2025-26
- NCAA Singles Qualifier, her first time playing in the singles championship after competing in doubles in 2024, earning a 9-16 seed
- NCAA Doubles Qualifier, her second time competing in the tournament, earning a 5-8 seed
- ITA Atlantic Regional Singles Co-Champion
- Top seed in the doubles draw (with Melodie Collard) at the ITA Conference Masters Championship, making a run to the championship match to earn a spot in the NCAA Doubles Championship
- Ranked No. 9 in the preseason ITA Doubles Rankings with Melodie Collard. Starts the dual match season with that same ranking
- Ranked No. 114 in the preseason ITA Singles Rankings, moving up to a No. 30 ranking at the end of the fall
- Went 11-2 in singles and 8-3 in doubles in the fall
- Picked up a top-15 win with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against UNC’s Theadora Rabman at the Kitty Harrison Invitational (9/13)
- Also topped No. 49 Live Hovde of Duke in straight sets for two ranked wins in the opening weekend of the fall (9/13)
- Advanced to the qualifying final in singles at the ITA All-American
- Advanced to the second round of doubles in the main draw of the ITA All-American with a win against No. 16 Fernandez/Crossley of UCLA (9/27)
- Advanced to the second round of the NCAA Doubles championship, falling in the opening round of singles
- Won seven consecutive doubles matches with Melodie Collard on court one to begin the spring season
- Began the spring season with back-to-back singles victories in straight sets on the top court over Richmond's Sofia Barbulescu (1/13) and UNC Greensboro's Sophia Cedeno (1/15)
- Downed No. 3 North Carolina's third-ranked doubles pair Susanna Maltby and Oby Kajuru 6-3 with Collard (1/18)
- Dominated No. 20 USC's sixth-ranked Lily Faircloug and Daniela Borruel 6-1 with Collard as well as defeated 12th-ranked Emma Charney 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 as the Cavaliers punched their ticket to the ITA National Team Indoor Championships (1/24)
- Topped No. 17 Leyla Britez Risso and Catherine Auila 6-1 with Collard in ITA Indoors Consolation action against No. 14 Tennessee (2/7)
- Kicked off ACC play with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 win over Virginia Tech's Ozlem Uslu (2/18)
- Won in straight sets against Jade Groen as Virginia downed No. 18 Clemson (3/12)
- Defeated No. 58 Alejandra Cruz 6-4, 3-6, 6-0 in the Cavaliers' 4-1 win at Georgia Tech (3/12)
- Earned ACC Player of the Week honors (3/17)
- Picked up a 6-3, 6-4 win over No. 30 Miami's 101st-ranked Sofia Rocchetti (3/22)
- Dominated No. 14 NC State's 2nd-ranked pair Victoria Osuigwe and Gabriella Broadfoot 6-2 with Collard and then clinched the match victory with a 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) win over No. 39 Mia Slama on the top court as the Cavaliers clinched the ACC regular season title (4/12)
- Along with Collard, was named ACC Doubles Team of the Week on April 14 following wins over Wake Forest's No. 87 pair and NC State's No. 2 pair
AT PEPPERDINE (Two Seasons, 2023-25)
- 2025 All-WCC Singles First Team
- 2024-25 NCAA Doubles Championship qualifier
- 2024 ITA Southwest Regional Doubles Champion
- 2024 NCAA All-Tournament Team after helping Pepperdine reach the semifinals
- Career-high No. 61 ranking in singles and No. 7 in doubles (with Savannah Broadus)
- Defeated USC’s No. 15 Emma Charney 7-6 (2), 6-2 for the highest-ranked win of her career in the ITA Sectionals
BACKGROUND
- Represented New Zealand in the Billie Jean King Cup in 2022 and 2023
- Has won three ITF 15K doubles titles (including summer 2025 in Maanshan) and one 15K singles title in Wellington in 2022
- 12 ITF juniors titles (two singles, 10 doubles)
- U18 New Zealand National titles in singles and doubles in 2022
- Ranked as high as No. 77 in the ITF World Juniors rankings
- Competed in the 2023 Australian Junior Open, advancing to the second round
- Career-high WTA singles ranking of 795 and her career-high WTA doubles ranking of 642 in Feb. 2023
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Elaine Zhang and Reno Yang
- Has a sister, Lilian
- English major with a Philosophy minor
CAREER STATS
| SINGLES | DOUBLES |
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| Year | Overall | Dual | ACC | Overall | Dual | ACC |
| At Pepperdine 2023-24 |
12-5 | 11-4 | 9-12 | 8-10 | ||
| At Pepperdine 2024-25 |
15-17 | 11-12 | 19-12 | 12-9 | ||
| 2025-26 | 20-10 | 9-8 | 6-4 | 25-8 | 17-5 | 8-3 |
| Career | 47-32 | 31-24 | 6-4 | 53-32 | 37-24 | 8-3 |