- 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
MISSISSIPPI STATE (2023-24): Posted a 6-2 singles record and went 4-3 in doubles play...Ii singles, earned three wins at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana…defeated Zenn Lim of Southern Miss 6-7(0), 6-2, 7-5, LSU’s Florentine Dekkers 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, and Kelsey Mize of Ole Miss 7-5, 6-2…collected two more wins at the John Cade Invitational…beat Mississippi State’s Ava Rath 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 and Louisville’s Lilliam Mould 6-3, 6-1…in doubles, with partner Ava Rath defeated Furman’s Alexa Griffith and Marissa Pennings 8-6 at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic in Greenville, South Carolina…added three more wins with partner Alessia Tagliente at the John Cade Invitational…with partner Tagliente took down the North Texas tandem of Lou Chalard and Oliva Malm 8-0, Louisville’s pair of Ibifuro Clement and Elena Noguero 8-5, as well as Germany Davis and Jamilah Snells 8-3.
MISSISSIPPI STATE (2022-23): Went 11-14 (8-9 Dual/4-7 SEC) in singles and 9-15 (5-11 Dual/1-9 SEC) as a true freshman...
FALL: In singles, claimed a win at the ITA Southern Regional in Baton Rouge, Louisiana …defeated Kristen Borland of Tulane 6-1, 6-2…claimed two wins at the John Cade Invitational…beat Tyra Richardson of Louisville 6-2, 6-7(5), 7-6(3) and Louisiana Tech’s Ilana Tetruashvili 6-4, 6-7(4), 7-5(6)…in doubles, claimed two wins at the Debbie Southern Fall Classic…partnered with Emily Surcey to defeat South Carolina’s tandem of Misa Malkin and McKenna Schaefbauer 8-5 and Clemson’s duo of Sophia Hatton and Eleni Louka 8-2…defeated Kristen Borland and Brooke Theis of Tulane 8-2 with partner Emily Surcey at the ITA Southern Regional…partnered up with Alexandra Mikhailuk at the John Cade Invitational…beat Olga Bienzobas and Ana Rodrigues of Louisiana Tech 8-5.
SPRING: Compiled an 8-9 mark in singles play throughout the spring…Clinched MSU’s wins over Arkansas State (Jan. 20), Tennessee State (Jan. 29) and Jackson State (Feb. 5)…led the team with the most clinched wins…had five straight wins from Jan. 29-March 17…in doubles play, had a 5-11 record, and played mainly with Chloe Cirotte and Emmanouela Antonaki…with Cirotte, the pair went 3-2 and helped earn the doubles point against UAB (Jan. 15) and Tennessee State (Jan. 29)…earned a 6-1 win with Gia Cohen against Alabama A&M’s Deja Brown and Camila Ruiz Diaz (Feb. 10)…at the No. 1 position saw a 7-6(5) victory with partner Emmanouela Antonaki against Anaelle Leclercq and Ludmila Kareisova of Ole Miss (March 31).
Dharani Niroshan - Women's Tennis - Mississippi State (hailstate.com)
PRIOR TO COLLEGE: Three-time Canadian National Doubles Champion…had a career-high International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking of 540…earned a career-best Canadian Women’s ranking of 25…was deemed a doubles semifinalist at the Les Petits As Championships…represented Canada at the International Tournament.
PERSONAL: Born on May 29...daughter of Irosha Devapura and Niroshan Santhiramohan...has one brother, Siddharth...studied business at Mississippi State and is studying economics at South Florida.
