Accolades Won
• 2021 ITA Scholar Athlete
• 2020-21 Patriot League Player of the Week (February 24)
• 2020 ITA Scholar-Athlete
• 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
• 2018 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 - Senior: Deng finished tied with a team-high seven doubles victories … Playing primarily at the No. 1 position in doubles she went 6-3 at the spot while going 7-4 overall … In singles, she finished tied for third on the team with six wins going 6-3 on the season, which was spearheaded with a 4-2 mark at No. 4 singles … Selected as the Patriot League Women’s Tennis Player of the Week on February 24 ... ITA Scholar Athlete
2019-20 - Junior: Deng finished the season with a record of 11-4 overall in singles competition to go along with a 15-3 mark in doubles action … In the fall, Deng notched a second-place finish in the singles “D” flight at the Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational along with a win in the doubles “B” flight at the Moore Invite with partner Jillian Taggart … Deng and Taggart finished 13-2 on the year as doubles partners, which included a 5-0 record in the spring … In singles competition during the spring season, Deng notched a 6-0 record for Navy ... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll ... ITA Scholar-Athlete
2018-19 - Sophomore: Deng compiled a 14-8 record in singles matches and finished second on the team with 22 doubles victories and went 22-7 for the season … Her 22 doubles wins rank seventh in program history for doubles wins in a season … Deng went 13-6 in duals and played at all three singles spots winning the most at No. 3 after going 9-4 … In singles matches, she went 8-6 and won her only Patriot League singles appearance against Bucknell … In the fall, Deng notched a pair of semifinal appearances at Stony Brook Invitational and the Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational, playing in the singles “B” flight both times … Deng partnered with Katreina Corpuz to win the doubles “B” flight at the Bill and Sandra Moore Invitational and she then teamed up with Annalise Klopfer to win the doubles “B” flight at the Navy Blue & Gold Invitational ... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2017-18 - Freshman: Went 14-3 in singles matches and 10-8 in doubles matches … was a perfect 9-0 in singles play in dual matches … was 5-3 in singles play during the fall tournament schedule … won at No. 5 singles against Colgate in a Patriot League regular season contest … was 4-0 at No. 5 singles, 3-0 at No. 4 singles and 1-0 at both No. 3 and No. 6 singles … finished the season on a nine-match singles winning streak … was 5-5 in doubles matches in dual play and 5-3 in the fall tournament season … partnered with Claudia Mackenzie to win at No. 2 doubles against Colgate in a conference match … went 5-3 with doubles partner Amanda Cyr during the fall tournament season ... Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Personal: A 2017 graduate of Thomas S. Wootton High School, where she lettered four times in tennis ... ranked as a five-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net and has been ranked as high as No. 56 in the TennisRecruiting.net national recruiting rankings ... she is the first five-star recruit in Navy program history ... ranked as the third-best recruit in the state of Maryland ... won three straight Maryland singles state championships from 2014-16 ... was the state singles runner-up in 2017 ... won two regional singles championships and two county singles championships ...helped Wootton win four straight Montgomery County team championships (2014-17) ... four-time Washington Post All-Met honoree ... captain of Wootton team as a senior ... named the Gazette Player of the Year in 2014 ... finished high school career with an 83-6 singles record ... daughter of Xuefeng Deng and Zhenya Li ... Named to the Naval Academy's Commandant's List four times and Dean's List three times.
