2010 Vanderbilt Women's Tennis Media Guide

WOMEN’S TENNISV A N D E R B I L T

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15-17 NORTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL Chicago,Ill. AllDay

23 COLORADO Boulder,Colo. 11a.m.CT

24 DENVER Denver,Colo. 11a.m.CT

29-30INDOORS KICK-OFF WEEKEND Knoxville,Tenn. TBA

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11-14 NATIONAL TEAM INDOORS Madison,Wis. AllDay

20 PRINCETON Princeton,N.J. 11a.m.CT

21 YALE NewHaven,Conn. 11a.m.CT

27 BROWN Nashville,Tenn. 5p.m.CT

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5 MISSISSIPPI Oxford,Miss. TBA

7 MISSISSIPPI STATE Starkville,Miss. 1p.m.CT

12 TENNESSEE Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

14 GEORGIA Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

19 NOTRE DAME Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

21 GEORGIA TECH Atlanta,Ga. NoonCT

26 ALABAMA Tuscaloosa,Ala. 3p.m.CT

28 AUBURN Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

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2 FLORIDA Gainesville,Fla. 5p.m.CT

4 SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia,S.C. NoonCT

9 ARKANSAS Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

11 LSU Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

17 KENTUCKY Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

22-25SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Athens,Ga. AllDay

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14-16NCAA REGIONALS SiteTBA AllDay

20-31NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Athens,Ga. AllDay

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TABLE OF CONTENTS General Information/Quick Facts . . . . . . . . . .2 Season Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

COACHING STAFF Head Coach Geoff Macdonald . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Assistant Coach Aleke Tsoubanos . . . . . . . . .6 Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

ATHLETE PROFILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-13 Hannah Blatt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Catherine Newman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Keilly Ulery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Rachael Dillon/Megan Gornet . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Chelsea Preeg/Erica Robertson . . . . . . . . . .12 Heather Steinbauer/Jackie Wu . . . . . . . . . . . .13

HISTORY/RECORDS 2008-09 Season Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Series History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 NCAA Tournament History . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 School Records/All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . .17 All-Time Letterwinners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 SEC Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Commodores In The Pros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

THIS IS VANDERBILT Brownlee O . Currey Jr . Tennis Center . . . . 22-23 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Vanderbilt University . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-32

MEDIA GUIDE CREDITSThe 2010 Vanderbilt women’s tennis media guide was written and edited by Travis Young . Front and back cover designed by Mike Smeltzer . Media guide layout and design by Vanderbilt Athletic Communications staff and Travis Young . Special thanks to Ryan Schulz and Aleke Tsoubanos . Photos by Daniel Dubois, Steve Green, John Russell, USTA and Getty Images . Printing by Franklin Graphics, Nashville, Tenn .

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QUICK FACTSLocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nashville, Tenn .Founded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1873Enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,584Nickname . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CommodoresColors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Black & GoldHome Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brownlee O . Currey Jr . Tennis CenterConference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Southeastern (SEC)Chancellor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nicholas S . ZepposVice-Chancellor (athletics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Williams IIFaculty Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lucius OutlawSenior Woman Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Candice LeeAssoc . Director of Student Athletics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lori AlexanderTennis Facility Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meggie ButzowEvent Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Brad RobyTennis Center Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (615) 322-6068

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COACHING STAFFHead Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geoff Macdonald, 16th year Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Virginia, 1981 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426-141 ( .751), 21 years Record at Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312-105 ( .748), 15 yearsAssistant Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Aleke Tsoubanos, 3rd year Tsoubanos phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (615) 343-2780

Athletic Trainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Wenzel

VANDERBILT TENNIS HISTORYFirst Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1978 All-Time Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .478-299 ( .615)NCAA Tournament Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Sweet 16 Appearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Final Fours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

TEAM INFORMATION2009 Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-92009 SEC Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-42009 SEC Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5thReturning Letterwinners/Lost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7/1Newcomers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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2009-10 ROSTER

Name Ht. Yr.-Exp. Hometown (Previous School)Hannah Blatt 5-6 SR-1L Nashville, Tenn. (Father Ryan HS)Rachael Dillon 6-0 JR-TR Dublin, Ireland (California-Berkeley)Megan Gornet 5-6 SO St. Louis, Mo. (St. Louis Country Day)Catherine Newman 5-5 SR-3L Greensboro, N.C. (Page HS)Chelsea Preeg 5-5 SO-1L Naples, Fla. (Seacrest Country Day)Erica Robertson 5-8 SO Watertown, Mass. (Buckingham Browne)Heather Steinbauer 5-8 SO-1L The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands College)Keilly Ulery 5-6 JR-2L Wellington, Fla. (Pinnacle Academy)Jackie Wu 5-5 SO-1L Holmdel, N.J. (Holmdel HS)

pROnunciaTiOn GuiDEMegan Gornet............................. GoRR-netGeoff Macdonald ........................ JeFFChelsea preeg ............................ PrEEgaleke Tsoubanos ....................... Uh-lee-key Sue-bah-nosKeilly ulery ................................. Ky-lee Ull-eryJackie Wu .................................... Woo

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Coming off their 15th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, the Vanderbilt women’s tennis team is looking for better results in 2010. The Commodores return five of its top six players from

a team that finished among the top-five in the Southeastern Confer-ence standings and ranked among the nation’s top 25 programs for the 15th consecutive year .Sixteenth-year head coach, Geoff Macdonald liked what he saw from his club during the fall season and is looking forward to a strong dual season . “I think we had a really good fall season,” Macdonald said . “I saw a lot of improvement in virtually every player on our team . We needed to improve our doubles play after last season and we had a very suc-cessful fall in doing so .” Vanderbilt will turn to its three returning upperclassmen (Catherine Newman, Hannah Blatt and Keilly Ulery) for leadership during the spring . Both Newman and Blatt have been extremely successful on the court and in the classroom during their four years at Vanderbilt . Newman has spent the past two seasons play-ing at the top two doubles and singles slots, and has been named All-SEC three years in a row . Dur-ing 2008-09, Newman defeated a team-high nine ranked opponents while playing most of the sea-son at the No . 1 position . The Greensboro, N .C ., native is the only Commodore on this year’s team to have played in two NCAA singles cham-pionships (2007, 2008) . “Catherine to me is one of the best players to ever play at Vanderbilt,” Macdonald said . “She leads by example and she is probably the hardest working player ever to play here . She has put in a tre-mendous amount of time and effort to be the best player she can be .” Blatt enters her final dual season coming off the best fall of her collegiate career, where she went 10-6 in singles and 8-8 in doubles . The Nashville, Tenn ., native won at least two singles matches in four of the five fall tournaments, including a 3-1 record at the Kentucky Invite . “I look for Hannah to contribute significantly in singles and dou-bles this year,” Macdonald said . “She had a real good fall and I think it was kind of a break through fall for her . She had a couple of really good wins at the Fall SECs and she played well at pretty much every tournament we played in .” Off the court, Blatt has been named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll each of the past two seasons while Newman has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV team the last two seasons . Ulery heads into her junior year with a 53-33 career singles record after going 11-5 in singles and 7-4 in doubles during the fall . The Wel-lington, Fla ., native played most of the 2009 season at No . 3 singles while compiling an 8-10 mark . Ulery made an immediate impact to the Commodores two years ago when she was named to the SEC All-Freshman team after going a team best 9-2 against the SEC at the No . 5 singles slot . “Keilly has a heck of a back court game and she is a very talented player,” Macdonald said . “She is working hard to improve her serve and if that part of her game comes along than she has the capability to be one of the best players in the country . I look for her to play a big part in our team’s success this season .” The Commodores also welcome the addition of California-Berke-ley transfer Rachael Dillon to the squad . Dillon will be a junior this season after playing her first two years for the Golden Bears. A native of Dublin, Ireland, Dillon spent her prep years playing for her home country of Ireland in the Federation Cup before signing a National Letter of Intent with Cal . After not competing in the fall, Dillon will be eligible to play for the ‘Dores in January and should play a significant role in both singles and doubles .

“Rachael battled some injuries throughout the fall but she contrib-uted tremendously as a team player,” Macdonald said . “She has a great game and she is a very talented doubles player . I think if she continues to improve and get in game shape she will be a major contributor for us .” After starting three freshmen in the lineup last season, Vanderbilt will turn to its strong sophomore class of Chelsea Preeg, Heather Steinbauer, Jackie Wu, Erica Robertson and Megan Gornet . The trio of Preeg, Wu and Steinbauer spent the whole season in the top-six in singles, going a combined 71-30 during their first year of collegiate tennis . Wu enters her sophomore season as VU’s top contender to play the top singles spot after clinching a spot in the NCAA singles cham-pionship in 2009 . The Holmdel, N .J ., native earned second team All-SEC honors last spring after winning a team-high 26 singles matches in 2008-09. Wu was the only Commodore to finish last season ranked in singles (No . 54) and doubles (No . 41) . The sophomore is coming off a strong fall season where she went 12-3 in singles and a team best 14-4 with Chelsea Preeg in doubles . Preeg capped off an impressive freshman campaign by going a combined 25-11 in singles during 2008-09, including 7-2 in singles against the SEC, while competing at the No . 4 position . The Naples, Fla ., native teamed with Newman to sport an 8-8 record in doubles during the 2009 dual season . Preeg heads into the 2010 dual season fresh off a strong fall where she went 13-4 in singles and 14-4 in dou-bles . Like Preeg and Wu, Steinbauer made an immediate impact to the Commodore program in just her first year of collegiate tennis. Steinbau-er, an accomplished singles and doubles player, went 12-4 in singles during the dual season, including a team-best 8-1 against the SEC . In doubles, the Woodlands, Texas native teamed up with Wu en route to earning a national ranking as high as No . 38 while playing the entire season at No . 1 . Steinbauer garnered SEC Freshman of the Week hon-ors last season after clinching the match-point for the Commodores in wins over nationally-ranked Ole Miss and Mississippi State . Sophomore Erica Robertson also returns to the Commodore lineup this season after seeing limited competition due to injuries a year ago . A healthy Robertson could add another dimension to an already tal-ented sophomore class, and it showed during the end of the 2009 fall season when she teamed with Steinbauer to go 9-2 in doubles . The second-year duo of Robertson and Steinbauer won titles at the Kentucky Invitational and ITA Ohio Valley Regional . Robertson and Steinbauer put themselves on the map when they went a perfect 5-0 at the Ohio Valley Regional to clinch a spot at the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championship . The Commodores have also enjoyed the addition of Megan Gornet to the team this fall after earning a spot on the team last spring . Gornet, a native of St . Louis, Mo ., went 3-8 in singles and 2-5 in doubles during the fall season . “The difference between where the sophomores (Erica, Jackie, Heather, Chelsea and Megan) are now from where they were a year ago is truly remarkable,” Macdonald said . “They are much more mature and they have a year of expe-rience in playing in the SEC. I thought they all had good first years and I look for them to really standout this season .” The ‘Dores first round exit at the NCAA Tournament last season was its earliest exit in the tournament since coach Macdonald’s first season at Vanderbilt (1995). With the strong ingredients of great coaching and returning experience from last season, the ‘Dores will look to make a long run in the NCAA Tournament in 2010 . “We have the potential to be a top-10 team this season and I think we are good enough to get to the quarterfinals and play for a final four. This team has a lot of potential but there are a lot of good teams that we will play so it’s important that we work extremely hard on condition-ing and get off to a strong start .”

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Virginia (1981)Record at Vanderbilt:

312-105 (.748), 15 yearsCareer Record:

426-141 (.751), 21 years

Quick Hits on Macdonald• Entering his 16th season as the head coach of the Commodores .

• The school’s all-time winningest head coach, 312-105 ( .748) in 15 seasons as VU’s head coach .

• Led Commodores to an unprecedented 11 Sweet 16 appearances in 11 of the last 12 years .

• Led Vanderbilt to the NCAA Finals in 2001 and the semi-finals in 2004 .

• Earned three Coach of the Year honors in his career, includ-ing being named the 2000 SEC Coach of the Year .

• Has coached eight ITA All-Americans while at Vanderbilt .

• Named ACC’s Most Valuable Player and won the league’s Sportsmanship Award while play-ing at Virginia .

• Known around the country as one of college tennis’ best recruiters and teachers of the game .

• Played professionally between 1981-84, earning a World Top 200 ranking .

• He and his wife, Kate, have three children: Sam (23), Gus (18) and Janey (16) .

Geoff Macdonald, Vanderbilt’s longest- tenured coach, enters his 16th season as the head coach of the women’s tennis team . Macdonald heads into the 2010 dual season as VU’s active leader in career wins as a head coach .

During the previous 15 seasons, the two-time SEC Coach of the Year has placed the Commodores among the nation’s elite pro-grams on a consistent basis .

Since Macdonald joined the Vanderbilt staff in 1994, the Commodore tennis pro-gram has developed a reputation for rapid player improvement, strong commitments to coaching, and unmatched excellence on the court and in the classroom .

Before Macdonald’s arrival, the Vander-bilt women’s tennis program had never been ranked higher than No . 28 in the nation . Under his leadership, the Commodores have finished no lower than No . 16 in each of the past 14 years, including a school record No . 2 ranking at the end of the 2004 season . Vanderbilt has ranked in the top three of the Southeastern Conference nine of the past 11 years . In the past eight seasons, Macdonald has coached five teams that have finished the season ranked inside the nation’s top-10 .

In 2008, Macdonald and his team started out hot as they won eight of their first 10 matches, including wins over No . 2 Georgia Tech and No . 9 Notre Dame . The 2008 squad won eight straight matches in March, includ-ing six straight SEC matches .

His 2008 squad defeated eight top-25 teams in route to its 11th straight sweet 16 appearance .

During the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Vanderbilt’s 4-0 win over Indi-ana State gave Macdonald his 300th career win, putting himself among the nation’s best . The Commodores finished the year with a 20-6 ( .769) record and were ranked 10th nationally by the ITA .

While Macdonald’s leadership continues to improve the Commodore program every season, Macdonald’s impact was felt imme-diately in his very first year at Vanderbilt in 1995 . The team finished the year 16-8, includ-ing an 8-3 mark in the SEC and advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time in school history .

Once Vanderbilt began its rise to the top, the achievements kept coming . In 1996, the Commodores posted a 24-7 record, finished second in the SEC, advanced to the SEC Tournament Championship match for the first time and, once again, earned a berth in the NCAA Championships, advancing to the Round of 16 . The team’s 24 wins marked the the third most wins by a single team in the nation that year .

The team continued to improve with each successful season and in 2001 the ’Dores finally found themselves in the national spot-light as they competed in the NCAA finals . The event marked the first time that any Van-derbilt sports team had played for a national championship . Despite falling to the Stan-ford Cardinals, Macdonald’s squad ended the season with a 26-5 record and a No . 4 national ranking, while three singles players and two doubles teams earned individual bids to the NCAA championships .

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Year Overall Pct. Rank SEC Finish NCAA Finish1995 16-8 0 .667 16 5th First Round1996 24-7 0 .774 10 2nd Round of 16 1997 15-10 0 .600 15 6th Second Round1998 20-8 0 .714 12 3rd Round of 161999 20-9 0 .690 13 5th Round of 162000 22-6 0 .786 11 3rd Round of 16 2001 26-5 0 .839 4 3rd Runner Up2002 27-5 0 .844 7 3rd Round of 162003 21-6 0.778 13 5th Quarterfinals2004 26-4 0 .867 2 1st Final Four2005 22-6 0 .786 8 2nd Round of 162006 23-5 0 .821 12 3rd Round of 162007 19-9 0 .678 16 3rd Round of 162008 20-6 0 .769 10 T3rd Round of 162009 11-9 0 .550 22 5th First RoundTotals 312-105 0.748 (15 Seasons)

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The following season, Macdonald not only matched the suc-cess of the previous year, but led the ’Dores to a record-setting 27 wins . The team also advanced to the finals of the National Team Indoors tournament, which features sixteen of the top ranked teams in the country . Following the season, Sarah Riske and Aleke Tsoubanos were both named ITA All-Americans .

In 2003, Macdonald oversaw the final year of Sarah Riske’s career, who became the school’s only four-time All-American (two in singles, two in doubles) . Riske left VU as the school’s all-time winningest dou-bles player, but Tsoubanos surpassed that mark a year later . The ‘Dores finished the 2003 season with a 21-6 record en route to advancing to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament .

In 2004, the Commodores returned to the Final Four in the NCAA Tournament where they lost to undefeated Stanford, the eventual national champions . The 2004 Commodore team included All American, All-Academic and ITA Scholar Tsoubanos, who is entering her third year as Macdon-ald’s assistant . Other honors achieved by Commodores included Annie Menees’ All Academic and ITA Scholar awards, while Audra Falk and Kelly Schmandt landed All-American honors .

In 2006, the Commodores posted a 23-5 record en route to the team’s ninth consecutive NCAA Sweet 16 appearance, despite the young team’s lack of senior representatives . Following the season, junior Amanda Fish became the seventh Commodore under Macdonald to receive ITA All-American honors .

Macdonald has earned three Coach of the Year honors, including SEC recog-nition for his 2001 team, which included four ITA ranked singles players . He pre-viously earned the title at Duke and Loui-siana State University, where he began his coaching career in 1988 .

Before coming to Nashville, Mac-

donald was the head coach at Duke University . Macdonald was honored with ACC Coach of the Year honors in 1992 . While in Durham, he guided the Blue Devils to three conference cham-pionships and three appearances in the NCAA tournament, where Duke made two appearances in the quarterfinals and one semifinal appearance .

During his three years with the Tigers, Macdonald took LSU from last in the SEC to the NCAA Championship as the No . 13 seed in just three years . Follow-ing the Tigers’ 1991 season, Macdonald was named the SEC Coach of the Year . Macdonald amassed a 50-24 record

while at the helm of the LSU women’s tennis program .As a player at the University of Virginia, Macdonald capped

off a successful collegiate career by winning the ACC singles title in 1981 . He advanced to the NCAA Championship, where he defeated David Pate in the first round .

Macdonald was named the ACC’s Most Valuable Player and also won the league’s Sportsmanship Award . He fin-ished second to basketball great Ralph Sampson in the Athlete of the Year voting at Virginia in 1981 .

After his collegiate career, Macdon-ald played professionally for three years . Macdonald scored wins over David Pate, Wally Masur, Jacob Hlasek and Juan Agu-ilera . He also gained Grand Slam experi-ence, playing in the U .S . Open . Among his victories was the Florida State Closed Men’s Singles Championship .

Following his pro playing career, Macdonald became a private instructor until being named head coach at LSU . And now, as a Commodore, Macdonald believes the climate at Vanderbilt is right to produce national championship caliber teams . And, toward that end, he adheres to a simple coaching philosophy: Hard

work and hours of individual attention for each player every week .

Macdonald is married to Kate Dan-iels, a highly acclaimed English professor at Vanderbilt, who also has taught at Wake Forest, LSU, Virginia, UMass and Bennington College . They have three children – Sam, 23; Gus, 18; and Janey,

Macdonald has guided the Commodores to 15 straight NCAA Tournament appearances while posting a record

of 312-105 record in 15 seasons at Vanderbilt.

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Three-time ITA All-American

Quick Hits on Tsoubanos:• Entering her third season as assistant coach for the Com-modores .

• Was instrumental in bring-ing in two of the nation’s top recruiting classes the last two years . The 2008 recruiting class was tabbed as the na-tion’s No . 5 class (2nd in SEC) by tennisrecruiting .net .

• One of the most successful doubles players to ever play at Vanderbilt, holding several school records, including most doubles victories in a season and career .

• Earned NCAA All-American honors from 2002-04, was a three-time ITA All-American and was named a first-team All-SEC selection .

• Was a first-team All-NCAA Selection at the 2004 NCAA Championships for No . 3 singles .

• Played professionally for three years, capturing four ITF doubles titles and reaching a career-high WTA doubles rank-ing of No . 126 .

• Played two seasons for the St . Louis Aces of World Team Tennis .

Former Vanderbilt standout Aleke Tsouba-nos enters her third season as an assistant coach for the women’s tennis team . Tsouba-nos has played an essential role in bringing in two of the nation’s top recruiting classes in 2008 and 2009 .

“Aleke has had a real impact on our pro-gram in the last two years,” Vanderbilt head coach Geoff Macdonald said . “She has a great tennis eye and strong work ethic and relationship with our players . She is great working with people and knows all phases to the game which makes her an exceptional, bright young coach .”

The addition of Tsoubanos led to instant success for the Commodores in 2008 . Tsou-banos’ coaching style led the Dores to its 11th straight sweet-16 finish and top-10 na-tional ranking . The St . Louis, Mo ., native enjoyed a very successful college career . She was named an ITA All-American from 2002-04, a first-team all-NCAA selection, a first-team All-SEC se-lection in both singles and doubles and is the only player to win the ITA All-American Rivi-era doubles championship two consecutive years with two different partners . Tsoubanos also excelled off the court, being named to the All-SEC academic team . “By excelling in tennis at the highest level and at Vanderbilt, she brings a lot of tennis experience and enthusiasm to our program and campus,” Macdonald said .

Tsoubanos still holds four school records . She partnered with Kelly Schmandt in 2004 to win 15 consecutive doubles matches . She holds the record for best doubles winning percentage in a career, winning 82% of her doubles matches between 2000 and 2004 . She has the most career doubles victories

with 119 and registered 32 doubles victories in a season with both Sarah Riske (’03) and Kelly Schmandt (’04) . The Commodores enjoyed some of their most successful years while Tsoubanos was a member of the team . Vanderbilt made the NCAA title match in Tsoubanos’ freshman season, falling to Stan-ford in the finals. VU also made the NCAA elite eight (2003) and final four (2004)during Tsouba-nos’ junior and senior seasons, respectively . “I feel privileged to be working with Coach Macdon-ald and a group of highly talented student-athletes,”Tsoubanos said .

Tsoubanos en-joyed success in the professional ranks during her career . Her doubles ranking rose as high as 126, winning four doubles titles while on tour . She made the doubles semifinals or better 23 times while on the International Tennis Federation circuit . In 2005-2006, the Vanderbilt assistant played two seasons of World Team Tennis for her hometown team, the St . Louis Aces . While playing for the Aces, she scored dou-bles wins over such players as Anna Kournik-ova and Meghann Shaughnessy .

Tsoubanos, one of the most decorated players in Vanderbilt history, is entering her third season as an assistant coach.

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Christy Hogan

Academic Counselor

First Season

Christy Hogan is entering her fifth season as an academic services and tutor coordinator for Vanderbilt student athletics . Hogan is in her first season as the academic counselor for the women’s tennis team and is in her fifth year as the academic counselor for the women’s basketball team . Her background as a two-sport athlete at the University of Richmond makes her a perfect resource for Commodore student-athletes. A four-year starter in field hockey and la-crosse, Hogan relates to the student-athlete experience like few others can . After earning a master’s in secondary education from In-diana, Hogan began her professional career as an assistant lacrosse coach at Notre Dame before working as an academic counselor for the Fighting Irish football, softball, and women’s soccer teams . The former Christy Yarnell, Hogan and husband Rex reside in Nashville with their two children, McKenna and Ryan .

Justin Wenzel

Athletic Trainer

Fifth Season

Justin Wenzel is in his fifth season with the Vanderbilt Athletic Training Staff, where he serves as the athletic trainer for the women’s tennis and football programs . Wenzel, 31, joined the Commodore department as a full-time athletic trainer in August 2005 . A native of Mendon, Mich ., Wen-zel also assists as an athletic trainer for the Commodore foot-ball team . Wenzel earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Grand Valley (Mich .) State in 2001, and a master’s in health and exercise science from Furman in 2003 . Prior to joining the Vanderbilt staff, Wenzel served a two-year stint as assistant athletic trainer at Furman, working with the Paladin men’s soccer and baseball teams . He also served as a Furman graduate assistant for two years and a student assistant for football, women’s basketball, baseball and men’s basketball squads at Grand Valley State . Justin is married to the former Alison Bush and they reside in Nashville . They are the proud owner of a black labrador named “Jacks Monkey .”

Curtis Turner

Strength and Conditioning Coach

Seventh Season

Curtis Turner joined the Vanderbilt staff in the 2003-04 school year as an assistant strength and conditioning coach . In his new position with the Commodores, Turner serves as the strength and conditioning coach for men’s and women’s tennis and men’s and women’s golf, while also assisting with the football team . Turner came to Vanderbilt from Clemson, where he gained three years experience working under Coach Joey Batson, Clemson’s director of strength training . There, Turner was charged with overseeing strength and conditioning efforts for the rowing, golf and cheerleading teams . Turner is a specialist in sports conditioning through the Inter-national Sport Science Association . He earned his bachelor of arts degree in secondary education from Clemson’s Eugene T . Moore School of Education . The son of Teresa and Robert, Turner is a native of Blairsville, Ga .

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Travis YoungTennis

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Fall 2009 (Senior): Went 10-6 in singles and 8-8 in doubles during the fall season . . . won at least two singles matches at four of the five fall tourna-ments including a 3-1 record at the Kentucky Invitational .

2008-09 (Junior): Went 2-0 in singles play during the spring after going 9-6 during the fall … recorded five straight wins during the fall campaign, including a perfect 3-0 performance at the SEC Fall Coaches Classic in Tuscaloosa, Ala . … posted a straight set win over MTSU’s Marlene Chemin at No . 6 singles in VU’s 6-1 dual win over the Blue Raiders on Feb . 5 … went a combined 9-7 in doubles, pairing up with Catherine Newman, Erica Robertson, Keilly and Courtney Ulery … took UT’s 77th-ranked Samantha Orlin to three sets before falling in a close match at the Michigan Invitational . . . named to the 2009 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll .

2007-08 (Sophomore): Rejoined Commodore squad before the beginning of the spring season . . . did not see action during the spring . . . named to the 2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll .

2006-07 (Freshman): Played in four singles matches at the No . 6 position, compiling a 1-3 record . . . finished with a 2-1 doubles record after teaming up with Taka Bertrand and Caroline Ferrell .

Prep/Juniors: Two-time Tennessean All Midstate Player of the Year (2005, 2006) ... ranked fifth in the USTA 18’s southern region ... No. 45 national rank-ing in USTA’s 18’s . . . ranked in the top-20 nationally in doubles . . . four-year letterwinner in tennis and three-year letterwinner in softball . . . chose Vander-bilt over Alabama, LSU and Georgia Tech .

Personal: Hannah Blatt . . . born January 5, 1988 . . . daughter of Maggie Corbin and Gregg Blatt, step-father is Vanderbilt Head Baseball Coach Tim Corbin . . . has one sister, Molly (24) . . . dad played basketball at South Caro-lina while mom played tennis at College of Charleston . . . involved in habi-tat for humanity and Fellowship of Christian Athletes . . . majoring in Human and Organizational Development . . . Favorites include Roger Federer (Tennis Player), Chicken (Food), Baseball (Other Sport), The Notebook (Movie), and Ben Harper (Musician) . . . Chose Vanderbilt for its great tennis program and excellent academics .

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BLATT’S CAREER RECORD

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Fall 2009 (Senior): Went 11-6 in singles and 9-4 in doubles during the fall sea-son . . . won seven of her last eight singles matches of the fall . . . posted five wins over ranked opponents .

2008-09 (Junior): Earned second team All-SEC honors for the second con-secutive year … finished the season ranked 66th in singles after being ranked as high as No . 28 … went 9-11 in singles and 9-8 in doubles during the dual season … teamed up with Chelsea Preeg in doubles and played at No . 2 for most of the season … 20 of Newman’s singles matches in the spring were against nationally ranked opponents, including six in the top-10 … recorded nine wins over ranked opponents during the fall and spring seasons … biggest win of the year came when she upset Notre Dame’s 33rd-ranked Kelcy Tefft in straight sets … played No . 1 singles for the Commodores in every dual except one … went 12-5 in singles during the fall campaign, including three-straight wins over nationally ranked Megan Broderick (UK), Naoko Ueshima (UGA) and Kristina Doerr (BYU) at the Riviera ITA All-Americans … went a perfect 3-0 to capture the “Jason Valentine” Draw at the June Stewart Invitational … teamed with freshman Chelsea Preeg in doubles at the No . 2 doubles slot, recording a respectable record of 9-8 and 5-5 against the SEC … named to the ESPN the Magazine District IV Academic All District Second Team . . . named to the 2009 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll .

2007-08 (Sophomore): Finished the season ranked 51st in singles by the ITA . . . second team All-SEC . . . closed out fall campaign with a 10-3 record . . . defeated TCU’s Nina Munch-Soegaard in the first round of the Rivera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships . . . clinched Vanderbilt’s win over then-No . 9 Notre Dame with a victory over No . 64 Brook Buck 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 . . . advanced to the NCAA Singles Championships for the second straight year . . . clinched the Commodores come-from-behind victory over No . 23 Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 0-6, 7-6 (0), 6-2 win over Carolina Escamilla . . . named to ESPN The Magazine District IV Academic All-American Second Team . . . named to the 2008 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll .

2006-07 (Freshman): Earned first team All-SEC honors after finishing season with a 9-2 conference record and 20-7 overall record . . . finished the season ranked 40th in the ITA poll . . . won first eight matches of fall season and finished with a 13-2 record . . . teamed with Taka Bertrand in doubles and finished with a 19-6 overall record and 9-2 record in conference matches .

Prep/Juniors: 16s National Champion in 2004 . . . finished high school career ranked 15th in USTA 18s, but ranked as high as No . 1 . . . finished prep career undefeated . . . all-state selection in tennis and soccer . . . four-year letterwinner in tennis and soccer . . . high school valedictorian . . . chose Vanderbilt over Georgia, Georgia Tech and Virginia .

Personal: Catherine Newman . . . born April 30, 1988 . . . daughter of Sally and Chris Newman . . . has three sisters, Caroline (19), Christin (18), and Claire (15) . . . majoring in civil engineering . . . Favorites include Pasta (Food), Maggiano’s (Restaurant), Pete Sampras (Tennis Player), Fountainhead (Book), Finding Forrester (Movie), Goo Goo Dolls (Musician), Barcelona, Spain . . . Chose Vanderbilt because of the strong tennis program and excellent academics .

CatherinenewmanSenior • 5-5Greensboro, N.C.Page HS

SINGLESYear No . 1 No . 2 No . 3 No . 4 No . 5 No . 6 Dual SEC Overall2008-09 8-11 1-0 -- -- -- -- 9-11 3-7 21-162007-08 -- 15-8 -- -- -- -- 15-8 6-6 25-112006-07 -- 2-1 15-5 2-0 -- -- 19-6 10-3 33-9Total 8-11 18-9 15-5 2-0 -- -- 43-14 19-16 79-36 DOUBLESYear No . 1 No . 2 No . 3 Dual SEC Overall 2008-09 1-2 9-8 -- 10-10 5-5 15-222007-08 4-3 12-5 -- 16-8 6-6 23-122006-07 0-2 19-4 -- 19-6 11-2 27-11Total 5-7 40-17 -- 45-24 22-13 65-45

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Fall 2009 (Junior): Went 11-5 in singles and 7-4 in doubles during the fall . . . won three straight matches at the ITA Ohio Valley Regional before falling to teammate Jackie Wu . . . won at least two singles matches at all five fall tournaments .

2008-09 (Sophomore): Played most of the spring at No . 3 and No . 2 singles for the ‘Dores … defeated three ranked opponents during the fall season including an impressive straight set win over Tennessee’s 37th-ranked Caitlin Whoriskey at the Furman Classic … knocked off two straight ranked opponents (No . 114 Alejandra Guerra (UNC-Greensboro) and No . 50 Sasha Kulikova (Wake Forest) at the ITA Southeast Regionals in the fall … ranked as high as No . 84 in singles by the ITA entering the spring season … teamed up with older sister, Courtney to go a team best 13-4 overall and 7-3 against the SEC at No . 3 doubles during the dual season … won five matches in a row at the third doubles slot from Mar . 18 – April 5 . . . named to the 2009 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll .

2007-08 (Freshman): Named to the SEC All-Freshman team after posting an impressive 9-2 conference record . . . won six consecutive matches during the fall, including a win over No . 108 Jacqueline Lee of Iowa at the Hoosier Classic . . . won flight at the June Stewart Invitational, defeating three oppo-nents . . . won eight straight SEC matches from March 7 - April 12 . . . Ulery’s 9-2 conference mark tied for the best SEC record on the team . . . earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after her 5-7, 6-1, 7-5 comeback victory over Kentucky’s Whitney Spencer . . . defeated Indiana State’s Fadzai Masiyazi in the first round of the NCAA Tournament . . . earned first collegiate dual match victory over Colorado’s Abbie Probert in straight sets .

Prep/Juniors: Finished her junior career ranked in the top 20 nationally . . . finished in the top 12 of the Girls’ 18 division at the 2007 USTA National Clay Court Championships . . . chose Vanderbilt over Florida State, Miami, North Carolina and Washington .

Personal: Keilly Austin Ulery . . .born May 5, 1990 . . .daughter of Lou and Bev Ulery . . .older sister Courtney was an All-SEC tennis player for VU from (2006-2009) . . . majoring in Human and Organizational Development . . . Favorites include Andy Murray (Tennis Player), San Diego (City), Third Eye Blind (Musi-cian), and Bravo (Television station) . . . Chose Vanderbilt for its combination of being a top-20 national university, the great tennis program and the location

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ULERy’S CAREER RECORD

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Fall 2009 (Junior): Did not compete during the fall season .

2008-09 (Sophomore/California): Went 10-5 in singles and 7-4 in doubles during the fall season … did not compete during the spring season .

2007-08 (Freshman/California): Went 12-10 in singles including a 2-1 mark in dual play … made an immediate impact in doubles while team-ing with Bojana Bobusic and Marina Cossou … finished the season 17-11 overall in doubles including a 9-5 mark during the dual season … opened the fall with a 7-3 singles record, garnering wins at the Cal Invitational over Arizona State’s Jessica Leitch and Nevada’s Audrey Bardot . . . claimed three victories at the ITA Northwest Regional Cham-pionships to advance to the round of 32... finished the fall season with a 4-4 record in doubles play while teaming up with Bobusic and Susie Babos on separate occasions .

Prep/Juniors: No . 1 ranked player in Ireland as a teenager … played three years for Ireland in the Federation Cup … attended Dublin Tuto-rial Center for high school in Dublin, Ireland .

Personal: Rachael Dillon … born December 11, 1987 … parents are Frank and Nianh Dillon … has one brother, Mark (29) and one sister Laura (26) … majoring in psychology … lists playing in the Federation Cup for Ireland for three years as her most memorable athletic experi-ence … is fluent in French.

raChaeldillonJunior • 6-0Dublin, IrelandDublin Tutorial Center

SINGLESYear No . 1 No . 2 No . 3 No . 4 No . 5 No . 6 Dual SEC Overall2008-09 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 10-52007-08 -- -- -- -- 1-1 1-0 2-1 -- 12-10Total -- -- -- -- 1-1 1-0 2-1 -- 22-15 DOUBLESYear No . 1 No . 2 No . 3 Dual SEC Overall2008-09 -- -- -- -- -- 7-42007-08 -- 2-1 7-4 9-5 -- 17-11Total -- 2-1 7-4 9-5 -- 24-15

DiLLON’S CAREER RECORD

Fall 2009 (Sophomore): Went 3-8 in singles and 2-5 in doubles dur-ing the fall season .

2008-09 (Freshman): Joined the Commodore squad at the begin-ning of the spring season . . . did not see action during the spring .

Prep/Juniors: 2007 MWAA singles champion … went unde-feated in singles play during senior year … led high school team to four top-three finishes at the Missouri state championships … named first-team St. Louis All-Metro … Missouri consolation doubles champion … ranked in the top-20 of Missouri Valley re-gion (six-state area) in Juniors … St . Louis Post Dispatch Schol-ar Athlete … coached by Kenny Powell and Brad Heinemann .

Personal: Megan Elise Gornet … born June 4, 1990 … parents are Matthew and Valerie Gornet … father played hockey at Boston College … has two brothers, Zachary (17) and Cameron (13) … majoring in Bi-ology … lists her dad as the person she admires most … career goal is to become a physician … elected to high school foreign language hall of fame … member of cum laude society and French honor soci-ety … chose Vanderbilt for its great academics and great school spirit .

megan gornetSophomore • 5-6St. Louis, Mo.St. Louis Country Day HS

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Fall 2009 (Sophomore): Teamed with Heather Steinbauer to go 9-2 in doubles during the fall . . . won doubles titles at Kentucky Invite and Ohio Valley Regional . . . clinched a spot in the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championships after going 5-0 to win the Ohio Valley Regional .

2008-09 (Freshman): Battled a wrist injury a majority of the spring sea-son, limiting competition from all but one dual match … played at No . 5 singles and No . 2 doubles in match with Middle Tennessee State on Feb . 5 … went 1-0 in doubles during the spring, teaming up with Catherine Newman for an 8-0 sweep of MTSU’s Marlene Chemin and Taylor Cof-fey (2/5) … recorded a 7-4 singles record during the fall season … went 2-1 in singles at the Hoosier Classic and SEC Fall Coaches Classic … Went 8-4 overall in doubles during the fall, including a 4-2 record with Hannah Blatt .

Prep/Juniors: Ranked No . 1 in the New England region in Girls 18s . . . advanced to doubles quarterfinals in Girls 18 Easter Bowl ... ranked No. 58 in the nation and No . 1 in the state of Massachusetts by tennisrecruit-ing.net ... ITF South Carolina doubles quarterfinalist ... three-time ISL all-league performer . . . four-year letterwinner in tennis . . . chose Vanderbilt over Iowa and Missouri .

Personal: Erica Saran Robertson . . . born November 27, 1990 . . . daugh-ter of Elbert and Dawn Robertson . . . enjoys reading and culinary arts . . . majoring in history .

ChelseapreegSophomore • 5-5Naples, Fla.Seacrest Country Day HS

eriCarobertsonSophomore • 5-8Watertown, Mass.Buckingham Browne & Nichols

Fall 2009 (Sophomore): Won a team-high 13 singles matches during the fall season, finishing with a 13-4 mark ... teamed with Jackie Wu to go a team-best 14-4 in doubles .

2008-09 (Freshman): Posted a strong freshman campaign on West End after going a combined 25-11 in singles … Preeg’s 25 wins ranked second on the team … Went 11-6 in singles play during the dual sea-son, including 7-2 in conference play … ranked as high as No . 80 in singles by the ITA … Won six of her first seven singles matches to start the dual season … posted two wins over ranked opponents in the fall … recorded undefeated singles weekends at Hoosier Classic and June Stewart Invitational, including a three-set win over Kentucky’s 55th-ranked Megan Broderick to capture the “Tom Black” Draw at the June Stewart Invitational … started her collegiate career by winning eight of her first nine matches in the fall … paired with Catherine Newman at No . 2 doubles in the spring, going 8-8 in dual play and 5-5 in the SEC .

Prep/Juniors: Established herself as one of the top-ranked junior players in the United States for the past eight years . . . ranked No . 6 nationally in Girls 18s and as high as No . 1 . . . won the Florida State Girls 18-and-under Championship at the age of 14 . . . ranked as a five-star, blue-chip recruit by tennisrecruiting.net ... chose Van-derbilt over Clemson, Duke, North Carolina and Northwestern . . .

Personal: Chelsea Marie Preeg . . . born December 11, 1989 . . . daughter of John and Lisa Preeg . . . has one sister, Jessica (21) who is senior tennis player at Furman . . . both parents played professional tennis and mother was ranked as high as 60th in the world . . . major-ing in Human and Organizational Development major . . . chose Van-derbilt for it’s excellent coaching staff and historic tennis program .

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Fall 2009 (Sophomore): Went 7-6 in singles and 13-6 in doubles dur-ing the fall . . . teamed with Erica Robertson to go 9-2 in doubles . . . won doubles titles at Kentucky Invite and Ohio Valley Regional . . . clinched a spot in the ITA National Indoor Doubles Championships after going 5-0 to win the Ohio Valley Regional .

2008-09 (Freshman): Finished the season ranked 41st in doubles by the ITA after being ranked as high as 38th… went a team-best 8-1 in singles play against the SEC during the regular season … won her first seven singles matches against SEC opponents … clinched three dual match wins for Vanderbilt in a 10-day span, earning SEC Freshman of the Week honors for the first week of April … defeated Alabama’s Shelley Godwin to clinch the second match in three days as the ‘Dores upended the 17th-rated Crimson Tide, 5-2 on Mar . 29 … registered an impressive three-set comeback win over Ole Miss’ Abigail Guthrie to seal the win for VU against the 27th-ranked Rebels … finished a team-best 12-4 in singles play during the dual season … split time playing at No . 5 and No . 6 singles positions during the spring … teamed with fellow freshman Jackie Wu at No . 1 doubles, posting six wins during the spring, including three over ranked tandems … upset Princeton’s 26th-ranked tandem of Hilary Bar-tlett and Taylor Marable in VU’s 5-2 dual win over the Tigers on Mar . 18 .

Prep/Juniors: Won Texas State Championship in Class 5A . . . ranked No . 1 in the state of Texas by tennisrecruiting .net . . . top-30 national re-cruit according to tennisrecruiting .net . . . ranked as high as No . 1 in the nation in doubles play as a junior ... reached the finals of the Junior Na-tional Open in May 2007 . . . chose Vanderbilt over Florida State, Georgia Tech, North Carolina and TCU .

Personal: Heather Maree Steinbauer . . . born September 25, 1989 . . . daughter of Mark and Lisa Steinbauer . . . has two sisters, Sarah (17), Rachel (14) . . . majoring in Human and Organizational Development .

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STEiNBAUER’S CAREER RECORD

heathersteinbauerSophomore • 5-8The Woodlands, Texas.The Woodlands HS

Fall 2009 (Sophomore): Went 12-3 in singles and paired with Chelsea Preeg to go a team-best 14-4 in doubles during the fall . . . defeated two ranked singles players .

2008-09 (Freshman): Only member on the team to finish the season ranked in the ITA top-55 in singles (No . 54) and doubles (No . 41) … earned Second Team All-SEC honors … led the team with 26 singles wins (including fall and spring) … went 11-6 overall and 6-4 against the SEC in singles during the dual season … played at No . 2 singles position for most of the spring … recorded a 4-0 record when competing at the No . 3 singles position and 7-5 record when playing at No . 2 … advanced to the NCAA Singles Championship before falling to the defending na-tional champion Amanda McDowell in the opening round … defeated nine ranked opponents in singles during the fall and spring seasons, including straight set wins over 11th-ranked Georgia Rose (Northwest-ern) and 23rd-ranked Katrina Tsang (UNC) during the fall … teamed with Heather Steinbauer at No . 1 doubles for most of the season … notched seven wins, including four over ranked tandems … finished the season ranked No . 41 after being ranked as high as No . 38 … upset Princeton’s 26th-ranked tandem of Hilary Bartlett and Taylor Marable in VU’s 5-2 dual win over the Tigers on Mar . 18 . . . knocked off Georgia Tech’s 20th-ranked pair of Noelle Hickey and Christy Striplin to clinch the doubles point for the Commodores over the sixth-ranked Yellow Jackets .

Prep/Juniors: Finished high school career ranked in the top-50 nation-ally in Girls’ 18’s . . . top-ranked player in the state of New Jersey, ac-cording to tennisrecruiting.net ... advanced to semi-finals of 2007 Inter-national Grass Court Championships . . . member of the victorious east region team that won the 2006 USTA National Girls’ 18 Team Champion-ship ... five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.net ... top-ranked player in the eastern region of Girls 18’s . . . coached in juniors by Steve Ondish .

Personal: Jackie Wu . . . born September 13, 1990 . . . daughter of David and Jane Wu . . . has one sister, Katherine (23) . . . Neuroscience major and psychology minor .

jaCKiewuSophomore • 5-5Holmdel, N.J.Holmdel

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Players Overall Dual SEC No . 1 No . 2 No . 3Newman/Preeg 9-8 8-8 5-5 -- 8-8 -- Steinbauer/Wu 7-13 6-11 2-8 6-11 -- -- C . Ulery/K . Ulery 13-4 13-4 7-3 -- -- 13-4 Newman/C . Ulery 1-6 0-2 -- 0-2 -- -- Newman/Wu 2-2 1-0 -- 1-0 -- -- Preeg/C . Ulery 3-2 1-0 -- -- -- 1-0 Preeg/Wu 2-4 1-0 -- -- 1-0 -- Newman/Robertson 1-0 1-0 -- -- 1-0 -- Preeg/K . Ulery 0-3 0-1 -- -- -- 0-1 Blatt/Robertson 4-2 -- -- -- -- -- Newman/Blatt 0-2 -- -- -- -- -- Preeg/Steinbauer 1-2 -- -- -- -- --

Player Overall Dual SEC No .1 No . 2 No . 3 No . 4 No . 5 No . 6Blatt 11-6 1-0 -- -- -- -- -- -- 1-0 Newman 21-16 9-11 3-7 8-11 1-0 -- -- -- -- Preeg 25-11 11-6 7-2 -- -- 1-0 10-6 -- -- Robertson 7-5 0-1 -- -- -- -- -- 0-1 -- Steinbauer 20-8 12-4 8-1 -- -- -- 1-0 7-4 4-0 C . Ulery 19-12 12-7 6-3 -- 1-0 -- -- 4-2 7-5 K . Ulery 19-18 8-10 4-6 -- 0-4 8-6 -- -- -- Wu 26-11 11-6 6-4 0-1 7-5 4-0 -- -- --

2008-09 SeaSon HIGHlIGHtS• Finished the season 11-9 and advanced to its 15th consecu-tive NCAA Tournament• Finished in the top five of the SEC standings for the 15th straight year• Junior Catherine Newman and freshman Jackie Wu were named second team All-SEC• Newman was named second team Academic All-District• Won four SEC matches in a row from Mar. 27 – April, including wins over No . 17 Alabama and No . 27 Ole Miss .• Senior Courtney Ulery was named to SEC Women’s Tennis Community Service Team• Finished the season ranked inside the nation’s top-25 (No. 22) for the 15th consecutive season .• After playing No. 1 doubles the entire spring season for the ‘Dores, Steinbauer and Wu finished season ranked No. 41 after being ranked as high as high No . 38 .• The freshman trio of Wu, Steinbauer and Preeg went a com-bined 71-30 in singles play during the fall and spring seasons .

• Overall: 11-9 • SEC: 6-4 • Final ITA Ranking: No. 22

Date Opponent Result Record1-17-19 Michigan Invitational 1-31-09 No . 40 Wake Forest W, 6-0 1-02-1-09 No . 15 Fresno State L, 0-4 1-12-5-09 Middle Tennessee State W, 6-1 2-12-21-09 No . 51 Yale W, 6-1 3-13-6-09 No . 29 South Carolina* W, 5-2 4-1, 1-03-8-09 No . 31 Florida* L, 2-5 4-2, 1-13-13-09 at LSU* Rained Out 4-2, 1-1 3-15-09 at No . 29 Arkansas* L, 3-4 4-3, 1-2 3-18-09 No . 39 Princeton W, 5-2 5-3, 1-23-20-09 at No . 2 Notre Dame L, 2-5 5-4, 1-23-25-09 No . 6 Georgia Tech L, 3-4 5-5, 1-23-27-09 at No . 31 Auburn* W, 4-3 6-5, 2-23-29-09 No . 17 Alabama* W, 5-2 7-5, 3-24-3-09 No . 60 Mississippi State* W, 6-1 8-5, 4-24-5-09 No . 27 Ole Miss* W, 5-2 9-5, 5-24-10-09 at No . 2 Georgia* L, 0-4 9-6, 5-34-12-09 at No . 13 Tennessee* L, 2-5 9-7, 5-44-18-09 at No . 24 Kentucky* W, 7-0 10-7, 6-44-23-09 No . 49 Mississippi State! W, 4-0 11-7, 6-44-24-09 No . 15 Florida! L, 2-4 11-8, 6-45-9-09 No . 34 Illinois# L, 3-4 11-9, 6-4

* - SEC match! - SEC Tournament (Fayetteville, Ark .)# - NCAA Regionals (Urbana, Ill .)

2009 SEC Standings

Eastern Division Team SEC Pct . All Pct . Georgia*! 10-1 .909 27-3 .900 Tennessee 8-3 .727 18-7 .720 Florida 7-4 .636 16-10 .615 Vanderbilt 6-4 .600 11-9 .550 South Carolina 6-5 .545 16-10 .615 Kentucky 3-8 .273 13-11 .542

Western Division Team SEC Pct . All Pct . Arkansas^ 8-3 .727 15-8 .652 Ole Miss 5-6 .455 15-10 .600 Alabama 4-7 .364 15-9 .625 LSU 3-7 .300 14-11 .560 Auburn 3-7 .300 11-13 .458 Mississippi St . 1-9 .100 10-10 .500

* - Eastern Division Regular Season Champion ^ - Western Division Regular Season Champion ! - SEC Regular Season / Tournament Champions

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Alabama (19-15)1976 L 0-91978 L 1-81979 L 1-81980 L 2-71982 L 4-51982 W 8-11983 L 3-61983 W 5-41984 L 3-61985 W 5-44/12/86 W 6-32/20/87 L 1-83/26/88 L 4-53/26/89 L 3-64/26/90 L 1-54/20/91 L 2-53/29/92 L 3-54/18/93 L 0-73/2/94 L 4-54/23/95 W 5-13/16/96 W 6-13/21/97 W 6-33/15/98 W 8-13/20/99 W 7-22/27/00 W 8-13/31/01 W 6-14/7/02 W 6-14/6/03 W 5-23/26/04 W 7-04/1/05 W 6-13/3/06 W 4-33/2/07 W 7-03/23/08 W 4-33/29/09 W 5-2

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Auburn (20-14)1981 L 3-61982 W 7-21982 L 2-71983 L 2-71983 L 2-71983 L 1-51984 L 3-61985 L 3-61986 L 2-71987 L 2-74/8/88 L 2-74/1/89 L 3-64/6/90 L 4-53/23/91 L 3-63/6/92 W 5-14/4/93 L 4-54/24/94 W 5-33/24/95 W 5-44/5/96 W 5-13/28/97 W 7-23/2/98 W 9-03/24/99 W 5-13/9/00 W 6-33/23/01 W 6-14/5/02 W 7-04/19/02 W 4-05/12/02 W 5-04/4/03 W 7-03/28/04 W 7-04/3/05 W 7-03/5/06 W 7-03/4/07 W 5-2

3/21/08 W 5-23/27/09 W 4-3

Florida (2-38)3/6/80 L 0-93/10/83 L 0-94/29/83 L 0-63/25/84 L 1-84/8/85 L 1-83/15/86 L 1-82/26/87 L 0-93/27/88 L 0-93/11/89 L 0-94/8/90 L 0-63/6/91 L 1-84/12/92 L 0-93/3/93 L 0-94/10/94 L 1-54/29/94 L 1-52/19/95 L 0-64/14/96 L 0-94/28/96 L 0-62/1/97 L 1-84/4/98 L 1-72/28/99 L 2-74/1/00 L 2-74/22/00 L 2-54/18/01 L 0-43/17/02 L 3-44/20/02 L 3-43/16/03 W 4-35/16/03 L 0-43/5/04 L 1-64/18/04 L 0-43/11/05 W 4-34/23/05 L 1-44/7/06 L 2-54/6/07 L 3-44/21/07 L 1-42/29/08 L 2-54/19/08 L 2-45/15/08 L 1-43/8/09 L 2-54/24/09 L 2-4

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Georgia (7-25)1983 L 4-51984 L 1-81985 L 4-51986 L 0-91987 L 1-81988 L 1-81989 L 0-91990 L 0-91991 L 0-61992 L 0-61993 L 2-51994 L 0-81995 L 0-51996 W 5-41996 L 3-51997 L 0-61998 L 1-61999 L 1-52000 L 1-62001 W 4-32002 L 1-42002 L 3-42003 L 3-4

2004 W 4-32004 W 4-12005 L 1-42005 W 7-02006 W 5-22006 W 4-24/1/07 L 3-44/6/08 L 3-44/10/09 L 0-4

Georgia Tech (10-3)3/18/84 W 5-43/3/86 W 5-43/3/89 L 3-62/20/94 W 6-01/28/01 W 6-11/25/02 W 6-12/15/03 W 6-13/19/04 W 6-12/26/05 W 7-03/7/06 L 0-72/22/07 W 5-23/5/08 W 4-33/25/09 L 3-4

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available4/13/90 L 0-91/31/91 L 1-82/1/92 L 3-62/15/93 L 0-62/13/94 L 4-52/10/95 W 7-22/16/96 W 8-12/12/97 W 6-34/11/98 L 2-74/16/99 W 5-43/7/00 W 7-22/6/01 W 7-04/20/01 W 4-34/14/02 W 7-04/12/03 L 3-44/10/04 W 5-24/17/04 L 0-44/16/05 W 4-34/15/06 W 4-24/14/07 W 6-14/20/07 W 4-24/12/08 W 5-25/10/08 W 4-34/18/09 W 7-0

LSU (18-14)1979 L 1-81979 L 1-81982 W 6-31982 L 4-51983 L 0-91984 L 3-61985 L 3-61986 L 1-81987 L 1-81988 W 7-21989 L 4-51990 L 1-71991 L 1-61992 W 5-41992 L 0-51993 L 0-91994 W 5-11995 W 5-41996 W 6-1

1996 W 5-21997 L 4-51998 W 7-21999 W 6-24/7/00 W 6-33/5/01 W 6-13/29/02 W 4-33/28/03 W 7-03/21/04 W 7-03/27/05 W 4-33/12/06 W 7-03/11/07 W 5-23/9/08 W 7-0

Miss. State (23-7)4/27/83 W 5-311/12/83 W 7-23/23/84 L 3-63/4/85 W 8-13/22/86 L 2-73/27/87 L 2-74/23/88 L 2-72/25/89 L 2-74/1/90 L 3-53/2/91 L 0-64/10/92 W 5-44/16/93 W 6-04/15/94 W 6-04/26/95 W 5-14/12/96 W 9-03/22/97 W 6-14/17/97 W 6-03/14/98 W 8-13/21/99 W 5-13/4/00 W 6-34/1/01 W 8-13/8/02 W 7-03/7/03 W 7-02/29/04 W 7-03/6/05 W 6-13/26/06 W 7-03/25/07 W 6-13/30/08 W 4-24/3/09 W 6-14/23/09 W 4-0

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New Mexico (2-0)1/18/2008 W 5-2

Notre Dame (7-3)1/20/96 L 4-52/22/97 W 5-02/18/98 W 5-42/8/02 W 5-25/10/03 W 4-01/23/05 W 6-1 3/29/06 W 4-31/28/07 L 3-41/26/08 W 4-33/20/09 L 2-5

Ole MissNo records available

S. Carolina (15-11)

2/23/80 L 1-83/5/86 L 2-72/18/89 L 3-62/14/92 L 2-6

3/11/93 W 5-34/29/93 W 5-12/26/94 L 4-53/9/95 W 6-34/28/95 L 1-53/24/96 L 4-53/15/97 W 6-33/4/98 W 5-45/16/98 W 5-03/26/99 L 3-64/23/99 L 3-54/14/00 W 6-34/21/00 W 5-34/6/01 W 6-03/15/02 W 6-13/14/03 W 7-03/7/04 W 4-33/13/05 L 2-54/9/06 W 5-24/8/07 W 5-23/2/08 L 3-43/6/09 W 5-2

Tennessee (19-29)2/26/77 L 2-63/27/77 L 0-93/23/79 L 3-63/4/80 L 1-82/13/81 L 3-64/25/81 L 0-910/30/81 L 4-54/10/82 L 1-84/9/83 L 2-74/7/84 W 5-411/2/84 W 6-311/12/84 W 6-34/20/85 W 5-42/21/86 L 4-52/1/87 W 6-33/30/88 L 3-64/7/89 L 0-94/4/90 L 2-74/11/91 L 1-54/25/91 L 0-53/31/92 L 0-62/20/93 L 1-52/9/94 W 7-23/26/95 L 2-54/10/96 W 6-34/6/97 L 4-54/1/98 W 6-34/17/98 L 4-55/17/98 L 4-53/11/99 L 4-52/18/00 W 6-13/29/00 W 7-2 3/28/01 L 3-44/21/01 L 3-43/3/02 W 4-35/16/02 L 2-43/2/03 L 3-44/18/03 L 1-45/15/03 W 4-34/2/04 W 5-25/20/04 W 4-14/8/05 L 2-53/31/06 W 7-03/30/07 W 4-35/12/07 W 4-04/4/08 W 7-04/18/08 W 4-04/12/09 L 2-5

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NCAA Appearances

Year Finish1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Round1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 161997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Second Round1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 161999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Runner Up2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Quarterfinals2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Final Four2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Round of 162009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .First Round

All-Time NCAA Results

1995Pepperdine 5, Vanderbilt 1

1996Vanderbilt 5, TCU 1Vanderbilt 5, LSU 2Vanderbilt 5, Texas A&M 3UCLA 5, Vanderbilt 3

1997Vanderbilt 5, Florida State 0South Alabama 5, Vanderbilt 4

1998Vanderbilt 6, Florida State 0Vanderbilt 5, South Carolina 0Tennessee 5, Vanderbilt 3

1999First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 6, Loyola (Md .) 0Vanderbilt 5, Kentucky 0

NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Gainesville, Fla.Florida 5, Vanderbilt 0

2000First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 5, Alcorn State 0 Vanderbilt 6, VCU 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Malibu, Calif.California 5, Vanderbilt 1

2001First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, Murray State 0Vanderbilt 4, Florida International 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Stone Mountain, Ga.Vanderbilt 4, UCLA 1Vanderbilt 4, Duke 1Vanderbilt 4, Georgia 2Stanford 4, Vanderbilt 0

2002First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 5, Murray State 0Vanderbilt 4, Auburn 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Palo Alto, Calif.Tennessee 4, Vanderbilt 2

2003First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, Boston Univ . 0Vanderbilt 4, Notre Dame 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Gainesville, Fla.Vanderbilt 4, Tennessee 3Florida 4, Vanderbilt 0

2004First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, IUPUI 0

Vanderbilt 4, Florida State 1NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Athens, Ga.Vanderbil 4, Tennessee 1Vanderbilt 4, Georgia 1Stanford 4, Vanderbilt 0

2005First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 5, Tennessee-Martin 0Vanderbilt 4, South Alabama 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Stanford, Calif.North Carolina 4, Vanderbilt 0

2006First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, ETSU 0Vanderbilt 4, Georgia 2NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Palo Alto, Calif.Baylor 4, Vanderbilt 2

2007First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, Murray State 0Vanderbilt 4, Tennessee 0NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Athens, Ga.Stanford 4, Vanderbilt 0

2008First and Second RoundsSite: Nashville, Tenn.Vanderbilt 4, Indiana State 0Vanderbilt 4, Kentucky 3NCAA ChampionshipsSite: Tulsa, Okla.Florida 4, Vanderbilt 1

2009First RoundSite: Urbana, Ill.Illinois 4, Vanderbilt 3

The 2001 National Runner-up Vanderbilt team holds the record for most wins in a season (27) and most consecutive wins (12).

The 2004 Vanderbilt team finished the season 26-4 and ranked No. 2 in the nation. The SEC Champions advanced all the way to the NCAA semifinals.

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Singles

Player YearAmanda Taylor 2008Amanda Fish 2006Audra Falk (2) 2004, 2005Sarah Riske (2) 2002, 2003Julie Ditty (2) 1999, 2001

DoublesPlayers Year

Fish/Taylor 2007

Schmandt/Tsoubanos 2004

Riske/Tsoubanos (2) 2002, 2003

Ditty/Burson 2001

Commodore School Records

Most Singles Wins (Career): 124 – Taka Bertrand (2004-2008) 114 – Julie Ditty (1997-2001)

Most Singles Wins (Season): 31 – Julie Ditty (1998, 1999) Kristen Radford (1998)

Best Singles Win Percentage (Career): .822 - Kelly Schmandt (2000-2004)

Best Singles Win Percentage (Season): .852 - Kelly Schmandt (2003)

Consecutive win streak – singles: 20 - Courtney Ulery (2007-2008)

Consecutive win streak – doubles: 15 - Audra Falk/Aleke Tsoubanos (2004)

Most Doubles Wins (Career/Player): 119 – Aleke Tsoubanos (2000-2004)

Most Doubles Wins (Season/Player): 37 - Audra Falk (2004)

Best Doubles Win Percentage (Career): .820 - Aleke Tsoubanos (2000-2004)

Best Doubles Win Percentage (Season/Player): .880 - Audra Falk (2004)

Most Doubles Wins in a Season (Team): 32 – Sarah Riske/Aleke Tsoubanos (2003) Kelly Schmandt/Aleke Tsoubanos (2004)

Best Doubles Win Percentage (Season/Team): 86% - Audra Falk/Annie Menees (2004)

Dual Wins in a season: 27 - (2002) 26 - twice (2001, 2004) Consecutive dual-win streak: 12 - twice (2002, 2007)

Consecutive SEC matches won: 9 - (2003-2004)

Julie Ditty1998, 1999, 2001

Kate Burson2001

Sarah Riske2002, 2003

Aleke Tsoubanos2002, 2003, 2004

Kelly Schmandt2004

Audra Falk2004, 2005

Amanda Fish2006, 2007

Amanda Taylor2007, 2008

All-Time Results

Year Record SEC Rank Coach1978 7-13 -- -- Jim McNairy1979 13-9 -- -- Jim McNairy1980 11-12 9th -- Chris Boyle1981 15-13 8th -- John Gillespie1982 17-10 8th -- Lou Weiss1983 8-18 8th -- Lou Weiss1984 12-14 7th -- Lou Weiss1985 13-9 8th -- Lou Weiss1986 5-11 8th -- Lou Weiss1987 5-9 9th -- Bill Tym1988 7-8 7th -- Bill Tym1989 3-18 10th -- Bill Tym1990 6-12 10th -- Bill Tym1991 10-11 10th -- Peggy Omohundro1992 11-9 7th -- Peggy Omohundro1993 9-12 7th -- Peggy Omohundro1994 14-6 6th -- Peggy Omohundro1995 16-8 5th 16 Geoff Macdonald1996 24-7 2nd 10 Geoff Macdonald1997 15-10 6th 15 Geoff Macdonald1998 20-8 3rd 12 Geoff Macdonald1999 20-9 5th 13 Geoff Macdonald2000 22-6 3rd 11 Geoff Macdonald2001 26-5 3rd 4 Geoff Macdonald2002 27-5 3rd 7 Geoff Macdonald2003 21-6 5th 13 Geoff Macdonald2004 26-4 1st 2 Geoff Macdonald2005 22-6 2nd 8 Geoff Macdonald2006 23-5 3rd 12 Geoff Macdonald2007 19-9 3rd 16 Geoff Macdonald2008 20-6 T3rd 10 Geoff Macdonald2009 11-9 5th 22 Geoff MacdonaldTotal 478-299 (.615) (32 Seasons)

All-Americans Aleke Tsoubanosand Sarah Riske

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AADAMS, Monnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986ARNOLD, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985-88

B BARBER, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-85BARROW, Jeanne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981-82BEATTIE, Winnie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992BENSONHAVER, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988-89BERTRAND, Taka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-08BLATT, Hannah .........................................2009-BLUMBERG, Kristy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-00BREGIN, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992-95BROWN, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-98BROWN, Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983BUMSTEAD, Kathryn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1985-88BURSON, Kate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-02

C CANNER, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984CARMICHAEL, Wendy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1991CHERRY, Diana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986CHILES, Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-96CREIGHTON, Callie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99

DDICK, Andrea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-87DITTY, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-01DODDS, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94DONATH, Valerie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981-82DRAUD, Kimberly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1991-94

EELLIS, Brittian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988-91

FFALK, Audra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-05FARRINGTON, Robyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992-93FEDLER, Shannon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981-83FENTON, Jill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1982FERRELL, Caroline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2004-08FISH, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2003-07FREIBERG, Eve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987-88

GGAIDOS, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983GLOVER, Charlotte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1984GRAEME-BARBER, Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992

HHALL, Cindy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981HARPER, Eloise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-00HARVEY, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986-89HILTON, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981HOLDER, Tricia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987

JJAMISON, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981-82JOHNSON, Libby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990JOHNSTONE, Erica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992JONES, Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988-91

KKINCAID, Allyson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1990-93

LLYNCH, Kristin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1988-91

MMAXEY, Jan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1981-82MARTIN, Julie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-05McANDLESS, Megan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1983McMEANS, Blaire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000MELHEROVA, Zuzana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998, 00MENEES, Annie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-05MILLER, Jenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-02MOORMAN, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982-85MORELOS, Leah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1994-97MOSS, Laura . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1989

NNEWMAN, Catherine .................... 2007-

P PALMISANO, Michelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1997PARRISH, Holly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1987-89PETERS, Laurel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1987PLESSINGER, Anne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997-00PREEG, Chelsea ...........................2009-

Q QUKU, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1986

RRADFORD, Kristen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998-99RAJA, Deena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97RISKE, Sarah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03ROBERTSON, Erica ......................2009-ROBINS, Bekki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984-87ROSE, Lauren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1999-01RYAN, Staci . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996-99RUPERT, Beth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982-85

SSCOTT, Kori . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03SCHELLHAS, Ashley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002-04SCHIFF, Kim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1995-97SCHMANDT, Kelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-04SHANDS, Elizabeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1983-84SHELFER, Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1993-96STAUFFER, Denise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1986-89STEINBAUER, Heather .................2009-SVEKE, Liberty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-07SWEETEN, Katie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000-03

TTAMBORELLO, Liz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1982-85TAYLOR, Amanda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004-08TSOUBANOS, Aleke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001-04

UURBAN, Jennifer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1992-94ULERY, Courtney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006-09ULERY, Keilly .................................2008-

WWEPFER, Janet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1981WU, Jackie ....................................2009-WYLY, Susan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1990

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* Current Players listed in boldRecords from 1981-Present

Amanda Fish was named an ITA All-American in singles and earned first

team All-SEC in 2006.

Current WTA professional and former Commodore, Julie Ditty, recorded 114

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SEC Player of the YearTaka Bertrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006

SEC Coach of the YearGeoff Macdonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000

First Team All-SECCatherine Newman . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Amanda Fish (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 07Amanda Taylor (3) . . . .2006, 07, 08Taka Bertrand (2) . . . . . . . . . . .2006, 08

Second Team All-SECJackie Wu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2009Catherine Newman (2) . . .2008, 09Taka Bertrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2007Caroline Ferrell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006Courtney Ulery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2006

First Team - Singles*Amanda Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005Audra Falk (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 05Aleke Tsoubanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002Kate Burson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Kelly Schmandt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Jenny Miller (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000, 02Kathryn Bumstead (2) . . . .1985, 88Bekki Robbins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1984Elizabeth Moorman (2) . . .1983, 85

Second Team - SinglesTaka Bertrand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005Amanda Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2005Audra Falk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Aleke Tsoubanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2004Sarah Riske (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 03

Former Vanderbilt standout, Taka Ber-trand was named SEC Player of the Year

in 2006, becoming the first Vanderbilt women’s tennis player to earn the honor.

All-Time SEC Finishes

2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T3rd2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T2nd2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th1996 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th

Audra Falk earned All-SEC First Team hon-ors in singles twice (2002, 05) and All-SEC First team honors in doubles once (2003).

Julie Ditty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001Jenny Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2000Julie Ditty (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1998, 99Callie Creighton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1997Meredith Chiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1996

First Team - DoublesKelly Schmandt/Aleke Tsoubanos . .2004Audra Falk/Kelly Schmandt . . . . . . .2003Sarah Riske/Aleke Tsoubanos . . .2003Jenny Miller/Kelly Schmandt . . . . .2002Spencer Shelfer/Kimberly Draud . . .1994

Second Team - DoublesTaka Bertrand/Amanda Fish . . . . . .2005Sarah Riske/Aleke Tsoubanos . . .2003Kate Burson/Annie Menees . . . . . . .2002Julie Ditty/Kate Burson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2001

SEC Player of the WeekAmanda Taylor (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/19/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/8/2007Amanda Fish (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/4/2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/18/2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/24/2005Taka Bertrand (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/12/2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/21/2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/7/2006Audra Falk (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2/28/2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4/5/2004Sarah Riske . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/10/2003

Aleke Tsoubanos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3/13/2001Courtney Ulery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1/28/2008

*2006 was the first year the doubles and singles categories were elimi-nated for All-SEC honorees .

All-American Amanda Taylor garnered First-Team All-SEC honors threeconsecutive seasons (2006-08).

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Julie Ditty fileDegree Bachelor of ArtsMajor Early Childhood Education, 2002Hometown Ashland, Ky.High School RussellprofeSSional Career2007-present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sony Ericsson WTA Tour

2002-2006 . . . . . . . . . . . USTA / ITFWon eight singles titles and 23 doubles titles on ITF Circuit

Other Commodores that have played in the pro ranks

Julie Ditty is enjoying her time playing on the world’s biggest tennis stage . The former Commodore standout is striving to reach her personal goals on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour . Ditty started playing professionally on the International Tennis Federation circuit during the summers while she was an undergradu-ate student . With Ditty’s WTA Tour ranking rapidly improving over the last 24 months, it allowed her to play in some of the biggest stag-es on the professional circuit . Ditty has played in all four of the tour’s grand slam tournaments: French Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon and U .S . Open . In September 2007, Ditty had the opportunity to face off against one of the best American tennis players in Lindsay Daven-port during the quarterfinals of the Bali Open in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. Ditty reached one of her career goals in March of 2008 when she cracked the top-100 ranking and has been ranked as high as No . 89 in singles . Before playing on the WTA Tour, the Ashland, Ky ., native won eight ITF singles titles and 23 doubles titles . In June of 2007, Ditty pushed her way into the top-100 in the doubles rankings . As of August 2009, Ditty had reached a career high WTA world doubles ranking of No . 66 . At Vanderbilt, Ditty established herself as one of the best players in the school his-tory . The three-time ITA All-American is second in career singles win, but remembers the team achievements over her personal accolades . Ditty’s most memorable moment of her college career was playing tennis in the NCAA finals her senior year. “Playing against Stanford for the National Championship is something I will never forget; it was an amazing experience . We had a great team that year and we were all really good friends .” “Vanderbilt was a great experience for me and I loved the team we had there . Coach Macdonald was a great coach and fun to play for .”

Sarah Riske Kelly Schmandt

Amanda Taylor Aleke Tsoubanos

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THE COMMONS

On-Campus Living At Its Best

First-Year Students Enjoy RareCollegiate Living Experience

In August of 2008, Vanderbilt officially opened The Commons, providing first-year students with one of the nation’s truly unique and mod-ern on-campus residential communities . Built on six acres in the southeast quad-rant of the Vanderbilt campus, The Commons includes ten residence halls or Houses, spa-cious study and social areas, and the show-piece Commons Center, a modern dining and activity hub, all located on the Peabody cam-pus . Vanderbilt officials believe The Commons will provide first-year students a truly special living/learning experience . Bringing scholars, leaders, teachers and learners together to cre-ate a vibrant intellectual community is at the heart of The Commons . It serves as the home to both new students and an extraordinary connection of people, ideas and opportunities that distinguish the Vanderbilt experience . The Commons Center also features the Eat-ery, the place to dine with friends and study with classmates . At the Commons Cafe, stu-dents, faculty and staff can develop friend-ships while listening to Vanderbilt and Nash-ville musicians . While all new students to Vanderbilt will re-side in The Commons, plans are underway to

eventually replace or renovate existing facilities to complete College Halls at Vanderbilt, the university’s future residential college system .

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“The Commons is an extraordinary vision that puts Vanderbilt into its own class as a University. It’s an outstanding living and learning community for freshmen and I think it makes Vanderbilt an exciting and unique university.”

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The Brownlee O . Currey Jr . Tennis Center was completed in November 1993 . With the opening of its doors, the Vanderbilt tennis program provides one of the finest

tennis facilities in the nation for varsity collegiate tennis .“The Currey Tennis Center really gives Vanderbilt an edge

over other schools,” Head Coach Geoff Macdonald said . “The facility is equipped with everything, from home and visiting locker rooms, to a team conference room to cameras on every court . With amenities like these, Currey is one of the finest indoor facilities in the country .” 2008 marked the ninth consecutive year the site was cho-sen for the NCAA Tournament Regionals, but the facility also hosts various local events such as the Music City Classic . In fall of 2008, the Currey Tennis Center underwent major renovations with the resurfacing of the indoor and outside courts . Individual scoreboards were installed on all five of the indoor courts . The outside courts feature a new 27-foot wide scoreboard, allowing spectators to see the score of all six matches . Plans for the new tennis center were unveiled in April 1993 when former Director of Athletics Paul Hoolahan announced that a $2 .2 million project was being made possible by the generous benefactors of Vanderbilt tennis . Nashville busi-nessman Brownlee O . Currey Jr . spearheaded the fundrais-ing for the project . Additional gifts were made by the Joe . C . Davis Foundation, Kermit Stengel, the Fleming Foundation and Joanne Fleming Hayes .

The previous tennis center, which had provided three indoor

courts, underwent several changes throughout the renova-tion . A two-story, 16,000-square-foot addition was made to the existing indoor structure, providing enough space for five indoor courts .

The lower level of the facility houses spacious locker rooms for both varsity teams as well as a training room and locker room space for visitors .

A special feature of the center is a state-of-the-art audio/visual room, also located on the second floor . Small video cameras are mounted at the north end of each indoor playing court, allowing the coaches to monitor and record matches in progress on all five courts . The A/V room also serves as a

classroom for the coaches and their teams .In addition to the changes of the interior of the tennis cen-

ter, the building was given an exterior face lift as well . Its red-brick exterior now matches the architecture of many buildings on the Vanderbilt campus .

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Fundraising for the renovations of the outdoor tennis courts began in 2001, and five years later Vanderbilt tennis fans are throughly enjoying

their world-class facility .The $5 million project was completed just in time for

the beginning of the 2005 tennis season, where the team advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the seventh con-secutive year .

The new outdoor complex at the Brownlee O . Currey Jr . Tennis Center includes 10 lighted courts and seating for more than 1,000 spectators . The new facility also features concession areas and restrooms .

One of the more important factors in designing the new courts was that of comfort, both to coaches and

players as well as fans . As a result the six varsity courts are side by side, so coaches can freely move to any court during a match . In addition, the court layout allows fans to enjoy a great view from any seat, including the various picnic tables around the courts .

The fan-friendly design of the courts makes weekday afternoon matches a popular destination for students as well as Vanderbilt Athletic staff members located in the McGugin Center just a few yards away .

One of the most dazzling features of the new facility is its state-of-the-art lighting system . The courts house some of the most powerful lights on the market so matches can be easily televised at night .

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In July of 2009, an All-American shrine was installed on the second floor of the Currey Tennis Center to recognize the men and women’s

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Nicholas S . Zeppos was named Vanderbilt Univer-sity’s eighth chancellor on March 1, 2008 . An avid fan of Vanderbilt athletics, Zeppos served as the role of faculty representative for the Commodore athletics program before his ascension to the chan-cellorship .

A distinguished legal scholar, teacher and execu-tive, Zeppos served from 2002 to 2008 as Vanderbilt’s chief academic officer, overseeing the university’s undergraduate, graduate, and pro-fessional education programs and research in liberal arts and sciences, engineering, music, education, business, law, and divinity . As provost and vice chancellor, he chairs Vanderbilt’s budgeting and capital plan-ning council and leads all fundraising and alumni relations efforts across the institution, as well as overseeing the dean of students and dean of admissions .

Zeppos has led a number of important initiatives at Vanderbilt, including the planning process for The Commons, a landmark transformation of the first-year experience; the Strategic Academic Planning Group; innovative efforts in undergraduate admissions and financial aid; and the develop-ment of new programs in Jewish studies, law and economics, and ge-netics, among others . He also has led the university’s Shape the Future fund-raising campaign, which exceeded its $1 .25 billion goal two years ahead of schedule and set a new target of $1 .75 billion by 2010 .

Zeppos joined Vanderbilt in 1987 as an assistant professor in the Law School, where he has been recognized with five teaching awards. He subsequently served as an associate dean and then as associate provost before being named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs in 2002, and served as interim chancellor from August 1, 2007 until March 1, 2008, when he was appointed chancellor .

From 1982-1987, Zeppos practiced law in Washington, D .C ., at the Unit-ed States Department of Justice and Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he specialized in appellate litigation involving complex regulatory, statu-tory, and constitutional matters . He has written widely on legislation, administrative law, and professional responsibility, and is a nationally recognized scholar in these fields. He served as chair for the Scholars Committee, advising the Senate and the ABA on the confirmation of Jus-tice Stephen Breyer, and as chair of the Rules Advisory Committee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit . He has also served as a consultant to government agencies, major corporations, and trade associations on complex litigation, policy design, and strategy .

Zeppos is a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Wiscon-sin Law School where he served as editor in chief of the Wisconsin Law Review and was selected as the outstanding graduate of his class, and a 1976 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he studied history .

He is married to Lydia Ann Howarth, a graduate of the University of Chi-cago and Lawrence University, who is a writer and editor . They have two sons, Benjamin and Nicholas .

For the last six years, Williams has directed an ini-tiative to more fully integrate Commodore athlet-ics into the total Vanderbilt student life experience . With the support of former Chancellor Gee, newly appointed chancellor Nicholas Zeppos, the uni-versity’s senior management team and Vanderbilt Board of Trust, Williams’ efforts as Vice Chancellor

for University Affairs and Athletics have been suc-cessful in creating opportunity for student-athletes to participate in pro-grams across the Vanderbilt landscape .

Today, Williams’ efforts has placed the Vanderbilt program among the na-tion’s most innovative, offering a streamlined organization . Since sweep-ing changes were initiated in September 2003, Williams has firmly placed his stamp on the program . He has overseen the recruitment and hiring of seven outstanding head coaches . Williams has addressed facility con-cerns with a five-phase enhancement program expected to approach $60 million and will affect virtually every Vanderbilt student-athlete by its completion date .

Vanderbilt athletics have blossomed under Williams . Nine sports partici-pated in postseason action last year, just one shy of the school record set in 2006-07 . An unprecedented seven Commodore athletes have been selected in the first round of their respective sports in the last three years. Off the field, the student- athletes’ collective GPA has reached impres-sive levels .

Athletics is but a small part of Williams’ influential Vanderbilt role. Wil-liams also serves as General Counsel directing a staff of 14 attorneys, Secretary of Vanderbilt and its nationally recognized Medical Center, the Office of Risk Management, the University’s Compliance and Conflict of Interest functions, and the operations of the University’s Board of Trust .

Williams’ campus participation also includes a tenured full professorship at the School of Law, lecturing on Tax Law, Sports Law and Education Law . He has taught a course on Law and Higher Education at Peabody College, and from time to time, courses in the undergraduate curricu-lum .

Williams came to Vanderbilt after serving in numerous administrative roles at Ohio State University over a 14-year period . When he accepted the Vanderbilt role, Williams was Vice President of Student and Urban/Community Affairs and Professor of Law at Ohio State .

A native of Detroit, Mich ., Williams received a Bachelor of Science in Social Science and Master of Arts in Education from Northern Michigan University where he was a member of the track team . He also earned a Master of Business Administration and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Detroit, and an L .L .M . in taxation from New York Uni-versity .

Williams and his wife, Gail, have two school-aged children: Samantha, who is a varsity swimmer and rising freshman at Brown University, and Nicholas, who is an eighth grader at University School of Nashville and competes in swimming, basketball, track and soccer . His wife serves as the Associate Director of Community Relations at Vanderbilt, and is chair of the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) board of directors .

Lori Alexander is in her fifth year overseeing sport op-erations, though she is no stranger to the Vanderbilt family . She joined the Commodore team 11 years ago as a strength and conditioning coach work-ing with women’s basketball, lacrosse, tennis, golf, and soccer teams . Prior to her work with Vander-

bilt, Alexander worked with athletes at the University of California-Berkeley for eight years . During her time there, Alexander became chair of the Performance Enhancement and Advisory Committee which addressed concerns of student-athletes relating to performance and well being . Alexander received her undergraduate degree in biology, health and physical education from Bethel College in 1984 before working as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame .

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Combined GPA of Vanderbilt student-athletes in the spring of 2009

Athletic Achievers

“Vanderbilt student-athletes are number one in the SEC in graduation success rates.”

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186 Vanderbilt student-athletes achieved All-SEC Academic Honor Roll recognition in 2008-09. Of those student-athletes, 73 achieved Dean’s List status with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.

2008-09 Team Accomplishments• EightVanderbiltvarsityteamsreached

postseason play.• Thewomen’sbasketballsquad

reached the NCAA tourney for the 10th straight appearance, advancing to the Sweet 16.

• BaseballreceivedtheirfourthstraightNCAA berth for the first time ever.

• Thefootballteamearneditsfirstpostseason bid in years, then won the GaylordHotelsMusicCityBowl.

ACAdEmiC SuCCESSES

individual AthletesD.J. Moore became the first Commodore defensive back to earn All-America honors since 1983.Mike Minor was a first round pick in the 2009MajorLeagueBaseballDraft,markingthe third straight year a Vanderbilt baseball player was taken in the initial round.Jennifer Risper was named the nation’s top defensive player in women’s basketball.Josie Earnest was the nation’s top bowler for the second straight year.Christina Wirth was named to the Lowe’s Senior Class All-America basketball team.Six Commodore athletes earned postseason All-America honors.26 Vanderbilt standouts received All-Conference recognition.

Several national media outlets including USA Today, The New York Times and Sports Illustrated recently have featured Vanderbilt’s athletic successes.

Superb mentorsVanderbilt’s four revenue sport head coaches — Melanie Balcomb (women’s basketball), Tim Corbin (baseball), Bobby Johnson (foot-ball), and Kevin Stallings (men’s basketball) — have earned SEC Coach of the Year honors during their Commodoretenures.Thecoachesalso provide solid coaching longevity at Vanderbilt. Each has served in their current post for at least seven years.

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Educational OpportunityVanderbilt offers degrees in liberal arts and science, education, engineering, music, law, management, divinity, nursing and medicine through its 10 schools.

STudENT FACTSIn 2008-09, 53% of 6,584 Vanderbilt undergraduates were females.TheretentionrateofVanderbilt freshmen is 96%, among the highest of any university in the U.S.

On-Campus Living• Nearly90%ofourundergraduates–

andallfreshmen–liveoncampus.• Thirty-oneresidencehallsandapart-

ments, including the highly acclaimed and newly opened Commons, are undergrad housing options.

The Fiske ReportVanderbilt “blends tradition with the concerns of today’s world in an educational package that’s one of the finest in the South...”

TheaverageVanderbiltclassfeaturesjust 19 students, adding to a remarkable personalized learning environment.

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uNiVERSiTy FACTSNinety-five percent of classes at Vanderbilt enroll under 50 students.Eighty percent of undergrad classes contain fewer than 25 students.

Our academic reputation is greatly enhanced by the favorable student-faculty ratio of 8:1, providing students a highly personalized and interactive learning atmosphere.

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• Vanderbiltislistedonthefollowing“Bestof”listsbyPrinceton Review: BestCollegesList,BestintheSoutheast,BestValueCollegeandCollege with a Conscience.

• TheVanderbiltMedicalCenterandSchool of Medicine, which boasts two Nobel Laureates among its faculty, consistently ranks among thenation’selite.TheMonroeCarell Jr. Children’s Hospital is fast becoming one of the nation’s best.

• Vanderbilt’sPeabodyCollegeranks as one of the top schools of education in America.

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Vice Chancellor for university Affairs and Athletics

VANdERBiLT FACTSIn 2008, the Vanderbilt football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball teams met the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) guidelines.

“We believe in a well-rounded experience for our student-athletes that includes academics, athletics, community involvement, and a college social life. It will make them better in all areas. At Vanderbilt, while we strive to win, we define winning very broadly.”

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NAShViLLE TREATSWhat has Nashville given the world? Tonameafew…OprahWinfrey,MaxwellHouse coffee, Meat-and-3 eateries, the Fisk Jubilee Singers, Music Row and the Grand Ole Opry, GooGoo clusters, and theIroquoisraces.

the soUth’s Finest

Easy Access• NashvilleInternationalAirport,just15

minutes from campus, is one of America’s most convenient airports.

• Threeinterstates–65,40,and24– converge in Nashville, allowing easy auto access in all directions.

Nashville Stats• Tennessee’sfastestgrowingarea,

with a population of 1.6 million.• Nashvilleisthegovernment,financial,

andmedicalhubofTennessee.• “MusicCity”payshomagetothe

city’s rich musical heritage and active industry.

• “AthensoftheSouth”recognizes dedication to fine arts and higher education.

• TheVanderbiltcampusis1.5miles from vibrant downtown Nashville.

• Thecityranksamongthenation’s best places to live.

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TENNESSEE TiTANSLocated three miles from campus, LP FieldishometotheNFL’sTennesseeTitans.ThreeVanderbiltgameshavebeen played at LP Field, including the team’s 2008 Gaylord Hotels Music CityBowlwinoverBostonCollege.

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“14th best sports city in America…” -Sporting News, 2008 edition

Nashville: Great SportsIn addition to Vanderbilt athletics, Nashville is home to many sporting events and teams, includ-ingtheTennesseeTitans,NHL Nashville Predators, theMilwaukeeBrewersAAA baseball franchise, NASCAR racing, and the Country Music Marathon.

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2010 MEDIA GUIDE

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JANUARY

15-17 NORTHWESTERN INVITATIONAL Chicago,Ill. AllDay

23 COLORADO Boulder,Colo. 11a.m.CT

24 DENVER Denver,Colo. 11a.m.CT

29-30INDOORS KICK-OFF WEEKEND Knoxville,Tenn. TBA

FEBRUARY

11-14 NATIONAL TEAM INDOORS Madison,Wis. AllDay

20 PRINCETON Princeton,N.J. 11a.m.CT

21 YALE NewHaven,Conn. 11a.m.CT

27 BROWN Nashville,Tenn. 5p.m.CT

MARCH

5 MISSISSIPPI Oxford,Miss. TBA

7 MISSISSIPPI STATE Starkville,Miss. 1p.m.CT

12 TENNESSEE Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

14 GEORGIA Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

19 NOTRE DAME Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

21 GEORGIA TECH Atlanta,Ga. NoonCT

26 ALABAMA Tuscaloosa,Ala. 3p.m.CT

28 AUBURN Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

APRIL

2 FLORIDA Gainesville,Fla. 5p.m.CT

4 SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia,S.C. NoonCT

9 ARKANSAS Nashville,Tenn. 2:30p.m.CT

11 LSU Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

17 KENTUCKY Nashville,Tenn. NoonCT

22-25SEC CHAMPIONSHIP Athens,Ga. AllDay

MAY

14-16NCAA REGIONALS SiteTBA AllDay

20-31NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Athens,Ga. AllDay

2010 SCHEDULE

2010 Vanderbilt Women's Tennis Media Guide

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