WV Girls Badminton History
WVHS Girls Badminton became a Varsity Sport in the Spring of 2002
| Year |
Coach |
Overall |
Conf. Record |
Conf. Place |
Notable |
| 2008-09 |
Carla Griffin &
Megan Weemer |
3-7 |
|
9th |
|
| 2007-08 |
Alyssa Battaglia
& Carla Griffin |
8-6 |
6-6 |
4th |
|
| 2006-07 |
Don Sullivan |
8-5 |
6-4 |
6th |
|
| 2005-06 |
Lucy Sullivan |
10-2 |
9-2 |
3rd |
|
| 2004-05 |
Carolyn Strasen |
9-6 |
6-4 |
5th |
|
| 2003-04 |
Carolyn Strasen |
7-3 |
|
4th |
|
| 2002-03 |
Alex Ip |
? |
|
6th |
|
| 2001-02 |
Alyssa Battaglia |
2-11 |
2-9 |
8th |
|
Blank spaces in Records and Conference placement are unknown. Please contact
luke_wigtil@ipsd.org if you have information to complete the table.
WVHS Girls Badminton Season Recaps
Varsity: 3-7 Overall, 9th in Conference
JV: 3-7 Overall, 8th in Conference
- Kat Dolan: Sportsmanship Award
- Sheetal Gade: All-Academic
- Jessica Hsu: All-Academic
- Tracy Lau: All-Academic
- Christine Liu: All-Academic, State Qualifier, MVP
- Parita Vakharia: All-Academic
- Faye Yao: All-Academic
- Elizabeth Yorka: All-Academic
Varsity: 8-6 Overall, 6-6 in Conference (4th place)
JV: 7-6 Overall, 7-5 in Conference (6th place)
- Radhika Akolkar: All-Academic
- Katherine Lau: All-Academic
- Corinne Martin: All-Academic
- Monisha Murjani: All-Academic
- Monica Sood: All-Academic
- Jessica Tatar: All-Academic
- Faye Yao: All-Academic
Varsity: 8-5 Overall, 6-4 in Conference (6th Place), 2nd at the DeKalb Invite
JV: 8-5 Overall, 6-4 in Conference
- Rebecca Hsu: Conference Champion (1st Singles), All-Academic
- Rakhika Akolkar: All-Academic
- Jessica Kawabata: All-Academic
- Corinne Martin: All-Academic
- Monisha Murjani: All-Academic
- Pooja Patel: All-Academic
- Monica Sood: All-Academic
- Jessica Tatar: All-Academic
Varsity: 9-2 in Conference and 10-2 overall, 3rd in the conference
JV: 8-3 in Conference 9-3 overall, 4th in the conference
Sectional Finish-3rd
State Finish 23rd-doubles team in top 8
DeKalb Varsity Invite placed 3rd out of 8
Lincoln-Way Central Invite placed 5th out of 10
- Nivedita Chandrasekharan-All Academic
- Kriti Goel-All Academic
- Rebecca Hsu-State Participant, All Academic
- Corinne Martin-All Academic
- Jessica Plamerin-All Academic, Sportsmanship
- Pooja Patel-All Academic
- Farrah Siganporia-All Academic
- Chen Zhu-All Academic
- Joyce Tsai-State Participant, MVP
Joyce Tsai and Rebecca Hsu-won first three matches at state to get to Elite Eight at State
Varsity: 9-6 Overall, 6-4 in Conference (5th Place)
JV: 6-4 (4th in Conference)
- Nivedita Chandrasekharan: All-Academic
- Kriti Goel: All-Academic
- Rebecca Hsu: All-Academic. State Qualifier
- Jessica Palmerin: All-Academic
- Pooja Patel: All-Academic
- Katie Reid: Sportsmanship Award
- Farrah Siganporia: All-Academic
- Joyce Tsai: MVP, State Qualifier
- Chen Zhu: All-Academic
- Kathryn Brayton-All Academic
- Jen Clouthier-All Academic, MVP
- Julie Degner-All Academic
- Cindy Hsu-All Academic
- Rebecca Hsu-State Participant
- Karen Lee-All Academic
- Shelly Oh-All Academic
- Joyce Tsai-State Participant
- Sara Tsai-All Academic, Sportsmanship Award
This was a very successful season for the girls badminton team in several different ways. Both our varsity and JV teams improved their season record from last year with varsity earning 4th place in the conference and 7-3 overall and JV earning 5th place in conference and 6-4 overall. Individually, each player improved their level of play throughout the season. The Varsity team finished 3rd at Sectional. Our varsity doubles team of Joyce Tsai and Rebecca Hsu finished 3rd in the sectional, qualifying them for state. The doubles team was eliminated after the 1st round at state competition.
Varsity: 6th in Conference
JV: 7th in Conference
- Dipali Bharadwaj: All-Academic
- Dima Dairanieh: All-Academic
- Cindy Hsu: All-Academic, Sportsmanship Award
- Kristin Kolzow: All-Academic
- Sarita Mutha: All-Academic
- Shelly Oh: All-Academic
- Sara Tsai: All-Academic
Inaugural Season! Vars: 2-11 Overall 2-9 in Conference (8th Place)
JV: 4-11 Overall, 4-7 in Conference (6th Place)
- Dima Dairanieh: All-Academic
- Kristin Kolzow: All-Academic
- Sarita Mutha: All-Academic
- Helen Pao: All-Academic
- Susan Tsai: All-Academic
- Eiko Umehara: All-Academic, Sportsmanship Award
- Christine Wang: All-Academic