Milwaukee Athletics

2025-26 (Sophomore)
Put together an impressive first season with the Panthers, becoming the first student-athlete to earn Horizon League Player of the Year honors in program history ... also named First-Team All-Horizon League ... finished the season with overall records of 21-6 in singles and 20-9 in doubles action ... became the first Panther to record 20+ victories in both singles and doubles in the same season since the 2013-14 school year ... her 21 singles wins tied for 10th-most in a single season in program history ... her .778 winning percentage in singles play ranks fifth all-time for a single season ... 41 combined victories comes in tied for seventh in a single season ... played as MKE's primary No. 1 singles position and competed at both No. 1 and No. 2 doubles spots ... made quite the debut in the fall season, dropping just one match in going 8-1 in singles competition ... went 3-0 in singles and 3-1 in doubles in her Milwaukee debut at the Gopher Invitational Sept. 19-21 ... posted a 3-1 ledger in singles play at the Horizon League Individual Championships Sept. 28, topping opponents from IU Indianapolis, Cleveland State, and Oakland before falling in the semifinals ... paired with Emilia Durska for a strong run in doubles at the same league event, playing all the way to the championship final of the doubles draw ... beat Oakland, Cleveland State, and Youngstown State before falling in an 8-6 heartbreaker in the title match ... started the 2026 portion of the schedule with six consecutive victories - all but two in straight sets - running her overall win streak to eight ... started the stretch with decisions over Chicago State Feb. 3, Illinois State Feb. 7, and Northern Illinois Feb. 8 ... topped Marquette at No. 1 (6-3, 6-3) Feb. 13 to help play a role in the team's 4-3 victory and extend her personal streak to six consecutive ... named Horizon League Singles Player of the Week for her efforts ... came up with big doubles victories against Marquette and UChicago and was also ahead of Wisconsin's No. 1 team (4-3) when the doubles point was clinched by the Badgers ... added two more to her streak with singles decisions over the University of Chicago (ranked No. 2 in NCAA DIII at the time) Feb. 15 and UIC Feb. 22 ... competed at No. 1 singles throughout the entire Horizon League slate, finishing a perfect 5-0 while dropping just two sets the entire dominant stretch ... posted a 3-2 mark in conference doubles action ... added one more victory in the Horizon League Championship April 25, defeating Youngstown State 6-3 at No. 2 doubles.

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Prior to MKE: Comes to Milwaukee following a successful freshman campaign at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia … posted a singles record of 5-2, coming all at No. 6 position … in doubles, she compiled an impressive 16-4 ledger, including a 6-2 mark in conference matches … helped the Thundering Herd to a 20-6 overall mark as a team, finishing with a run to the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Women's Tennis Championship, where they placed runner-up … a native of Heusden-Zolder, Belgium.

Personal: Daughter of Bart Van Hout and Lieve Bynens … a civil engineering major … chose Milwaukee because of the good energy of the team, the campus, and it was close to the city … born May 21, 2006 in Hasselt, Belgium.
 
PRONUNCIATION: Nel Van HOOT