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Maxime Duijst
Maxime Duijst
  • Country:
    Netherlands
  • Height:
    5'9
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Valkenswaard, Netherlands
  • High School:
    Pleincollege Sint-Joris
  • Major:
    Biology

Bio

Season: 3rd

2012-13: Finished with a singles record of 7-5 and 8-6 in doubles play...was 7-4 at the No. 3 spot (4-3 ECC) in singles play...teamed with Kristyna Nepivodova to go 7-3 at No. 1 doubles (5-2 ECC) and was also 1-3 overall (1-2 in dual matches at No. 1) while teaming with Jessica Nunez.

2011-12: Second Team All-East Coast Conference honoree...earned a 14-5 overall singles mark and teamed with Kristyna Nepivodova for a doubles record of 22-3...she was 14-4 (6-1 ECC) in dual singles play at the No. 4 spot...also teamed with Nepivodova to win the ITA Regional Doubles "B" draw championships.

High School: Duijst is a 2011 graduate of Pleincollege Sint-Joris where she played basketball, volleyball and tennis.

Personal: Daughter of Tim and Elly Duijst...biology major...hobbies include playing tennis and dancing… other sports she enjoys watching or playing are swimming and table tennis… favorite athlete is Maria Sharapova… favorite food is mushrooms… favorite movies are Amageddon, Pearl Harbor, and the Harry Potter  series… favorite TV shows are Friends, Prison Break and Hawaii 5 O… favorite music artists are Mumford and Sons and Hans Zimmer… favorite website is Facebook… reason for choosing UDC was that it was a good offer she got and that it was located in the capital of the US… favorite thing about UDC is some of the teachers and her favorite thing about Washington, Dc is all things you can visit… greatest athletic experience was going to Louisville, KY for the National’s “Sweet Sixteen”… dream as a college athlete is to improve and excel as much as possible… greatest athletic influence is her sisters… most impressive person she has ever met is her oldest sister… strange gameday habit is to listen to ballet slow music to calm herself down and to get herself ready for a match.