Cadence Durham
Cadence Durham
Height: 5-3
Year: So.
Hometown: Lake Charles, La.
High School: Sam Houston HS

MATCH BY-MATCH RESULTS (CAREER)

SOPHOMORE (2024):
Competed in 13 singles matches, all as the No. 3 seed for the Spirits, while competing in 14 doubles matches … her six singles victories marked the second-most on the season, tying her alongside Adley Keim and Alana Bridges …completed the fall portion of the schedule with two wins, taking down both Kancie Tate (Guilford) (4-6, 6-3, 6-3) and Hannah Higgins (Meredith) (6-0, 7-3) in the process … claimed her first spring win on March 12th as she downed Aniya Sims (Columbia) by scores of 6-4, 6-4 … posted a 6-0, 6-2 win over Mya Sampson (William Peace) … Began April with a 6-4, 6-3 win against Hannah Higgins (Meredith) … delivered a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Lauryn Byrnes (Mary Baldwin) … played most of her doubles matches with Abby Eckenroth as the unit grabbed three doubles wins, including two as the No. 3 seed and one as the No. 2 seed for Salem … picked up the first of three straight doubles wins with Eckenroth by defeating Isabela Guiularte and Molly Booth (Sweet Briar) by an 8-5 margin on Feb. 25th … posted an 8-4 win with Eckenroth against Caitlin Tihanovich and Wilette Morales (Methodist) on March 24th … competed as the No. 2 seed with Eckenroth in a clash with Mya Sampson and Haley George (William Peace), earning an 8-0 win …competed in two doubles matches with Alana Bridges in March, both as the No. 2 seed … brought home a doubles win with partner Alyx Diggs as the tandem defeated Guilford’s Molly Wilson and Bethany Lupo (Sept. 24).

FIRST YEAR (2023):
Came through with one singles win and two doubles victories over the course of her first collegiate season … made her collegiate debut on September 17, 2022 by pairing with Emily Gillis in No. 1 doubles play to face Megan Rekieta and Alison Sloop from Ferrum, suffering an 8-4 setback … faced Rekieta in No. 1 singles action, falling by scores of 6-0, 6-1 … earned the first singles victory of her career, while teaming with Griffis to face Agnes Scott (March 16), when the pair took down Katiuska Castillo and Leilah Lewinson by an 8-2 margin … posted her lone singles victory of the slate on March 16th against Lewinson (Agnes Scott), emerging with a 6-1, 6-0 win … had her first back-to-back doubles win on March 19th, again with Griffis at her side, as the pair downed Jacqueline Rodgers and Gabriella Tully (Johnson & Wales) by an 8-7 margin.

PREP:
Graduated from Sam Houston High School in 2022 … a three-sport athlete who competed in cross country (2018), volleyball (2019) and tennis (2019-22) … played tennis under the direction of head coaches Jason and Sheila Moody … finished fifth in the district on tennis courts on three occasions (2019-21) … placed third among district performers in tennis in 2021-22 … was a two-time state qualifier, reaching the tournament in 2021 and 2022 … named First Team All-District in 2019, 2021, 2022 … received Honorable Mention accolades in 2019.

PERSONAL: Cadence Daveigh Durham … daughter of Rali Reon, Mike Durham and Mark Bertrand … has two siblings, Zion Durham and Kingston Bertrand … mother was a three-sport high school athlete who competed in softball, track and volleyball … graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sam Houston High School … member of National Society of High School Scholars and was on honor roll on multiple occasions … member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes.