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Nicole Discenza standing ready to return the ball.

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Joana Baptista and Nicole Discenza play doubles.

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Nicole Discenza and Joana Baptista shake hands with their opponents after a doubles match.

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2021 ITA Academic Honors for the Boise State women's tennis team.

Ana Conde Vendrell and Nicole Discenza celebrate a point.

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Nicole Discenza

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Maracay, Venezuela
Height:
5-2
Major:
Psychology

HONORS & AWARDS

3x All-Mountain West Doubles (2022, 2023, 2024)
Mountain West All-Tournament (2024)
4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
2x College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
4x Academic All-Mountain West (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
4x Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Ford Boise State Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 9, 2023)

2023-24 | SENIOR SEASON

HONORS: All-Mountain West Doubles...Mountain West All-Tournament…Ford Boise State Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 9)...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
OVERALL: Posted a 17-9 record in singles play and a 18-12 mark in doubles.
FALL: Went 8-3 in singles play and 8-6 in doubles during the fall tournaments…finished second in the top doubles flight of the ITA Bedford Cup in the Mountains (Sept. 14-17), going 4-1 with partner Lorelyz Marruffo…earned a second-place finish in the Blue Draw of the Barb Chandler Classic (Sept. 22-24) with partner Lorelyz Marruffo…qualified for the Qualifying Doubles Draw of the ITA All-American Championships (Sept. 28-Oct. 8) with Lorelyz Marruffo…reached the round of 16 in the main doubles draws of the ITA Mountain Region Championships (Oct. 18-22) with Lorelyz Marruffo…won the singles silver draw at the San Diego Fall Classic II (Nov. 3-5) after going 3-0 on the weekend.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 9-6 in duals… played primarily at the No. 5 spot, going 7-3…also played at the No. 3 and No. 4 spots, posting marks of 1-3 and 7-3, respectively.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 10-6 in duals…played at all three spots, going 7-5 at No. 1, 0-1 at No. 2 and 3-0 at No. 3.

2022-23 | JUNIOR SEASON

HONORS: All-Mountain West Doubles...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District... ITA Scholar-Athlete
OVERALL: Went 20-10 overall in singles play...only Bronco to post 20 singles wins during the 2022-23 season...recorded a 18-13 mark overall in doubles.
FALL: Went 9-5 in fall singles and 9-5 in fall doubles...took the title in the doubles A-draw of the ISU Fall Invite with Joana Baptista (Sept. 9-11)...won the Blue Flight of the Barb Chandler Classic with Baptista (Sept. 23-25)...selected to play doubles at the ITA All-America Championships with Baptista (Oct. 1).
SPRING SINGLES: Posted a record of 11-5...split time between the No. 5 and 6 positions...went 5-2 at the six slot.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 9-8 at the No. 1 doubles spot with partner Lorelyz Marruffo.

2021-22 | SOPHOMORE SEASON

HONORS: All-Mountain West Doubles...Academic All-Mountain West…Mountain West Scholar-Athlete…ITA Scholar-Athlete.
OVERALL: Went 15-9 overall in singles play…posted a 17-9 doubles record across both tournament and dual play.
FALL: Went 10-3 in fall singles play…posted an 8-4 doubles record in fall doubles play…won the black flight singles championship and the doubles C flight consolation at the ISU Fall Invite (Sept. 17-19)…won the Orange Flight title at the Barb Chandler Classic with partner Bhakti Shah (Oct. 1-3)…went 2-1 in both singles and doubles at the Long Beach State Winter Invitational (Jan. 21-23).
SPRING SINGLES: Went 5-6 in spring singles play…played primarily at the No. 5 position, going 3-5…won her only appearance on court three.
SPRING DOUBLES: Went 9-5 in spring doubles matches…played all matches at the No. 1 doubles position with partner Joana Baptista.

2020-21 | FRESHMAN SEASON

HONORS: ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Mountain West ... Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (3.5 or better cumulative GPA).
OVERALL: Posted a 9-2 overall record in singles play as a true freshman … 6-9 in doubles play.
FALL: Enrolled at Boise State and joined the team in January.
SPRING SINGLES: Went 9-2 in dual matches splitting time between courts four and six ... was 1-0 at No. 4 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Lewis-Clark State's Alexandra Barry (Feb. 6) ... was 2-0 at No. 5 singles ... went 6-2 at the sixth position and 5-1 in conference play with wins over San Diego State (6-2, 6-2), Utah State (6-3, 6-4), San Jose State (6-2, 6-4), Nevada (6-4, 6-3) and Colorado State's (6-4, 6-2) No. 6 representatives, all in straight sets.
SPRING DOUBLES: Was 6-9 in doubles play all at the No. 3 position … played six matches with Vanessa Timm going 2-4 and 10 with Ana Conde Vendrell tallying a 4-5 mark ... Discenza and Conde Vendrell recorded conference victories over Fresno State's Cristina Flaquer and A.C. Hummel 6-2, as well as Colorado State's Emily Luetschwager and Emma Corwin 6-2 .

PRIOR TO BOISE STATE

Ranked as the No. 1 player in U12, U14 and U16 in Venezuela … rated as a top-eight U14 in South America by Confederacion Sudamericana de Tenis (South America Tennis Confederation) … represented her home country six different times in junior tournaments of the South America Team Cup … helped her junior national team earn a spot in the ITF World Cup U14 division in 2017.