Completed Event: Tennis versus Blue Gray National Tennis Classic on September 12, 2025 ,
Final
Tennis
Blue Gray National Tennis Classic
Iowa State University Athletics
2017-18 Tennis Roster
Bender, Liera
Liera Bender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- High School:
- Johnston
- Hometown:
- Urbandale, Iowa
Bio
Awards & Honors
ISU Scholar-Athlete (16, 17, 18, 19)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (S15, S17, S18, F18, S19)
Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (19)
2018-19
Squad member.
2017-18
Went 2-1 in singles action while battling injury the majority of the season.
2016-17
Posted seven wins as a sophomore, going 6-8 in doubles action ... five of her wins came playing with Erin Freeman ... helped the Cyclones to a win over Sioux Falls, posting a win in both singles and doubles.
2015-16
Went 7-13 overall in her first playing season...was 5-10 in singles action, picking up wins over foes from Drake and UNI among others in the fall season...went 2-3 in doubles action, teaming with Claudia Toledo to record a 2-2 at the Drake Jamboree.
2015
Redshirted after enrolling at Iowa State in the spring.
Before ISU
Ranked as high as No. 61 nationally during her junior year of high school…Attended Johnston High School in Urbandale, Iowa…Was two-time MVP of high school team…Served as a Johnston High School Ambassador…Elected Class President twice…Recipient of the Pursuing Victory with Honors Sportsmanship Award and Academic Honors Award for Athletes.
Personal
Born Dec. 11, 1996…Daughter of Matt and Johnnie Bender…Has one brother, Jack... earned her degree in psychology in spring of 2018.
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