Ekaterina Grib is a full-time MS Finance Student at the University of Tampa and a member of the UT women’s tennis team. She started her tennis career at Iowa State University where she was selected to the Big 12 All Freshmen Team.  She transferred to the University of Tampa in 2019, where she plays the number one position in both singles and doubles.  She has been selected as the ITA National Player of the week, an All-American recipient and ranked #3 nationally by the NCAA in her career.

 

Ekaterina was unanimously selected by the University of Tampa finance department faculty as the Outstanding Student in Finance, being the only finance major to achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA.  She has internship experience in investment banking with LCG Advisors, private equity with West Allen Capital, hedge fund research with Manole Capital and of course microfinance research analysis with IMPACT. She has conducted research with Dr. Miller and has presented her research at the Academy of Economics and Finance (AEF) Conference. 

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Ekaterina is originally from Minsk, Belarus and is fluent in English, Belarusian and Russian.

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