Julianne Gruber Class: Freshman Hometown: Palm Harbor, Fla. High School: Calvary Christian Birthdate: 06/07/1993

Meet the Spartans: Julianne Gruber

2012: Freshman

Spring: Singles- Compiled a 6-10 dual match record competing at both the No. 5 and No. 6 positions... Had a six-match winning streak stretching from the match against Oakland University (Jan. 18) to the match against the University of Detroit (Feb. 18)... Dropped Baxter of Oakland 6-1, 6-0... Defeated Eastern Michigan's Georgia de'Lisle, 6-2, 6-1... Recorded a 6-2, 6-1 win over Liu of Cleveland State... Bounced back to defeat Johnson of Bowling Green in three sets, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5... Topped Cristello of Toledo, 6-1, 6-3... Won her match over Fernades of Detroit, 6-2, 6-2
Doubles- Overall went 8-12 in doubles play, going 3-3 at the No. 2 spot and 5-9 at the No. 3 position... Went 3-2 alongside partner Dana Guentert, defeating Grubb and Reuland of Bowling Green, 8-5, Boulieris and Pickrel of Ball State, 8-7, and Brichavoca and Courter of Minnesota, 8-5... Edged Angelika and Angelina Jogasuria of Akron, 9-8, with partner Michaela Silesova... Also dropped Karoub and Georgakopoulos of Oakland, 8-2, alongside Silesova... Defeated Karoub and Halabi of Detroit, 8-5, with fellow freshman Hilary Hager... Won two Big Ten doubles matches paired up with Katarina Lingl... Defeated Falkin and Kedzierski of No. 19 Illinois, 8-6 and Majerick and Zordani of Iowa, 8-5

Fall: Singles- Kicked off her debut season as a Spartan with three straight singles tournament wins... Won two matches at the Spartan Invitational, dropping Huck of IPFW, 6-2, 6-0 and Sharples of University of Illinois-Chicago, 6-2, 6-2... Defeated Northwestern's Edell at the Wildcat Invitational, 6-2, 6-0... Tallied two wins at the ITA Second Chance tournament, defeating Dekkinga of Northern Illinois, 6-1, 7-6, and Shutsova of Western Michigan, 6-3, 6-1... Doubles- Tallied four doubles wins in fall tournament play... Edged Forsyth and Huck of IPFW alongside Amy Barton at the Spartan Invitational, 9-8 (7-0)... Defeated McCulloch and Zordani of Iowa at the Wildcat Invitational, 8-1, with Katarina Lingl... Also dropped Emeralda and Grinvalde of Chicago State with Lingl, 8-3... Tallied an 8-4 win over Ball State's Rang and Hebble with Olga Chernova at the Green and White Invite

Prior to Michigan State: Attended Calvary Christian High School ... Coached by Maria Cercone ... Qualified for the semifinals of the 2010 Jupiter Ocean Girls 18 Dec Designated after a 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Shea Brodsky ... Reached the semifinals of the 2010 Florida Open Championships after downing Deborah Suarez, 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 ... Advanced to the round of 16 at the 2010 USTA National Opens ... State winner in the 12 and under doubles championships ... Placed third at the 2010 Agassi National Championships and at the National Busch Open ... Placed second at regionals her freshman year after winning the district ... Placed second at districts in both singles and doubles action as a sophomore ... Voted team captain of her tennis team during both freshman and sophomore seasons.

Personal: Born June 7, 1993 in Milwaukee, Wis. ... Daughter of James and Kathy Gruber ... Undecided on major.