Longwood University Athletics

High School: Graduate of Stonyhurst College ... Four-sport athlete, playing tennis and cricket while running cross country and participating in bouldering ... Five-year captain of the tennis team ... Led the team to sixth place in the 2025 Aberdare Cup, the English high school championship ... Team also won the north of England championship in 2023 and 2025 ... Named Stonyhurst's tennis player of the year and earned the most improved award for cross country ... lPayed for The Albert Bowling and Tennis Club women's first team in the national league, reaching the 2025 national playoffs ... Three-time winner of the Lancashire County under-18 women's singles championship from 2021-23 ... Also won two consecutive doubles titles in 2022 and 2023 ... North East of Scotland indoor champion in 2024 ... Advanced to the finals for the J30 Ben Aknoun Algiers doubles final that year ... Quarterfinalist in the Tennis Scotland Open Tour finals in 2023 ... Played into the ITF Dakar, Senegal girls doubles final in 2022.

Personal: Born Dec. 10, 2006 ... Daughter of Dominic and Jill Fernando ... Has a sister, Ella, who is a junior on the women's tennis team at NCAA Division I Le Moyne in Syracuse, N.Y. ... Three-time winner of the Stonyhust Academic Endeavour Award from 2023-25 ... Earned the Faith in Action silver (2022) and gold (2025) awards ... Organized a fundraiser to assist persecuted Catholics in Ukraine ... Worked with the Xavier Project in 2023-24 volunteering in a second-hand uniform shop and assisting with wheelchair dancing ... Also assisted at the 2024 Manchester half marathon, raising money for the Stonyhurst Foundation ... English and creative writing major at Longwood.