West Virginia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior)

• Nagato ends her career with 104 career victories 
• Sits 20th on the program's all-time wins list 
• Finished 39-20 overall to lead the team in wins
• Was one of three players to win 30 or more matches during the 2023-24 season 
• Spring 2024
  • Finished 27-17 overall, including 14-8 in singles and 13-9 in doubles play 
  • Led the team in overall wins and singles wins
• Fall 2023
  • Finished 12-4 overall, including 6-2 in singles play and 6-2 in doubles play
• Ranked No. 6 with Michaela Kucharova in the ITA Atlantic Regional doubles rankings 
• Named to the College Sports Communicators 2023-24 Academic All-District Team
• 2024 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Named a 2024 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete

2022-23 (Junior)

• Finished 37-31 overall for the season, going 15-17 in singles play and 22-14 in doubles play
• One of three players to finish with 30+ wins for the year
• Played primarily as the No. 2 seed in doubles with Michaela Kucharova
• Named a 2023 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athlete
• Named to the 2022-23 Academic All-District Women’s Tennis Team by College Sports Communicators
• Named to the 2023 Spring Academic All-Big 12 First Team

2021-22 (Sophomore)

• Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Posted a record of 19-10 during her sophomore season, with a 15-12 doubles record
• Primarily played in the No. 2 doubles position
• Went 13-6 during the fall campaign
• She and Pei-Ju Hsieh defeated Old Dominion’s Alcaide and Viktorovich, 8-7(3) to advance to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association’s (ITA) Super Regional quarterfinals; marked WVU’s first quarterfinal appearance since 2019

2020-21 (Freshman)

• Posted a record of 9-10 during her first season at WVU; primarily playing in the No. 2 singles and doubles positions
• Started the spring on a four-match win streak, winning both of her contests against Cleveland State and Youngstown State
• Defeated Kansas State’s Rosanna Mafei in a three-set, tiebreaker to claim the first Big 12 singles win of her career
• Began the fall season by earning a trio of wins to claim a second-place finish at the ITA Fall Circuit in Morgantown
• Finished the fall with a 3-1 record

Prep

• Played for Coach Yasushi Nagashima at Tokyo Gakkan Funabashi High
• Also played club tennis for TTC under Coach Hiroshi Mori

Personal

• Daughter of Hideki and Chifuyu Nagato
• Has two brothers
• Birthday is June 3
• Majoring in Business
• Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll