Biography
2015-16 (Senior): [Spring] … First Team Southland All-Academic ... Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... First Team All-Southland Conference in doubles with Lucile Pothier ... Ojai Valley Tournament doubles champion with Pothier and singles finalist ... Went 15-18 overall in singles with 11 of those win coming in dual play at the No. 2 position ... Won three singles matches vs. conference competition and was 4-3 between the Indiana and Ojai Tournaments ... Excelled in doubles with a 28-7 record, winning 25 times alongside Pothier ... Picked up two wins with Erin Walker and won her lone match with Nada Marjanovic ... Went 17-6 at No. 2 doubles and lost only one of 10 Southland matches with Pothier ... Lone conference defeat was a 6-3 decision at Lamar ... Finished year on a seven-match winning streak ... Went into the Lamar match on a season-best eight-match winning streak that included victories over McMurry and seven Southland opponents ... Defeated Pothier in the quarterfinals of the Ojai Valley Tournament, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 as part of a season-best five-match singles winning streak ... Started dual play on a four-match winning streak, beating opposition from Butler, Dallas Baptist, SMU and UT Permian Basin ... [Fall] ... Went 8-5 in singles and 2-6 in doubles with three partners ... Won the Flight 2 consolation finals at Midland, beating opponents from Penn State and Lamar ... Reached the Round of 32 at ITA Texas Regionals following wins over UT Arlington and Texas State ... Won three of four matches at the Grand Canyon Invitational.
2014-15 (Junior): [Spring] … First Team Southland All-Academic ... Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... First Team All-Southland Conference in doubles with Brittney Reed ... Posted a 20-3 overall doubles record with Reed and went 8-1 against Southland Conference opposition ... Started season on an 11-match winning streak, which began in Bloomington, Ind., with five consecutive wins over tandems from Marquette, Indiana and Oregon ... Won their first two conference matches at No. 1 before falling to the undefeated Northwestern State duo of Tatiana Larina and Natalya Krutova ... Finished conference play on a four-match winning streak, defeating teams from Sam Houston State, Lamar, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Central Arkansas ... Reached the finals of the Ojai Valley Tournament, where they fell to Wildcat teammates Erin Walker and Lucile Pothier ... Won lone doubles match with freshman Carli Knezevich, defeating the No. 3 team from Dallas Baptist, 8-3 ... Went 11-8 in singles, which included a 4-6 record vs. the Southland ... Won five of seven matches at No. 2, was 3-3 at No. 3 and 0-2 at No. 1, falling to opposition from McNeese and Nicholls ... Winner of eight straight singles matches to start the season, five of which were in straight sets ... Reached round of 16 at the Ojai Valley Tournament, where she fell to teammate Nada Marjanovic in three sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 ... [Fall] ... Went 5-6 in singles and 8-4 in doubles alongside Reed and Lucile Pothier ... Placed third in Flight 1 (singles and doubles) of the Grand Canyon Invitational ... Reached the consolation semifinals with Pothier at the ITA Texas Regionals ... Won both doubles matches at the Midland Racquet Club Invitational with Pothier before it was rained out ... Defeated duos from New Mexico and UT Arlington.
2013-14 (Sophomore): [Spring] … Second Team All-Southland Conference in doubles with sister Micah Hermsdorf … Named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll … Finished with a 13-13 singles recorded that included a 12-12 dual record and 6-6 mark against the Southland Conference … Went 2-3 at No. 3, 5-8 at No. 4 and 5-1 at No. 5 … Played entire season at No. 1 doubles with Micah and went 20-6 overall … Won 18 dual matches at the top position, including eight against the conference … Defeated two doubles teams from Harvard at the season-opening Indiana Winter Invitational and started dual season on a 12-match winning streak that lasted from Jan. 31 vs. Wright State to March 13 vs. Southeastern Louisiana … Streak snapped by Polina Konop and Tatiana Larina of Northwestern State on March 21, 8-4 … Won next four conference matches at No. 1 vs. Stephen F. Austin, Nicholls, McNeese and Sam Houston State, but then lost three of their last five decisions … Involved in seven three-set matches in singles and won those against opposition from New Orleans, Nicholls and Sam Houston State … Clinched 5-2 dual victory over the Colonels after defeating Kateryna Nakonechna at No. 4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 … This win started a three-match conference winning streak, which was her longest of the season … Won five of six matches from Feb. 1 to 22, earning victories against Xavier, UT-Permian Basin, Trinity, Southern Miss and UTEP … [Fall] … Went 9-6 in singles and 5-8 in doubles with Erin Walker … Reached Orange Flight Semis at the Boise State Invitational, where she lost to top seeded Maria Biryukova of Washington State … Defeated No. 4 seed Kallie Sperry of Utah State in the quarterfinal round, 6-2, 6-1 … Placed third in Flight 3 at the Rice Invitational after defeating opposition from UT-Arlington … Finished third in Black Draw flight at Memphis Collegiate Invitational, beating Jenny Borck from Lipscomb, 7-5, 6-1 … Won two of three matches with Walker at Boise State, including an 8-3 decision over the No. 2 seed team of Washington State in the second round.
2012-13 (Freshman): [Spring] … Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year … Went 20-6 in singles and 26-5 in doubles with several different partners … Won all 13 matches alongside senior Laura Mongin, including all four at the NCAA Championships over opposition from No. 17 Tarleton State, No. 6 Columbus State, No. 13 West Florida and No. 3 BYU-Hawaii …Won her first 14 doubles matches to start the season … First doubles defeat came against duo from fifth-ranked Hawaii Pacific … Teamed with Jamie Lee Denton to win back-to-back matches at No. 3 to win Lone Star Conference Championship … Tied Laura Mongin for team lead with 20 singles victories … Went 7-3 at No. 5, 5-2 at No. 4 and 4-1 at No. 6 … Compiled a 4-0 record between the No. 1 to 3 positions … Finished the year 5-0 vs. conference opponents and was 1-2 vs. nationally ranked foes … Beat 22nd-ranked Erika Januskova of No. 28 Fresno Pacific, 6-4, 6-3 … Won her first round NCAA Championship match over No. 17 Tarleton State’s Silvia Nieva-Garcia, 6-1, 6-1 … [Fall] … Recorded a 10-3 singles record and 13-3 doubles mark with Laura Mongin during the fall of 2012 ... With Mongin, went 5-0 to win the Aggie Invitational Championship, reached the semifinals of the USTA/ITA South Central Regional Championships, place third at Rice and fifth at Kansas ... In singles, won the Kansas Invitational G Draw after beating Montse Blasco Fernandez in the finals, 6-4, 6-1 ... Reached the Aggie Invitational semifinals ... Finished as the Flight 5 runner-up at Rice ... Won her opening-round match at regionals over Kendra Casey of Midwestern State.
High School: Graduated in 2012 from Spring High School where she was a four-year varsity letterwinner … Played for a team that won both district and regional championships … Top 25 Texas junior … All-state selection as a senior and reached semifinals of 5A doubles … Went undefeated in singles and doubles in 2010-11 and during the 2011-12 team season … Team captain … Member of Latin Honor Society and school band
Personal: Given name is Kaysie Danielle Hermsdorf … Born 3 March 1994 in Houston … Resides in Spring, Texas … Daughter of Michael and Vicki Hermsdorf … Sister to ACU Tennis alumna Micah … Nutrition major … Hobbies include soccer, cooking and drawing … Father, Michael, played tennis at Sam Houston State … Mother, Vicki, played badminton at Northwestern State.