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The Official Tulsa Golden Hurricane TENNIS MEDIA Guide 2012 www.tulsahurricane.com 2012 TULSA TENNIS Media Guide Table of Contents TULSA QUICK FACTS Introduction 1 Individual/Team Honors ................................. 20-21 Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Year-By-Year Conference Results .......................22 Founded: 1894 Table of Contents .................................................1 Hall of Fame .........................................................22 Enrollment: 4,187 Tulsa Quick Facts .................................................1 Region Champions ...............................................22 Nickname: Golden Hurricane The University of Tulsa ........................................2 All-Americans................................................. 23-24 Colors: Old Gold, Royal Blue and Crimson The City of Tulsa ..................................................3 National Champions ............................................24 Conference: Conference USA Michael D. Case Tennis Center ...........................4 All-Time Letterwinners ........................................25 Affiliation: NCAA Division I President ..............................................................5 President: Dr. Steadman Upham Director of Athletics .............................................5 Women’s Team 26 Faculty Representative: Chris Anderson Director of Athletics: Ross Parmley Staff 6 Team Photo/Roster ..............................................26 Associate Athletic Director/SWA: Crista Troester Player Profiles ................................................ 27-30 Home Facility: Michael D. Case Tennis Center Director of Tennis/Head Men’s ....................... 6-7 2011 Fall Results ..................................................31 Coach Vince Westbrook 2010-11 Season Results ................................ 31-32 men’s TENNIS INFORMATION Head Women’s Coach .........................................8 National Rankings .......................................... 32-34 Dean Orford Coaching Staff Single Top-10 Wins .............................................35 Assistant Men’s Coach ........................................9 Head Coach ......................................... Vince Westbrook Coaching Records ................................................35 ............. (Southeastern Oklahoma State, ‘87), 21st Year Thomas Liversage NCAA Appearances .............................................35 Record at Tulsa ..................................305-211 (20 years) Assistant Women’s Coach ...................................9 Individual/Team Honors ................................. 36-37 Career Record .........................................................Same Kali Krisik Office Phone.............................................(918) 631-5090 All-Americans.......................................................38 Assistant Coach .................................Thomas Liversage Region Champions ...............................................38 Men’s Team 10 ............................................... (San Diego, ’08), 3rd Year All-Time Letterwinners ........................................39 Office Phone.............................................(918) 631-2683 2011 Final Record ....................................................21-8 Team Photo/Roster ..............................................10 2011 Final ITA Ranking ............................................#26 Player Profiles ................................................ 11-14 C-USA 40 NCAA Finish ..................................... NCAA Round of 16 2011 Fall Results ..................................................14 C-USA Finish ............................. Conference Champions Conference USA .................................................40 2010-11 Season Results ................................ 14-15 Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................5/3 National Rankings ..................................... .....15-18 NCAA Appearances ...................................................13 Conference Championships .....................................14 Single Top-10 Wins .............................................19 2012 Schedules Back Cover Coaching Records ................................................19 WOmen’s TENNIS INFORMATION NCAA Appearances .............................................19 Conference Records .............................................19 Coaching Staff Head Coach ................................................. Dean Orford ....................................................... (Tulsa, ‘92), 7th Year Record at Tulsa ......................................128-38 (6 years) Career Record .........................................................Same Office Phone.............................................(918) 631-3186 Assistant Coach ..............................................Kali Krisik ............................................(Notre Dame, `10), 1st Year Office Phone.............................................(918) 631-5095 2011 Final Record ....................................................26-3 2011 Final ITA Ranking ............................................#21 NCAA Finish ..................................NCAA Second Round C-USA Finish ............................. Conference Champions Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................7/2 NCAA Appearances .....................................................7 Conference Championships .......................................4 TULSA ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Assoc. Athletic Director for Communications ...................................... Don Tomkalski Office Phone...............................................918-631-3200 Assistant Director ............................................ Eric Hollier Office Phone...............................................918-631-2492 Assistant Director ......................................Stephanie Hall Office Phone...............................................918-631-2163 Assistant/Tennis Contact ...................Cedrique Flemming Office Phone...............................................918-631-3720 E-mail [email protected] Mailing Address: This publication has been provided to assist you in your coverage of Tulsa Tennis Media Guide. We hope that it will be a valuable asset to you during the Athletic Media Relations 2012 season. Specific requests for other items should be directed to Cedrique Flemming, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, Okla. 74104-3189. The 2012 Tulsa The University of Tulsa Tennis Record & Fact Book is published by The University of Tulsa Athletic Media Relations office and designed and printed by Transcript Press of Norman, Oklahoma. Photographic contributions by Walt Beazley, James Plumlee, Bill Powell, Travis Johnston, Tulsa Chamber of Commerce and Rich Clarkson and 800 S. Tucker Drive Associates. The University of Tulsa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution. For EEO/AA information, contact the Office of Legal Compliance at Tulsa, OK 74104-3189 (918) 631-2423; for disability accommodations, contact Dr. Jane Corso at (918) 631-2315. www.tulsahurricane.com 1 2012 TULSA TENNIS Media Guide The University of Tulsa TU Fact Sheet As a comprehensive, doctoral-degree-granting institution, The University of Tulsa provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma (pop. 550,000) Founded: 1894 INTRO highest quality in the arts, humanities, sciences, business, education, engi- Institution Type: Private, doctoral degree neering, law, nursing, and applied health sciences. granting, accredited, coeducational Affiliation: Nondenominational; founded by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in 1894 Enrollment: 4,187 (3,084 undergraduate, 1,103 graduate and law) Programs: 59 undergraduate, 35 graduate, 10 doctoral Average class size: 19 Student/faculty ratio: 10 to 1 Full-time faculty: 306 Endowed chairs and/or professorships: 42 Average ACT score (2010 freshman class): 29 Average SAT score (2010 freshman class): 1260 Top ten percent of high school class (2010 freshman class): 74 percent National Merit Finalists: 1 in 10 of all undergraduates, including freshman is a National Merit Finalist TU Presidential Scholars: 271 The University’s mission is nurtured and supported by: • a residential campus that fosters a sense of com- munity and integrates curricular and extracurricular Students from multicultural/ • exceptional faculty, who draw students into the life; international backgrounds: pursuit of knowledge, introducing them to the plea- Multicultural 16 percent; International sures and responsibilities of the life of the mind in • and abundant opportunities for students to under- 15 percent a challenging world, and who include in their num- take community service, internships, and study bers the 1998-99 Carnegie Foundation Professor of Percentage receiving some type of abroad; to participate in substantive research, often the Year for all U.S. doctoral and research universi- financial aid: 84 percent as early as the freshman year; and to study and re- ties, a national Carnegie Foundation Pew Scholar, flect in ways that foster intellectual, spiritual, and Competitive Scholarships a Carnegie Foundation Professor of the Year for moral growth. Since 1995, TU students have received: Oklahoma, a member of the National Academy of 46 Goldwater Scholarships Engineering, and four Fellows of the Institute for 31 National Science Foundation Advanced Study; TU’s 200-acre campus is located two miles
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