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Tennis Women 2009-10 Guide.Pdf (9.213 Grl 79.76 (.702) • 11 th Season 2007 NCAA Team Championship , '08 ITA Team Indoor Championships Straight NCAA Tournament Appearances Three ACC Championships Four-Time ACC Coach of the Year USTAIITA National Coach of the Year 2008 NCAA Singles Champion 2008 ITA National Player of the Year Two Honda Award for Tennis Winners 2009 NCAA Top VIII Award Winner 1 0 All-Americans 20 AII-ACC Performers SixGeorgia National Tech Titles Women’s in Three Tennis Years Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets .hm.!:lfd:ct IRJ. ,... .Ddt9:~J J ' -,IWII] 2DGB !NCAA 511'WJesJ ... n", AJj- C'h!.l1r~pAQrl if• "{I' 'Jowl5JlJf)JzS 2010 Georgiahwr.pJo/J Tech Women’s Tennis - Page 1 GGeorgiaeorgia TTechech WWomen’somen’s TTennisennis Table of Contents/Contact Information A Look Back ...........................................................1 Irina Falconi .....................................................20-22 Tech Campus ...................................................38-39 Six National Titles in Three Years ...................1 Viet Ha Ngo .....................................................23-25 All-Around Excellence .........................................40 Elizabeth Kilborn ...........................................26-27 Georgia Tech Traditions ....................................41 General Information .........................................2-5 Bill Moore Tennis Center ..................................42 Contact Information ................................................2 Meet the Coaches ........................................28-34 Scholarships ............................................................43 2010 Schedule .........................................................3 Head Coach Bryan Shelton ......................28-31 Georgia Tech All-Americans ............................44 Quick Facts .................................................................3 Assistant Coach Anca Dumitrescu ..........32-33 All-ACC Performers ...............................................45 Media Information .................................................3 Volunteer Asst. Coach Jeff Wilson ................34 Opponent Contacts .................................................3 Georgia Tech Tennis Record Book ..........46-60 Q&A with Coach Shelton/Amanda McDowell ..4-5 Georgia Tech Administration & Staff ......35-36 Honors and Awards ............................................46 Athletic Trainer Karen Dillon ...........................35 Letterwinners ..........................................................47 Meet the Team ...............................................6-27 Strength Coach Tiffany Allen ...........................35 In the ACC .........................................................48-49 Amanda McDowell ..........................................7-10 Faces behind Tech Tennis ................................36 Season Records ....................................................50 Sasha Krupina ................................................11-13 Career Records ......................................................51 Lynn Blau ..........................................................14-16 This is Georgia Tech ....................................37-45 Series Results ..................................................52-55 Hillary Davis ....................................................17-19 This is Georgia Tech ...........................................37 Year-by-Year Results ..................................56-60 WOMEN’S TENNIS COACHING STAFF www.RamblinWreck.com Coach Position Phone Email For up-to-the minute coverage of the Yellow Jacket tennis Bryan Shelton ...................Head Coach .......................404.894.0458 [email protected] team, visit Georgia Tech’s official website, www.ramblinwreck. Anca Dumitrescu ..............Assistant Coach ................404.894.2597 [email protected] com. In addition to updated results, statistics and pre- and post-match stories, fans can find updated biographies, rosters, schedules, photo galleries and feature articles. WOMEN’S TENNIS SUPPORT STAFF Fans unable to attend Tech’s home tennis matches can Staff Position Phone follow live statistics on the website. Carla Gilson/Karen Dillon ...................Athletic Training ........................................404.894.1251 Tiffany Allen ................................................Strength & Conditioning .......................404.894.3961 Ethan Shapiro ............................................Olympic Sports Operations ..................404.894.5410 Leah Thomas .............................................Sports Nutrition ..........................................404.385.5161 Dan Goldberger ........................................Sports Information ...................................404.894.5445 GEORGIA TECH ADMINISTRATION Dan Radakovich, Director of Athletics ......................................................................................................................................404.894.5411 Paul Griffin, Senior Associate Director of Athletics ..............................................................................................................404.894.3780 Mollie Simmons Mayfield, Associate Director of Athletics/Human Resources .....................................................404.385.0956 Jim Hall, Associate Director of Athletics for Development ..............................................................................................404.894.8219 Frank Hardymon, Associate Director of Athletics/Chief Financial Officer .................................................................404.894.8129 Wayne Hogan, Associate Director of Athletics for Public Relations ...........................................................................404.894.6265 Phyllis Labaw, Associate Director of Athletics for Academic Services ........................................................................404.894.4433 Jack Thompson, Associate Director of Athletics for Development ...............................................................................404.894.5427 Theresa Wenzel, Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Woman Administrator ..................................................404.894.4462 Dean Buchan, Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations .............................................................................404.894.5445 The 2010 Georgia Tech Women’s Tennis Media Paul Parker, Assistant Director of Athletics for Compliance ...........................................................................................404.894.8792 Guide was designed, written and edited by Dan Eric Ciano, Director of Player Development ...........................................................................................................................404.894.8648 Goldberger. Wes Durham, Director of Broadcasting ..................................................................................................................................404.385.0594 Outside Cover Design by Summit Athletic Media Mindy Hylton, Director of Promotions and Events .............................................................................................................404.985.0403 (www.summitathletics.com). Jay Shoop, Director of Sports Medicine ...................................................................................................................................404.894.5461 Photography by Rob Felt. Rob Skinner, Josh Weiss Leah Thomas, Director of Total Person Support Services ................................................................................................404.385.5161 and Sam Morgan. Shawn Teske, Director of Facilities .............................................................................................................................................404.894.6668 On the front cover: Georgia Tech 2010 team and Georgia Tech Athletic Association General Information...................................................................................................404.894.5400 senior Amanda McDowell. 2010 Georgia Tech Women’s Tennis - Page 2 GGeorgiaeorgia TechTech Women’sWomen’s TTennisennis 2010 Schedule GEORGIA TECH UNIVERSITY? JANUARY 24 at Miami* 1:00 p.m. 18 CHATTANOOGA 12:00 p.m. 27 WAKE FOREST* 12:00 p.m. Just five institutions that play NCAA Division 24 at Auburn 28 NC STATE* 12:00 p.m. I-A football do not use the word “University” 2:00 p.m. APRIL in their official titles. They are: Air Force, 30 ARIZONA STATE (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) 2:30 p.m. 1 at Boston College* 11:00 a.m. Army, Navy, Boston College and Georgia Tech. 31 Kentucky/Alabama (ITA Kick-Off Weekend) 9 a.m./2:30 p.m. 3 at Maryland* 11:00 a.m. The Georgia Institute of Technology is the FEBRUARY 10 DUKE* 12:00 p.m. official title, but Georgia Tech will work fine, 6 KENTUCKY 12:00 p.m. 11 NORTH CAROLINA* 12:00 p.m. or just Tech. We would appreciate it if you 12-15 ITA National Team Indoor Championships All Day 17 at Virginia* would use our name in those ways. Thanks. (Madison, Wisc.) 12:00 p.m. 24 CLEMSON* 2:00 p.m. 18 at Virginia Tech* 12:00 p.m. 27 at Notre Dame 11:00 a.m. POSTSEASON OPPONENT CONTACTS 28 at Northwestern 1:00 p.m. April 22-25 ACC Championships All Day Auburn auburntigers.com Phone: 334.844.9900 Scott Kemps MARCH (Cary Tennis Park, Cary, N.C.) Fax: 334.844.9807 tbd 13 NORTH TEXAS 12:00 p.m. May 14-16 NCAA First & Second Rounds All Day 17 at Florida State* 4:00 p.m. (Campus Sites) Arizona State thesundevils.com Phone: 480.965.9544 Jennifer Jaeckels
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