Contents INTRO 2 Media Information/Quick Facts THE BROWN ERA 3 Media Information 4 SEC/ITA Information THE FIRST COACH IN... Preview 5 • SEC history to win back-to-back SEC Tournaments 6 Season Preview • SEC history to win the 7 Roster SEC Championship in his first two seasons 8 Travel Plans/Schedule 9 Non-Conference Opponents • LSU history to win back-to-back SEC Tournaments 10 SEC Opponents PREVIEW • SEC history to make back-to-back Coaches 11 • Final Four Appearances 12 Head Coach 14 Assistant Coach 15 Tennis Camp THE FIRST LSU TEAM SINCE... 16 Support Staff • 1940 to win the SEC Championship outright Tigers 17 • 1988 to be ranked No. 1 18 Breakdown CO 19 Bryan Fisher • 1988 to undefeated at home 20 A Sebastian Rutka • 1988 to go undefeated in the SEC CHES 21 Cory Ross 22 Jason Hazley 23 Peter Richman BY THE NUMBERS... 24 Paul White 25 Ken Skupski • 2 Final Four Appearances 26 Danny Bryan, Colt Gaston & Kevin Dessauer • 2 SEC Championships • 2 SEC Tournament Championships 2003 Season Review 27 TIGERS 28 2003 Season Review • 1 Undefeated SEC season 30 SEC Season Review • 1 Undefeated home season • 3 Singles All-Americas History 31 • 4 Doubles All-Americas 32 LSU’s NCAA Tournament Teams • 1 SEC Player of the Year 35 National Rankings • 9 All-SEC Singles 36 All-Americans 37 College Grand Slams • 4 All-SEC Doubles REVIEW 38 SEC Honors • 1 Academic All-America of the Year 39 SEC Champions 40 SEC All-Time Standings • 3 Academic All-Americans 41 LSU Record Book 42 Coaching Records • 32 SEC Honor Roll Members 43 Dub Robinson Stadium 44 Letterwinners 45 All-Time Records Credits 46 Year-by-Year Results The 2004 LSU Men’s Tennis Media Guide is a production of the LSU Sports Information Office. RECORDS This is LSU 51 EDITOR Natalie Grantham 52 Campus Life LAYOUT & DESIGN David Hurd 54 The City of Baton Rouge PUBLICATIONS DIRECTOR Jason Feirman 55 The State of Louisiana EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Chris Macaluso 56 Athletic Training PRODUCTION ASSISTANT Melissa Giardina Annie Martin 57 Strength & Conditioning 58 Athletics Facilities PHOTOGRAPHY 60 LSU Chancellor, Mark Emmert Steve Franz 61 Director of Athletics, Skip Bertman 62 Boosters PRINTING EBSCO Media - Birmingham, Ala. LSU 63 Wimbledon in March 64 LSUsports.net The 2004 LSU Men’s Tennis Media Guide was produced by the LSU Sports Information Office on Power Macintosh G4 using QuarkXpress 6.0 and Adobe Photoshop 7.0. 2004 LSU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE 1 Quick Facts/Media Information UNIVERSITY MEDIA LIST Location: Baton Rouge, La. INTRO Founded: 1860 NEWSPAPERS TELEVISION STATIONS Enrollment: 31,582 BATON ROUGE BATON ROUGE Nickname: Tigers or Fighting Tigers The Advocate WAFB-TV (CBS Affiliate - Channel 9) Colors: Purple and Gold P.O. Box 588 844 Government Street Print Specifications: Purple-PMS 268, Gold-PMS 123 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Baton Rouge, LA 70802 Mascot: Mike V (live bengal tiger) Exec. Sports Editor: Butch Muir Sports Director: Steve Schneider Facility: W.T.“Dub”Robinson Tennis Stadium Asst. Sports Editor: Matt Randolph Reporter: Jacques Doucet Conference: Southeastern (Western Division) Phone: (225) 383-1111 Phone: (225) 336-8891 Fax: (225) 379-7880 President: Dr. William L. Jenkins Fax: (225) 388-0318 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Chancellor: Dr. Mark A. Emmert Athletics Director: Stanley “Skip”Bertman LSU Daily Reveille WBRZ-TV (ABC Affiliate - Channel 33) PREVIEW Faculty Representative: Dr. Kenneth E. Carpenter Room 39, Hodges Hall, LSU P.O. Box 2906 Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Baton Rouge, LA 70821 Sports Editor: Jeff Powdrill Sports Director: Michael Cauble ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT Phone: (225) 578-8676 Reporters: Nick Foley Fax: (225) 578-1698 Phone: (225) 336-2361 Director of Athletics: Stanley "Skip" Bertman E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (225) 336-2347 Sr. Associate AD: Dan Radakovich E-mail: [email protected] Senior Women’s Administrator: Judy Southard NEW ORLEANS Associate AD: Bo Bahnsen Times-Picayune Tiger Television (LSU Campus Station) Associate AD/Internal Operations: Verge Ausberry 3800 Howard Avenue Hodges Hall, LSU New Orleans, LA 70140 Baton Rouge, LA 70894 CHES Associate AD/External Operations: Herb Vincent A Sports Editor: David Meeks Phone: (225) 578-8687 Associate AD/Business Affairs: Mark Ewing Phone: (504) 826-3405 Fax: (225) 578-1698 CO Associate AD/Compliance: Chris Howard Fax: (504) 826-3401 E-mail: [email protected] SPECIALTY MEDIA Tiger Rag TENNIS STAFF OTHER NEWSPAPERS P.O. Box 496 The Shreveport Times Baton Rouge, LA 70821-0496 Head Coach: Jeff Brown 222 Lake Street Alma Mater: LSU, 1988 Editor: Matt DeVille Shreveport, LA 71130 Phone: (225) 383-5271 Record at LSU: 105-48 (six years) Sports Editor: Scott Ferrell Fax: (225) 343-4785 Career Record: (same) Phone: (318) 459-3300 E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Coach: Mark Booras Fax: (318) 459-3301 Alma Mater: West Virginia (1997) E-mail: [email protected] Purple & Gold TIGERS 4919 Jamestown Avenue, Suite 203 Year at LSU: sixth Lake Charles American Press Tennis Secretary: Jennie Murphy Baton Rouge, LA 70808 P.O. Box 2893 Editor: Scott McKay Lake Charles, LA 70602 Phone: (225) 926-6300 Sports Editor: Scooter Hobbs Fax: (225) 231-1879 TEAM INFORMATION Phone: (337) 494-4040 E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (337) 439-4036 2003 Record: 13-11 E-mail: [email protected] 2003 SEC Record/Finish: 5-6/Fifth LSU COMMUNICATIONS 2003 Postseason: NCAA Tournament, First Round Alexandria Daily Town Talk RADIO Final ITA Ranking: No. 24 P.O. Box 7558 LSU Radio Network Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 6/1 Alexandria, LA 71301 P.O. Box 25095 Sports Editor: John Marcase Baton Rouge, LA 70894 REVIEW Phone: (318) 487-6351 Director: Jim Hawthorne Fax: (318) 487-6315 Phone: (225) 578-1882 SPORTS INFORMATION E-mail: [email protected] Fax: (225) 578-1861 Sports Information Director: Michael Bonnette Sr. Associate SID: Kent Lowe Monroe News-Star TELEVISION Associate SID: Bill Franques 411 No. Fourth Street LSU Electronic Media P.O. Box 25095 Associate SID: Brian Miller Monroe, LA 71201 Sports Editor: Nick Deriso Baton Rouge, LA 70894 Associate SID: Melissa Reynaud Phone: (318) 362-0267 Director: Kevin Wagner Y Associate SID: Laurie Cannon Fax: (318) 362-0273 Asst. Director: John Schiebe OR Men’s Tennis Contact: Natalie Grantham E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (225) 578-1797 Publications Coordinator: Jason Feirman Fax: (225) 578-1861 Lafayette Daily Advertiser HIST Graphic Design Coordinator : David Hurd Publications Assistants: Annie Martin P.O. Box 3268 Lafayette, LA 70502 and Melissa Giardana Sports Editor: Bruce Brown Secretary: Pat Fredericks Phone: (337) 289-6303 Student Assistants: Bill Martin, Michelle Fakier, Fax: (337) 289-6443 Patrick Meehan, Jeff Schneider, Kerri McGimsey, E-mail: [email protected] Tony Autin, Will Stafford, Larua Covington, Amie Stutzman Opelousas Daily World Photographer: Steve Franz P.O. Box 1179 Opelousas, LA 70570 Sports Editor: Tom Dodge LSU Phone: (318) 942-4971 Fax: (318) 948-6572 E-mail: [email protected] 2 2004 LSU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE Media Information INTRO MEDIA INFORMATION http://media.lsusports.net The 2003 LSU Men’s Tennis Media Guide was written to provide Media can now access images for all LSU athletic teams, including action members of the media with statistics and information needed to adequately shots, heads shots, logos, etc. To gain access to the high-resolution pictures, cover the LSU men’s tennis team. If you need further information on the e-mail Natalie Grantham.You will be assigned a login and password that will team, pictures, or wish to set up an interview with head coach Jeff Brown, enable you to retrieve pictures. This service is for the media use only. Resale assistant coach Mark Booras or any of the student-athletes, please contact of these pictures is strictly prohibited. Natalie Grantham at the LSU Sports Information Office at (225) 578-8226. INTERNET GAME NOTES The most recent media game notes, updated statistics and releases are posted on LSU's web page (www.LSUsports.net) as soon as they are PREVIEW completed. To view the information through Adobe Acrobat, download the MAILING ADDRESS free software by following the instructions also listed on the web site. Tiger LSU Sports Information game notes, releases and statistics are also available via Team Link at P.O. Box 25095 www.tmlk.com/media. Baton Rouge, LA 70894 MATCH CREDENTIALS Phone: (225) 578-8226 Fax: (225) 578-1861 Media credentials for all men’s tennis matches should be requested two days before the match by contacting Natalie Grantham at (225) 578-8226. OVERNIGHT MAILING ADDRESS Once credentials have been requested, all passes will be left at the double- door main entrance to the W.T. "Dub" Robinson Tennis Stadium. LSU Sports Information During matches, media members will be provided with a media guide as LSU Athletics Administration Building well as a match program that includes notes and updated statistics. Final North Stadium Dr. at Nicholson Dr. CO match results can be obtained immediately following the match. Baton Rouge, LA 70894 A Phone: (225) 578-8226 CHES PHOTOGRAPHERS SID CONTACT INFORMATION All photographers MUST check in with an LSU Sports Information staff Men’s Tennis Contact: Natalie Grantham member on site for designated photo locations prior to EVERY match. Work Phone: (225) 578-1866 Photographers are welcome to photograph from the stands, but MUST Cell Phone: (225) 938-4479 receive permission to photograph on the courts. Only accredited E-mail Address: [email protected] photographers or those persons on special assignment will be allowed Fax: (225) 578-1861 access to the court. INTERVIEWS All interviews with players and coaches must be coordinated through the TIGERS SID office and requested 24 hours in advance to ensure availability - excluding post-match interviews.