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Kristin Lim

Induction

2025

Graduation

2013

Sport

Tennis

College/Coach/Admin

Claremont McKenna College

Kristin Lim

Lim became the first CMS women's tennis player to win an individual national championship when she won the singles title in 2011 as a sophomore at Biszantz Family Tennis Center. Her 6-1, 6-3 win in the championship match left her with a 34-3 singles record for the 2010-11 season, including the ITA National Singles Championship in the fall of 2010. In addition, she was 31-3 in doubles and reached the NCAA Semifinals. As a junior, she had a 32-3 singles record and was 29-7 in doubles, and as a senior, she was the national runner-up in both singles and doubles and had a 31-2 singles record, finishing her CMS career 96-8 in singles in three seasons. Lim was a three-time All-American, and three-time SCIAC Athlete of the Year, and also earned first-team Academic All-America honors as well. Her CMS teams won the NCAA Regionals all three seasons, reaching the semifinals her senior year with a win over Chicago. The Athenas were a combined 74-10 over her three seasons.

Awards

NCAA Singles Champion – 2011
2x NCAA Runner Up Singles/Doubles
3x All-American Honors
3x SCIAC Athlete of the Year

Team Success

NCAA Regionals Championship – 2010, 2011, 2012
Inducted: 2025