Kei Kato

2025-26 Women's Tennis Roster

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Height 5-4
Class Redshirt Junior
Hometown Aliso Viejo, Calif.
High School Aliso Niguel HS

Bio
Stats
Historical

2024-2025
Played in 23 singles matches and 23 doubles matches ... Started the year on court three with doubles partner Chloe Vu and played last 19 doubles matches on court one with Ramey Yu ... Won six doubles matches with Yu including a conference win against UC Davis (4/5) ... Played last eight singles matches on court three ... Secured a conference singles point against Cal State Fullerton (4/19) ... Team captain

2023-2024
Won four matches including a comeback win over UC Irvine (2/8) ... Team captain

2022-2023
Went 2-0 against Hope International (1/25) with a 6-0, 6-0 win in singles and 6-2 win in doubles with Niki Shahbazi

High School
Played at Aliso Niguel High School where she was part of three league championship teams ... 2019 CIF-SS Runner-Up (team) ... 2021season CIF-SS Individuals Runner-Up in doubles ... Ranked among the top 35 seniors in California ... Four-star recruit, per Tennis Recruiting Network

Personal
Daughter of Kiyoshi and Eri Kato ... Favorite team is UCR Women's Tennis ... Favorite athletes are Roger Federer, Sofia Kenin and Jannik Sinner ... Favorite movies are The Holiday, Home Alone and Finding Dory ... Favorite TV shows are Friends, Gilmore Girls and One Tree Hill ... Chose UCR because, "The UCR community felt like family. I could see myself growing and utilizing what UCR provides for us student athletes. Being surrounded by supportive, motivating people is what I valued most and I felt UCR could provide me with that."