As an international student from Japan, Shoko Nakamura walked on to the tennis team her freshman year at Washington College and went on to enjoy a remarkable four-year career.
Shoko played at No. 2 singles her entire collegiate career and played No. 1 doubles for nearly all of her collegiate career. She put together a 69-23 career singles record and an incredible 78-12 career doubles mark for a combined 147-35 record at the College, good for a winning percentage of .808.
While Shoko spent her collegiate career playing behind fellow 2017 Washington College Hall of Fame inductee Ne’Ko Browder in the singles line-up, she was still named to the All-Centennial Conference first team in singles two times. Playing with Ne’Ko in doubles, Shoko qualified for the NCAA Division III Doubles Tournament three times, achieving All-America status in 2002. Shoko was also a three-time Centennial Conference Doubles Champion and was named to the All-Centennial Conference first team for doubles all four seasons.
Before Shoko arrived in Chestertown, the Shorewomen had endured four consecutive losing seasons. During her four-year career, the Shorewomen went 40-21 in dual matches. The high point of that run was the 2002 season when the team finished 14-3 and won a share of the Centennial Conference Championship.
Also an outstanding student, Shoko was named to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll three years in a row and was an ITA Scholar-Athlete.
Washington College considers it an honor and privilege to induct Shoko Nakamura into its Athletic Hall of Fame on this 14th day of October, 2017.
