2026 ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year
2026 All-SEC Second Team
2026 All-Freshman Team
2026 ITA Scholar Athlete
FRESHMAN SEASON (2025-26)
Put together a dominant freshman season, finishing with a team-high 27 overall singles victories…Posted a staggering 21-2 dual record, went 10-2 in SEC action and ended the season on a 12-match winning streak ... Went undefeated on courts three and four, posting a 6-0 mark at No. 3 and 9-0 record at No. 4 ... Earned five victories over nationally ranked opponents ... Named Second Team All-SEC and to the SEC All-Freshman Team before earning ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year honors ... Highlight ranked victories included Texas A&M’s then-No. 54 Ilinca Amariei, 6-3, 6-2, Tennessee’s then-No. 85 Vanesa Suarez, 6-1, 6-2, Georgia’s then-No. 54 Anastasiia Gureva, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, and Virginia’s then-No. 119 Isabelle Lacy, 6-4, 6-3 ... Totaled a team-high 21 overall doubles wins, with 16 coming in dual play and 14 victories at the No. 3 court ... Named an ITA Scholar Athlete ... Earned her first varsity letter at LSU.
PRIOR TO LSU
Blue-chip prospect from Elgin, Illinois, will join LSU for the 2025-26 season ... Ranked among the nation’s top 25 recruits, she has been one of the most dominant players in the Midwest region as a two-time Illinois State Singles Champion and was recognized as the USTA Chicago District’s 2023 Junior Female Player of the Year ... Placed fourth at the 2024 USTA Spring National Championships and won the 2023 Illinois State Singles Tennis Championship ... In high school play, Lanton has not lost a set in the IHSA competition since 2021 ... Competed at the 2024 ITA National Summer Championships in Memphis, TN, and placed as a quarterfinalist, highlighted by taking down the No. 2 seed in the tournament, Duke’s Emma Jackson ... Most recently won the 2025 ITA Summer Masters Series.