CAREER HONORS
• 2019 All-CAA Doubles First Team
• 4x CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Twice in 2019, twice in 2018)
• CAA Player of the Week (2018)
Junior (2018-19): Finished 10-13 in singles play, 7-12 in flight three... Went 15-7 in flight one doubles with partner Christi Woodson... All-CAA Doubles First Team selection with Woodson... Closed out the regular season defeating two top-80 ranked doubles teams... Entered final ITA/Oracle Doubles Team rankings at #86 with Woodson... Named CAA Doubles Team of the Week twice, Mar. 19 & Apr. 9... Won 7 straight flight one doubles matches between Mar. 27 and Apr. 18... Defeated #41 Alvaro/Muller of Tulane, 6-3, on Apr. 8, defeated #79 Martin/Cowper of Charlotte, 6-2, on Apr. 13.
Sophomore (2017-2018): Appeared in the CofC Classic during the Fall season, where she defeated Marshall's Marija Bogicevic (6-4, 7-5) ... Had a decorated spring season, winning both CAA Player of the Week and CAA Doubles Team of the Week during the course of the year ... Owned the best singles record on the Cougars at 17-6, as she played most of her tennis at the No. 4 position ... Went 13-8 in top flight singles play alongside her partner Christi Woodson ... Lost just one of her first nine doubles matches of the season ... Went undefeated in her last six singles matches, which included CAA Tournament performances of 6-1, 6-3 against UD's Annie Jaskulski and 7-6(2), 0-6, 4-2, DNF against JMU's Emma Petersen
Freshman (2016-17): Competed in two Fall tournaments for the College ... Along with Helena Nyikos, secured the Flight Three Doubles Championship at the CofC Classic by going 3-0 against Kamal/Kelic of Winthrop (6-0), Pool/Kilauff of Samford (6-0) and Smith/Dankanych of Marshall (6-3) ... Won the Flight Five Singles Championship, going 2-1 on the weekend with wins over Grace Jennings of Samford (6-0, 6-4) and Daniela Dankanych (7-5, 6-3) ... Was 10-6 in doubles play, playing all but one of her matches with Mara Argyriou in the first and second flights... Was named the CAA Doubles Team of the Week alongside Mara Argyriou following a 4-0 doubles week, defeating second flight tandems from UMass, Samford, Charlotte and SC State ... Posted an 11-9 dual singles record, playing primarily in the fifth flight ... With CofC and UMass tied at 3-3, Palaska was able to pull through against Laura Moreno by a score of 2-6, 7-5, 7-5 to lift the Cougars to victory ... Picked up wins against Appalachian State's' Taylor Bygrave (7-5, 6-3) and Buffalo's Anna Savchenko (6-4, 6-3), both of which helped seal 4-3 victories for the College
Prior to CofC - Hails from Volos, Greece, where she attended the 1st Lyceum of Nea Ionia ... Between 2014 and 2015, accrued a combined record of 38-7 in singles and 20-2 in doubles, adding a 8-10 record in singles and a 7-7 record in doubles in ITF play ... Captured four singles titles and three doubles finals in 2014 ... Closed out 2014 as the No. 2 ranked under-16 player and No. 3 ranked under-18 player ... Won an ITF doubles title in 2015, while also finishing third in singles in the Greek championships ... Aided her club Omilos Antispairisis Magnisias in advancing to the No. 1 Division in both 2013 and 2015 ... Reached a No. 5 national ranking in 2010 ... Represented Greece in the 2015 Summer Cups ... Received a Sportsmanship Award from BNP Paribas in 2010 ... A multi-sport athlete, aso competed in soccer and volleyball
Personal - Daughter of Eleni and Konstantinos Palaskas ... Younger sister of Christos and Thanasis ... Chose the College of Charleston for its diverse majors, rich history, and the storied Greek origins of its Director of Tennis.
