Emma Staker

Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
High School:
Tucker Tennis Academy
Hometown:
Tulsa, Okla.

CAREER
Oklahoma’s All-Time Winningest Singles Player (102 career wins)
2025 ITA Central Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award recipient
2024 All-Big 12 No. 6 Singles Position Champion (2022, 2024)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2023, 2024)
2022 Big 12 All-Tournament Team
SEC Academic Honor Roll member (2025)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023, 2024, 2025)
ITA Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)

Senior (2024-25)
24-11 overall singles record ... 6-3 overall doubles record ... (Spring) Concluded collegiate career as Oklahoma’s all-time leader in singles victories with 102 wins ... ITA Central Region Arthur Ashe Leadership & Sportsmanship award winner ... Named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Member of CSC Academic All-District Team ... SEC Academic Honor Roll member ... Went 16-6 in singles between courts three and four ... Reached a season-high No. 51 in the ITA singles rankings ... Collected wins against two nationally-ranked opponents ... Posted a team-leading six match-clinching points, including a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Denver’s Marley Lambert in the NCAA Championship opening round, setting a new program record for career singles wins ... (Fall) logged an 8-5 singles record ... Earned a 6-3 record in doubles ... Went 3-1 at the ITA Central Regionals (10/14) ... Also picked up wins at the ITA Sectional Championships (11/10)

Junior (2023-24)
26-7 overall singles record ... 6-4 overall doubles record ... (Spring) named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team ... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Team ... Went 16-2 in singles between courts five and six ...Named the Big 12’s No. 6 Singles Position Champion ... Claimed four match-clinching points, including a 7-5, 6-0 win over Arizona’s Brandelyn Fulgenzi in the NCAA Tournament’s opening round ... (Fall) logged an 10-5 singles record ... Earned a 6-4 record in doubles ... Picked up wins at the Milwaukee Classic, ITA Central Regionals and Big 12 Fall Championships ... Big 12 Fall Individual Championships Doubles Runner-Up with partner Florencia Urrutia. The pair defeated opponents from Houston, Kansas and Texas Tech. Staker and Urrutia defeated Tech's Cristina Tiglea and Mariya Polishcuk, 6-3, in the semis to advance to the finals ... Advanced to the semifinals in singles play at the Big 12 Fall Individual Championships, shutting out Houston's Sophie Schouten, 6-0, 6-0, to grab her spot.

Sophomore (2022-23)
21-15 overall singles record ... 8-4 in doubles ... (Spring) Went 11-10 in dual matches between courts four, five and six ... Clinched two matches ... Gained three wins in conference play ... (Fall) Collected a 10-5 singles record ... Advanced to the semifinals of the Milwaukee Tennis Classic and Big 12 Fall Invite ... Took three ranked wins.

Freshman (2021-22)
31-10 overall singles record ... 17-7 combined doubles record between Dana Guzman, Anchisa Chanta, Carmen Corley, Layne Sleeth and Marcelina Podlinska ... (Spring) NCAA Tournament No. 6 Position Champion ... All-Big 12 No. 6 Position Champion ... Went 22-4 at the No. 6 spot and 2-0 at the No. 5 position ... Went 7-1 in conference play .. Ranked as high as No. 103 (Feb. 9th) ... Collected two wins over ranked opponents ... Clinched 10 matches ... Tied for sixth-best single-season win percentage in program history ... Sent OU to ITA National Indoors quarterfinals, semifinals, finals, NCAA Final Four, Championship ... (Fall) 7-6 singles record ... Reached the finals at the Milwaukee Tennis Classic, won her singles compass draw at the Fall Ranked Spotlight

Junior Career
A Tulsa native, Staker was a Blue Chip (top 25) recruit according to Tennisrecruiting.net .. She was the No. 24 player nationally in her signing class as well as the No. 1 player in the state of Oklahoma ... Staker was ranked as high as No. 776 in the ITF junior singles rankings and holds a high universal tennis rating of 10.74. She also achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5 in the nation and No. 1 in the United States Tennis Association's (USTA) Missouri Valley district... She was the 2020 USTA Missouri Valley Junior High Performance Player of the Year as well as the Oklahoma Player of the Year after an undefeated campaign ... Staker captured the 18s doubles title at the 2019 USTA National Doubles Championship, as well as taking bronze at Winter Nationals the same year.