
Elkanah Linder
Height: | 5-6 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Townshend, Vt. |
High School: | Vermont Academy |
Major: | Pharmacy |
Career Honors
All-Time Winningest Doubles Player in Program History
USciences Single-Season Record for Doubles Wins (16 - 2017-18)
3x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2016, 2017, 2018)
3x CACC All-Academic Team (2016, 2017, 2018)
2x D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2016-17; 2017-18)
7x Dean's List Honors
One 4.0 GPA Semester
Career Record
Singles | Doubles | |||
2015-16 | 6-12 | 8-9 | ||
2016-17 | 18-6 | 15-10 | ||
2017-18 | 11-9 | 16-5 | ||
Overall | 35-27 | 39-24 |
2018-19 (Match-by-Match):
- Unseated Victoria Quanq (2012-16) atop the record books with her 37th singles career victory to become the program's all-time leader
- Paired with Julia James for an 8-5 win over a duo from Le Moyne at the ITA East Regionals (9/14)
- Paired with Julia James for a victory at TCNJ's Lions Doubles Tournament (9/9)
- Bounced back from an opening loss to defeat her foe from NYU 6-4, 6-2 for her 36th career victory to tie Victoria Quang's program record at the season-opening Lions Singles Tournament (9/8)
2017-18 (Match-by-Match):
- Broke the program’s single-season record for doubles wins in a season, finishing 16-5 with partner Danielle Paran as USciences’ primary No. 2 pair
- The duo went a near-perfect 7-1 in CACC play and won a match in the ITA East Regionals
- Became the program’s all-time winningest doubles player with 39 career wins, and also ended the year second in program history with 35 career singles victories
- Is also fifth in career doubles win percentage (.619), and eighth in career singles win percentage (.565)
- Finished second on the team with an 11-9 singles record, tied for the fifth-most wins in the program’s single season history, as she split time between the second, third and fourth flight
- Went a combined 7-2 at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, and also won two matches at the ITA East Regionals
Prior to USciences:
- Team MVP for Vermont Academy all four years
- Two-time Lakes Region All Star...Lakes Region #1 singles Champion, 2012 and 2015
- Team captain
- Member of National Honor Society, earning high honors every marking period
- Also played soccer and basketball and ran cross country
Personal:
- Oldest child of Moss and Elizabeth Linder
- Both parents played tennis in college; father at Wesleyan and mother at Pomona
- Chose USciences because of its legacy for pharmacy and it’s a place where students can be devoted students and student-athletes