Mykala Hedberg Season 2005-06
2009 All-Louisiana Second Team
2008 All-Louisiana First Team
SENIOR SEASON (2008-09)
Ended career as one of LSU’s most prolific doubles players with 87 career victories… Named to the All-Louisiana Second Team… Collected a 13-18 overall record in singles… Earned SEC player of the week honors for the first time in her career for her performance against Kentucky… Picked up one of the biggest singles victories in her career against 48th-ranked Ana Marija Zubori of South Carolina… Clinched two matches against Colorado and then-13th-ranked Kentucky… Entered the spring season ranked-17th in the ITA polls with partner Megan Falcon… Amassed the highest doubles record on the team with a 27-10 overall record… Claimed eight doubles victories over nationally ranked opponents with the most prominent being over then-80th-ranked Marrit Boonstra and Joana Mather of Florida… Competed in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with Falcon… Listed at No. 25 in singles and No. 2 in doubles in the final ITA Southwest Regional rankings… Captured the ITA Southwest Regional Doubles Championship for the first time under head coach Tony Minnis… Ranked at No. 19 with Falcon in the ITA spring final rankings…Earned fourth varsity letter.
JUNIOR SEASON (2007-08)
Named to the All-Louisiana First Team … Compiled a 17-17 overall singles record with a 10-12 dual mark competing at the No. 2 position … Clinched the match against Auburn and the NCAA first round match against Washington State … Defeated two ranked opponents in straight sets, Ole Miss’ 99th-ranked Karen Nijssen and Mississippi State’s 112th-ranked Renee Joseph … Ranked No. 19 in the final ITA Southwest Regional singles rankings … Led the team with a 24-10 overall doubles record playing at the No. 1 position … Listed at No. 28 in the final ITA doubles rankings with Megan Falcon and finished No. 4 in the final Southwest Regional doubles rankings … Reached the first round of the doubles portion of the NCAA Tournament with Falcon … Ranked No. 29 in the ITA Southwest Regional fall singles rankings … Reached the semifinals of the SEC Fall Coaches Classic with Staten Spencer, including an upset victory over No. 21 Amanda Taylor and Courtney Ulery of Vanderbilt … Ranked No. 4 in doubles with Spencer in the ITA Southwest Regional fall rankings … Earned third varsity letter.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2006-07)
Started the season with a No. 83 national ranking … Upset the No. 51 player in the second match of the season … Played the No. 2 slot for the Lady Tigers recording 17 wins overall … Compiled a 21-13 overall doubles record … Began the season playing the No. 2 slot in doubles with sophomore Staten Spencer … 11 matches into the season was moved to the No. 1 doubles slot and paired with sophomore Megan Falcon … She and Falcon started off strong winning their first 6 matches, including upsets over the No. 18-ranked duo from South Carolina and the No. 59-ranked tandem from Florida … Hedberg and Falcon earned an initial ranking of No. 42 and went on to upset No. 14 Alex Haney and Melissa Koning of Auburn … Ended the season with a No. 45 national doubles ranking … Earned second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2005-06)
Began her first fall as a Lady Tiger strong, winning four of her first five matches …Won the Flight A consolation finals of the Maryland Invitational … Played at the No. 1 slot in dual matches as freshman in the tough Southeastern Conference … Had her biggest win of the year when she defeated No. 42-ranked Kim Coventry of Kentucky … Finished her debut year with more than 10 wins in both singles and doubles … Earned first varsity letter.
PRIOR TO LSU
Played tennis for Oxnard High in Oxnard, Calif., earning four letters … Led team to a championship in 2004 … Was first-team all four years at CIF Championships, a tournament including all Southern California schools … Named player of the year for the county her junior year … MVP of her team all four years … Was the league singles champion her sophomore through senior years and league doubles champion her freshman year … Went undefeated in singles play her senior season.
PERSONAL
Born Feb. 23, 1987, in Ventura, Calif. …Daughter of Lars and Linda Hedberg … Majoring in Business … Has three younger siblings, one brother, Sasha, and two sisters, Moira and Malieva.
HEDBERG’S CAREER STATS
Singles
Overall
vs. Top 125
SEC Dual
Year
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
17
17
.500
2
7
.222
4
6
.400
2008-09
13
18
.419
1
9
.100
3
7
.300
Totals
Doubles
Overall
vs. Top 60
SEC Dual
Year
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
24
10
.667
7
4
.636
6
4
.600
2008-09
27
10
.730
8
7
.533
5
4
.556
Totals