[1] Once there she received a scholarship to the Oklahoma State University, where she was an All-American collegiate tennis player.
[2] Her best performances on the WTA Tour include the semifinals at Guaruja in 1989 as well as the quarterfinals at both the 1989 OTB Open in Schenectady and the 1991 Virginia Slims of Oklahoma.
As a doubles player she made a WTA Tour final at the 1991 Nivea Cup in São Paulo, where she and Laura Glitz finished as runners-up.
[4] Becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1991, Marcinkowska lives in South Carolina and works as a teaching professional.
She trains players on a dual surface court she invented, which is one half hard and the other clay.