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Girls Badminton

WVHS Badminton

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2009 Team Photos  
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2009  Badminton



Co-Head Coaches:
Carla Griffin &
Megan Weemer
(Not Pictured)

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 Badminton

State Qualifiers

Name

Year

Rebecca Hsu 2004
Joyce Tsai 2004
Rebecca Hsu 2005
Joyce Tsai 2005
Rebecca Hsu 2006
Joyce Tsai 2006
Christine Liu 2009

All-Conference

Name

Year

Rebecca Hsu
Conference Champ-1st Singles
2007


Some information may be missing or unknown. Please contact
luke_wigtil@ipsd.org if you have information to complete the table.

WVHS Girls Badminton Season Recaps

2009

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

2008

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

2007

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

2006

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

2005

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

2004

  • 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. 

2003

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

2002

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


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