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Contents INTRODUCTION PREVIEW TIGERS HISTORY INTRO 1 Contents 18 Season Preview 30 Ken Skupski 46 LSU’s NCAA Tournament Teams THIS IS LSU 2 Media Information 21 Quick Facts 31 Mark Growcott 49 LSU Record Book 32 Danny Bryan 50 Coaching Records PREVIEW THIS IS LSU COACHES Colt Gaston 51 National Rankings COACHES 4 W.T. “Dub” Robinson Stadium 24 Head Coach Jeff Brown 33 Paul White 52 All-Americans 5 Weight Room 26 Assoc. Coach Mark Booras Kevin Dessauer 53 College Grand Slams TIGERS 6 Academic Success 27 Tiger Tennis Camp 34 William LeFevre 54 SEC Honors REVIEW 8 LSU Athletics 28 Support Staff Jonathan Tragardh 55 SEC Champions 10 City of Baton Rouge Martel Campbell 56 SEC All-Time Standings HISTORY 11 State of Louisiana 35 James Cluskey 57 All-Time Records 12 Campus Life Eric DeRoche 58 Letterwinners 14 AD Skip Bertman Jose Moncada 59 Year-by-Year Results 15 Chancellor Sean O’Keefe 64 LSUsports.net 16 SEC/ITA Information REVIEW 38 2005 Season Review 41 2005 Results 44 2005 SEC/ITA Review Quick Facts UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT TENNIS STAFF SPORTS INFORMATION Location: Baton Rouge, La. Director of Athletics: Skip Bertman Head Coach: Jeff Brown Assistant AD/SID: Michael Bonnette Founded: 1860 Associate AD/SWA: Judy Southard Alma Mater: LSU, 1988 Sr. Associate SID: Kent Lowe Enrollment: 31,234 Assoc. AD/Internal Relations: Bo Bahnsen Record at LSU: 144-64 (eight years) Associate SID: Bill Franques Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers Assoc. AD/Operations: Verge Ausberry Career Record: (same) Associate SID: Brian Miller Colors: Purple and Gold Assoc. AD/External Affairs: Herb Vincent Associate Head Coach: Mark Booras Associate SID: Melissa Reynaud Print Specifications: Purple-PMS 268, Gold Assoc. AD/Business: Mark Ewing Alma Mater: West Virginia (1993) Associate SID: Laurie Cannon PMS 123 Assoc. AD/Compliance: Chris Howard Year at LSU: Eighth Men’s Tennis Contact: Ben Wright Mascot: Mike V (live bengal tiger) Asst. AD/Student Services: Miriam Segar Tennis Secretary: Jennie Murphy Publications Director: Jason Feirman Facility: W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Graphic Design Coordinator : Peter Hoang Stadium TEAM INFORMATION Publications Assistants: Krystal Bennett, Conference: Southeastern (Western 2005 Record: 21-9 Brandon Jantz Division) 2005 SEC Record/Finish: 5-6/3rd in West Secretary: Pat Fredericks President: Dr. William L. Jenkins 2005 Postseason: NCAA Tournament, Student Assistants: Bill Martin, Caroline Chancellor: Sean O’Keefe Sweet Sixteen Domecq, Will Stafford, Ben Wrigh,Alex Athletics Director: Stanley “Skip” Bertman Final ITA Ranking: No. 10 Restrapo, Kate Doll, Melissa Stoltz Faculty Representative: Dr. Kenneth E. Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 7/2 Photographer: Steve Franz Carpenter CREDITS The 2006 LSU Men’s Tennis Media Guide is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office on Power Macintosh G4 using QuarkXpress 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop CS. EDITOR Ben Wright LAYOUT & DESIGN Krystal Bennett Jason Feirman PHOTOGRAPHY Steve Franz PRINTING EBSCO Media Mark Growcott and Ken Skupski Birmingham, Ala. 2005 NCAA Doubles Championship Runners-up Media Information INTRO Media List THIS IS LSU NEWSPAPERS TELEVISION STATIONS MEDIA INFORMATION PREVIEW The 2006 LSU Men’s Tennis Media Guide was written to provide members of COACHES BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE the media with statistics and information needed to adequately cover the LSU The Advocate WAFB-TV (CBS Affiliate - Channel 9) TIGERS men’s tennis team. If you need further information on the team, pictures, or wish P.O. Box 588 844 Government Street to set up an interview with head coach Jeff Brown, associate head coach Mark REVIEW Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Booras or any of the student-athletes, please contact Ben Wright at the LSU Sports Phone: (225) 336-8891 HISTORY Phone: (225) 383-1111 Information Office at (225) 578-8226. Fax: (225) 388-0318 Fax: (225) 379-7880 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] GAME NOTES The most recent media game notes, updated statistics and releases are post- WBRZ-TV (ABC Affiliate - Channel 33) LSU Daily Reveille ed on LSU's web page (www.LSUsports.net) as soon as they are completed. To P.O. Box 2906 Room 39, Hodges Hall, LSU view the information through Adobe Acrobat, download the free software by fol- Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 lowing the instructions also listed on the web site. Phone: (225) 578-8676 Phone: (225) 336-2361 Fax: (225) 336-2347 Fax: (225) 578-1698 MATCH CREDENTIALS E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Media credentials for all men’s tennis matches should be requested two days NEW ORLEANS Tiger Television (LSU Campus Station) before the match by contacting Ben Wright at (225) 578-8226. Once credentials Times-Picayune Hodges Hall, LSU have been requested, all passes will be left at the double-door main entrance to the 3800 Howard Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70894 W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium. New Orleans, LA 70140 Phone: (225) 578-8687 During matches, media members will be provided with a media guide as well as Phone: (504) 826-3405 Fax: (225) 578-1698 a match program that includes notes and updated statistics. Final match results can Fax: (504) 826-3401 be obtained immediately following the match. E-mail: [email protected] SPECIALTY MEDIA PHOTOGRAPHERS OTHER NEWSPAPERS All photographers must check in with an LSU Sports Information staff member The Shreveport Times Tiger Rag on site for designated photo locations prior to every match. Photographers are 222 Lake Street P.O. Box 496 welcome to photograph from the stands, but must receive permission to photo- Shreveport, LA 71130 Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0496 graph on the courts. Only accredited photographers or those persons on special Phone: (318) 459-3300 Phone: (225) 383-5271 assignment will be allowed access to the court. Fax: (318) 459-3301 Fax: (225) 343-4785 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] INTERVIEWS All interviews with players and coaches must be coordinated through the SID Lake Charles American Press office and requested 24 hours in advance to ensure availability - excluding post- P.O. Box 2893 match interviews. Lake Charles, LA 70602 Phone: (337) 494-4040 LSU COMMUNICATIONS Fax: (337) 439-4036 http://media.lsusports.net E-mail: [email protected] RADIO Media can now access images for all LSU athletic teams, including action shots, LSU Radio Network heads shots, logos, etc. To gain access to the high-resolution pictures, e-mail Ben Alexandria Daily Town Talk P.O. Box 25095 Wright. You will be assigned a login and password that will enable you to retrieve P.O. Box 7558 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 pictures. This service is for the media use only. Resale of these pictures is strictly Alexandria, LA 71301 Director: Jim Hawthorne prohibited. Phone: (318) 487-6351 Phone: (225) 578-1882 Fax: (318) 487-6315 Fax: (225) 578-1861 INTERNET E-mail: [email protected] TELEVISION Monroe News-Star LSU Electronic Media 411 No. Fourth Street P.O. Box 25095 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Monroe, LA 71201 MAILING ADDRESS Phone: (318) 362-0267 Director: Kevin Wagner Asst. Director: John Schiebe LSU Sports Information Fax: (318) 362-0273 P.O. Box 25095 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (225) 578-1797 Fax: (225) 578-1861 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Phone: (225) 578-8226 Lafayette Daily Advertiser Fax: (225) 578-1861 P.O. Box 3268 Lafayette, LA 70502 OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS Phone: (337) 289-6303 Fax: (337) 289-6443 LSU Sports Information E-mail: [email protected] LSU Athletics Administration Building North Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. Opelousas Daily World Baton Rouge, LA 70894 P.O. Box 1179 Phone: (225) 578-8226 Opelousas, LA 70570 Phone: (318) 942-4971 SID CONTACT INFORMATION Fax: (318) 948-6572 Men’s Tennis Contact: Ben Wright E-mail: [email protected] Work Phone: (225) 578-8226 Mobile: (337) 258-1312 Fax: (225) 578-1861 E-mail Address: [email protected] 2 2006 LSU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE W.T. “Dub” Robinson Tennis Stadium INTRO THIS IS LSU PREVIEW COACHES TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY he LSU men’s tennis team has called the W.T. Robinson Tennis Stadium home since 1970, but the “Dub,” as it is affectionately W.T. "DUB" ROBINSON FACTS LSU’s legendary men’s tennis coach, W.T. Robinson, or "Dub" as he was lovingly called, has kept up with newer college facilities through a series of known, single-handedly acted as a catalyst in the LSU tennis program’s rise to nation- T renovations and improvements over the years. al prominence. In his nearly three decades as the head tennis coach at LSU, Robinson accumulated a 189-180-9 overall record and propelled the Tigers to a status among Both the nationally-ranked Tigers and Lady Tigers enjoy state-of-the-art locker the nation’s elite. rooms, a squad room, brand-new showers and bathrooms. The “Dub” was total- ly refurbished after the 2002 season to include a media room, an equipment Working with limited resources and a financially-deprived tennis program, LSU’s rise room and a ground-floor viewing area for handicapped tennis fans. to the top of collegiate tennis can be traced back to Robinson’s warm personality and quick wit. Always a favorite among his players, Robinson transformed a team that had not won a match in three years into a team that finished with a 12-1 record and a sec- Robinson Stadium, named in honor of LSU’s former winningest tennis coach, ond-place finish in the Southeastern Conference in only his sixth season at the helm. was completed in 1970 and is the site of the Tigers’ and Lady Tigers’ home out- door matches.