achong, peaked at ninth nationally and concluded the year at No. 47, as well as fourth in the ITA Southeast Region 
 Totaled a 23-6 mark against ranked singles players, including a 15-1 record from 2/3 to 5/22 with nine straight wins 
 Went 16-6 against top-60 opponents, 11-5 versus top-35 players and 3-2 against top-15 foes with a win over a player ranked second 
 Totaled a 5-2 mark against ITA top-15 finishers, including a 4-1 ledger in ACC play 
 Amassed a 5-5 record versus ranked doubles tandems, including a 3-2 mark against top-15 pairs with one top-five win 
 Led or co-led Miami in every combined singles/doubles and singles victories and winning percentage category except ranked singles winning percentage (.793), in which she placed second 
 Also led or co-led the team in doubles victories, doubles winning percentage (.690), spring doubles victories (16), spring doubles winning percentage (.667) and dual match doubles winning percentage (.750), while finishing second in ranked doubles victories and ranked doubles winning percentage (.500) 
 Compiled a 24-4 mark in spring singles action, including a 20-3 total in dual matches, a 12-1 record in ACC action and a 17-3 ledger against ranked foes (plus beat four more players who ended the year ranked), all at the No. 1 spot 
 Lost only eight total sets 
 Went 16-1 in an 18-match stretch from 3/4 to 5/22, with a 12-0 mark across 13 outings from 3/24 to 5/22 
 Defeated No. 33 Celia-Belle Mohr of Vanderbilt, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in the Miami Spring Invite, during which she also topped No. 23 Amelia Rajecki of eventual NCAA runner-up NC State, 7-5, 5-7, 6-1 
 Beat No. 122 Emma Bardet of FGCU, 6-2, 6-3 
 Logged a 6-4, 6-4 decision over No. 119 Marice Aguiar at No. 46 Boston College 
 Posted a 6-2, 6-1 win against No. 31 Marie Mattel at No. 23 UCF 
 Topped No. 87 Anna Arkadianou at No. 40 Florida State, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3) 
 Rolled past No. 35 Diana Shnaider, a top-100 WTA player, in 6-4, 6-1 fashion in the victory over fifth-ranked NC State 
 Registered a 6-0, 6-1 decision against No. 38 Casie Wooten of No. 19 Wake Forest 
 Defeated No. 98 Natasha Subhash, 6-1, 6-3, in the win against ninth-ranked Virginia 
 Handed second-ranked Chloe Beck of her first of only two spring losses, a 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 decision at eighth-ranked Duke 
 Took down No. 15 Reese Brantmeier, 6-3, 6-4, at top-ranked North Carolina 
 Won, 6-4, 6-2, against No. 109 Andrea Di Palma of Louisville 
 Beat No. 23 Notre Dame’s Page Freeman, 6-3, 6-4 
 Edged No. 12 Carol Lee, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4, at No. 20 Georgia Tech 
 Topped No. 51 Natasha Subhash of No. 10 Virginia, 6-2, 6-2, in the ACC Championship quarterfinals 
 Earned a 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) result against No. 32 Ariana Arsenault of No. 18 Auburn in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 32 
 Recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 34 Lisa Zaar of Pepperdine in the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 64 
 Totaled a 16-8 mark in spring doubles competition, going 15-5 in dual matches and 7-4 in ACC action, almost entirely at the No. 2 spot 
 Logged a 10-1 record in a 14-match span from 1/24 to 3/26, including an 8-0 stretch in nine outings from 1/24 to 3/5 
 Finished 13-6 with Pfennig, 1-0 with Achong and 2-2 with Audrey Boch-Collins 
 Partnered with Achong, defeated No. 12 Jessica Alsola/Katja Wiersholm of No. 20 Cal, 6-4 
 Alongside Pfennig, tallied a 6-2 win against Seren Agar/Hailey Wilcox at No. 46 Boston College 
 Earned a 6-3 victory over Ines Fonte/Viktoriya Kanapatskaya at No. 53 Syracuse 
 Compiled a 6-2 decision versus Sophia Biolay/Marie Mattel at No. 23 UCF 
 Beat Anna Arkadianou/Millie Bissett at No. 40 Florida State, 6-2, for an eighth straight win 
 Defeated No. 19 Wake Forest’s Anna Brylin/Jingyi Li, 6-4 
 Knocked off No. 11 Julia Adams/Melodie Collard, 6-0, in the win against ninth-ranked Virginia 
 Edged Fiona Crawley/Carson Tanguilig, the eventual NCAA champions, by a 6-4 score at top-ranked North Carolina 
 Recorded a 6-2 win over Monika Dedadj/Kate Sharabura at No. 20 Georgia Tech 
 Beat Daniella Medvedeva/Cristina Mayorova of No. 37 Clemson, 6-1, in the ACC Championship second round 
 Logged a 6-3 victory over Boston University’s Michelle Kleynerman/Shelly Yaloz, 6-3, in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 64 
 Beat DJ Bennett/Kaitlyn Carnicella of No. 18 Auburn, 6-1, in the NCAA Championship second round 
 Notched a 10-4 mark in fall singles action, including a 6-3 mark against ranked foes (plus one more win against a player who finished top-50) 
 Went 3-2 in the Fall Ranked Spotlight, all against top-60 opponents, earning a 6-2, 6-2 decision against No. 60 Jaedan Brown of Michigan, a 6-4, 6-3 result versus No. 42 Ayana Akli of South Carolina and a 6-4, 6-2 win against No. 27 Rebeka Mertena of Tennessee 
 Tallied a 2-1 mark in the ITA Women’s All-American Championships, beating No. 34 Solymar Colling of San Diego, 6-4, 6-4, and No. 109 Jayci Goldsmith of Texas A&M, 6-1, 6-4, to reach the quarterfinals 
 Totaled a 3-1 ledger in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, including beating No. 104 Yasmine Kabbaj of FIU, 7-5, 7-5, to make the quarterfinals 
 Won both her matches in the Miami Fall Invite 
 Posted a 4-1 record in fall doubles play, going 2-0 with Boch-Collins and 2-1 with Achong 
 Teamed with Achong to go 2-1 in the Fall Ranked Spotlight, all versus top-40 tandems, finishing with a 6-4 win against No. 22 Patricija Spaka/Domenika Turkovic of Arizona State and a 6-4 victory over No. 36 Carson Tanguilig/Reilly Tran of North Carolina, the former an eventual NCAA doubles champion 
 Won both matches in the Miami Fall Invite with Boch-Collins.

2021-22 (Sophomore at Iowa)

Went 7-2 in singles and 0-1 in doubles, all in the fall 
 Did not compete in the spring due to injury 
 Finished No. 29 in the nation in singles despite missing the entire spring 
 Ranked top-10 nearly the entire season and peaked at third in the country 
 Finished third in the ITA Central Region singles rankings 
 Both losses came to players who ended the year ranked top-four nationally, both of whom she also defeated 
 Went 5-1 versus ranked foes, including 2-0 against top-20 opponents, with a top-five win 
 Notched a 4-1 record in the ITA Women’s All-American Championships to reach the title match 
 Defeated No. 85 Gina Dittman of Northern Arizona, 6-3, 6-2, then topped No. 20 Valeriya Zeleva of UCF, 6-7 (6-8), 6-2, 6-1, followed by a 3-0, ret., victory against fifth-ranked Georgia Drummy of Duke and then a 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 decision versus No. 56 Eryn Cayetano of USC in the semifinals 
 Totaled a 3-1 mark at the ITA National Fall Championships, advancing to the semifinals 
 Defeated Princeton’s Victoria Hu, 6-2, 6-2, and then No. 88 Reilly Tran of North Carolina, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, followed by avenging a loss to South Carolina’s Sarah Hamner, 6-0, 2-6, 7-6 (7-1), in the semifinals, before falling to Cayetano 
 Dropped her lone doubles match, 7-9, against No. 58 Marija Curnic/Iuliia Bryzgalova of Penn in the ITA Women’s All-American Championships Round of 32.

2020-2021 (Freshman at Iowa)

No fall season due to COVID-19 pandemic 
 Finished 24-1 in singles and 13-6 in doubles 
 Notched a .960 singles winning percentage to rank fourth nationally 
Won the first 24 completed matches of her career 
 Peaked at No. 13 in the ITA singles rankings and ended the year at No. 21 
 First ITA All-American and first Big Ten Player of the Year in program history 
 Earned a No. 9-16 seed in the NCAA Singles Championship as the Big Ten’s automatic qualifier 
 Advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 32 
 Led the team in all singles victories categories, as well as tied for third in doubles wins, dual match doubles wins and Big Ten doubles wins 
 Earned 15 consecutive straight-set singles victories and lost only seven sets all season 
 Went 4-1 in singles against ranked foes, including 2-0 against top-30 players 
 Recorded a 1-1 mark versus ranked doubles pairs 
 Finished 17-0 in dual match singles action, playing exclusively atop the singles lineup, and 16-0 in Big Ten competition 
 Earned the first singles victory of her career in the Purdue Invite, defeating Michigan State’s Mary Lewis, 6-3, 6-2 
 In her first completed dual match, defeated Emilee Duong of Illinois, 6-2, 6-0 
 Took down No. 57 Julie Byrne of eighth-ranked Northwestern, 6-4, 6-7, 1-0 (10-5), for her first ranked win 
 Tallied a 6-2, 6-2 decision over Irina Cantos Siemers of No. 10 Ohio State 
 Won, 6-2, 6-1, at Illinois against Asuka Kawai, a 2019 NCAA quarterfinalist 
 Logged a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Maria Shusharina at eighth-ranked Northwestern 
 Defeated No. 88 Kristina Novak of No. 28 Nebraska, 6-1, 6-3 
 Rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 result versus No. 30 Ayana Akli at Maryland 
 Posted a 6-0, 6-4 win over No. 44 Nebraska’s Kristina Novak in the regular season finale 
 Topped Irina Cantos Siemers of No. 13 Ohio State, 6-1, 6-2, in Iowa’s first Big Ten semifinal berth since 2010 
 Beat No. 23 Alana Smith of NC State, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5, in the NCAA Singles Championship Round of 32 
 Finished 8-5 in dual match doubles play, all atop the lineup, and went 8-4 in conference play 
 Amassed her first collegiate doubles victory in the Purdue Invite against Ayshe Can/Maja Pietrowicz, 7-5 
 Notched her first dual match triumph with a 6-1 decision against Emilee Duong/Asuka Kawai of Illinois 
 Defeated No. 47 Julie Byrne/Hannah McColgan of eighth-ranked Northwestern, 6-2, for her first ranked doubles victory 
 Downed Ekin Ercetin/Rachel Hanford, 6-2, at Minnesota for her fifth win in six outings 
 Took down Julie Byrne/Briana Crowley, 6-3, at eighth-ranked Northwestern 
 Registered a 7-6 victory over Maja Makoric/Kristina Novak of No. 44 Nebraska in the regular season finale.

Prior to College

Peaked at fourth in the world in the ITF Juniors rankings in January 2020 
 Went 28-7 in ITF Juniors tournaments 
 Ascended as high as No. 794 in the WTA rankings in February 2020 
 Won her first professional tournament, competing as an amateur, at the $15K ITF Cancun in February 2020 
 Played in the 2019 U.S. Open doubles main draw alongside Abbey Forbes 
 Competed in all four Junior Grand Slams 
 Reached the Wimbledon Juniors singles final in 2019, one year after making the Round of 32 in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles 
 Competed in the U.S. Open Girls tournament in singles and doubles in 2019 and 2018, reaching the Round of 16 in singles in her second appearance and making the quarterfinals in doubles both times 
 Made the French Open Girls singles Round of 32 in 2019 and the French Open Girls doubles quarterfinals in 2018 
 Reached the Australian Open Girls Round of 16 in both singles and doubles in 2018 
 Won the 2019 USTA U18 National Championships doubles title 
 Also in 2019, reached G1 singles finals in Roehampton and Barranquilla, while winning a GA tournament in Milan 
 Represented the United States at the Buenos Aires youth Olympic Games in 2018 and won the Junior Fed Cup in Budapest the same year 
 Won the G1 Astrid Bowl in Belgium both singles and doubles in 2018 
 Made the finals of both the GB1 Easter Bowl in Indian Wells, Calif., and the G1 Banana Bowl in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 2018 
 Excelled in multiple tournaments in Mexico in 2017, winning the G1 XXXI Yucatan Cup in singles and reaching the final in doubles, while also winning the GA Abierto Juvenil Mexicano crown

Personal

Full name is Alex Juree Noel 
 Last name is pronounced NOLE 
 Born Sept. 6, 2002 
 Parents are Brett Noel and Juree Anothayanontha-Noel 
 Has a younger sister, Julia 
 Majoring in sociology with a minor in sport administration 
 Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant because of how inspiring he is 
 Best sports memory is raising her Wimbledon Juniors plate in the Royal Box on Centre Court 
 Chose Miami because of its strength in both academics and tennis

SINGLES
YEAR TOTAL TOUR DUAL CONF *RNK
2020-21! 24-1 7-1 17-0 16-0 4-1
2021-22! 7-2 7-2 0-0 0-0 5-1
2022-23 34-8 14-5 20-3 12-1 23-6
2023-24 27-8 13-3 14-5 8-4 21-6
CAREER 92-19 30-9 51-8 26-5 53-14
DOUBLES
YEAR TOTAL TOUR DUAL CONF *RNK
2020-21! 13-6 5-1 8-5 8-4 1-1
2021-22! 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1
2022-23 20-9 5-6 15-5 7-4 5-5
2023-24 16-4 5-0 11-4 7-1 0-2
CAREER 49-20 15-8 34-14 22-9 6-9

! = at University of Iowa
*RNK = record vs. ranked opponents