Kate was born in Ukraine, and received her education at Northwestern State and Cleveland State University while helping both teams reach the finals of their conferences. Kate was a part of a Division I team for five years while being a scholar-athlete, member of the President’s List every semester of education, and part of multiple committees in college. She had 63 Singles wins and 71 Doubles wins in her 5-year career while setting the record at CSU with the most singles wins in a season with 27 wins and being named a Horizon League Doubles and Singles Player of the Week multiple times. Kate has completed her Bachelor’s of Business Administration and Masters of Business Administration degrees. She has coached summer junior camps while at college and back in Ukraine, and is enthusiastic about teaching tennis to people of all ages and levels.