Middle Tennesee State University Athletics
Staff Directory
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As a Coach:
Michaela Ode Mitre enters her first season as the assistant coach of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders in 2025 ... She served as a student assistant coach for the Liberty Flames during the 2023-24 season ... Helped lead the Flames to an 18-7 overall record, as well as an unbeaten record at home (9-0) and in Conference USA play (5-0) ... Featured on the staff that led the Flames to a CUSA Tournament Championship match appearance in 2024 against No. 1 seed FIU (5/4/24) ... Defeated Appalachian State 4-3 in the first round of the UTR Sports NIT Championship.
As a Player:
Sophomore at Liberty (2021-22)
Honored as ITA Scholar-Athlete for third straight year ... Selected to ASUN All-Academic team ... Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll for a third time ... Finished tied for second on the squad with 19 doubles wins, 12 in the spring and seven in the fall ... Won nine doubles matches with partner Tiffany Nguyen (most of any Liberty pairing), posting a 9-4 overall record (9-3 spring) ... Held 7-2 record with Nguyen in the No. 3 slot, 1-0 mark at No. 1 and 1-1 mark at No. 2 ... Posted 5-1 ASUN doubles record with Nguyen ... Enters fourth season at Liberty ranked No. 7 in program history for best career doubles winning percentage (.686, 48-22 record) ... Ended year third on the team with a career-best 18 singles wins, 12 in the spring and six in the fall ... Posted 6-1 record in ASUN regular season singles contests ... Went 10-1 in the No. 6 slot in the lineup and also won two matches in the No. 5 position ... Won seven straight singles matches from March 5-April 8 (six in straight sets), six coming on court six and one on court five
Redshirt-Freshman at Liberty (2020-21)
Honored as ITA Scholar Athlete ... Named to ASUN Academic Honor Roll ... Finished second on the squad with 15 doubles triumphs, all of which came with partner Tiffany Nguyen ... Won 14 doubles matches in the No. 2 slot and one in the No. 3 slot with Nguyen ... Posted a 4-1 record in ASUN doubles bouts with Nguyen ... Teamed up with Nguyen to defeat Sofia Perez and Ida Ferding of FGCU 6-4 at No. 2 doubles in the ASUN semifinals, helping the Lady Flames win the doubles session ... Started spring season with eight doubles wins in a row alongside Nguyen ... Held a 15-8 singles mark playing in the No. 2-6 slots in the lineup, won six matches in the No. 4 slot ... Finished with an unbeaten 6-0 mark in ASUN singles bouts
*Note: Liberty did not compete in a fall 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Freshman at Liberty (2019-20)
Earned ASUN Player of the Week recognition on Feb. 5 ... Honored as ITA Scholar Athlete ... Garnered inclusion on ASUN Academic Honor Roll ... Led squad with 14 doubles victories, seven in the spring and seven in the fall ... Posted team-best 13 doubles victories with partner Tiffany Nguyen, including a 7-3 mark in the spring and 6-3 record in the fall ... Held 6-1 record at No. 2 doubles with Nguyen in spring ... Clinched doubles point with Nguyen in five of Liberty’s seven spring season wins ... Captured A division doubles title at Cal State Northridge Fall Invitational (Nov. 10) alongside Nguyen, going 3-0 over the weekend ... Had five-match winning streak with Nguyen in spring from Jan. 15-Feb. 15 ... Collected 10 singles triumphs on the year, six in the fall and four in the spring ... Earned win over nationally-ranked No. 114 Samantha Choi of Navy in three sets (6-1, 4-6, 6-4), Feb. 1 ... Won three matches in the No. 5 slot in the lineup and one match at No. 3 singles
*Note: Remainder of the season was canceled on March 13, 2020 due to health concerns related to the COVID-19 virus
High School:
• Graduate of Colegio Villa Caritas
• Ranked as high as No. 3 in the Peruvian national rankings
• Received a personal-best ITF ranking of No. 612
• Four-time Interscholastic champion
• Reached as high as 10.43 in the UTR
• Reached semifinals in both ITF singles and doubles tournaments in Lima, Peru, in May 2018
• Qualified for singles semifinals at ITF event in Guayaquil, Ecuador in Nov. 2017
• Made doubles final at an ITF tournament in San Felipe, Chile, Aug. 2017
Personal
Born June 18 ... Daughter of Gamal Ode Ode and Frances Mitre Calderon.
