Maria Jardim

Tennis Coach

Maria, who hails from Brazil, played Division one tennis at USC Upstate and at Gardner-Webb University where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in Economics/Finance and a minor in Marketing. Maria also earned her master's degree in Business Administration at Gardner-Webb. During Maria’s college career, she was named first-team all-conference for doubles and selected all-academic team in 2022. Maria led Gardner-Webb in 2022 to make its first appearance in the Big South finals since joining the conference prior to the 2009 season. Maria played mostly at the top of the lineup in all five seasons played. During her junior career played local and national events all throughout brazil where she earned her highest junior national ranking of #6.