Diana Khodan joined the University of Miami women’s tennis staff as a student assistant coach in August 2022 before being promoted to director of operations in 2024
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.
| SINGLES | ||||||
| YEAR | TOTAL | FALL | SPRING | DUAL | ACC | *RNK |
| 2019-20 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020-21 | 13-8 | N/A | 13-8 | 13-8 | 10-2 | 1-1 |
| 2021-22 | 19-9 | 8-3 | 11-6 | 10-4 | 5-3 | 0-2 |
| CAREER | 33-18 | 8-3 | 25-15 | 24-13 | 15-5 | 1-3 |
| DOUBLES | ||||||
| YEAR | TOTAL | FALL | SPRING | DUAL | ACC | *RNK |
| 2019-20 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2020-21 | 13-8 | N/A | 13-8 | 13-7 | 6-5 | 5-4 |
| 2021-22 | 18-10 | 9-3 | 9-7 | 8-6 | 5-3 | 5-3 |
| CAREER | 31-18 | 9-3 | 22-15 | 21-13 | 11-8 | 10-7 |
*RNK = record vs. ranked opponents
No fall season in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic
Noel and Mack Claim Opening ACC Weekly Honors
Alexa Noel of the Miami women's tennis team won season-opening ACC Player of the Week plaudits and Mia Mack earned ACC Co-Freshman of the Week status following strong performances in the Miami Spring Invite.
W. Tennis Earns ITA Academic Recognitions
The Miami women’s tennis team garnered multiple academic distinctions from the ITA, as announced Monday morning.
Six from W. Tennis Named to All-ACC Academic Team
Daevenia Achong, Audrey Boch-Collins, Diana Khodan, Isabella Pfennig, Eden Richardson and Maya Tahan of the Miami women's tennis team each received All-ACC Academic Team distinction for their success on the court and in the classroom during the 2021-22 academic year.
Achong and Richardson Finish Sixth Nationally in Doubles
Daevenia Achong and Eden Richardson of the Miami women’s tennis team took the sixth spot in the year-end ITA doubles rankings, while three Hurricanes earned singles rankings and another doubles duo also made the cut.
Raising Expectations
Hurricanes women's tennis coach Paige Yaroshuk-Tews has built Miami's program into a perennial postseason contender. With Miami coming off another Sweet 16 appearance, she's driven to keep making the Hurricanes better.
California Sweet Dreamin’
The ninth-seeded Miami women's tennis team will play eighth-seeded Pepperdine on its home court for a spot in the NCAA Elite Eight and the Hurricanes know they need to bring their 'A' game to the West Coast.
Tournament Time at The Schiff
The ninth-seeded Miami women's tennis team begins the 2022 NCAA Team Championship on its home court this weekend, looking to continue its success both this season and in prior years during postseason play at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center.
W. Tennis Moves to Ninth in ITA Rankings
For the fifth time in the last eight weeks, the Miami women’s tennis team is top-10 in the ITA national team rankings, as announced Wednesday morning.
W. Tennis Hosting in 26th Straight NCAA Championship Berth
For the 26th consecutive time, the Miami women’s tennis team is in the NCAA Team Championship field, as the Hurricanes earned the ninth overall seed and the right to host the first and second rounds of the tournament.
Richardson Ascends to No. 38 in ITA Rankings
Eden Richardson of the Miami women’s tennis team jumped 14 spots in this week’s ITA singles rankings and now places No. 38 in the country.
W. Tennis Rallies Past No. 32 Georgia Tech, 4-3, in ACC Quarters
After dropping the doubles point and losing four opening sets in singles, the third-seeded Miami women’s tennis team stormed back to take down sixth-seeded Georgia Tech, 4-3, Friday night in its ACC Championship opener.
Turning the Page
The No. 13 Miami women's tennis team heads into the ACC Championship seeded third after a superb 16-4 regular season, but must be prepared to face difficult competition in Rome, Ga.
W. Tennis Rises to No. 13, Achong/Richardson Place No. 19
The Miami women’s tennis team is now No. 13 in the ITA rankings, as announced Wednesday morning, the ninth consecutive release with the Hurricanes in the top 15.
Sending off a Senior
The No. 14 Miami women's tennis team has two matches left in the regular season, both this weekend at the Neil Schiff Tennis Center, and will recognize Eden Richardson before Sunday morning's contest against Boston College.
W. Tennis Remains Well-Represented in ITA Rankings
The Miami women’s tennis team is once again in the top 15 of the ITA national rankings with three top-80 singles players and two top-60 doubles pairs, as announced Wednesday morning.
Conference Competition Continues
After a quick respite from the gauntlet of ACC play, the University of Miami women’s team resumes conference competition this weekend.
Achong Rises to Career-Best No. 28 Nationally
Daevenia Achong of the Miami women's tennis team moved up 24 spots in the ITA singles rankings and now checks in at No. 28 in the country, the highest mark of any Hurricane in 2022.
An “Amazing” Afternoon
On Friday, the Hurricanes women's tennis team had the opportunity to play a match at the Miami Open. It was an experience many of them said they won't be forgetting any time soon.
W. Tennis Downs No. 58 Columbia, 6-1, at Miami Open
The sixth-ranked Miami women’s tennis team turned in a strong performance Friday night at Hard Rock Stadium, earning a 6-1 victory over No. 58 Columbia.
Hurricanes at Hard Rock
The sixth-ranked Miami women's tennis team is set to play No. 58 Columbia at Hard Rock Stadium as part of the Miami Open, with Maya Tahan and her Hurricane teammates excited to take the court Friday at 3 p.m.