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HONORS
2015 Southland Conference Freshman of the Year (Stephen F. Austin)
2015 All-Southland Conference First Team Singles (Stephen F. Austin)
2015 All-Southland Conference Second Team Doubles (Stephen F. Austin)
2016 Conference USA Newcomer of the Year (UTEP)
2016 All-Conference USA First Team Singles (UTEP)
2016 Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2016 Conference USA Medal for Academic Excellence
2016 ITA Scholar-Athlete
2017 ITA Scholar-Athlete

2017-18 (Senior): Did not play to NCAA transfer rules.

2016-17 (Junior at UTEP): Finished 14th in the 2016 Oracle ITA Tennis Rankings in the Texas region after a strong sophomore season…2016 Posted a 17-7 (8-3 dual, 9-4 tournament) overall record in the 2016-17 season, playing at the No. 1 position for the Miners…teamed with Milou Pietersz at the No. 1 position in doubles for a 19-6 record overall (9-2 dual, 10-4 tournament)…became the first nationally ranked tennis athlete for UTEP in more than 20 years when she broke into the ITA rankings at the national level at No. 107 on Feb. 23, 2016 and she remained among the top-125 for nine-straight weeks…made a successful run through the main draw of the ITF $10,000 Future Nord Tournament in Kaltenkirchen, Germany, earning the first WTA point of her career in the process in 2016…contributed to the Miners’ ITA All-Academic team award for maintaining a 3.50 or greater GPA…Invited to compete in the pre-qualifying round at the prestigious Riviera/ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles, Calif., the first in UTEP history to be invited to the Championships…ranked No. 101 in the fall 2016 Oracle/ITA Collegiate Tennis Women’s Division I Preseason… Along with partner Pietersz, won the 2016 USTA/ITA Mountain Regional Championship, the first time in program history that a UTEP doubles team claimed a championship title at the ITA Regional Championships...advanced to the 2016 USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships with Pietersz, were they fell to Michigan’s no. 4-ranked Brienne Minor and Mira Ruder-Hook in the consolation final…Crowned the singles co-champion at the TCU Spring Invite (Jan. 15) after going 3-0 in her singles events…Named the Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week (Jan.24) after two consecutive weeks of flawless play, her first C-USA player of the week award of the season and the second of her career…the Kulicke-Pietersz duo peaked at No. 48 in the ITA Division I doubles rankings (Feb. 8), the tandem were last ranked at No. 55.

2015-16 (Sophomore at UTEP): Named the C-USA Newcomer of the Year and a First-Team All-C-USA Singles selection after compiling a 44-24 overall record, including a team-leading 25-10 mark in singles action, in her first year at UTEP…registered 21 wins in straight sets…went 15-5 at the No. 1 position in dual matches…picked up notable wins versus Iowa State, Wyoming, No. 56 New Mexico and Arizona State’s Desirae Krawczyk, who was ranked No. 34 in the ITA National Rankings at the time…went on a 10-match winning streak from Jan. 29 to March 18…became the first nationally ranked tennis athlete for UTEP in over 20 years when she broke into the ITA Rankings on Feb. 23…remained among the top-125 for nine straight weeks with a career-best at No. 107.

2014-15 (Freshman at Stephen F. Austin): Southland Conference Freshman of the Year … All-Southland Confe rence first team singles … All-Southland Conference second team doubles with Valeria Terentyeva … Posted a 16-4 overall singles record and 16-6 mark in doubles action … Went unbeaten at 10-0 in singles against Southland opponents and a team-best 9-2 in doubles … Finished 4-1 at No. 2 singles, 7-3 at No. 4 singles and 5-0 at No. 5 singles; was 1-1 in the second doubles position and 15-5 in the third … Helped lead the Ladyjacks to share of the Southland championship with a 10-1 league record, 16-7 overall. 

Prep: Kulicke is from Hamburg, Germany ... when she left Germany she was ranked No. 95 in the German Open Rankings ...her best career wins included victories over Katharina Holert (No. 680 WTA), Imke Schlunzen (No.63 in Germany) and Julia Paetow (No.71 in Germany).