2016 texas state women's tennis media guide by Texas State Athletics

KATY COLLINS SENIOR | SAN ANGELO, TEXAS

BIANCA BIRKENSTOCK FRESHMAN | DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA

ANA PEREZ FRESHMAN | QUITO, ECUADOR

JOY CHIA MING MING FRESHMAN | SINGAPORE

YADIRA RUBIO FRESHMAN | MEXICO CITY, MEXICO

AMMAARAH TIM FRESHMAN | BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA

TEXAS STATE TENNIS TABLE OF CONTENTS TEAM INFORMATION 2015-16 Schedule---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 2015-16 Roster------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Head Coach Tory Plunkett-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 MEET THE BOBCATS Bianca Birkenstock--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Pippa Carr------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Joy Chia Ming Ming-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Katy Collins----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Eva Dench------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8 Ana Perez------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Yadira Rubio---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 2014-15 SEASON IN REVIEW Season Results------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10 Team Match-By-Match Results------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Season Statistics---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Dual Match Breakdown--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 HISTORY AND RECORDS Texas State Team and Individual Honors--------------------------------------------------------- 12 Texas State Team Academic Honor Roll----------------------------------------------------------- 13 All-Time Year-by-Year Results-------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION Texas State University System-------------------------------------------------------------------- 18 Texas State University----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19 University President------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 21 Academic Excellence------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 Women's Tennis T-Ring and Graduation Cords Recipients--------------------------------------- 23 San Marcos, Texas and I-35 Corridor-------------------------------------------------------------- 24 Texas State Bobcat Tennis Center----------------------------------------------------------------- 26 Texas State Athletics Facilities-------------------------------------------------------------------- 27 Texas State Director of Athletics------------------------------------------------------------------ 28 Texas State Athletics Administration and Head Coaches----------------------------------------- 29 SUN BELT CONFERENCE Sun Belt Conference------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 2015 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Information--------------------------------------------- 31 The Sun Belt Conference Women’s Tennis Quick Facts------------------------------------------- 32

KATY COLLINS SENIOR | SAN ANGELO, TEXAS

The 2015-16 Texas State University women’s tennis media guide is a production of the Texas State Sports Information Office. The fact book was written and designed by Rick Poulter. Cover design by Jen Lawson. Editorial contributions by Joshua Flanagan, Phillip Pongratz and other Texas State Athletics staff. Photography by Don Anders, Jennifer Lawson, Chandler Prude and Melinda Terry. This fact book may not be reproduced in any fashion without the written consent of the Texas State Department of Athletics. This information is available in an alternate format upon request from the Office of Disability Services. Texas State University is an equal opportunity educational institution.

QUICK FACTS

Location------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Marcos, Texas Founded-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1899 Enrollment--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 38,006 Nickname---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bobcats Colors ----------------------------------------------------- Maroon and Gold (PMS 504 and 872) Affiliation-------------------------------------------------------------------------- NCAA Division I Conference-------------------------------------------------------------------Sun Belt Conference Texas State Athletics--------------------------------------------------------------(512) 245-2114 Texas State Ticket Office-----------------------------------------------------------(512) 245-2272

BOBCAT TENNIS COMPLEX INFORMATION

Surface------------------------------------------------------------------------------Outdoor Hard Official Capacity--------------------------------------------------------------------------------400 First Year-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 Dual Match Record at Bobcat Tennis Complex---------------------------------------------116-79 ADMINISTRATION President---------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Denise M. Trauth NCAA Faculty Representative---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Paul Gowens Athletic Director---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Larry Teis Associate AD-External Operations---------------------------------------------------- Don Coryell Associate AD-Major Gifts------------------------------------------------------------- Travis Comer Associate AD-Internal Operations/SWA----------------------------------------- Tracy Shoemake Assistant AD-Ticket Operations-------------------------------------------------------Matt Carson Assistant AD-Head Volleyball Coach------------------------------------------------Karen Chisum Assistant AD-Academic Services-------------------------------------------------- Laurie Hindson Assistant AD-Major Gifts ------------------------------------------------------------ Marc Nickell Assistant AD-Marketing and Promotions-------------------------------------------- Bryan Miller Assistant AD-Business Services----------------------------------------------------Lacy Needham Assistant AD-Sports Information-----------------------------------------------------Rick Poulter Assistant AD-NCAA Compliance------------------------------------------------------ Kelsey Solis Assistant AD-Facilities and Game Operations-------------------------------------- Jeremy Stolfa Assistant AD-Development----------------------------------------------------- Josh Whitenburg TENNIS STAFF Head Coach-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tory Plunkett Career Record--------------------------------------------------------------------- 121-110 Record at Texas State------------------------------------------------------------------same Program Administrator---------------------------------------------------------- Tracy Shoemake Strength and Conditioning------------------------------------------------------ Sebastian Olave Academic Advisor---------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Phelps Athletic Trainer-------------------------------------------------------------------------Jessica Lair 2014-15 ROSTER PREVIEW Letterwinners Returning-------------------------------------------------------------------- three Pippa Carr, Katy Collins, Eva Dench Letterwinners Lost---------------------------------------------------------------------------- three Shannon Beckett, Ana Laura Gutierrez, Monica Pieratt Newcomers-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------five Bianca Birkenstock, Joy Chia Ming Ming, Ana Perez, Yadira Rubio, Ammaarah Tim 2013-14 SEASON REVIEW 2014-15 Dual Match Record-------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-7 Sun Belt Conference Record-------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-3 Region Record--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-2 Home Record---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-1 Road Record----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0-5 Neutral Court Record-------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1 ADDITIONAL PROGRAM HISTORY Conference Championships---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Individual Conference Champions-------------------------------------------------------------- 20 All-Conference Players-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 36 Newcomers of the Year--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 All-Americans------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Academic All-Americans------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

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Date Day Jan. 23 Saturday Feb. 5 Friday Feb. 6 Saturday Feb. 7 Sunday Feb. 13 Saturday Feb. 19 Friday Feb. 20 Saturday Feb. 20 Sunday Feb. 27 Saturday Feb. 28 Sunday Mar. 5 Saturday Mar. 6 Sunday Mar. 11 Friday Mar. 18 Friday Mar. 22 Tuesday Mar. 24 Thursday Mar. 25 Friday April 8 Friday April 10 Sunday April 16 Saturday Apr. 20-24 Wed.-Sun. *- Sun Belt Conference matches;

2016 DUAL MATCH SCHEDULE

Opponent Location McNeese State San Marcos, Texas at South Alabama Mobile, Ala. vs. Nicholls State Mobile, Ala. at Auburn Auburn, Ala. at Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas at Louisiana Tech Ruston, La. at Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. vs. Alcorn State Natchitoches, La. vs. Air Force San Antonio, Texas at Rice Houston, Texas vs. Southern Utah Las Vegas, Nev. at UNLV Las Vegas, Nev. at UTSA San Antonio, Texas UTEP San Marcos, Texas Central Arkansas San Marcos, Texas vs. Arkansas State Lafayette, La. vs. UL Monroe Lafayette, La. UL Lafayette San Marcos, Texas UT Arlington San Marcos, Texas UT Rio Grande Valley San Marcos, Texas Sun Belt Conference Tournament New Orleans, La. home matches in bold; **Senior Day vs. UT Rio Grande Valley.

Facility Bobcat Tennis Complex Lubel Memorial Courts Lubel Memorial Courts Yarbrough Tennis Center UIW Tennis Courts Louisiana Tech Tennis Complex Jack Fisher Lady Demon Complex Jack Fisher Lady Demon Complex UTSA Tennis Center George R. Brown Tennis Center Fertitta Tennis Complex Fertitta Tennis Complex UTSA Tennis Center Bobcat Tennis Complex Bobcat Tennis Complex Cajun Courts Cajun Courts Bobcat Tennis Complex Bobcat Tennis Complex Bobcat Tennis Complex City Park Tennis Center

Time 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 9 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 12:30 a.m. 11 a.m. 12 p.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. 4 p.m. 11 a.m. 2 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 9 a.m. 1:30 p.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. All Day

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Bianca Birkenstock 5-8, Fr.-HS Durban, South Africa Crawford College La Lucia

Pippa Carr 5-7, Jr.-2L Liverpool, England Yale College Wrexham

Joy Chia Ming Ming 5-4, Fr.-HS Singapore Anglo-Chinese Junior College

Katy Collins 5-1, Sr.-3L San Angelo, Texas Central HS

Ana Perez 5-5, Fr.-HS Quito, Ecuador Colegio Los Pinos

Yadira Rubio 5-6, Fr.- HS Mexico City Universidad Latinoamericana HS

Ammaarah Tim 5-6, Fr.- HS Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Corinda HS

Tory Plunkett Head Coach 13th Season TCU, 1989

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Eva Dench 5-9, Jr.-2L London, England Coopers' Company School

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Name Bianca Birkenstock Pippa Carr Joy Chia Ming Ming Katy Collins Eva Dench Ana Perez Yadira Rubio Ammaarah Tim

Ht. 5-8 5-7 5-4 5-1 5-9 5-5 5-6 5-6

Cl. Fr. Jr. Fr. Sr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr.

Exp. HS 2L HS 3L 2L HS HS HS

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Hometown Durban, South Africa Liverpool, England Singapore San Angelo, Texas London, England Quito, Ecuador Mexico City Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

(Last School) Crawford College La Lucia Yale College Wrexham Anglo-Chinese Junior College Central High School Coopers' Company School Colegio Los Pinos Universidad Latinoamericana HS Corinda High School

Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Strength and Conditioning Coach: Sebastian Olave Athletic Trainer: Jessica Lair ROSTER BY CLASS

ROSTER BY EXPERIENCE

GEOGRAPHICAL ROSTER Australia Ammaarah Tim (Brisbane, Queensland)

Senior Katy Collins

England Pippa Carr (Liverpool) Eva Dench (London)

Juniors Pippa Carr Eva Dench

Two Letters Pippa Carr Eva Dench

Ecuador Ana Perez (Quito)

Freshmen Bianca Birkenstock Joy Chia Ming Ming Ana Perez Yadira Rubio Ammaarah Tim

High School Bianca Birkenstock Joy Chia Ming Ming Ana Perez Yadira Rubio Ammaarah Tim

Mexico Yadira Rubio (Mexico City) Singapore Joy Chia Ming Ming (Singapore)

Three Letters Katy Collins

South Africa Bianca Birkenstock (Durban) Texas Katy Collins (San Angelo)

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS COACHING STAFF

TORY PLUNKETT

HEAD COACH TCU, 1989

A former All-American player and a member of her alma mater's Hall of Fame, Tory Plunkett begins her 13th season as the head women’s tennis coach at Texas State with a 121-110 career record and a 61-42 mark in conference dual matches. In addition to their success on the court, her last seven teams have publicly recognized by the NCAA for ranking among the Top 10 percent of multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores in their sport. On the court, Texas State posted a 9-7 overall dual match record last season and had a 2-3 mark against Sun Belt Conference teams during the regular season before splitting a pair of matches in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. The Bobcats opened the tournament with a 4-2 victory against UL Lafayette before falling 4-1 agianst eventual champion, South Alabama, in the quarterfinals. The win over UL Lafayette was Texas State's first victory in the SBC Tournament. The Bobcats joined the Sun Belt in 2013 when Plunkett led Texas State to a 9-11 overall record and a 3-1 mark against SBC teams during the regular season. The Bobcats suffered a 4-3 loss against Troy in the 2014 Sun Belt Tournament. Individually, Plunkett coached All-SBC First-Team singles player and Texas State's first player to be regionally ranked by the ITA in Jessica Kahts. She also produced an AllSBC Second-Team doubles tandem of Kahts and Ana Laura Gutierrez in 2014. Texas State joined the Sun Belt in 2013 after playing its only season in the Western Athletic Conference in 2012-13. The Bobcats posted a 9-10 overall record that season after suffering a 4-0 loss against Louisiana Tech in the 2013 WAC Tournament. The Bobcats played their one season in the WAC after enjoying its best season in 25 years in 2012. During the 2011-12 campaign, the Bobcats finished with a 14-6 overall record and were the runner-up team in the Southland Conference with a 9-2 league mark. Plunkett's No. 3 doubles tandem of Mariana Perez and Rachel Baldree earned All-Conference First-Team honors after finishing the season undefeated in their SLC doubles matches. In addition, Texas State’s No. 1 doubles team of Jessica Kahts and Melissa Hadad earned Second-Team honors. Kahts also was a Second-Team selection as a No. 1 singles player. It was the fourth straight year that Plunkett tutored an All-SLC singles player. The second-place finish also marked the fourth time in five seasons that Texas State finished among SLC’s top four teams and the Bobcats advanced to the semifinals of the SLC Tournament during two of its final three years in the league. Texas State finished the 2011 season with a 12-8 overall record and was 7-4 against SLC teams with a roster of four sophomores and three freshmen. Individually, Texas State’s No. 5 singles player earned All-Southland Conference honors for the third straight year as Mariana Perez earned All-SLC Second-Team honors. That came after Plunkett guided Texas State to a 13-7 overall record and a thirdplace finish in the Southland Conference standings with an 8-3 mark in 2010. Texas State also advanced to the semifinals of the Southland Conference for the first time since 2003. Three of her players earned All-Southland Conference honors as Nyssa Peele was

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named a First-Team selection at No. 6 singles after recording a 16-1 overall record and an undefeated 10-0 mark against SLC opponents. In addition, Gabriela Rojas and Perez earned All-SLC Second-Team honors as a No. 2 doubles team after posting a 9-6 overall mark and a 7-3 SLC record. In 2008-09 Plunkett led the team to an overall record of 10-7 and an SLC record of 7-4. During the Wilson/ITA Fall Regional Championships, Plunkett worked with the regional tournament director in selecting participants, seeding, overseeing coaches meeting and the tournament. She also was involved in helping coordinate the ITA regional post-season awards. In the previous season, the Bobcats won seven SLC matches for the second straight year and posted a fourth-place finish in the league’s standings. Texas State ended the season with a 10-11 overall record despite having to battle through some nagging injuries. Texas State also won seven SLC matches for the first time in school history in 2006-07, when the Bobcats finished the season in fifth place with a 7-3 league record. Texas State finished the year with an 11-7 overall record and Ali Gulida also was named the 2007 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year. Texas State finished the 2005-06 season with a 7-14 record when the Bobcats played five nationally-ranked teams, including three in their first five matches. In Southland Conference play, Texas State recorded a 5-5 dual match record. Texas State also won seven matches in 2004-05 when the Bobcats posted a 7-12 overall record and a 4-6 SLC mark despite losing three league matches by 4-3 scores. The

TORY PLUNKETT AT A GLANCE College: TCU, 1989 Playing Experience • Earned All-American honors as a doubles player at TCU in 1988. • Was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection and named to the SWC’s All-Decade Team. • Played two seasons at Northwestern State. • Was a two-time All-Gulf Star Conference champion. • Named to GSC’s All-Academic team twice. • Played professionally in Portugal, Australia, England and 12 different states in the U.S. • Was inducted into the TCU Hall of Fame in 2011. Coaching Experience • Began her coaching career as an assistant coach at UT Arlington in 1994. • Was an assistant coach at UTSA in 1995-96. • Served as associate head coach at UT Arlington from 1996-98. • Named head coach at Texas State on July 16, 2003.

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS COACHING STAFF top player on the team that season was Tina Klemenc, who earned Second-Team All-Southland Conference honors as a number five singles player. Plunkett was named Texas State’s head coach on July 16, 2003, and began her head coaching career guiding the Bobcats to a 10-10 overall record and a fifth place finish in the SLC after winning six conference dual matches. She came to Texas State after serving as the associate head coach at UT Arlington from 1996-98 and as an assistant coach at UTA in 1994. Plunkett also served as an assistant coach at UTSA from 1995 to 1996. She also served as a teaching professional at Willow Bend Polo and Hunt Club, and worked at John Benson’s Tennis Camp in Colorado for five summers. Along with teaching tennis professionally, Plunkett played professionally for several years before entering the coaching ranks. A 1989 graduate of TCU, Plunkett was an All-America selection for the Horned Frogs in 1988. She was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection and also named to the SWC’s All-Decade Team. Additionally, Plunkett was a two-time Gulf Star Conference champion while playing at Northwestern State (1985-86) and was named to the Gulf Star’s All-Academic Team both seasons. In September 2011, Plunkett was inducted into the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame. TORY PLUNKETT’S CAREER RECORD AS HEAD COACH Year Overall Pct. Conference Pct. Finish 2004 10-10 .500 6-4 .600 Fifth (SLC) 2005 7-12 .368 4-6 .400 Seventh (SLC) 2006 7-14 .333 5-5 .500 Seventh (SLC) 2007 11-7 .611 7-3 .700 Fifth (SLC) 2008 10-11 .476 7-4 .636 Fourth (SLC) 2009 10-7 .588 7-4 .636 Fifth (SLC) 2010 13-7 .650 8-3 .727 Third (SLC) 2011 12-8 .600 7-4 .636 Fourth (SLC) 2012 14-6 .700 9-2 .818 Second (SLC) 2013 9-10 .473 4-5 .444 Fifth (WAC) 2014 9-11 .450 3-1 .750 Fifth (SBC) 2015 9- 7 .563 2-3 .400 Eighth (SBC) Totals 121-110 .523 69-44 .611

PLUNKETT’S CAREER RECORD VS. OPPONENTS

Opponent W-L Abilene Christian 0-1 Air Force 2-0 Alabama State 1-0 Arkansas State 2-0 Army 0-1 UC Riverside 0-1 Cal State Fullerton 2-0 Cal State Northridge 0-2 Central Arkansas 6-0 Columbia 0-1 Denver 0-1 Grambling State 1-0 Houston 0-7 Idaho 0-1 Incarnate Word 2-0 Lamar 5-5 Lewis & Clark State College 1-0 UL Lafayette 3-1 UL Monroe 3-3 Louisiana Tech 2-2 McMurry 1-0 McNeese State 5-4 Middle Tennessee 0-1 Midwestern State 1-0 Missouri State 1-0 New Mexico State 2-1 Nicholls 9-0 North Texas 1-4

Opponent W-L Northern Colorado 0-1 Northwestern State 5-8 Penn State 0-1 Prairie View A&M 4-0 Rice 0-11 Sam Houston State 7-3 San Jose State 0-1 Seattle 1-0 South Alabama 0-3 SMU 0-6 Southeastern Louisiana 5-3 St. Edwards 10-0 Stephen F. Austin 9-3 TCU 0-3 Texas A&M 0-2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 7-2 Texas Lutheran 1-0 Texas Tech 0-2 Trinity 3-1 Troy 0-1 UT Arlington 1-12 UTEP 2-1 UT Rio Grande Valley 8-1 UTSA 6-8 UAB 0-1 Utah State 1-0 Wyoming 0-1

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BIANCA

BIRKENSTOCK

5’ 8” • FRESHMAN • HS MAJOR: CLINICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA CRAWFORD COLLEGE LA LUCIA AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) 2015 FALL Singles: Played in a pair of tournaments at Air Force and Rice. Doubles: Teamed with Joy Chia Ming Ming and won a match against Miranda Talbert and Sanne Hoekstra of Wyoming. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Was ranked among the top 16 under 18 players and top 21 women's players in South Africa ... earned Full Colours for leadership and service and Honours Blazer at Crawford College La Lucia ... also competed in netball, cross country and track ... earned Provincial Colours in track and Half Academic Colours. PERSONAL Born May 23 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa ... daughter of Louis and Amanda Birkenstock ... major is clinical laboratory science at Texas State ... hobbies include reading, playing netball and running cross country ... her sister, Lizel, was a provincial netball and tennis player in high school. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2015-16 0-5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-5 DOUBLES Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour 2015-16 1-2 --- --- --- --- 1-2

PIPPA

CARR

5’ 7” • JUNIOR • 2L MAJOR: HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND YALE COLLEGE WREXHAM AS A JUNIOR (2015-16) 2015 FALL Singles: Played in the No. 1 and No. 2 flights in fall tournaments ... had three matches decided in third-set tiebreakers ... also won a pair of exhibition matches at Iberostar College Cup in Cancun and Texas State Play Day ... opened the season with a 7-5, 7-5 victory over Dorottya Jonas of Wyoming in No. 2 singles match at the Iberostar College Cup ... also beat Stacey Lackey of Prairie View A&M by the score of 6-3, 6-4 at Texas State Play Day. Doubles: Teamed with first-year players Yadira Rubio, Ana Perez and Joy Chia Ming Ming and won a match with each player ... compiled a 3-5 overall record ... teamed with Rubio and won their first match at the Air Force Invitational ... also won a match with Perez at the Rice Invitational and won their first round match with Chia Ming Ming against UT Rio Grande Valley at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Championships.

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AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15) 2015 Spring Singles: Won seven dual matches as Texas State’s No. 3 player ... six of her seven victories came in two sets ... finished the season winning her final three decisions and five of her last six matches ... posted a victory in the Sun Belt Tournament to help Texas State advance to the second round. Doubles: Teamed with Ana Laura Gutierrez for five wins as Texas State’s No. 2 team ... ended the regular season winning their final five matches. 2014 FALL Singles: Had a record of 6-4 in tournament singles matches ... opened the year with three straight wins, including both of her matches at the Akron Shootout ... also won her first match at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... had two victories in consolation matches at the ITA/USTA Regional Championships ... also won her only match at the Texas State Play Day tournament. Doubles: Compiled five victories in double matches ... won an 8-2 decision at the Akron Shootout ... posted a pair of victories with Katy Collins in the first two rounds of the Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... also teamed with Ana Laura Gutierrez to win a pair of consolation matches at the ITA/USTA Regional before falling in a match against teammates Shannon Beckett and Eva Dench. AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14) 2014 SPRING Singles: Competed in one match at Rice, falling to Alison Ho, before sitting out the rest of the season. 2013 FALL Singles: Compiled a 1-1 tournament record at the Cougar Classic after sitting out most of the fall campaign with an injury ... won her first collegiate match over Heather Boras of UT Rio Grande Valley at the Texas State Play Date. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Attended Yale College Wrexham ... ranked 170 in the ITF ranking ... competed in the Edinburgh ITF where she made it to the finals in doubles and semi-finals in singles ... ranked top three in the UK and as the top player in Cheshire ... played soccer, rugby, netball and ran on the cross country team. PERSONAL Born April 12 in Chester, England ... daughter of John and Marina Carr ... major is health information management at Texas State ... member of the Dean’s List at Texas State in 2013 Fall semester ... member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Council at Texas State ... was a volunteer at St. Berteline's Church.

CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2013-14 2-4 --- --- --- --- 0-1 0-2 0-3 2-1 2014-15 13-10 --- --- 7-6 --- --- --- 7-6 6-4 2015-16 0-8 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-8 Totals 15-22 --- --- 7-6 --- 0-1 0-2 7-9 8-13 DOUBLES Total 1 2013-14 0-1 --- 2014-15 10-12 0-6 2015-16 3-5 --- Totals 13-18 0-6

2 3 Dual Tour --- --- --- 0-1 5-1 --- 5-7 5-5 --- --- --- 3-5 5-1 --- 5-7 8-11

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JOY

CHIA MING MING

5’ 8” • FRESHMAN • HS MAJOR: MANAGEMENT SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE ANGLO-CHINESE JUNIOR COLLEGE AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) 2015 FALL Singles: Won a pair of singles matches in straight sets at the Air Force Invitational ... won her first match by a score of 6-4, 6-4 over Lily Kreutzer of Northern Colorado ... ended the tournament with a 6-0, 6-3 win against Elisa Koonik of Wyoming at the Air Force Invitational. Doubles: Also won a pair of doubles matches ... teamed with Bianca Birkenstock to win a 6-3 decision against Miranda Talbert and Sanne Hoekstra of Wyoming in the Air Force Invitational ...teamed with Pippa Carr for a 6-4 victory over against Reegan Greenwood and Natacha Minc of UT Rio Grand Valley at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Tournament. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Led the Anglo-Chinese Junior College to an 18-2 record and runner-up finish at the National "A" Division School Games in 2013 and 2014 ... earned the ACS Board's Sports Girl of the Year Award and the Edusave Award for good leadership and character after serving as team captain in 2014. PERSONAL Born Singapore ... daughter of Chia Swee Chuan and Loh Poh ... major is management at Texas State ... hobbies include reading, watching television and playing softball ... her brother Chia Jay Min played tennis and represented Singapore ... her other brother, Chia Jia Min Josiah, was the vice captain for Anglo Chinese College tennis team for two years. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2015-16 0-5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0-5 DOUBLES Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour 2015-16 1-2 --- --- --- --- 1-2

AS A JUNIOR (2014-15) 2015 SPRING Singles: Ended the season with eight dual wins as Texas State’s No. 6 player ... opened the spring winning her first four matches ... also ended the season winning three of her final four matches, including a win in the opening round of the Sun Belt Tournament against UL Lafayette. Doubles: Teamed with Eva Dench for four wins, two in the No. 3 spot and one in the No. 1 and No. 2 spots ... played a total of three matches as No. 1 team and defeated Missouri State 6-3 ... also won a No. 2 match against Stephen F. Austin and a pair of No. 3 matches against Northwestern State and UT Rio Grande Valley ... most decisive victory was an 8-1 decision against Northwestern State. 2014 FALL Singles: Posted two victories in tournament singles matches ... posted her first win in straight sets over Chandler Consonary of Duquesne at the Arizona Wildcat Invitational ... also won a three-set match against Christel Amsallem of UT Rio Grande Valley in the Texas State Play Day tournament. Doubles: Posted a 5-4 record in doubles play ... was 2-1 record while teaming with Monica Pieratt...was 2-2 in doubles matches with Pippa Carr ... also posted a win teaming with Ana Laura Gutierrez at the Texas State Play Date. AS A SOPHOMORE (2013-14) 2014 SPRING Singles: Compiled a 5-12 record in dual matches ... three of her victories came in No. 5 matches ... posted two victories in No. 6 matches ... joined Eva Dench as the only two Bobcats to win all of their matches against Sun Belt Conference opponents ... had a 4-0 record against SBC opponents ... posted two victories in No. 5 conference matches and two wins in No. 6 matches ... had a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Brooke Durden of Troy in the SBC Tournament. Doubles: One of two Bobcats to win 10 dual matches in doubles ... combined with Eva Dench to post a 10-3 record in No. 3 doubles matches ... began the season winning six straight dual matches... also won three straight matches with one unfinished match at the end of the season, including an 8-6 win against Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. 2013 FALL Singles: Won a pair of matches ... her first victory came at the Midland Racquet Club Invitational when she beat Kaysie Hermsdorf in straight sets ... posted another straight-set victory against Stanislava Stachova of UT Rio Grande Valley at the Texas State Play Date.

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Doubles: Posted a 1-3 record in doubles play ... teamed with Monica Pieratt to beat Miriam Rosell Canudas and Isabelle Jonsson of UTSA by the score of 8-4 at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Championships.

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AS A FRESHMAN (2012-13) 2013 SPRING Singles: Compiled a 5-6 overall record ... was 2-2 in spring dual matches ... won her first singles match against Florencia Martina of Lewis and Clark State College ... also swept Miranda Townsend of McMurry 6-0, 6-0.

COLLINS

SAN ANGELO, TEXAS CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AS A SENIOR (2015-16) 2015 FALL Singles: Ranked second on the team with four singles victories ... won a pair of matches in straight sets against Hilary Walters West of Northern Colorado and Tessa van der Ploeg of Wyoming in the Air Force Invitational ... also had a pair of wins at the Rice Invitational ... had a win over New Mexico State's Sarah Van Eeckhoudt and another victory against Nicole Karaklis of UTSA. Doubles: Teamed with Eva Dench for a 7-5 win over Klara Supejova and Andrea Martinovska of Eastern Michigan.

Doubles: Posted a 3-3 dual match record in doubles play ... was 2-2 in No. 3 matches with Bérénice Van den Bergh ... also won a No. 2 dual match while teaming with Jessica Kahts. 2012 FALL Singles: Compiled a 3-4 overall record ... won her first collegiate match over Grandara Gonzalez of UTSA ... posted back-to-back wins versus UT Rio Grande Valley’s Manon Lavrijssen and UTSA’s Natalie Hand. Doubles: Posted a 5-1 record while teaming with Jessica Kahts ... won her first collegiate doubles match against Kavya Menon and Miranda Polle of UTSA.

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS MEET THE BOBCATS PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Was a three-time state qualifier ... reached the state finals after advancing to the state semi-finals in doubles play as a junior ... three-time Region 1-5A doubles champion ... was undefeated district champion in singles. PERSONAL Born April 6 in San Angelo, Texas ... daughter of Kim and Kevin Collins ... has an older sibling Kanton Collins ... father is a business owner and tennis coach ... mother is an accountant ... major at Texas State is exercise and sport science ... member of the Dean’s list in 2013 Spring, 2013 Fall and 2014 Fall semesters ... earned the Oak Farms Dairy Academic Achievement award in 2012-13, 2013-14 and the 2014 fall semester ... named to the 2013 WAC All-Academic team and 2014 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll ... member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... her favorite animal is a flamingo. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2012-13 5-6 --- --- --- --- 0-1 2-1 2-2 3-4 2013-14 7-21 --- --- --- 0-1 3-6 2-5 5-12 2-9 2014-15 10-11 --- --- --- --- --- 8-3 8-3 2-8 2015-16 4-3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 4-3 Totals 26-41 --- --- --- 0-1 3-7 12-9 15-17 11-24 DOUBLES Total 1 2012-13 8-4 --- 2013-14 11-6 --- 2014-15 9-7 1-2 2015-16 1-6 --- Totals 29-23 1-2

2 3 Dual Tour 1-1 2-2 3-3 5-1 --- 10-3 10-3 1-3 1-1 2-0 4-3 5-4 --- --- --- 1-6 2-2 14-5 17-9 12-14

EVA

DENCH

5’ 9” • JUNIOR • 2L MAJOR: PSYCHOLOGY LONDON, ENGLAND COOPERS’ COMPANY SCHOOL AS A JUNIOR (2015-16) 2015 FALL Singles: Led Texas State with five wins in singles matchesduring the fall tournaments ... opened the year with a pair of wins over Emily Kolbow of Colorado State and Anna Battersby of Northern Colorado at the Air Force Invitational ... also posted back-to-back wins against Mia Brandt of New Mexico State and Dhanielly Quevedo of Stephen F. Austin at the Rice Invitational ... also won a three-set decision against UT Rio Grande Valley's Natacha Minc at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Tournament. Doubles: Also posted a pair of wins in doubles play. ... combined with Katy Collins to win a 7-5 decision against Eastern Michigan at the Air Force Invite ... also teamed with Yadira Rubio for a 6-3 victory against New Mexico State at the Rice Invitational AS A SOPHOMORE (2014-15) 2015 Spring Singles: Had six dual wins this season ... competed as the No. 4 player ... two of her wins came against Sun Belt Conference opponents, including a three-set victory against UL Lafayette in the Sun Belt Tournament ... posted consecutive victories against UT Rio Grande Valley and Northwestern State during the regular season. Doubles: Teamed with Katy Collins for a 4-3 dual record ... had two victories on the No. 3 court, and won one each in No. 1 and No. 2 matches ... biggest margin of victory was an 8-1 triumph

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against Northwestern State ... won four of their first five decision in the spring ... played a total of three matches as No. 1 team and defeated Missouri State 6-3 ... also won a No. 2 match against Stephen F. Austin and a No. 3 match against UT Pan American. 2014 FALL Singles: Posted a pair of wins in tournament play with her first victory coming against Kylie Isaacs of Duquesne in straight sets by a score of 6-3, 6-3 ... also won a 6-0, 7-5 decision against Marta Lewandowska of Northern Arizona at Arizona’s Wildcat Invitational. Doubles: One of two Bobcats to post seven victories in doubles play ... all seven of her doubles victories came while teaming with Shannon Beckett as they ended the fall with a 7-4 record ... they advanced to the consolation finals at the ITA/USTA Regional before falling to Natalie Beazant and Alison Ho of Rice ... posted three victories in the consolation bracket after suffering an 8-5 setback in the second round ... one of her other two losses in doubles play was a 7-6 setback came after dropping a tiebreaker by a score of 8-6. AS A FRESHMAN (2013-14) 2014 SPRING Singles: Led Texas State with 12 victories in dual matches while compiling a 7-2 mark in No. 6 matches, a 4-2 record in No. 4 matches and a 1-2 record in No. 5 matches ... opened the season winning four of her first five matches in the No. 6 position with her lone loss coming in three sets that was decided with a tiebreaker in the third set ... also finished the season with a 7-2 mark ... was 4-2 in No. 4 matches during that stretch, including a three-set victory over Hannah Toro of Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament. Doubles: Led the Bobcats with 11 victories in doubles play ... combined with Katy Collins to post a 10-3 record in No. 3 doubles matches ... team with Collins to begin the season winning six straight dual matches... they also won three straight matches with one unfinished match at the end of the season, including an 8-6 win against Troy in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament ... also teamed with Bérénice Van den Bergh a match against Prairie View A&M. 2013 FALL Singles: Compiled a 3-8 tournament record ... won her first collegiate match by the score of 6-1, 6-1 against Amy Williams of Northwestern State at the Rice Invitational ... won a pair of matches at the Texas State Play Date with a victory over Alexandria Young and Maria Lackey of Prairie View A&M. Doubles: Teamed with Bérénice Van den Bergh to win her first collegiate doubles match over Heather Borsos and Julia Perez of UT Rio Grande Valley ... played in three tournaments while teaming with Jessica Kahts. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Attended Cooper’s Company School ... was named the team's Player of the Year ... in addition to playing tennis, participated in hockey, netball and rounders ... won Junior Schools Nationals in 2008 and 2009. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2013-14 15-14 --- --- --- 4-2 1-2 7-2 12-6 3-8 2014-15 8-16 --- --- --- 6-9 --- --- 6-9 2-7 2015-16 5-3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 5-3 Totals 28-33 --- --- --- 10-11 1-2 7-2 18-15 10-18 DOUBLES Total 1 2013-14 12-6 --- 2014-15 11-9 1-2 2015-16 2-5 --- Totals 25-20 1-2

2 3 Dual Tour --- 11-3 11-3 1-3 1-1 2-0 4-3 7-6 --- --- --- 2-5 1-1 13-3 15-6 10-14

TEXAS STATE TENNIS MEET THE BOBCATS PERSONAL Born Dec. 9 ... daughter of Julia and David Dench ... her father is an on-line editor for Daily Mail ... has two sisters, Faye and Amy ... mother is a banking operation specialist ... major is psychology with a minor in geography at Texas State ... member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... was named to the Texas State’s Dean’s List in 2014 Fall semester ... enjoys spending her summers in family holiday home in Spain ... her favorite moment at Texas State was posting a winning record last spring.

ANA

PEREZ

5' 5" • FRESHMAN • HS MAJOR: EXPLORATORY PROFESSIONAL QUITO, ECUADOR COLEGIO LOS PINOS HIGH SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) 2015 Fall Singles: Sat out most of the fall with an injury ... split a pair of matches at the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Championships ... posted her first collegiate victory in singles after winning a third-set super tiebreaker over Rachel Sadiq of Incarnate Word by a score of 0-6, 6-3, 10-4. Doubles: Played in four doubles matches at the Rice Invitational and the ITA/USTA Texas Regional Champinships ... teamed with Pippa Carr to win a 6-4 decision agianst Sam Houston State at Rice. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Joins Texas State's roster after being ranked No. 1 in the state of Pichincha and No. 2 among Ecuadorian under 18 players ... also is ranked No. 511 in the ITF and represented Ecuador in the South American Games. PERSONAL Born July 11 in Quito, Ecuador ... daughter of Enrique Perez and Mireya Flor ... major is exploratory professional studies at Texas State ... hobbies include playing tennis and soccer, watching movies and listening to music. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2015-16 1-1 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1-1 DOUBLES Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour 2015-16 1-3 --- --- --- --- 1-3

YADIRA

RUBIO

5' 6" • FRESHMAN • HS MAJOR: EXPLORATORY PROFESSIONAL MEXICO CITY UNIVERSIDAD LATINOAMERICANA HIGH SCHOOL

Doubles: Posted a pair of victories in doubles matches ... teamed with Pippa Carr to win a 7-6 decision against Dorottya Jonas and Elisa Koonik of Wyoming in her first collegiate doubles match ... also teamed with Eva Dench for a 6-3 victory against New Mexico State at the Rice Invitational. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Has been ranked as the No. 1 player in the state for the past four years and ended among the Top Five U21 national players in 2014 ... was a finalist in singles U21 National G1 Tournament in Mexico City and a finalist at the CPOA Showcase in Mexico City in 2014 ... also was the Monterrey runner-up in singles and a doubles finalist in the ITF women's tournament at San Luis and Monterrey National Doubles Championships ... also won the state tournament in 2014 and 2015 after winning the sectional tournament in 2014. PERSONAL Born Nov. 28 in Mexico City ... daughter of Arturo Rubio and Ivania Ramirez ... major is exploratory professional studies at Texas State ... hobbies include playing tennis and watching movies. CAREER MATCH RECORD AT TEXAS STATE SINGLES Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour 2015-16 3-5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3-5 DOUBLES Total 1 2 3 Dual Tour 2015-16 2-5 --- --- --- --- 2-5

AMMAARAH

TIM

5' 6" • FRESHMAN • HS MAJOR: INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA CORINDA HIGH SCHOOL AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) Joins Texas State for spring season. PRIOR TO TEXAS STATE High School Compiled a 204-104 record in singles play and an 88-45 mark in doubles during her career as a junior tennis player … tallied a combined 20-1 mark in both singles and doubles as a senior at Corinda High School … played under coach Ken McGuire at Corinda … led her team to a second-place finish at state championships with a 7-1 record in 2015 … led her team to a championship at the 2014 At the Queensland Junior Teams Carnival and a second-place finish in 2015 … Corinda was a semifinalist in 2013 … her doubles team also were a finalist in the 2013 National Clay Court Championships ... played No. 2 position at district tournament … had a sixth-place finish at the regional cross country championships in 2013. PERSONAL Born May 21 in Johannesburg, South Africa … parents moved to Australia when she was five … daughter of Fazel and Shehnaaz Tim … father is a pharmacist… mother is a teacher’s aide and medical technologist … major is elementary education … her mother played tennis on the Transvaal High School and was on State team … hobbies include drawing … volunteered at a local primary school.

AS A FRESHMAN (2015-16) 2015 Fall Singles: Ranked third on the team with three victories during the fall ... played in the top division at Air Force and Rice Invitationals ... won her first collegiate match against Aina Hernandez -Soler of Colorado State in three sets at Air Force Invitational ... also beat Magda Stencel of Wyoming at the Air Force Invite ... posted a three-set victory over Lamar's Teodora Stefanovic at the ITA/ USTA Texas Regional Tournament.

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS 2014-15 SEASON RESULTS

2014 FALL TOURNAMENTS Date Tournament Sept 19 Akron Shootout Oct. 3-5 Wildcat Invitational Oct. 16-21 ITA/USTA Texas Regional Championships Oct. 25 Texas State Play Day 2015 DUAL MATCH RECORD Overall record: 9-7 Sun Belt Conference: 2-3 Region: 4-2

Site Akron, Ohio Tucson, Ariz. Waco, Texas San Marcos, Texas

Home: 6-1 Home: 0-1 Home: 4-0

Away: 0-5 Away: 0-1 Away: 0-2

2015 DUAL MATCH RESULTS Date Opponent Score Overall Feb. 01 at New Mexico State L 2-5 0-1-0 Feb. 08 % at Stephen F. Austin L 2-5 0-2-0 Feb. 14 % INCARNATE WORD W 5-2 1-2-0 Feb. 15 * SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-6 1-3-0 Feb. 20 % UT PAN AMERICAN W 4-3 2-3-0 Feb. 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 4-3 3-3-0 Feb. 28 % at #58 Rice L 1-6 3-4-0 Mar. 11 MISSOURI STATE W 6-1 4-4-0 Mar. 28 * at UT Arlington L 0-4 4-5-0 Apr. 02 * vs Arkansas State W 4-1 5-5-0 Apr. 03 * vs UL Lafayette W 4-0 6-5-0 Apr. 04 * vs ULM L 1-4 6-6-0 Apr. 09 % UTSA W 4-3 7-6-0 Apr. 11 % MIDWESTERN STATE W 4-3 8-6-0 Apr. 16 # vs UL Lafayette W 4-2 9-6-0 Apr. 17 # at South Alabama L 1-4 9-7-0 Home matches in CAPS; %- Regional Matches; *- Sun Belt Conference opponents; #- Sun Belt Tournament

Neutral: 3-1 Neutral: 2-1 Neutral: 0-0 SBC 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-1-0 0-2-0 1-2-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 2-3-0 2-3-0 2-3-0 2-3-0

2015 TEAM MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS

Singles Doubles Date Opponent Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 Feb 01 at New Mexico State L 2-5 L W L L L W L L Feb 08 % at Stephen F. Austin L 2-5 L L L L L W L W Feb 14 % INCARNATE WORD W 5-2 W W W W W Lw L W Feb 15 * SOUTH ALABAMA L 0-6 u L L L L Lw L L Feb 20 % UT PAN AMERICAN W 4-3 L L W W L W u W Feb 21 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 4-3 L L L W W W L W Feb. 28 at #58 Rice L 1-6 L L L L W L L u Mar 11 MISSOURI STATE W 6-1 L W W W W W W - Mar 28 * at UT Arlington L 0-4 L L u L u u u L Apr 02 * vs Arkansas State W 4-1 L u W W W u u W Apr 03 * vs UL Lafayette W 4-0 Wr u u u W Wf u W Apr 04 * vs ULM L 1-4 L u L L u L L W Apr 09 % UTSA W 4-3 L L W L W W u W Apr 11 % MIDWESTERN STATE W 4-3 L W W L W W L W Apr 16 # vs UL Lafayette W 4-2 L L W W W W - - Apr 17 # at South Alabama L 1-4 L L u L W L - - Home matches in CAPS; %- Regional Matches; *- Sun Belt Conference opponents; #- Sun Belt Tournament; (-) match not played

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3 W W Lw Lw W W L W L W Wf W W L -

TEXAS STATE TENNIS Singles Shannon Beckett Pippa Carr Katy Collins Eva Dench Ana Laura Gutierrez Maddie Moore Monica Pieratt Totals Percentage

2014-15 TEXAS STATE SEASON STATISTICS

Overall Dual Tour SBC 1 2 3 4 5 6 17-10 10-4 7-6 2-1 --- --- --- --- 10-4 --13-10 7-6 6-4 1-2 --- --- 7-6 --- --- --10-11 8-3 2-8 0-1 --- --- --- --- --- 8-3 8-16 6-9 2-7 1-3 --- --- --- 6-9 --- --11-17 4-11 7-6 1-3 1-5 3-6 --- --- --- --5-2 0-0 5-2 0-0 --- --- --- --- --- --8-15 2-11 6-4 0-2 1-8 1-3 --- --- --- --73-83 38-46 35-37 6-13 2-13 4-9 7-6 6-9 10-4 9-5 .468 .452 .486 .316 .133 .308 .538 .400 .714 .643

Doubles Shannon Beckett Pippa Carr Katy Collins Eva Dench Ana Laura Gutierrez Maddie Moore Monica Pieratt Totals Percentage

Overall Dual Tour SBC 1 2 3 17-8 9-4 8-4 2-2 --- 3-1 6-3 10-12 5-7 5-5 3-2 0-6 5-1 --9-7 4-3 5-4 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 11-9 4-3 7-6 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 9-15 5-7 4-8 3-2 0-6 5-1 --1-3 0-0 1-3 0-0 --- --- --13-10 9-4 4-6 2-2 --- 3-1 6-3 36-34 19-16 17-18 6-6 1-8 9-3 9-5 .514 .543 .486 .500 .111 .750 .643

Doubles Teams Ana Laura Gutierrez/Monica Pieratt Shannon Beckett/Eva Dench Pippa Carr/Katy Collins Pippa Carr/Maddie Moore Eva Dench/Ana Laura Gutierrez Katy Collins/Monica Pieratt Katy Collins/Maddie Moore Pippa Carr/Ana Laura Gutierrez Shannon Beckett/Monica Pieratt Katy Collins/Ana Laura Gutierrez Eva Dench/Maddie Moore Katy Collins/Eva Dench Totals Percentage

Overall Dual Tour SBC 1 2 3 1-5 0-0 1-5 0-0 --- --- --7-4 0-0 7-4 0-0 --- --- --2-2 0-0 2-2 0-0 --- --- --1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 --- --- --0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --2-1 0-0 2-1 0-0 --- --- --0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --7-9 5-7 2-2 3-2 0-6 5-1 --10-4 9-4 1-0 2-2 --- 3-1 6-3 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 --- --- --0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 --- --- --4-3 4-3 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 36-34 19-16 17-18 6-6 1-8 9-3 9-5 .514 .543 .486 .500 .111 .750 .643

When winning No. 1 singles When losing the No. 1 singles When No. 1 Match was unfinished

2013-14 DUAL MATCH BREAKDOWN 2-0 7-6 0-1

When winning No. 1 doubles When losing No. 1 doubles

1-0 3-5

When winning No. 2 doubles When losing No. 2 doubles

7-2 0-3

When winning No. 3 doubles When losing No. 3 doubles

6-3 2-3

When winning doubles point When losing doubles point When doubles matches were not played

6-2 2-4 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-4 1-0 1-1 3-4 1-1 5-2

When winning the No. 2 singles When losing the No. 2 singles When No. 2 Match was unfinished

3-1 4-5 2-1

When winning the No. 3 singles When losing the No. 3 singles When No. 3 Match was unfinished

7-0 1-5 1-2

When winning the No. 4 singles When losing the No. 4 singles When No. 4 Match was unfinished

6-0 2-7 1-0

When winning the No. 5 singles When losing the No. 5 singles When No. 5 Match was unfinished

8-2 1-3 0-2

vs. Conference USA vs. Missouri Valley Conference vs. Southland Conference vs. Sun Belt Conference* vs. Lone Star Conference vs. WAC

When winning the No. 6 singles When losing the No. 6 singles When No. 6 Match was unfinished

7-2 1-4 1-1

In February In March In April

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL HONORS

Kiki Kruse

Jessica Kahts

TEXAS STATE TEAM HONORS

AIAW TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES Year Tournament 1980 State AIAW II 1981 State AIAW II 1981 National AIAW

Finish Champion Champion Ninth

TEAM CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Year Conference 1984 Lone Star Conference 1987 Gulf Star Conference 1988 Southland Coinference 1989 Southland Conference AIAW ALL-AMERICAN Year Player 1980 Joanne Gulley

HONORS AND CHAMPIONS

TEXAS AIAW SINGLES CHAMPIONS Year Player 1980 Susan Youngblood Brenda Heiman Suzanne Naworski Debbie Cook 1981 Lynette Woodbridge Joanne Gulley Brenda Heiman Debbie Cook TEXAS AIAW DOUBLES CHAMPIONS Year Player 1980 Lynette Woodbridge/Joanne Gulley Brenda Heiman/Debbie Cook

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Position No. 1 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 5 Position No. 1 No. 2

GULF STAR CONFERENCE SINGLES CHAMPIONS Year Player 1987 Maria Ledesma, Noel Quevraux, Karen Reeves

Position Singles

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SINGLES CHAMPIONS Year Player 1988 Maria Ledesma Noel Quevraux Tracey Martin 1989 Tracey Martin Dee Dee Guerra 1990 Tracey Martin Aurora Capuano

Position No. 1 No. 3 No. 4 No. 3 No. 6 No. 2 No. 5

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE DOUBLES CHAMPIONS Year Player 1988 Kim Abbey/Dee Dee Guerra 1989 Kim Abbey/Dee Dee Guerra 1989 Tracey Martin/Noel Quevraux 1991 Tracey Martin/Jennifer Bowman 1991 Tara James/Mara Lencina

Position No. 3 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1 No. 3

TEXAS STATE INDIVIDUAL HONORS

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR Year Player 2007 Alejandra Gulida 2009 Kiki Kruse ALL-LONE STAR CONFERENCE Player

Shari Slater, Linda Nicholas, Gina Gistinger, Laura Cooper, Maria Ledesma, Therese Devine

ALL-GULF STAR CONFERENCE Year Player 1986 Therese Devine, Joslyn Bendt, Karen Reeves, Maria Ledesma, Noel Quevraux 1987 Karen Reeves, Maria Ledesma, Noel Quevraux, Melissa Martin

TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL HONORS

Pippa Carr

ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE SINGLES Year Player 1988 Maria Ledezman Noel Quevreux Tracy Martin 1989 Tracey Martin Dee Dee Guerra 1990 Tracey Martin Aurora Capuano 2005 Tina Klemenc (Second Team) 2007 Alejandra Guilda (First Team) 2009 Kiki Kruse (First Team) Ashley Ellis (Second Team) Mackenzie Farmer (Second Team) 2010 Nyssa Peele (First Team) 2011 Mariana Perez (Second Team) 2012 Jessica Kahts (Second-Team)

Position No. 1 No. 3 No. 4 No. 3 No. 6 No. 2 No. 5 No. 5 No. 3 No. 5 No. 2 No. 6 No. 6 No. 5 No. 1

ALL-SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE DOUBLES Year Players 1988 Kim Abbey and Dee Dee Guerra 1989 Kim Abbey and Dee Dee Guerra Tracey Martin and Noel Quevreuax 1991 Tracey Martin and Jennifer Bowman Tara James and Mara Lencina 2003 Leja Sirola and Margaret Potyrala (Second Team) 2010 Mariana Perez and Gabriela Rojas (Second Team) 2012 Mariana Perez and Rachel Baldree (First Team) Jessica Kahts and Melissa Hadad (Second Team)

Position No. 3 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1 No. 3 No. 2 No. 2 No. 3 No. 1

ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE SINGLES Year Player 2014 Jessica Kahts

Position First Team

ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE DOUBLES Year Player 2014 Jessica Kahts and Ana Laura Gutierrez

Position Second Team

ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL

CAPITAL ONE/COSIDA ALL-AMERICAN TEAM Year Players 2005 Tina Klemenc

Katy Collins

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Year Players 2005 Tina Klemenc 2008 Ali Gulida 2009 Ashley Ellis 2010 Nyssa Peele 2012 Mariana Perez Jessica Kahts

Team Third Team Team First Team First Team Second Team First Team First Team Second Team

WAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM Year Players 2013 Mariana Perez SUN BELT COMMISSIONER'S HONOR ROLL (3.5-HIGHER) Year Players 2015 Katy Collins, Eva Dench

Eva Dench

SUN BELT ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.0-3.49) Year Players 2014 Pippa Carr, Katy Collins, Ana Laura Gutierrez

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1987 (9-6) Head Coach: Neal Kinlund Opponent Texas A&M Lamar UT-Pan American Baylor Rice Houston Pan American UL-Monroe Washington State West Point Texas Tech TCU North Texas State Sam Houston State UTSA - Gulf Star Conference Champions

Score L 0-9 L 2-7 W 7-2 W 5-4 L 4-5 L 1-8 W 5-4 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 8-1 L 2-7 L 0-9 W 6-3 W 8-1 W 9-0

1988 Head Coach: Neal Kinlund Date Opponent Feb. 6 at Texas A&M Feb. 11 Baylor Feb. 12 Temple JC Feb. 20 New Mexico State Feb. 22 Odessa JC Feb. 25 Rice Feb. 26 #UTEP Feb. 27 #UTSA Mar. 5 at Abilene Christian Mar. 21 Hartford Mar. 23 UT Arlington Mar. 26 at UL Monroe Mar. 27 at Northwestern State Mar. 31 Texas Tech April 1 at Lamar April 7 *Cal-Irvine April 8 *Utah April 8 *New Mexico April 9 *Rice April 12 Sam Houston State April 15 McLennan JC April 16 UTSA April 22 Abilene Christian April 23 North Texas State # UT-Pan American Invitational; * -Houston Inv. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 1989 (8-6, SLC - 1st) Head Coach: Neal Kinlund Opponent Texas A&M UTEP at Houston at Rice Texas-Tyler Virginia Tech South Alabama at Baylor

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Score L 0-9 W 6-3 L 0-6 L 1-8 W 6-3 W 5-4 L 3-6 L 4-5

*Northwestern State Rollins College at Houston *at Sam Houston State *at North Texas

W 7-4 W 7-2 L 0-8 W 7-2 W 8-1

1990 (4-8, 2-3 SLC - 3rd) Head Coach: Neal Kinlund Date Opponent Feb. 15 UTSA Mar. 3 at Lamar Mar. 17 North Carolina Mar. 20 TCU Mar. 21 St. Edwards *Mar. 24 North Texas Mar. 26 UTEP Mar. 31 Baylor *April 7 at Northwestern State *April 8 at UL Monroe *April 10 Sam Houston State *April 14 UT Arlington

Score L 3-6 L 4-5 L 0-9 L 0-9 W 8-0 L 3-6 W 7-1 L 0-9 L 4-5 L 4-5 W 6-3 W 9-0

1991 (6-8, 2-3 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Jan. 11 Texas Tech Feb. 1 North Texas Feb. 2 Texas-Pan American Feb. 5 Texas A&M Feb. 9 UTSA Mar. 6 St. Edwards Mar. 7 UTEP Mar. 25 Nicholls State *Mar. 29 North Texas *Mar. 30 UT Arlington *April 6 Northwestern State *April 7 UL Monroe *April 13 Sam Houston State April 14 New Mexico

Score L 1-8 L 3-6 W 5-1 L 0-9 L 3-6 W 9-0 W 9-0 W 5-4 L 2-7 W 9-0 L 3-6 L 2-7 W 9-0 L 2-7

1992 (9-4, 4-3 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 2 at Texas A&M Feb. 8 Texas Lutheran Feb. 19 McLennan JC Mar. 10 Houston Mar. 11 Midland JC *Mar. 13 North Texas *Mar. 14 UT Arlington *Mar. 29 at Sam Houston State *April 4 at UL Monroe *April 5 at Northwestern State April 11 T exas-Pan American *April 12 vs. Nicholls State *April 14 at UTSA

Score L 1-8 W 9-0 W 8-1 W 5-4 L 1-8 W 5-4 W 9-0 W 8-1 L 0-9 L 4-5 W 6-2 W 5-4 L 4-5

1993 (3-9, 2-5 SLC - 6th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 5 at Texas A&M

Score L 0-7

Feb. 19 Schreiner College Feb. 20 Trinity Feb. 21 v s. Tulane Mar. 2 at Houston Mar. 4 Lamar Mar. 5-6 UTSA Tournament Mar. 20 UTEP *Mar. 27 at UT Arlington *Mar. 28 at North Texas *April 3 at Nicholls State *April 4 at Sam Houston State *April 9 UL Monroe *April 10 Northwestern State *April 17 UTSA April 22-24 at SLC Tournament 1994 (9-9, 4-5 SLC - 6th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 4 vs. Air Force Feb. 4 vs. New Mexico State Feb. 5 at Texas Tech Feb. 11 Incarnate Word Feb. 15 McClennan CC Feb. 18 St. Edwards Feb. 25 at Houston Mar. 8 Tulsa *Mar. 12 Nicholls State *Mar. 13 McNeese State *Mar. 14 at UTSA *Mar. 26 UT Arlington *Mar. 27 North Texas *April 1 at Stephen F. Austin *April 2 at Sam Houston State *April 9 Northwestern State *April 10 UL Monroe April 16 Trinity April 21-23 SLC Tournament 6th 1995 (7-7, 5-4 SLC - 5th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 5 New Mexico State Feb. 17 Trinity Feb. 18 St. Edwards Mar. 11 at Nicholls State Mar. 12 at McNeese State Mar. 25 at UT Arlington Mar. 26 at North Texas Mar. 31 Abilene Christian April 1 Stephen F. Austin April 2 Sam Houston State April 6 UTSA April 8 Northwestern State April 9 UL Monroe #April 20 UT Arlington #- SLC Tournament

W 9-0 L 3-6 L 2-7 L 0-9 cancelled 4th cancelled W 7-2 L 1-8 L 3-6 W 8-1 L 0-9 L 1-8 L 1-8 6th

Score W 6-2 L 4-5 L 0-6 W 5-4 W 7-2 W 9-0 L 0-8 W 5-1 L 4-5 W 9-0 L 1-8 L 4-5 W 5-4 W 7-2 W 7-2 L 1-8 L 0-9 W 7-2

Score L 3-6 W 6-3 W 9-0 L 0-9 W 9-0 L 2-7 W 7-2 L 2-7 W 7-2 W 6-3 L 1-8 W 8-1 L 0-9 L 3-5

TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 1996 (8-6, 5-4 SLC 4th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 10 at Texas A&M Feb. 16 Trinity Feb. 17 Texas-Pan American Mar. 9 at UTSA Mar. 10 Lamar Mar. 12 at TCU Mar. 16 UT Arlington Mar. 17 North Texas Mar. 23 at Stephen F. Austin Mar. 24 at Sam Houston State Mar. 30 at UL Monroe Mar. 31 at Northwestern State April 4 Nicholls State April 5 McNeese State 1997 (8-6, 5-3 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Feb. 7 Texas-Pan American Feb. 8 at Texas A&M Feb. 15 Trinity Feb. 28 at Lamar Mar. 1 at McNeese State Mar. 2 at Nicholls State Mar. 5 Pittsburg Mar. 7 UTSA Mar. 15 Northwestern State Mar. 16 UL Monroe Mar. 19 at Baylor Mar. 23 Sam Houston State Mar. 27 Stephen F. Austin April 6 at UT Arlington April 17-20 at SLC Tournament 4th 1998 (9-8, 5-4 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Jody Barsalou Date Opponent Jan. 30 Trinity Feb. 6 Texas-Pan American Feb. 7 at Texas A&M ^Feb. 20 Montana State ^Feb. 21 North Texas ^Feb. 22 New Mexico State Feb. 28 Lamar *Mar. 6 UT Arlington *Mar. 7 Sam Houston State *Mar. 15 at McNeese State *Mar. 17 at Northwestern State *Mar. 18 at UL Monroe Mar. 27 Missouri *Mar. 28 UTSA *April 4 Nicholls State *April 5 Southeastern Louisiana *April 10 vs. Stephen F. Austin ^- New Mexico State Tournament

Score L 0-7 W 6-1 W 6-1 L 2-7 W 7-2 L 1-6 W 5-4 L 2-7 W 8-1 W 8-1 L 0-5 W 6-3 L 4-5 W 8-1

Score W 6-1 L 0-9 W 5-2 L 2-7 W 5-2 L 3-4 W 7-0 W 5-2 L 2-5 L 0-7 L 0-9 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 6-1

Score W 5-4 W 9-0 L 0-9 L 2-7 W 5-4 L 0-9 L 1-8 L 4-5 W 6-3 W 7-2 W 7-2 L 3-6 W 7-2 L 0-9 L 2-6 W 7-2 W 5-4

1999 (4-14, 3-7 SLC - 8th) Head Coach: Brenda Burgess Date Opponent Feb. 6 at Texas A&M ^Feb. 13 at Stephen F. Austin ^Feb. 13 vs Tyler Junior College ^Feb. 14 vs Henderson State Feb. 19 Trinity Feb. 26 Missouri Feb. 27 Montana State Feb. 28 New Mexico State *Mar. 7 Northwestern State Mar. 10 Ball State *Mar. 14 at Southeastern Louisiana *Mar. 20 McNeese State *Mar. 21 Lamar *Mar. 27 at Sam Houston State *Mar. 28 at UT Arlington *Mar. 31 UTSA *April 3 Stephen F. Austin *April 7 UL Monroe *April 11 vs. Nicholls State ^ - Stephen F. Austin Tournament 2000 (6-13, 3-7 SLC - 9th) Head Coach: Brenda Burgess Date Opponent Feb. 6 at Houston Feb. 12 at A&M-Corpus Christi Feb. 13 North Texas ^Feb. 18 at New Mexico State ^Feb. 19 vs. Montana State ^Feb. 20 vs. Hampton Feb. 25 Trinity Feb. 26 Missouri Feb. 27 Texas-Pan American *Mar. 5 at Sam Houston State *Mar. 9 at UTSA *Mar. 11 UT Arlington *Mar. 12 Stephen F. Austin *Mar. 18 at Lamar *Mar. 19 at McNeese State *Mar. 25 Southeastern Louisiana *Mar. 26 Nicholls State *April 1 at Northwestern State *April 2 at UL Monroe ^- New Mexico State Tournament 2001 (1-17, 0-10 SLC -11th) Head Coach: Brenda Burgess Date Opponent Feb. 2 Missouri Feb. 3 Texas-Pan American Feb. 4 at Rice Feb. 17 Louisiana Tech Feb. 18 at North Texas Feb. 25 at A&M-Corpus Christi *Mar. 3 UL Monroe *Mar. 4 Northwestern State *Mar. 10 at Nicholls State *Mar. 11 at Southeastern Louisiana Mar. 12 at New Orleans

Score L 0-9 L 1-8 L 0-9 W 8-1 L 2-9 L 1-8 L 3-6 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 0-9 W 5-1 L 1-8 L 4-5 W 5-4 L 0-9 L 0-9 L 2-7 W 4-3 L 1-8

Score L 0-9 W 6-3 L 1-8 L 2-7 W 5-4 L 1-8 L 1-8 L 2-7 W 9-0 L 4-5 L 1-8 L 0-9 L 0-9 L 4-5 L 4-5 W 7-2 W 8-1 W 5-0 L 1-5

Score L 1-4 L 1-6 L 1-6 W 5-2 L 0-7 L 1-6 L 0-4 L 2-5 L 2-5 L 0-7 L 0-7

Mar. 13 *Mar. 18 *Mar. 24 *Mar. 25 *April 1 *April 3 *April 8

Illinois State McNeese State at UT Arlington at Sam Houston State Lamar UTSA Stephen F. Austin

L 0-7 L 1-6 L 0-7 L 1-6 L 2-5 L 0-7 L 1-6

2002 (8-11, 6-4 SLC -5th) Head Coach: Brenda Burgess Date Opponent Jan. 26 at Houston Feb. 2 North Texas Feb. 3 at RIce Feb. 9 New Mexico State Feb. 22 at Trinity Feb. 23 St. Edwards Feb. 25 Abileine Christian *Mar. 9 at UL Monroe *Mar. 10 at Northwestern State Mar. 16 at TAMU-CC *Mar. 17 at McNeese State *Mar. 23 UT Arlington *Mar. 24 Sam Houston State *April 6 at Stephen F. Austin *April 7 at Lamar *April 9 at UTSA *April 13 Southeastern Louisiana *April 14 Nicholls State # April 26 McNeese State

Score L 2-5 L 2-5 L 0-7 L 0-7 L 4-5 W 4-3 L 1-6 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 5-2 L 1-6 L 0-7 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 6-1 W 6-1 L 2-4

2003 (10-10, 6-4 SLC -5th) Head Coach: Brenda Burgess Date Opponent Feb. 1 at Rice Feb. 8 at North Texas Feb. 9 at Rice Feb. 22 A&M-Corpus Christi Feb. 23 UT-Pan American Feb. 27 Trinity Mar. 1 at Houston Mar. 13 Ball State *Mar. 15 Lamar *Mar. 16 McNeese State *Mar. 22 at Nicholls State *Mar. 23 at Southeastern Louisiana *Mar. 29 Northwestern State *Mar. 30 UL Monroe *April 1 UTSA *April 5 Stephen F. Austin *April 12 at UT Arlington *April 13 at Sam Houston State # April 25 McNeese State # April 26 UTSA

Score L 0-7 L 3-4 L 0-7 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-3 L 2-5 L 0-7 W 5-2 L 3-4 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 6-1 L 0-7 L 1-6 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 7-0 W 4-2 L 0-4

2004 (10-10, 6-4 SLC - 5th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Feb. 4 at Houston Feb. 7 North Texas Feb. 8 Texas-El Paso Feb. 14 at TAMU-CC

Score L 1-5 L 0-7 L 1-6 L 1-6

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W 7-0 W 7-0 L 2-5 W 4-3 L 0-4 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 5-2 W 7-0 L 2-5 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 5-1 L 3-4

2005 (7-12, 4-6 SLC - 7th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Feb. 3 at SMU Feb. 4 at North Texas Feb. 5 at TCU Feb. 12 at Rice Feb. 13 at Houston Feb. 17 St. Edwards Feb. 25 A&M-Corpus Christi Feb. 26 Louisiana Tech *Mar. 5 UL Monroe *Mar. 6 Northwestern State *Mar. 12 at Nicholls State *Mar. 13 at Southeastern Louisiana *Mar. 19 Stephen F. Austin *Mar. 20 McNeese State *Mar. 22 UTSA *April 2 at UT Arlington *April 3 at Sam Houston State April 9 T rinity *April 10 Lamar

Score L 0-7 L 0-7 L 0-7 L 0-7 L 0-6 W 5-2 W 6-1 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 4-1 W 6-1 L 3-4 W 4-3 L 1-6 L 3-4 L 1-6 L 2-5 L 3-4 W 4-3

2006 (7-14, 5-5 SLC - 7th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 29 SMU Feb. 4 at Texas A&M Feb. 11 North Texas Feb. 17 vs. Army Feb. 18 vs. Northern Colorado Feb. 19 at Air Force Feb. 23 St. Edwards Mar. 3 at Rice Mar. 4 at Houston Mar. 7 at UTSA Mar. 11 at UL Monroe Mar. 12 at Northwestern State Mar. 14 Columbia Mar. 18 at UL-Lafayette Mar. 19 at McNeese State Mar. 25 UT Arlington Mar. 26 Sam Houston State

Score L 1-6 L 0-7 L 3-4 L 2-5 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 6-1 L 0-7 L 3-4 L 1-5 L 2-5 W 6-1 L 3-4 L 2-4 L 3-4 L 1-6 W 4-3

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at Stephen F. Austin at Lamar Southeastern Louisiana Nicholls State

W 5-2 W 4-3 L 0-7 W 7-0

2007 (11-7, 7-3 SLC - 5th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Jan. 28 at Rice Feb. 9 Texas-Pan American Feb. 13 at St. Edwards Feb. 17 at North Texas *Feb. 18 at UT Arlington Feb. 19 at SMU Feb. 20 at TCU Mar. 2 Trinity *Mar. 4 McNeese State *Mar. 10 at Stephen F. Austin *Mar. 11 at Sam Houston State *Mar. 24 A&M-Corpus Christi *Mar. 25 UTSA *Mar. 31 at Northwestern State *April 1 at Central Arkansas *April 6 Lamar *April 15 at Nicholls State #April 20 vs. Lamar

L 0-7 W 4-3 W 6-1 W 5-2 L 1-6 L 0-7 L 2-5 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 6-1 L 3-4 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 4-2 W 7-0 L 2-5 W 4-3 L 3-4

2008 (10-11, 7-4 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 25 vs. Air Force Jan. 26 at Texas Tech Feb. 2 Texas A&M Feb. 16 at UT-Pan American Feb. 20 St. Edwards Mar. 1 Northwestern State Mar. 2 Central Arkansas Mar. 8 at Lamar Mar. 9 at McNeese State Mar. 11 at Cal St. Fullerton Mar. 12 at Cal St. Northridge Mar. 14 at UC Riverside Mar. 22 at Rice Mar. 29 Stephen F. Austin Mar. 30 Sam Houston State April 5 at TAMU-CC April 6 at UTSA April 12 Nicholls State April 13 Southeastern Louisiana April 19 UT Arlington # April 25 UTSA

Score W 4-3 L 0-7 L 0-7 L 2-5 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 7-0 L 1-6 W 6-1 W 6-1 L 1-6 L 1-6 L 0-4 W 4-0 W 4-3 W 4-1 W 5-2 W 4-3 L 0-7 L 3-4 L 3-4

2009 (10-7, 7-4 SLC - 5th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Feb. 1 at Prairie View A&M Feb. 1 at Rice Feb. 12 St. Edwards Feb. 14 UT-Pan American Feb. 15 North Texas *Feb. 28 at Northwestern State

Score W 5-0 L 0-7 W 5-2 W 5-2 L 2-5 L 1-6

*Mar. 1 *Mar. 7 *Mar. 8 *Mar. 14 *Mar. 28 *Mar. 29 *April 4 *April 5 *April 10 *April 15 # April 24

Central Arkansas Lamar McNeese State at UT Arlington at Stephen F. Austin at Sam Houston State at Nicholls State at Southeastern Louisiana UTSA A&M-Corpus Christi at Northwestern State

W 7-0 L 3-4 W 7-0 L 2-5 W 4-3 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 6-1 L 3-4 W 5-2 L 0-4

2010 (13-7, 8-3 SLC - 3rd) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 23 Louisiana Tech Jan. 24 at SMU Jan. 30 at Rice Feb. 6 at UT-Pan American Feb. 13 Trintiy Feb. 18 St. Edwards *Feb. 26 Nicholls State *Feb. 28 Southeastern Louisiana *Mar. 6 at TAMU-CC *Mar. 9 at UTSA Mar. 10 Penn State *Mar. 13 UT Arlington *Mar. 27 at Lamar *Mar. 28 at McNeese State *April 2 Stephen F. Austin *April 3 Sam Houston State *April 8 Northwestern State *April 12 vs. Central Arkansas #April 23 A&M-Corpus Christi #April 24 UT Arlington

Score W 4-0 L 0-4 L 0-7 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 5-2 W 6-1 L 2-5 L 2-5 W 4-3 L 3-4 W 5-2 W 4-3 L 1-6 W 4-0 W 4-1 L 0-4

2011 (12-8, 7-4 SLC - 4th) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 29 Prairie View A&M Jan. 29 UT- Pan American Feb. 12 at Houston Feb. 13 at Rice Feb. 18 St. Edwards *Mar. 6 at Central Arkansas *Mar. 12 Lamar *Mar. 13 McNeese State Mar. 15 at Cal State-Northridge Mar. 16 at Cal State-Fullerton *Mar. 25 Northwestern State *Mar. 26 at UT Arlington *April 2 at Stephen F. Austin *April 3 at Sam Houston State *April 9 T exas A&M-CC April 10 UTSA *April 16 at Nicholls State *April 17 at Southeastern Louisiana # April 29 Stephen F. Austin # April 30 UT Arlington

Score W 7-0 W 7-0 L 3-6 L 0-7 W 7-0 W 7-0 L 0-7 W 5-2 L 0-7 W 6-1 L 1-6 L 0-7 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 5-2 W 7-0 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 4-3 L 0-4

TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE YEAR-BY-YEAR RESULTS 2012 (14-6, 9-2 SLC - 2nd) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 28 at TCU Feb. 4 at Grambling Feb. 11 St. Edwards Feb. 19 UTEP Feb. 21 at Prairie View A&M *Mar. 3 at Lamar *Mar. 4 at McNeese State *Mar. 11 Central Arkansas *Mar. 12 Northwestern State Mar. 20 New Mexico State Mar. 22 at Rice *Mar. 24 UT Arlington Mar. 25 Houston *Mar. 31 at A&M-Corpus Christi *April 1 at UTSA *April 6 Nicholls State *April 7 Southeastern Louisiana *April 13 Stephen F. Austin *April 21 Sam Houston State # April 26 Sam Houston State 2013 (9-10, 4-5 WAC - 2nd) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Feb. 02 UT-Pan American Feb. 03 St. Edwards Feb. 10 Houston Feb. 15 *UTSA Feb. 16 Northwestern State Feb. 23 SMU Mar. 03 #75 UL-Monroe Mar. 10 at #26 Rice Mar. 21 *vs Louisiana Tech Mar. 22 *vs New Mexico State Mar. 23 *vs Seattle Mar. 28 *UT Arlington Mar. 31 *#73 San Jose State April 05 *vs #61 Denver April 06 *at Utah State April 13 *at Lewis & Clark State College April 14 *at Idaho April 19 McMurry April 25 %vs Louisiana Tech *- WAC opponent; %-WAC Tournament

Score L 1-6 W 7-0 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 7-0 W 5-2 W 4-3 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 4-3 L 3-4 L 3-4 W 6-1 W 6-1 W 7-0 L 0-7 W 5-2 L 3-4

2014 (9-11) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Jan. 18 at #18 Texas Tech Jan. 19 vs Wyoming Feb. 01 UTEP Feb. 08 UL Lafayette* Feb. 15 UTPA Feb. 22 Incarnate Word Feb. 23 Stephen F. Austin Mar. 01 at UL Monroe* Mar. 02 at Northwestern State Mar. 08 at #26 Rice Mar. 10 at UAB Mar. 12 at Alabama State Mar. 13 at South Alabama* Mar. 25 Arkansas State Mar. 31 at UTSA April 04 at SMU April 05 vs Middle Tennessee April 09 at #27 Houston April 12 Prairie View A&M April 18 vs #4 Troy% *- Sun Belt Conference Opponent; %-Sun Belt Tournament

Score L 0-7 L 3-4 W 5-2 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 7-0 W 4-3 W 4-3 L 2-4 L 0-7 L 3-4 W 6-1 L 2-5 W 4-3 L 2-5 L 0-7 L 2-4 L 0-7 W 7-0 L 3-4

2015 (9-7) Head Coach: Tory Plunkett Date Opponent Feb. 01 at New Mexico State Feb. 08 at Stephen F. Austin Feb. 14 Incarnate Word Feb. 15 South Alabama Feb. 20 UT Rio Grande Valley Feb. 21 Northwestern State Feb. 28 at #58 Rice Mar. 11 Missouri State Mar. 28 at UT Arlington* April 02 vs Arkansas State* April 03 vs UL Lafayette* April 04 vs ULM* April 09 UTSA April 11 MIDWESTERN STATE April 16 vs UL Lafayette% April 17 at South Alabama% *- Sun Belt Conference Opponent; %-Sun Belt Tournament

Score L 2-5 L 2-5 W 5-2 L 0-6 W 4-3 W 4-3 L 1-6 W 6-1 L 0-4 W 4-1 W 4-0 L 1-4 W 4-3 W 4-3 W 4-2 L 1-4

2014-15 TEXAS STATE WOMEN'S TENNIS TEAM Score W 7-0 W 6-1 L 1-6 W 5-2 L 3-4 L 0-7 W 5-2 L 0-4 L 3-4 W 4-3 W 7-0 L 2-4 L 2-4 L 0-6 W 4-3 W 6-1 L 3-4 W 7-0 L 0-4

(left to right) Pippa Carr, Katy Collins, Ana Laura Gutierrez, Shannon Beckett, Eva Dench and Monica Pieratt. The Bobcats won their first round match at the 2015 Sun Belt Tournament.

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THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF REGENTS

Charlie Amato San Antonio

William F. Scott Nederland

Dr. Jaime Garza Chairman San Antonio

Rossanna Salazar Vice Chairman Austin

Veronica Muzquiz Edwards San Antonio

David Montagne Beaumont

Alan L. Tinsley Madisonville

Donna N. Williams Arlington

Vernon Reaser III Bellaire

Spencer Copeland Student Regent

BRIAN

MCCALL

CHANCELLOR THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM Brian McCall, Ph.D., is chancellor of the Texas State University System, the first university system established in Texas, comprising eight institutions with more than 81,000 students and 15,000 faculty and staff. Dr. McCall previously served in the Texas House of Representatives, first elected in 1991 to represent the areas of North Dallas, Frisco, Allen, and Plano. As a representative, he served as chairman of the House Calendars Committee and as a member of the Higher Education Committee. Texas Monthly named McCall one of the “10 Best” legislators of the 2009 session. McCall wrote and passed one of the largest tax-cut bills in the history of Texas and during his last session secured $5 million in funding for The University of Texas at Dallas’ Center for Values and Medicine. Other legislative accomplishments include authoring and passing key bills in the areas of health care, biotechnology, high technology, identity theft, and tax and budget policy. McCall serves on the Board of Legacy Texas Financial Group (NASDAQ: LTXB) and as

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The Texas State University System has a long and illustrious history in Texas. In fact, it is the oldest and third largest higher education system in the Lone Star State. Beginning as an administrative means to consolidate the support and management of state teacher colleges, the System has evolved into a network of higher education institutions stretching from the Texas–Louisiana border to the Big Bend region of far West Texas. Today, eight System components offer a broad range of academic and career pathways. Throughout the System are professionals committed to preparing students for working and contributing to an increasingly global society. The academic and professional programs offered help students learn to make sound decisions in life and to become contributors in their communities. Each university, college and institute within The Texas State University System is unique. The member institutions are Texas State University, Sam Houston State University, Lamar University, Lamar Institute of Technology, Lamar State CollegeOrange, Lamar State College-Port Arthur, Sul Ross State University and Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College. The Texas State University System is governed by a nine-member Board of Regents appointed by the Governor. In addition, a nonvoting student regent is appointed annually to the Board. The administration, which is headed by a boardappointed Chancellor, is based in Austin where it provides support to the System components and state government. The Board of Regents are: Dr. Jaime Garza (Chairman), Rossanna Salazar (Vice Chairman), Charlie Amato, Veronica Muzquiz Edwards, David Montagne, Vernon Reaser III, William F. Scott, Alan L. Tinsley, Donna N. Williams, and Spencer Copeland, a Sam Houston State student, serves as the Student Regent.

chairman of Texas’ Council of Public University Presidents and Chancellors (CPUPC), a position to which he was elected by the state’s 38 public university presidents and six chancellors. McCall was president of Westminster Capital Corporation, an investment firm focused on acquisitions primarily in software and technology. He and his brother, David, operate Snow Hill Farm north of Dallas. McCall holds a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University, a master’s degree from Southern Methodist University, spent a year as a visiting post-graduate student at Oxford University, and earned a doctor of philosophy degree from The University of Texas at Dallas. McCall is the author of The Power of the Texas Governor: Connally to Bush, published by University of Texas Press, which examines how various governors have overcome the institutional limitations of the office to achieve significant political power. A long-time civic and community volunteer, McCall is founder and chairman of the board of The Empowerment Project, a non-profit organization which has sent more than $10 million worth of math and science books to disadvantaged schools in the Republic of South Africa, and helped construct a library in Vietnam through the Libraries of Love organization. The Empowerment Project also raised more than $350,000 to provide direct support for the medical needs of children in north Texas. McCall is the recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award from The University of Texas at Dallas, is a member is The Philosophical Society of Texas, and serves on the Board of Directors of ZACH Theater in Austin.

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Texas State University is an Emerging Research University located in San Marcos, a growing community of 50,000 in the Austin Metropolitan area. Texas State currently enrolls over 38,000 students who choose from 97 bachelor’s, 88 master’s and 12 doctoral degree programs offered by the following colleges: Applied Arts, McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, Fine Arts and Communication, Health Professions, Liberal Arts, Science and Engineering, University College and The Graduate College. As an Emerging Research University, Texas State offers opportunities for discovery and innovation to faculty and students. Texas State’s diverse student body comes from the nation and around the world. Forty-eight percent of our students are ethnic minorities. Hispanic Outlook ranks Texas State 18th in the nation in Hispanic undergraduate enrollment and 23rd in the nation for the total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded to Hispanic students. Texas State’s San Marcos campus is located in the Texas Hill Country, where blackland prairies roll into beautiful hills, providing a unique setting among Texas universities. The beauty of the crystal-clear San Marcos River and the stately cypress and oak trees on campus add to the university’s picturesque setting. The river also provides recreational activities for students throughout the year. Authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1899, Texas State, originally called Southwest Texas State Normal School, opened its doors in 1903. The red-roofed, castle-like landmark known as Old Main was the first building. The University has a second 101-acre campus in Round Rock. As the university’s student population has grown - from 303 in 1903 to 38,006 in 2015 - Texas State’s campus has expanded and today consists of a 457-acre San Marcos campus and 5,038 additional acres in recreational, instructional, farm and ranch land. The campus is home to over 260 buildings. Some, like Old Main, are as old as the university itself. Others, such as the Performing Arts Center, opened in 2014. An Undergraduate Academic Center opened in 2012, and additional new buildings are being completed. Over the years, the Legislature broadened the institution’s scope and changed its name, in succession, to Normal College, Southwest Texas State Teachers College, Southwest Texas State College, Southwest Texas State University, and in 2003 to Texas State University. Each name reflects the university’s growth from a small teacher preparation institution to a major, multipurpose university.

NOTABLE ALUMNI

Texas State’s alumni include distinguished, accomplished and even famous men and women in every discipline and field of study. picture of Old Main with other pictures included of the river and other buildings on campus.

“THE NOBLEST SEARCH IS THE SEARCH FOR EXCELLENCE.” -PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY CLASS OF 1930

LYNDON B. JOHNSON -36TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES GEORGE STRAIT -MULTI-YEAR COUNTRY MUSIC ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR JEFF FOSTER -RETIRED PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER (NBA) PAUL GOLDSCHMIDT -CURRENT MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER SCOTT LINEBRINK -RETIRED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER CHARLES AUSTIN -1996 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WINNING HIGH JUMPER JOYCE EKWOROMADU -HARLEM GLOBETROTTER JULIE WHITE -TONY AWARD WINNING ACTRESS POWERS BOOTHE -EMMY-WINNING TELEVISION & FILM ACTOR THOMAS CARTER -EMMY-WINNING PRODUCER AND DIRECTOR SUSAN ANGELL-GONZALEZ -PRESIDENT/CEO, SHOWMAKERS OF AMERICA 2015-16 MEDIA GUIDE

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DR. DENISE M. TRAUTH

PRESIDENT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

Since Denise M. Trauth was named the ninth president • Constructing other campus facilities including Bobcat Stadium’s North Side Complex, at Texas State University in June 2002, the university has the Undergraduate Academic Center, the Chautauqua/Gaillardia Housing Complex, achieved many milestones, including: the Falls/Sayers Housing Complex, STAR Park (a technology accelerator for start-up • Obtaining recognition of Texas State as an Emerging Research University. and early-stage businesses), Bobcat Baseball/Softball Stadium improvements, Bobcat • Leading the transition of the Texas State’s athletics program into the ranks of Division I Track and Field Stadium, the Student Recreation Center expansion, Concho Green, FBS football and the Sun Belt Conference. improvements to the North LBJ bus loop, San Jacinto residence • Increasing the diversity of the student body. The university hall, the Student Health Center, the Mitte Complex, expansion became a Hispanic Serving Institution in fall 2010; fortyof Strahan Coliseum, McCoy Hall and its parking garage, the eight percent of Texas State students self-designate as Speck Street, Matthews Street, and Edward Gary Street parking non-white, international, or other. garages, the Family and Consumer Sciences Building Expansion, • Increasing enrollment every fall (36,790 for fall 2014), the Housing and Residential Life Building, and the Nursing making Texas State one of the 35 largest public universities Building in Round Rock. in the U. S. and the fourth largest Texas university. • Increasing the number of full-time faculty from 694 to more • Raising over $151 million in the Pride in Action campaign, than 1,700. significantly exceeding its $110 million goal. • Expanding Curriculum, including the addition of seven doctoral • Attracting the largest private gift in university history, $20 programs: in aquatic resources; mathematics education; million from Emmett and Miriam McCoy of San Marcos to criminal justice; developmental education; and materials support the college of business administration that now science, engineering, and commercialization; an Ed.D. program bears the couple’s names. in developmental education; and a doctor of physical therapy • Obtaining major gifts from Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields program. The Terry Foundation, founded by Houston totaling over $12 million, including more than $8 million to • Initiating the Common Experience, which is an annual philanthropists Howard and Nancy Terry, have funded athletics, which honored them with their name on the West campus-wide focus for classroom discussion, performing arts, over $9 million in scholarships to Texas State students. Side Complex of Bobcat Stadium. exhibitions, invited speakers, and community involvement. This • Creating the PACE Center which is an innovative Personalized Academic and Career year’s theme is “Bridged Through Stories: Shared Heritage of the United States and Exploration Center that helps freshmen clarify their career goals and establish a specific Mexico.” The theme is a tribute to Dr. Tomás Rivera, a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas educational plan to achieve those goals. State University. • Obtaining a gift of 101 acres of prime land from the Avery Family for the University’s • Obtaining a $5 million dollar gift from the St. David’s Foundation and authorization Round Rock Campus. The first building, the Avery Building, opened in 2005, and the from the Texas Legislature for $48.6 million to help fund the construction of a new second, the Nursing Building, opened in 2010. health professions building on the Round Rock Campus. The St. David’s gift is eligible • Gaining approval for a bachelor’s degree in nursing, launched by a $6 million gift from for a $5 million dollar match under a state program that supports emerging research the St. David’s Foundation, now enrolling 200 upper-level nursing students, and a universities. Master of Science in Nursing program with a Family Nurse Practitioner major, launched • Obtaining gifts valued at $7.1 million dollars from Gloria and Bruce Ingram to help fund by a $2 million gift from the St. David’s Foundation. the construction of a new engineering and science building on the San Marcos Campus. • Creating the Ingram School of Engineering which was The Ingrams’ gift is eligible for a $5 million dollar match under a state program that made possible through $9 million in gifts from Bruce and supports emerging research universities. Gloria Ingram, including $4 million for scholarships. • Receiving a $15 million dollar NASA award for STEM Collaboration between Education • Expanding the Wittliff Collections, including a and Engineering to support teacher training; the largest grant received by Texas State. permanent exhibition room for the Lonesome Dove • Creating STAR Park which is a research facility and small business incubator that Collection and the acquisition of the Cormac McCarthy spurs innovations and commercialization by encouraging partnerships between the Papers. university and private companies in Science, Technology, and Advanced Research • Constructing a new Performing Arts Center, launched (STAR). by an $8 million gift from Patti Strickel Harrison. In addition to her on-campus responsibilities, President Trauth is a member and former president of the Austin Area Research Organization, serves on the Board of Trustees of the Southwest Research Institute, is a member of the Philosophical Society of Texas, and currently serves as President of the Sun Belt Conference. She also serves on the executive board of the Greater San Marcos Partnership and the E3 Alliance Board. She received the Austin Business Journal’s Special Achievement Award and the Girl Scouts’ Women of Distinction Award in 2011, and was the “Respect” Award Recipient for the First Tee Greater Austin 9 Core Values Awards 2012. She is married to Dr. John Huffman, professor emeritus at Bowling Green and UNC Charlotte. They have two daughters and four grandchildren.

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LOCATION: SAN MARCOS, TEXAS Texas State offers 97 bachelor’s, 88 master’s, and 12 doctoral degrees.

Texas State is the 31st largest public university in the United States. It is the fourth largest university in Texas.

SECOND LOCATION: ROUND ROCK, TEXAS FOUNDED: 1899

Texas State’s 491-acre San Marcos campus is home to 267 buildings.

ENROLLMENT: 38,006

The total enrollment of Texas State is 38,006. This includes 33,504 undergrads, 3,929 graduate students and 573 postbaccalaureate students.

BUILDINGS: OVER 260 The Department of Education recognized Texas State as a Hispanic Serving Institution in 2011. This designation allows the university access to grants that expand and enhance academic offerings for all students. Texas State is the second-largest university in Texas to receive designation as a Hispanic Serving Institution.

PRESIDENT: DR. DENISE M. TRAUTH PROVOST: DR. EUGENE BOURGEOIS FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE: DR. PAUL GOWENS

The freshman retention rate at Texas State is 76 percent.

Texas State has set enrollment records for each of the past 18 years. The number of new students has increased by 3.3 percent in 2015-16.

Students of Texas State come from 227 of Texas’ 254 counties, all 50 states, and 62 nations.

NICKNAME: BOBCATS

The median class size at Texas State is 23 students and there is a student to faculty ratio of 20 to 1.

COLORS: MAROON & GOLD NATIONAL AFFILIATION: NCAA DIV. I FBS

Texas State became the state’s eighth Emerging Research University in 2012, making it eligible for funding to boost research initiatives.

Texas State students first saw the Victory Star on campus in December 1936 when it was placed as a Christmas decoration on top of a 50,000-gallon water tower near where the Chemistry Building sits today. After the holidays, the star was taken down and put away. But in 1942, night watchman Elmer Titsworth found it and placed it on the water tower. He turned it on after the Bobcats won football games and created a new tradition. When the water tower was replaced, the Victory Star tradition was moved to the top of the 138-foot-high Jackson Hall. The star was replaced by a new star that had a radius of six feet from the ceter to the tip of each arm. It contained two sets of lights -- an outside white outline and an inner colored set of lights. The white set was to be controlled by a photoelectric cell which could turn the lights on at sundown and off at sun-up. The colored lights were to operate on a manual switch. The student senate was expected to write a set of rules governing the circumstances under which the star would be illuminated. The new star was built by San Marcos sign-man Ivar Gunnarson, who expected to have it ready in time for the first game against Texas Lutheran on September 16, 1967. In its new location atop Jackson Hall, the Victory Star actually sits about 50 feet higher than its predecessor sat on the former water tower.

VICTORY STAR

The five-pointed star atop Jackson Hall on Texas State’s highest hill can be seen from miles away and is lighted after all athletic victories, both home and away. This star is, of course, Texas State’s symbol, taken from our university seal. It is from the star that the school’s newspaper, The University Star (formerly named the Normal Star and the College Star), gets its name.

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ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE OAK FARMS DAIRY ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD To be eligible for this award students must: 1. participate in a varsity sport at Texas State University 2. earn a 3.0 or higher GPA for the semester

OAK FARMS DAIRY CREAM OF THE CROP AWARD These students are the elite of the elite. Each of these award winners must: 1. participate in a varsity sport at Texas State University 2. earn a 4.0 GPA for the semester

TEXAS STATE “T” ASSOCIATION RING The Ring symbolizes excellence on the playing field and in the classroom. To receive the “T” Association ring, student-athletes must have: 1. received the “T” Letter from the Texas State Department of Athletics 2. completed NCAA eligibility with Texas State 3. earned an undergraduate degree from Texas State within one year of completing NCAA eligibility

ACADEMIC PROGRESS RATE (APR) Texas State student-athletes have a history of performing well in the classroom as well. The women's tennis team has earned Public Recognition for being ranked among the Top 10 percent of NCAA Division I teams in the Academic Progress Rate (APR) for each of the last five years. Last year, Texas State had two teams earn Public Recognition. The other team was the women's golf team (pictured to the left). In 2015-16 and beyond, teams must earn a four-year APR of 930 to compete in NCAA Championships.

BY THE NUMBERS ... TEXAS STATE ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS 148 - Student-athletes who earned the Oak Farms Dairy Achievement Award 72 - Dean’s List recipients in the Spring of 2015 71 - Dean’s List recipients in the Fall of 2014 56 - Student-athletes who earned the Texas State “T” Association Ring 36 - Cream of the Crop Award winners 2 -Katy Collins and Eva Dench earned Oak Farms Dairy Academic Achievement Awards in 2015.

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS TEXAS STATE BOBCAT CLUB ACADEMIC T-RING AND GRADUATION CORDS RECIPIENTS One of the most popular events for the Texas State Athletics Department is the Bobcat Club “T” Ring Ceremony held in conjunction with Texas State's graduation commencements in the fall, spring and summer. Each studentathlete is presented the Bobcat Club's "T" Ring, graduation cords and a Sun Belt Conference Medallion to wear during commencement exercises Each Bobcat Club “T” Ring symbolizes excellence on the playing field as well as the classroom. The criteria for receiving the ring includes 1) earning a “T” letter from the Athletic Department; 2) completing NCAA eligibility at Texas State and 3) earning a bachelor’s degree within one year after their eligibility expired. Along with their rings, all graduating student-athletes receive the maroon and gold cords to wear during graduation commencements. A tradition introduced by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in December 2008, the cords serve to recognize student-athletes as a unique group on campus. Since Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference in 2013, graduating student-athletes are presented Sun Belt Conference medallions, which serve to distinguish each Sun Belt studentathlete who has earned a degree. The student-athletes can wear the medallions during graduation to honor their accomplishments and to show their pride in the Sun Belt Conference. During 2015, Texas State honored 56 student-athletes during ceremonies in August, December and May. The student-athletes included tennis player Monica Peiratt. Since the inception of the program in May of 1986, over 1,000 student-athletes have received the Bobcat Club “T” Ring.

Monica Pieratt (second from the left) earned her “T” Ring following the 2015 season. She is pictured with (from right to left) head coach Tory Plunkett, assistant athletic director Laurie Hindson, athletic director Larry Teis and president Denise M. Trauth.

Bérénice Van den Bergh (second from the left) received her “T” Ring in the 2014 summer ceremony. She is pictured with (from right to left) head coach Tory Plunkett, assistant athletic director Laurie Hindson, associate athletic director Tracy Shoemake and president Denise M. Trauth.

Mariana Perez (far right) received her “T” Ring in the 2014 Spring ceremony. She is pictured with (from right to left) head coach Tory Plunkett, assistant athletic director Lori Hindson, athletic director Larry Teis and president Denise M. Trauth. “T” RING RECIPIENTS FROM WOMEN’S TENNIS Melanie Hall Kim Abbey Tina Klemenc Amanda Alvarado Kiki Kruse Jessica Blair Vanessa Lindsey Nicole Benshoof Melissa Martin Jennifer Bowman Tracey Martin Lainy Chafitz Aubrey Mika Mariana Charalambous Brittney Mikeskaren Sarah Convery Sumarie Muller Jana Cucciniello Mariana Perez Therese Devine Margaret Potyrala Ashley Ellis Nyssa Peele Mackenzie Farmer Monica Pieratt Sallyanne Fossey Karen Reeves Makenzie Fryar Stacey Samuelson Jodie Gledhill Tiffany Schmitt Angela Green Regan Schneider Andrea Giesick Leja Sirola Andrea Giraldo Amanda Slayton Celina Gomez Lindsey Stone Laura Gomez Kim Sutton Dora Guerra Bérénice Van den Bergh Brenda Haag Katy Windham Melissa Hadad

Melissa Hadad (far right) received her “T” Ring in the 2014 Spring ceremony. She is pictured with (from right to left) head coach Tory Plunkett, assistant athletic director Lori Hindson, athletic director Larry Teis and president Denise M. Trauth. In back are Bethany Ulman and Kelsey Woodward

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SAN MARCOS, AUSTIN & SAN ANTONIO San Marcos, the county seat of Hays County, is on Interstate Highway 35, 25 miles south of Austin in the southeastern part of the county. The San Marcos River has been a watering place for Native Americans throughout the ages. Mastodon bones and Clovis points, uncovered in an underwater archeological dig conducted by Dr. Joel Shiner of SMU, produced evidence that the Clovis Man lived in and around the headwaters of the San Marcos River over 12,000 years ago. It was the site of several Spanish attempts at colonization before it became the center of an Anglo-American settlement in the area. The first such attempt, in 1755, saw the short-lived establishment of the San Xavier missions and the presidio of San Francisco Xavier. These were relocated less than a year later, and the headwaters of the San Marcos River remained unsettled for another half century. In 1808, the Spanish governor of Texas, Manuel Antonio Cordero y Bustamante, sponsored the civil settlement of San Marcos de Neve near the same site, but floods and Indian raids prompted its abandonment in 1812. In November 1846, Thomas G. McGehee became the first Anglo-American to settle in the vicinity of the San Marcos Springs, but William W. Moon has been identified as the original resident of the site that became San Marcos proper. Moon was soon joined by other former members of John C. Haysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; company of Texas Rangers and by Gen. Edward Burleson. Caton Erhard opened the first store and post office by 1847. The First Methodist Church began soon after. The Texas Legislature organized Hays County on March 1, 1848, and designated the young community as the county seat. San Marcos already had 387 residents. In 1851, General Burleson, William Lindsey, and Dr. Eli T. Merriman took possession of a 640-acre section of the Juan Veramendi grant and laid out the town center. Tarbox and Brown stagecoaches linked San Marcos with Austin and San Antonio in 1848, and the town began its development as the commercial center for the cart trade between area farmers and ranchers and coastal commission merchants. It also became a center for ginning and milling local agricultural products. Following the Civil War, the population of 742 in 1870 grew to 2,335 in the decade following the arrival of the International-Great Northern Railroad in 1881. During that decade, the town supported two banks, an opera house, and a variety of stores, saloons, and other businesses. Cattle and cotton production in the area provided the basis for the gradual growth of San Marcos as a center for commerce and transportation. The chartering in 1899 and subsequent opening in 1903 of Texas State and the San Marcos Baptist Academy in 1907 established education as an important local industry. In the 1960s, the emergence of Aquarena Springs and Wonder Cave as important attractions helped the tourist industry become another reliable and growing source of income. Today, San Marcos has a population of 54,076. The tourism industry continues to be a major employer and economic contributor with our Outlet Centers consistently rated among the top three attractions in the state. Ecotourism is a hot topic at both Aquarena Center and Wonder World, and the San Marcos River continues to attract visitors, a continuous tradition for more than 12,000 years.

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Austin has the 39th largest DMA (Designated Market Area) in the nation. This is a jump from 40th last year as over 729,300 homes are reached.

TEXAS STATE TENNIS Franklin Barbecue ranks in the top-10 by the Austin Chronicle for first-rate barbecue. Aaron Franklin was a 2015 James Beard Award winner as the “Best Chef in the Southwest Region” and Texas Monthly ranked as the top barbeque joint in Texas. Get in line very early to be rewarded with an ethereal beef rib.

Austin is the capital of Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas and the American Southwest, it is the 11th-largest city in the United States of America and the fourth-largest city in the state of Texas. It was the thirdfastest-growing large city in the nation from 2000 to 2006.

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The music of Austin, Texas, USA has gone beyond 6th Street and now includes other areas such as Red River, the University of Texas, the Warehouse District and Downtown, South Lamar, South Austin, East Austin and the Market District. Every night over 100 venues stage live music. Austin’s official motto is the “Live Music Capital of the World”.

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San Antonio has the 33rd largest DMA (Designated Market Area) in the nation, reaching over 911,000 homes.

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Located on the I-35 corridor between Austin and San Antonio, San Marcos has been ranked among the 10 fastestgrowing cities with populations of 50,000 or more for the second consecutive year. San Marcos has the largest outlet shopping center in the nation with more than 260 shops and is home to the Wonder World Cave, the nation’s only earthquake-formed cave.

San Marcos Outlet Mall

The San Antonio River Walk is a verdant oasis of cypress-lined paved paths, arched stone bridges and lush landscapes. It gently winds through the city center, providing millions of visitors each year with easy access to the city’s cultural hot spots, historic sites and other attractions.

Designated as a “World Heritage Site” by the U.N. cultural body in July 2015, the Alamo was founded in 1718 as the first mission in San Antonio, and served as a way station between east Texas and Mexico. In 1836, decades after the mission had closed, the Alamo became an inspiration and a motivation for liberty during the Texas Revolution. For 13 days in 1836, close to 200 Texas defenders held the Alamo from over one thousand of General Santa Anna’s troops from Mexico. The most famous of the defenders, William Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy Crockett, died fighting overwhelming odds for freedom.

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TEXAS STATE ATHLETICS FACILITIES BOBCAT TENNIS COMPLEX

The home for the Texas State tennis team is the Bobcat Tennis Complex that features eight outdoor and a newly renovated indoor lighted hard courts. The Complex is located on the corner of Sessoms Drive and Peques Street on the Texas State campus. Opened in 1980, the facility features has a championship court with a grandstand for over 200 spectators. The courts were resurfaced in 2010 with new landscaping added in 2011. In additional bleachers with awnings provides seating for an additional 100 spectators to watch four other courts. The Complex also features a locker room for the women's tennis team with a meeting area for the Bobcats to review practices and matches. Directions to Bobcat Tennis Complex

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From Austin I-35 North ... take exit 206 toward TX-Loop 82/Aquarena Springs Dr. ... turn right onto Aquarena Springs Dr. ... travel 1.3 miles and turn right onto Sessom Dr. ... travel 3/10 of a mile and turn right onto Peques St. ... then turn left into parking lot. From San Antonio I-35 North ... take exit 206 toward TX-Loop 82/Aquarena Springs Dr. ... turn left onto Aquarena Springs Dr. ... travel 1.3 miles and turn right onto Sessom Dr. ... travel 3/10 of a mile and turn right onto Peques St. ... then turn left into parking lot. From Houston I-10 East ... take exit 632 for US-183 N toward Luling ... turn right onto S. Magnolia Ave./US-183 N in Luling ... take 3rd left onto TX80 N/E to San Marcos ... after going underneath I-35 in San Marcos, take right onto Charles Austin Ave. ... turn left onto Aquarena Springs Dr. ... turn right onto Sessom Dr. ... travel 3/10 of a mile and turn right onto Peques St. ... then turn left into parking lot.

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TEXAS STATE TENNIS Stadium Seating: 500 • Built: 2000 • Locker Room Built: 2009 • Teaching Theater/Weight Room/Training Room Built: 2011 • Surface: Grass •

SOCCER COMPLEX • Stadium Seating: 2,500 • Suites: 5 • Seating: Chairback & Bench Style • Built: 2009 • Surface: Grass

BOBCAT BALLPARK Stadium Seating: 1,000 • Suites: 2 • Seating: Chairback & Bench Style • Built: 2009 • Surface: Grass •

BOBCAT SOFTBALL STADIUM • Stadium Seating: 2,000 • Built: 2011

TRACK & FIELD STADIUM Stadium Seating: 30,000 • Suites: Legacy Suite (15) • Premium Seating: Champions Club (450) • Built: 1981 (Renovated 2012) • Surface: Field Turf •

BOBCAT STADIUM Stadium Seating: 7,200 • Premium Seating: 30 Courtside • Built: 1982 • Surface: Hardwood •

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DR. LARRY TEIS

DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

With newly expanded and renovated facilities, membership in the NCAA Division I FBS and record-setting fundraising efforts, Dr. Larry Teis has overseen unprecedented growth and success at Texas State in his 11 years as the director of athletics. Under his leadership, new facilities and renovation projects have totaled over $100 million since 2009. Fundraising efforts have generated record-setting campaigns in each of the past six years and Texas State enters its third season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference after joining the FBS ranks as a member of the WAC in 2012-13. The Bobcats joined the FBS after claiming three Southland Conference Commissioner’s Cups and six SLC women’s all-sports trophies in eight years. In his tenure, Texas State has won 23 conference championships and 14 conference tournament titles. In addition, over 360 student-athletes have earned a bachelor’s degree and over 850 attained a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the last five years. This past year, the Bobcats had five teams post perfect APR scores for the second straight year. In addition, Texas State’s women’s golf and tennis teams were publicly recognized by the NCAA for ranking among the Top 10 percent of their sports with multi-year APR rates for the four-year period ending in 2013-14, for the sixth straight year. The new and renovated facilities include a redesigned court and new seating in Strahan Coliseum, new practice courts for the basketball and volleyball teams, and construction and grand opening of new Bobcat baseball and softball stadiums. In addition, the Jerry D. and Linda Gregg Fields West Side Complex, which includes 15 luxury suites and 450 club seats, a new playing surface and a new $33-million North Side Complex were added to Bobcat Stadium to increase the seating capacity to 30,000. The first home game in the new stadium against Texas Tech saw a record crowd of 33,006 thanks to temporary seating in the south end zone

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for the game. The Bobcats have played in front of eight of their 10 largest crowds at Bobcat Stadium during the past two seasons. A new track stadium was built and Texas State’s track and field teams have new coaching offices, locker rooms, weight room and training room. The Bobcat Tennis Complex features new covered seating, a new $1 million indoor facility and a new locker room, while the soccer stadium includes a new locker room, weight room and training room. Since 2008, Texas State Athletics has received two million-dollar gifts with Jerry and Linda Fields donating $6 million to the program in 2009 after providing a gift of $100,000 to help fund Texas State’s football season tickets drive for the 2008 season. The first $1 million gift to the department came from Darren B. Casey in 2008. Those donations combined with record-setting corporate sponsorships and the student government approving an athletic fee helped Texas State move to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Citing his leadership skills, experience and values as elements that made him the right fit for the position, Texas State President Denise M. Trauth named Teis the Bobcats’ eighth director of athletics in March 2004. A member of Texas State’s athletic administration since January 1999, he serves on the President’s Council and reports directly to President Trauth. Teis was honored as the 2005-06 General Sports TURF Systems AD of the Year Division I-AA West Region Winner, presented by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics. In 2007, he was honored by the All-American Football Foundation with the General Robert R. Neyland Outstanding Athletic Director Award. He assumed his current position after serving as associate athletic director for external affairs, and oversaw game management, marketing, promotions, facilities and ticket sales. Teis also was the administrator for the men’s and women’s golf, baseball and volleyball teams as well as the Strutters. In addition, he oversaw the Bobcat Athletic Foundation from 1998-02. A native of Fort Worth, Teis came to Texas State after spending four years as the director of athletic marketing at TCU, where he developed the marketing plan for all sports that included facility signage, season ticket campaigns, game day operations and corporate sponsorships. Prior to his tenure at TCU, Teis was the assistant director of New Mexico’s Lobo Club for three years. Teis is an active member of the local community, including serving on the board of directors and as a past chair of the San Marcos Convention and Visitors Bureau. He holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from TCU, a master’s in sports administration from St. Thomas University of Miami, Fla., and a doctorate in health, physical education and recreation with an emphasis in sports administration from the University of New Mexico. Teis and his wife, Jana, have two daughters, Taylor and Shelby, who are both students at Texas State.

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ATHLETIC ADMINISTRATION/STAFF

Dr. Paul Gowens Faculty Representative

Travis Comer Assoc. AD Major Gifts

Don Coryell Assoc. AD External Operations

Tracy Shoemake Assoc. AD Internal Operations/SWA

Matt Carson Asst. AD Ticket Sales & Operations

Karen Chisum Asst. AD Head Volleyball Coach

Laurie Hindson Asst. AD Academic Services/Dir. of AAC

Bryan Miller Asst. AD Marketing & Promotions

Lacy Needham Asst. AD Business Services

Marc Nickell Asst. AD Major Gifts

Rick Poulter Asst. AD Sports Information

Kelsey Solis Asst. AD NCAA Compliance

Jeremy Stolfa Asst. AD Facilities & Game Operations

Joshua Whittenburg Asst. AD Development

HEAD COACHES

Mike Akers Women’s Golf

Ty Harrington Baseball

Zenarae Antoine Women’s Basketball

Shane Howell Men’s Golf

Karen Chisum Volleyball

Danny Kaspar Men’s Basketball

Kat Conner Soccer

Tory Plunkett Tennis

Dennis Franchione Football

Jody Stewart Track and Field/Cross Country

Ricci Woodard Softball

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SUN BELT CONFERENCE Is the Sun Belt Conference a modern-day fixture among the decision-makers in the ever-changing world of college athletics? Or is the league a long-time innovator, responsible for advancements in many sports that we now take for granted? Is the Sun Belt home of an alumni base that includes national and international leaders in the areas of government, business and entertainment as well as athletics? Or is the conference one that has established itself as a national contender in a variety of sports, and one that continues to evolve in ways that directly benefit its institutions and more importantly its student-athletes?

Bowl for bowl-eligible teams each and every season. The Sun Belt also has a a tie-in to the NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl and will also be part of a conference rotation that will send teams to the Popeyes Bahamas Bowl and the Miami Beach Bowl beginning in 2016. No football conference in history has ever boasted as many bowl relationships in its first two decades of existence, but such breakthroughs have been the rule rather than the exception for a league that continues to exceed expectations. Just in the last three seasons, league members have recorded 52 non-conference wins including a record 21 victories outside the league in 2013. The Sun Belt also has a winning record over its fellow “Group of Five” conferences over the past two seasons, and has claimed three bowl victories in those two years.

The answer is yes, yes, yes and yes. The Sun Belt Conference’s “Together We Rise” motto isn’t just hyperbole. It’s proven fact on many different levels, not the least being its place in the hierarchy of collegiate athletics. As the league prepares to celebrate four decades since its founding in 1976, the Sun Belt occupies a “seat at the table” as a permanent part of the NCAA’s 24-member Board of Directors. That alone insures that the conference has a voice in determining the future as college sports continues to change and evolve. Changing and evolving have been hallmarks of the league since its existence. College basketball might be a shadow of its current self had the Sun Belt not led the way in the establishment of the shot clock. The conference also wrote history at the start of the century when it inaugurated football as a league sport – becoming the first alreadyexisting Division I conference to take such action. The Sun Belt was originally founded to give home to some of the nation’s premier mid-major basketball teams, and the league’s history is dotted with success in many different men’s and women’s sports through its history. But when the desire for a higher national profile and the desire of its membership brought about football sponsorship in 2001, the conference was figuratively reborn, and now stands as one of the 10 premier college football leagues in the country. And, with the recent debut of the College Football Playoff, the Sun Belt is guaranteed universal access based strictly on performance. A worthy football team in the Sun Belt can be in the national championship picture, and the league is a permanent part of the “Group of Five” conferences (joining the American Athletic Conference, the Mountain West Conference, the Mid-American Conference and Conference USA) that will send its highest-rated champion to a premier Jan. 1 bowl game. In only 15 years of football, the Sun Belt has earned ties to no fewer than eight bowl games. In addition to the potential of the College Football Playoff, the league has guaranteed spots in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, the GoDaddy Bowl, the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl and the new Cure

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Gridiron success has grown in the league for several years, but success can also happen overnight. New league member Georgia Southern claimed the Sun Belt football title in its first year in the conference last fall. Appalachian State, another league newbie, rattled off six consecutive wins to close the 2014 football season and finish with a winning 7-5 record. Texas State has finished its two football seasons in in the conference as a bowl eligible team, going 6-6 in its inaugural Sun Belt campaign and then 7-5 this past season. Football, though, is by no means the only hallmark of success for the league. Just this past season, Georgia State knocked off third-seeded Baylor in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament and Little Rock defeated sixth-seeded Texas A&M in the women’s NCAA tournament. With the league’s postseason tournaments headed back to the conference’s home city, the “Big Easy” of New Orleans, and a plethora of standouts returning for this season, the league is poised for another successful hoops season. Baseball and softball continue to put the league in the national spotlight during the spring season, with deep runs into postseason play and high visibility in the national polls becoming a tradition. UL Lafayette’s baseball team was the nation’s No. 1 team in the final third of the 2014 season and has reached the NCAA Super Regional round each of the past two years, while the UL Lafayette softball team has advanced to the Super Regional three straight years including a trip to the 2014 College World Series. Many league sports have made statements on the national level, and that is a tribute to the university and athletic administrators that serve both the league institutions and the student-athletes at each school. That this level of success comes at a time of sweeping change in collegiate athletics adds even more to these accomplishments. With those changes, opportunities for student-athletes to succeed both on and off the field have never been greater, and the Sun Belt is well positioned in the areas of scholarship, student welfare and academic success. During the 2014-15 academic year alone, Sun Belt member institutions awarded nearly $50 million in scholarship funds to over 3,084 student-

2014-15 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS SELECTIONS First Team Singles Tamara Slijepcevic (Arkansas State) Petra Horakova (UL Monroe) Monica Mitta (South Alabama) Laura Valkova (South Alabama) Elizabeth Thoms (UT Arlington) Trang Huynh (Troy) First Team Doubles Emily Newton/Laura Valkova (South Alabama) Angeles de los Rios/Elizabeth Thoms (UT Arlington) Anja Cosovic/Trang Huynh (Troy) Second Team Singles Clare Cox (Appalachian State) Anne Kurzweil (Georgia Southern) Linn Timmermann (Georgia State) Emily Newton (South Alabama) Astrid Gehre (UT Arlington) Angeles de los Rios (UT Arlington) Second Team Doubles Tarani Kamoe/Linn Timmermann (Georgia State) Niri Rasolomalala/Kristin Rehse (Georgia State) Petra Horakova/Sophie Rufyikiri (UL Monroe) Coach of the Year: Jaco Keyser , South Alabama Player of the Year: Trang Huynh (Troy) Freshman of the Year: Anne Kurzweil (Georgia Southern) 2015 SUN BELT CONFERENCE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Feb. 4 Elizabeth Thoms, UT Arlington Feb. 11 Trang Huynh, Troy Feb. 18 Astrid Gehre, UT Arlington Feb. 25 Angeles De Los Rios, UT Arlington Mar. 4 Monica Mitta, South Alabama Mar. 11 Trang Huynh, Troy Mar. 18 Laura Valkova, South Alabama Mar. 25 Monica Mitta, South Alabama Apr. 1 Linn Timmermann, Georgia State Apr. 8 Laura Valkova, South Alabama and Trang Huynh, Troy

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athletes while also contributing over $2 million from the Student Assistance Fund (SAF) to over 1,779 student-athletes. The league and its institutions rewrite the Sun Belt’s record book each year in grade-point averages and academic honors, and member schools’ success in the NCAA’s APR rankings provide even more proof of the league’s academic commitment. In 2015, the conference doubled the number of teams that received NCAA Public Recognition Awards, given to teams that post APR scores in the top 10 percent of their sport, as 14 teams were among the national honorees compared to seven in 2014. “We have never been as strong as we are now academically and financially, and I believe we are getting stronger all the time athletically,” said former Sun Belt Conference president and Troy University chancellor Dr. Jack Hawkins, Jr. recently. “I truly believe the best is yet to come.” The strength of any league lies in its membership, with the Sun Belt’s 11-school football membership including Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Idaho, UL Lafayette, UL Monroe, New Mexico State, South Alabama, Texas State and Troy. Little Rock and UT Arlington compete in all sports as non-football members while Idaho and New Mexico State are football-only members. Those members give the Sun Belt a mix of the “old” and the “new”, with many long-time Sun Belt institutions continuing to have success and a solid corps of conference newcomers

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ready to make their marks on the league and national levels. The varied campuses and locations reflect another league strength – its diversity. The mix of regions and regional cultures provide a rare opportunity for the league’s studentathletes to experience many environments. But those same student-athletes can also experience that without leaving their own campuses. For every All-Pro linebacker DeMacus Ware (Troy) and Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Charles Tillman (UL Lafayette), and for every World Series MVP David Freese (South Alabama) coming from Sun Belt campuses, there are also U.S. presidents (Lyndon Johnson, Texas State), business icons (Chick-fil-a president Daniel Cathy, Georgia Southern), nationally-known entertainers (Tim McGraw, UL Monroe, and Ludacris, Georgia State), and there is royalty (Miss America Debbye Turner, Arkansas State). These proud alumni, as well as the thousands of studentathletes and staff members at all of its institutions, are proof that the Sun Belt Conference continues to gain stature and provide the promise of future success with every sunrise. “Together We Rise” has never been more appropriate.

2015 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT RESULTS Thursday, April 16 #8Texas State 4, #9UL Lafayette 2 #10 Arkansas State 4, #7 Appalachian State 3 Friday, April 17 #1 South Alabama 4, #8 Texas State 1 #4 UL Monroe 4, #5 Georgia Southern 1 #2 Georgia State 4, #10 Arkansas State 0 #3 UT Arlington 4, #6 Troy 1 Saturday, April 18 #1 Georgia State 4, #4 Troy 0 #3 South Alabama 4, #2 UT Arlington 3 Sunday, April 19 Georgia State 4, South Alabama 1

TEXAS STATE TENNIS THE SUN BELT CONFERENCE WOMEN’S TENNIS QUICK FACTS APPALACHIAN STATE Location - Boone, N.C. Nickname - Moutaineers Website - www.appstatesports.com Head Coach - Colin Crothers 2015 Record - 9-15 Letterwinners Returning - nine Top Returning Players - Clare Cox, Melissa Machado

SOUTH ALABAMA Location - Mobile, Ala. Nickname - Jaguars Website - www.usajaguars.com Head Coach - Jaco Keyser 2015 Record - 21-3 Letterwinners Returning - six Top Returning Players - Laura Valkova , Monica Mitta

ARKANSAS STATE Location - Jonesboro, Ark. Nickname - Red Wolves Website - www.astateredwolves.com Head Coach - Kel Lange 2015 Record - 4-13 Letterwinners Returning - six Top Returning Players - Julie Gauguery, Sabina Jeresic, Victoria Pisani

UT ARLINGTON Location - Arlington, Texas Nickname - Mavericks Website - www.utamavs.com Head Coach - Diego Benitez 2015 Record - 16-6 Letterwinners Returning - five Top Returning Players - Elizabeth Thoms, Angeles de los Rios

GEORGIA SOUTHERN Location - Statesboro, Ga. Nickname - Eagles Website - www.gseagles.com Head Coach - Michele Stanford 2015 Record - 10-8 Letterwinners Returning - three Top Returning Players - Mary Phillips Smith, Giulia Riepe

TEXAS STATE Location - San Marcos, Texas. Nickname - Bobcats Website - www.txstatebobcats.com Head Coach - Tory Plunkett 2014 Record - 9-7 Letterwinners Returning - Three Top Returning Players - Pippa Carr, Katy Collins, Eva Dench

GEORGIA STATE Location - Atlanta, Ga.. Nickname - Panthers Website - www.georgiastatesports.com Head Coach - Jason Marshall 2015 Record - 13-9 Letterwinners Returning - four Top Returning Players - Linn Timmermann., Tarani Kamoe, Kristin Rehse, Niri Rasolomalala

TROY Location - Troy, Ala. Nickname - Trojans Website - www.troytrojans.com Head Coach - Rawia Elsisi 2015 Record - 10-9 Letterwinners Returning - 2 Top Returning Players - Sanae Ohta, Jiayuan Xue

UL LAFAYETTE Location - Lafayette, La. Nickname - Ragin’ Cajuns Website - www.ragincajuns.com Head Coach - Stephanie Vallejos 2014 Record - 7-17 Letterwinners Returning - seven Top Returning Players - Melissa Burckhartt, Juliette Clement. UL MONROE Location - Monroe, La. Nickname - Warhawks Website - www.ulmwarhawks.com Head Coach - Terrence DeJongh 2014 Record - 15-7 Letterwinners Returning - two Top Returning Players - Petra Horakova

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SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT New Orleans City Park Tennis Courts April 24-26, 2015 New Orleans, La. Website - www.sunbeltsports.org

2015-16 BOBCAT TENNIS

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AUBURN 9:00 AM

PIPPA CARR JUNIOR | LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

STATE 10:00 AM

RICE 12:00 PM

Friday

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SOUTH 6 NICHOLLS ALABAMA* STATE 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 12 13 INCARNATE WORD 11:00 AM 19 LA 20 N.W. TECH STATE 11:00 AM 10:00 AM 26 27 AIR FORCE 11:00 AM

FEBRUARY 2016 Sunday

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6 13

UNLV 10:00 AM

ARK 2:00 PM

Saturday

5 SOUTHERN

UTSA 4:00 PM

12 19

UTAH 10:00 AM

UTEP 11:00 AM

ARK 26 UL STATE* MONROE* 1:30 PM 9:00 AM

MARCH 2016 Sunday

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1 3

UT 11 ARLINGTON* 10:00 AM 17 18

Saturday

UL 9 LAFAYETTE* 1:30 PM 15 UT 16 RIO GRANDE 9:00 AM 22 23 8

21 SUN BELT CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT New Orleans, LA 27 28 29 30

APRIL 2016

EVA DENCH JUNIOR | LONDON, ENGLAND