2015 Georgia Tech Women's Tennis Media Almanac
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2015 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S TENNIS MEDIA ALMANAC Georgia Tech Communications & Public Relations @GTAthletics www.RamblinWreck.com WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name: Georgia Institute of Technology Quick Facts IFC Location: Atlanta, Ga. Communications & PR 3 Founded: 1885 Enrollment: 25,000 MEET THE TEAM Nicknames: Ramblin’ Wreck, Yellow Jackets 2018-19 Team Picture and Roster 4 Colors: Old Gold and White Student-Athlete Profiles 5-7 Court: Ken Byers Tennis Complex Coaches Profiles 8-9 Adminstration 10-11 GEORGIA TECH President: Dr. G. P. “Bud” Peterson Athletics Director: Todd Stansbury HISTORY ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION FAR: Dr. Charles L. Isbell, Jr. 2007 National Champions 12 SWA: Joeleen Akin ACC Championships 13-14 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW Series History 15-22 COACHING STAFF Year-by-Year Results 23-28 Atlanta, GA 30332 Head Coach: Rodney Harmon Post-season History 29 404-894-5400 Years at Tech: 7th Honors & Awards 30-33 www.RamblinWreck.com Career Record: 139-73/8 years All-Time Letterwinners 34 Twitter: @GTAthletics Record at Tech: 117-50/6 seasons RECORDS Alma Mater: SMU, 1983 Facebook: GTAthletics Career and Individual Records 35 Instagram: @GTAthletics Associate Head Coach: Christy Lynch YouTube: RamblinWreckTube Years at Tech: 5th TEAM INFORMATION 2018 Overall Record: 25-6 2018 ACC Record: 12-2 CREDITS 2018 Home Record: 13-1 2018 Road Record: 6-2 EDITORS 2018 Neutral Record: 6-3 Liz Ryan 2018 ACC Tournament: 1-1 2018 NCAA Tournament: 4-1 COMPILATION Liz Ryan HISTORY First Year: 1977 (41st season) Overall Record: 570-403 ACC Record: 156-156 PHOTOGRAPHY ACC Tournament Record: 28-26 Danny Karnik NCAA Appearances/Last: 18/2018 NCAA Tournament Record: 33-17 COMMUNICATIONS & PR Communications & PR Contact: Liz Ryan © 2016, Georgia Tech Athletic Association Email: [email protected] Phone: 404-894-5445 Website: www.ramblinwreck.com Twitter:@GTAthletics; @GT_WTEN Facebook:GTwomenstennis Instagram: @GT_WTEN 2018-19 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION GUIDE @GT_WTEN COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS GEORGIA TECH COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS Arthur B. Edge Jr. Intercollegiate Athletics Center 150 Bobby Dodd Way NW, Atlanta, GA 30332 Phone: 404-894-5445 | www.RamblinWreck.com INFORMATION COMMUNICATIONS & PUBLIC RELATIONS MIKE FLYNN Assistant AD / Communications & Public Relations Responsibilities: Football1 Alma Mater: Miami (Ohio), 2001 | Joined GTAA: June 2016 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 828-964-6406 | Email: [email protected] | @MFlynnGT MIKE FLYNN MIKE STAMUS Assistant AD Associate Director Associate Director Communications & Public Relations Communications & Public Relations MIKE STAMUS Responsibilities: Men’s Basketball, Golf, Football Credentials Alma Mater: Virginia Tech, 1983 | Joined GTAA: August 1983 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 404-218-9723 | Email: [email protected] | @BusterStamus ANDREW CLAUSEN Assistant Director Responsibilities: Football2, Baseball, Swimming & Diving Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 2016 | Joined GTAA: July 2017 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 704-301-2818 | Email: [email protected] LIZ RYAN Assistant Director Responsibilities: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis Alma Mater: North Carolina, 2007 | Joined GTAA: August 2016 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 404-431-9619 | Email: [email protected] ANDREW CLAUSEN LIZ RYAN Assistant Director Assistant Director ALEX KEATOR Assistant Director Communications & Public Relations Communications & Public Relations Responsibilities: Volleyball, Softball Alma Mater: Syracuse, 2016 | Joined GTAA: July 2016 Office: 404-894-5445 | Cell: 413-207-2604 | Email: [email protected] | @aykayy24 ALEX KEATOR Assistant Director Communications & Public Relations 3 2018-19 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION GUIDE www.RAMBLINWRECK.com 2018-19 ROSTER PLAYERS & STAFF PLAYERS 2019 Yellow Jackets (L-R): Dalila Said, Valeriya Deminova, Kenya Jones, Nami Otsuka, Nadia Gizdova, Jeanette Lin, Gia Cohen, Victoria Flores Name HT YR Hometown (Last School) Gia Cohen 5-7 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Academy) Valeriya Deminova 5-7 Fr. Moscow, Russia (Spartak Tennis Club) Victoria Flores 5-3 So. Fort Dodge, Iowa (Kansas Connections Academy) Nadia Gizdova 5-6 Jr. Columbia, Md. (Laurel Springs) Kenya Jones 5-5 Jr. Memphis, Tenn. (White Station) Jeanette Lin 5-9 Fr. Melbourne, Australia (DECU) Nami Otsuka 5-6 Jr. Norcross, Ga. (Duluth) Dalila Said 5-6 Fr. Cairo, Egypt (Laurel Springs) Head Coach: Rodney Harmon (SMU, 1983), 7th season at Georgia Tech Associate Head Coach: Christy Lynch (Georgia Tech, 2009), 5th season at Georgia Tech 4 2018-19 GEORGIA TECH WOMEN’S TENNIS INFORMATION GUIDE @GT_WTEN STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES In the Record Book NADIA >> 3rd -- Season Doubles Winning Percentage (30-7, .811) - 2016-17 >> t-4th -- Season Doubles Wins (30) - 2016-17 GIZDOVA >> t-47h -- Season Doubles Wins (29) -2017-18 Jr. • 5’6” >> t-7th -- Season Dual Singles Wins (23) - 2016-17 Columbia, Md. >> t-10th -- Season Singles Wins (32) - 2016-17 Laurel Springs School >> t-13th -- Season Doubles Winning Percentage (29-10, .743) - 2017-18 >> t-14th -- Season Dual Singles Wins (20) - 2017-18 2018 (Sophomore): Spring: Opened the spring season at the Michigan 2018 (Sophomore): Spring: Climbed as high as No. 60 in the ITA national Invitational playing three singles matches…Played five dual matches from court six and rankings in singles and was half of the top doubles team in the country with Paige three from court five…Pocketed a win over Louisville’s Maya Smith in straight sets… Hourigan…All-ACC second team…ITA doubles All-American with Hourigan…Went Helped Tech sweep Cornell with a straight set win over Madison Stevens from court 20-6 in dual singles play and 11-2 against ACC opponents…Combined for an 18-5 five…Wrapped the season defeating Clara Lucas from Pitt in straight sets…Partnered dual doubles record including an 8-3 league mark…Earned the ACC’s automatic & STAFF PLAYERS with Paige Hourigan for a pair of doubles matches to open the spring season…Duo doubles bid with Hourigan into the NCAA Championships…Earned an at-large bid into won both matches against South Florida and Denver…Teamed with Nami Otsuka to singles through an alternate position in the NCAA Championships…Went on a 21-4 upend Louisville’s Aleksandra Mally and Ariana Rodriguez. Fall: Competed in three match win streak during the course of the regular season…Only conference losses fall tournaments…Collected a win in the consolation bracket of the Duke Invitational to came against Duke’s No. 26 Kelly Chen and Virginia Tech’s Caroline Daxhelet…Won open the fall season…Picked up a win over Mercer’s Celine Schepers in the consolation both singles matches in the ACC Tournament, helping Tech reach the semifinals… round of the ITA Southeast Regionals…Closed the fall portion at the LSU Invitational. Fell in the opening round of the NCAA singles championship to Vanderbilt’s No. 10 2017 (Freshman): Spring - Compiled a 10-5 dual singles and 2-3 doubles Fernanda Contreras…Reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championships in doubles mark in the spring ... Saw action mainly at No. 6 position ... Picked up a pair of singles with Hourigan…Tabbed as the top-seeded doubles team, the pair defeated Denver wins in the season-opening trip to Oregon ... Clinched Tech’s berth into the ITA National and Loyola Marymount to reach the quarterfinals against North Carolina’s No. 33 Alle Team Indoor Championships with a three set win over Gabby Andrews of UCLA ... Sanford and Sara Daavettila. Fall: Ranked No. 3 doubles team in the country with Paige Closed out non-conference play with wins over Chattanooga and Georgia Southern ... Hourigan and No. 103 in singles in the preseason fall rankings…Reached the doubles Picked up a straight set win over Alabama State’s Marija Blazevic in the first round of the championship match of the ITA Southeast Regionals with teammate Hourigan… Fell in NCAA Tournament. Fall - Competed in four tournaments, compiling a 7-3 record ... the championship match to FIU’s Ulyana Grib and Maryna Veksler…Earned a berth into Went 2-1 in the season-opener on grass at the Hall of Fame ITA Grass Court Invitational the ITA National Fall Championships through regionals performance…Duo went 3-1 in ... Collected a pair of singles wins at the Bulldog Challenge ... Closed out the fall with California and reached the semifinals…Posted a 5-4 singles record and 11-5 doubles a 2-1 singles mark at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic ... With doubles partner Nami mark during tournament play. Otuska, the pair captured the Nancy Harris doubles title at the Roberta Alison Fall Classic, 2017 (Freshman): Spring - Put together a 23-7 dual singles record and 25-3 capturing three wins. doubles mark with partner Paige Hourigan ... Earned NCAA at-large doubles berth with Juniors: Ranked No. 33 recruit by Tennis Recruiting Network...Five star recruit... Hourigan ... Duo upset Florida’s No. 11 Anna Danilina/Ingrid Neel, 6-1, 3-6, 10-6 in the Ranked as No. 2 recruit in the state of Maryland...Ranked No. 6 recruit in the Middle first round to advance to the round of 16 ... Tandem fell in round of 16 to Alabama’s No. Atlantic...Attended Junior Tennis Champions Center...Reached singles finals at the ITF 5 Maddie Pothoff/Erin Routliffe 7-5, 5-7, 10-6 ... Duo broke into the ITA rankings at Events in San Juan, PR and Austin, Texas...Won doubles at ITF Austin Tournament... No. 30 on Feb. 21 ... Finished the season ranked No. 17 ... Competed mainly at the No. IMG Tennis RPI of 25...Boasts overall record of 54-26 while going 9-15 against Blue- 4 position in singles play ... After dropping her first ACC match, won next nine matches Chips...Owns 16-7 record against five star recruits and 20-2 against four star recruits... against ACC foes ... Won all three singles matches in straight sets during Tech’s run to Won USTA Regional Tournament Segment in Philadelphia in 2012...Plays guitar and the NCAA round of 16.