2025 GIRLS TENNIS SEASON PREVIEW 
 

CLASS 6A 

2024 State Champion: Olathe Northwest

2024 State runner-up: Shawnee Mission East 

2024 Singles champion: Mithila Dixit, Olathe Northwest 

2024 Doubles champions: Hannah Carney and Riley Terhune, Olathe Northwest 

2024 Review: Olathe Northwest broke through for its first state championship in dominant fashion, sweeping the titles at the 6A tourney. It was also the first state championship for any Olathe tennis team, boys or girls. Mithila Dixit captured the singles title in her lone season playing high school tennis. She opted to join the Ravens after playing on the USTA circuit for the previous year. Dixit, a Creighton signee, avenged her lone loss on the season to Shelby Smith, defeating the Blue Valley North senior 6-1, 6-1 in the final to finish 29-1. The senior duo of Hannah Carney and Riley Terhune (35-2) capped off the Ravens’ huge meet with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Blue Valley West’s Aashritha Musti and sophomore Chandana Vijaykumar in the doubles title match. Heidi Baillos added a fifth-place finish in singles while Samantha Van Zante and Emery Rand took sixth in doubles for the Ravens. Olathe Northwest finished with 51 points, topping runner-up Shawnee MIssion East by 18 to end the Lancers’ streak of five consecutive titles. Ishya Bhavsar took third in singles for Shawnee Mission East to close out her high school career after taking second as a junior and sixth as a sophomore. The Lancers’ doubles teams of Breanne Quigley/Nell Stechschulte and Catherine Beltrame/Molly McDermed placed fourth and fifth, respectively. Blue Valley North claimed third place with 19 points, led by Smith’s runner-up effort in singles. Blue Valley Northwest and Blue Valley West tied for fourth with 17 points, a point ahead of sixth-place Blue Valley. 

2025 Contenders: After its landmark championship in 2024, Olathe Northwest will have to reload after graduating singles champion Mithila Dixit and doubles champions Hannah Carney and Riley Terhune. Senior Heidi Baillos will look to build off last year’s fifth-place finish in singles. The Ravens also return sophomore Emery Rand, who teamed with then-senior Samantha Van Zante to a sixth-place doubles showing at state last year. After seeing its five-year championship reign end last year, Shawnee Mission East will look to return to the top of 6A following its runner-up showing in 2024. The graduation of Ishya Bhavsar will leave a void at the Lancers’ No. 1 singles spot. Bhavsar placed third last year after finishing runner-up in 2023 and sixth place in 2022. However, East returns three of the four players that formed a pair of state-placing doubles teams last year. Junior Nell Stechschulte teamed with now-graduated Breanne Quigley to reach the doubles semifinal last year and finish fourth. Senior Catherine Beltrame and sophomore Molly McDermed are also back after taking fifth place in doubles last year. Blue Valley North, which has 16 state titles in program history and took third place last year, graduated singles state runner-up Shelby Smith but returns a two-time state-qualifying singles player in Prisha Dalal, a junior. The Mustangs also had a 12th-place doubles team in Maryn Triplett and Aylin Ulusarac but both players were seniors. Blue Valley Northwest brings back Maryam Wambi and Cammie Peng after they placed third in doubles last year as juniors. Senior Madelynn Abel also returns for the Huskies after taking 10th in singles in 2024. Blue Valley Northwest and Blue Valley West tied for fourth place in 6A last year. West was fueled by its runner-up doubles team in Aashritha Musti and Chandana Vijaykumar. They topped Wambi and Peng in the semis before falling 6-3, 6-2 in the finals to Carney and Terhune.  Musti was a senior but Vijakumar is back. She is the Jaguars’ only returner off last year’s state tournament team, with Medha Goli taking 12th place in singles last year as a senior. Blue Valley placed sixth in the team standings but will have to replace state-qualifying singles players Morgan Zuba, who took seventh at state, and Ava Kosic. However, the Tigers return sophomores Annabel Warwick and Neenaz Irani after they formed a seventh-place doubles team last year as freshmen. Shawnee Mission Northwest returns senior Syra Honargohar and junior Erin O’Neal from last year’s 11th-place doubles team. Olathe West’s Lindsay Ruder was the only non-senior to make the singles semifinals last year. Ruder, now a senior, beat Olathe Northwest’s Baillos in a 3-set quarterfinal before losing to Blue Valley North’s Smith in the semis and finishing fourth. Other returning state placers in singles include Topeka High senior Madeline Deters (eighth), Free State’s Camille Lee (ninth) and Junction City’s Hannah Micheel (11th). Garden City has won nine consecutive Western Athletic Conference titles and returns senior Chloe Ptacek, who has qualified for state in each of the last two years in doubles with now-graduated Jocelyn Kennedy. 
 

CLASS 5A 

2024 State Champion: Andover 

2024 State runner-up: Kapaun Mt. Carmel 

2024 Singles champion: Molly Gaddis, Andover 

2024 Doubles champions: Nadia Kaewsai and Elizabeth Gaddis, Andover 

2024 Review: Andover dominated en route to its fourth consecutive team championship, sweeping the titles at the 5A meet in Andover. Molly Gaddis won her first Class 5A singles championship, outlasting Blue Valley Southwest’s Jensen Gibbs 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in the title match. In the all-Andover doubles title match, seniors Elizabeth Gaddis – Molly’s twin sister – and Nadia Kaewsai topped teammates Emma Jittawait and Ada Tantemsomboon, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Mia Jaramillo added a third-place singles showing as Andover racked up 58 points, well ahead of runner-up Kapaun Mt. Carmel’s 22 and third-place Seaman’s 20. Kaewsai and Gaddis capped their careers with a 32-4 campaign, while Jittawait and Tantemsomboon finished their season 33-4. Molly Gaddis, a four-time state medalist, went 31-1 in her championship season and finished with 105 career singles victories. Runner-up Gibbs also was a four-time state medalist and went 31-3 as a senior. Second-place Kapaun Mt. Carmel was led by fourth-place doubles team Caroline Hocker and Chloe Hocker. Crusader singles players Clara Hocker and Julia Judkins added eighth and 11th-place showings, respectively. Seaman’s Emma Sweeney took fourth place in singles to fuel the Vikings’ third-place effort while teammate Molly Gorman took 10th.  Peyton Henry and Sidney Chinn also took 12th in doubles for Seaman. Salina Central took fourth in the team standings while Bishop Carroll and Maize South tied for fifth. 

2025 Contenders: Andover lost a decorated senior trio but the cupboard isn’t bare for the four-time reigning champs. Molly Gaddis leaves big shoes to fill at the top of the Trojans’ singles lineup. Gaddis was a four-time state placer, highlighted by her singles state title last fall. Andover also graduated both players off last year’s state-champion doubles team in Elizabeth Gaddis and Nadia Kaewsai. Gaddis and Kaewsai outlasted teammates Emma Jittawait and Ada Tantemsomboon in the title match. Jittawait, a senior, and Tantemsomboon, a junior, are back for the Trojans after coming up one set short of a state title last year. To reach the finals, Jittawait and Tantemsomboom won a three-set thriller in the tiebreak over Salina Central’s Addison and Mallory Renfro. Jittawait and  Tantemsomboom finished 33-4. The Trojans also have a possible singles title contender in senior Mia Jaramillo, who fell to runner-up Jensen Gibbs from Blue Valley Southwest in the semifinals but bounced back to secure third place after taking sixth as a sophomore and fourth as a freshman. Kapaun, which owns 16 state championships in program history, will be aiming for its first title since 2019. The Crusaders return significant firepower from last year’s runner-up team. Juniors Caroline and Chloe Hocker took fourth place in doubles as sophomores. They fell to eventual champions Gaddis and Kaewsai in the semis. The Crusaders also bring back a pair of state-placing singles players in senior Clara Hocker (8th) and junior Julia Judkins (11th). Seaman could be primed to make some noise as well. The Vikings return all but one player from last year’s third-place team. Senior Molly Gorman and junior Emma Sweeney are both multi-time state placers. Gorman took 10th in singles last year after playing doubles her first two years, which included seventh and 12th-place medals. Sweeney made the singles semifinals last year before losing to eventual champion Molly Gaddis. She finished fourth after placing 11th as a freshman. Senior Peyton Henry is back after teaming with now-graduated Sidney Chinn to take 12th in doubles last season. Juniors Camryn Lux and Kaylyn Hiebsch also qualified for state as a doubles team last year. Salina Central was fourth a year ago but graduated both its state-placing doubles teams from Addison and Mallory Renfro (third) and Kinsley Foth and Claire Renfro (seventh). Bishop Carroll returns all three players that qualified for the state meet last year. Senior Logan Jagolinzer took sixth place in singles last year and placed fifth in 2022. The Golden Eagles also return a formidable doubles team in senior Liza Dugan and junior Brooke Steven. Dugan and Steven finished fifth last year and eighth in 2023. Carroll tied for fifth with Maize South in the 2024 team standings. Fifth-place singles medalist Maggie Hartman-Harrison graduated, but Maize South returns Sydney Schumacher, who has been a strong doubles player for the Mavericks. Schumacher and Madelyn Fellows made it all the way to the doubles title match in 2023. After Fellows’ graduation, Schumacher briefly played singles last year before teaming with now-graduated Bailey Todd to produce a sixth-place doubles finish. Emporia senior Kali Keough is a three-time state placer in singles, taking eighth as a freshman, fourth as a sophomore and ninth as a junior. Valley Center senior Allison Munhall took seventh in singles last year. St. James has solid depth after returning both state-qualifying doubles teams from a year ago. Senior Delaney Neuer and sophomore Avery Neuer are coming off a 10th-place showing last season. Seniors Caroline Kmetz and Lilly Kalny were regional champions last year but went 0-2 at state. Kmetz also earned a fourth-place finish in doubles with then-senior Holli Kalny in 2023. Spring Hill senior Ashley Anderson took 11th in doubles last year with Brynna Pierson, who graduated. 
 

CLASS 4A 

2024 State Champion: Hayden 

2024 State runner-up: McPherson

2024 Singles champion: Ainzley Zulueta, Hayden 

2024 Doubles champions: Callie Schlorholtz and Brooklyn Mattix, Independence 

2024 Review: Hayden’s Ainzley Zulueta delivered a flawless postseason to capture her third Class 4A singles championship. Zulueta never dropped a game in the postseason, capping a 24-0 season with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Buhler’s Sofia Spies. Zulueta finished 87-7 in three seasons of high school tennis. She helped lead Hayden to its second 4A team title in three years. Hayden’s Emily Sheetz came up just short in her bid for a third straight doubles championship. Sheetz, who won two titles with former Wildcat standout Lauren Sandstrom, reached the finals last year with freshman Sophia Wichman. They were topped in the championship match by Independence's Callie Schlorholtz and Brooklyn Mattix, 6-1, 6-2. Schlorholtz and Mattix won all four state matches in straight sets, finishing with a 31-4 record. Hayden finished with 40 points, 12 ahead of runner-up McPherson. Grace Funk added a ninth-place finish in singles while Izzy Glotzbach and Avery O’Bray were 11th in doubles. McPherson’s runner-up showing was led by a third-place effort from Maryn Sandbo, who fell to Zulueta in the semifinals. Both of the Bullpup doubles teams earned medals. Avery Unruh/Quinn Liebl placed seventh while Kennedy Tully/McKenna Paul took ninth. Independence was third in the team standings with 26 points, two points behind McPherson. Along with the doubles championship, the Bulldogs also got a fifth-place singles finish from Ava Morris. Wellington and Winfield tied for fourth place, followed by Buhler in sixth. 

2025 Contenders: After winning two team titles in the last three years, Hayden will be tasked with replacing two players with major championship pedigrees in Ainzley Zulueta and Emilly Sheetz. Zulueta won singles titles in each of her three seasons playing high school tennis while Sheetz won two doubles titles before taking second last year. The Wildcats will try to remain a factor in 4A after returning three players off last season’s title team. Sophia Wichman flourished as a freshman last season, teaming with Sheetz to reach the doubles final. The Wildcats will also have senior leadership in Grace Funk and Avery O’Bray. Funk was ninth in singles last year while O’Bray and Izzy Glotzbach were 11th in doubles. Glotzbach would have been a fourth returner, but has opted to focus solely on golf this fall, having helped the Wildcats to two straight state titles in Class 4A on the links. McPherson, team champions in 2021, will look to follow last year’s runner-up showing with another run at a title. The Bullpups lost just one senior. Maryn Sandbo, now a senior, moved up to third place in singles after taking 10th as a sophomore. Junior Avery Unruh and sophomore Quinn Liebl took seventh place in doubles a year ago. Junior McKenna Paul teamed with now-graduated Kennedy Tully to take ninth last year, and junior Alexandria Rodriguez is also back after qualifying for state in singles last season. Independence’s third-place showing in the team standings last year was highlighted by a doubles championship from Callie Schlorholtz and Brooklyn Mattix. Schlorholtz graduated, but Mattix, a senior, is back to help lead the Bulldogs. Fifth-place singles player Ava Morris also graduated. Independence junior Sarah Veile qualified for state in singles last year while sophomore Morgan McLenon made state in doubles with now-graduated Hadley Sasse. Wellington tied for fourth in 4A last year, powered by two state-placing doubles teams. Senior Cruz Cornejo teamed with now-graduated Kadynce Aufdengarten to take third place in doubles last season. Senior Logan Robinson and sophomore Addi Thomson took eighth place last year. The Crusaders shared fourth place with Winfield last season. The Vikings bring back two state-placing singles players in senior Sophia Heger (fourth) and junior Zlata Mitina (seventh). After the graduation of Zulueta, Buhler’s Sofia Spies could very well become Zulueta’s heir apparent to the 4A singles throne. Spies, whose brother Davian was a three-time 4A state singles champion, made the title match as a freshman before losing 6-0, 6-0 to Zulueta, finishing with a 32-4 record. Senior Abbie Gorman was a sixth-place singles finisher for Fort Scott. Other returning singles state placers are junior Ella Daniel (10th) from Bishop Miege and Chanute senior Ella Guernsey (12th). Other returning players who were part of state-placing doubles team last year include Circle senior Whitney Wilbur (fourth), Chapman seniors Avery Baer/Meridith Kuntz (fifth), Chanute senior Jacqueline Smoot (sixth), Parsons senior Kadence Ball (10th) and Bishop Miege senior Mary Thompson (12th). 
 

CLASS 3-2-1A 

2024 State Champion: Wichita Collegiate 

2024 State runner-up: Ellsworth 

2024 Singles champion: Chelsie Brown, Sterling 

2024 Doubles champions: Laney Conrad/Julia Herrman, Collegiate

2024 Review: Wichita Collegiate’s historic championship reign was put in jeopardy but the Spartans remained on the throne. Collegiate extended its title streak to 16, fending off a worthy challenger in Ellsworth. Powered by the third straight doubles championship from seniors Laney Conrad and Julia Herrman, Collegiate held off Ellsworth by five points (38 to 33). It was Collegiate’s 35th title on the girls side and the second under Simon Norman, who took over the program after the retirement of legendary coach Dave Hawley. Ellsworth had the benefit of having all four of its scoring positions still in the tournament for Day 2, but Conrad and Herrman’s win over Ellsworth’s Reygan Coonrod and Inarie Rippert in the doubles final, as well as a fourth-place effort from singles player Amelia Blackman and a fifth-place showing by its No. 2 doubles team of Tatum Downing and Langley Overman, was enough for Collegiate to overtake the Bearcats. In the title match, Conrad and Herrman (25-2) took the first set 6-2 before rolling in the second set, 6-0, denying Rippert and Coonrod’s bid for an undefeated season. After placing seventh at state as a sophomore, Sterling’s Chelsie Brown took her game to another level last year. Brown came up clutch in the postseason tennis to notch a 36-0 junior season, capped with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Kansas City Christian’s Lauren Seitz. She was one of two players in the state to finish undefeated, along with 4A champion Ainzley Zulueta (24-0) from Hayden. Marysville took third place, finishing seven points behind Ellsworth. The Bulldogs saw both singles players and both doubles teams place. Katherine Frese and Ava Spicer took eighth and ninth, respectively, in singles while Aubree Vering/Grace Winkler placed seventh and Grace Turner/Micaiah Urban took 10th. Wichita Classical was fourth in the team standings, followed by Sterling and KC Christian. 

2025 Contenders: The graduation of three-time doubles champions Laney Conrad and Julia Herrman will give Wichita Collegiate a big void to fill, but nobody reloads like the Spartans. After senior-laden Collegiate fought off Ellsworth to secure its 16th consecutive title last year, Spartan coach Simon Norman noted the program had some talented players coming up the pipeline. They’ll likely need a couple of those players to make an immediate impact this season. Collegiate will have a new doubles lineup after also graduating fifth-place doubles team Tatum Downing and Langley Overman. Amelia Blackman will be a key leader for the Spartans. She placed fourth in singles last year after taking fifth as a sophomore. Collegiate’s Acacia Knight also made the state tourney in singles last year as a junior. Ellsworth should be primed to follow up last year’s tremendous showing with another strong season. The Bearcats lost just one senior off last year’s runner-up team. Reygan Coonrod and Inarie Rippert are two-time state runners-up in doubles. Last year, their only loss came to Conrad and Herrman in the title match. Rippert is entering her senior year while Coonrod is a junior. The Bearcats also bring back two singles state placers from last year in Karli Haase (fifth) and Hannah Vague (10th). Senior Felis De La Cruz also returns after teaming with now-graduated Elena Jundt to take 10th place in doubles. Marysville, third a year ago, returns three players from last year’s state tournament. Seniors Katherine Frese and Ava Spicer placed eighth and ninth, respectively, in singles last year. Senior Micaiah Urban is also back after placing 10th in doubles with then-senior Grace Turner. Wichita Classical graduated a seventh-place singles finisher in Greer Kice but Nora Neumann is back after placing sixth in doubles with now-graduated Adah Branam last year. Ani Doom also qualified for state for the Saints last year as a junior. Sterling’s Chelsie Brown left no doubt in her run to a singles championship last year. After placing seventh as a sophomore, Brown climbed to the top of 3-2-1A with a 36-0 season, capped by a 6-4, 6-0 win over then-senior Lauren Seitz from KC Christian in the title match. Brown helped the Black Bears take fifth place in the team standings last year. Jaiden Jaeger also returns for Sterling after qualifying for state in doubles with now-graduated Emily Wellman last year. Kansas City Christian took sixth place but graduated its lone 2024 state qualifier in Seitz. Hesston senior Elyse Griffin returns after teaming with then-senior Molly Martin to take third place in doubles last season. Conway Springs’ Morgan and Sadie Koester should be a factor in doubles after placing fourth last year as juniors. Other returning players who placed in doubles last year with then-seniors include Wichita Trinity’s Joley Henderson (ninth) and Greeley County’s Mia Reynolds (12th). 

NOTE: Classifications for the 2025-26 school year had not been released at the time of publication. Teams featured could potentially fall into a different classification once those have been determined.