2009-10 Women's Tennis Media Guide

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NORTHWESTERN

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NORTHWESTERN WOMEN’S TENN IS

1 1-TIME DEFEND ING B IG TEN CHAMPIONS

2009ITA NAT IONAL INDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONS

MARIA MOSOLOVATWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN

2009 NCAA CHAMPIONSH IPSNO. 1 OVERALL SEED

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QUICK FACTSLocation ...................................................................................Evanston, Ill.Founded ................................................................................................1851Enrollment ............................................................................................8,000President .......................................................................... Morton SchapiroFaculty Representative ....................................................... Bob GundlachNickname ........................................................................................ WildcatsColors ...............................................................................Purple and WhiteConference .......................................................................................Big TenDirector of Athletics and Recreation ......................................Jim PhillipsSport Administrator ................................................................Brad HurlbutHead Coach ......................................Claire Pollard (Mississippi State ’89)Career Record................................................................... 338-111 / 17 yearsNU Record / Years ..............................................................265-52 / 11 yearsAssistant Coach ............................ Jackie Holden (Mississippi State ’89)Letterwinners Returning / Lost ............................................................5 / 3Singles Starters Returning / Lost .........................................................3 / 32008-09 Overall Record .........................................................................28-22008-09 Conference Record / Finish .........................................10-0 / First

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONSThe 2009-10 Northwestern University Women’s Tennis Media Guide was produced by the Northwestern University Athletic Communications Department.

Assistant Director/Women’s Tennis Contact ......................Scott Hammer Email ............................................................... [email protected] Office Phone ............................................................. (847) 491-8800Cell Phone ............................................................................ (847) 791-4651FAX ........................................................................................ (847) 491-8818Assistant AD for Athletic Communications .............................. Mike WolfAssociate Director .................. Nick Brilowski, Julie Dunn, Doug MeffleyAssistant Director ............................................................. Rand ChampionBig Ten Network Liaison ...........................................................Rob CoonsWeb Site ............................................................................... NUsports.comPhotography ................................................. Scott Arey, Stephen CarreraPrinting ....................................................................Multi-Ad Services, Inc.

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2008-09 In Review ..........................26-272008-09 Statistics and Results ............28All-time Program Records ...................29Honors and Awards ........................30-32

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Quick Facts ............................................ 12009-10 Roster/Pronunciation Guide .... 2World-Class Facilities ............................ 3National Prominence .......................... 4-5ITA Indoor Team Championship............. 6Big Ten Championships ......................... 7NCAA Tournament Appearances ........... 8Big Ten Network/National Exposure ...... 9

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This is Northwestern ...................... 34-35President Morton Schapiro ................. 36Director of Athletics Jim Phillips .......... 37Academic Services ............................ 38Athletic Excellence ............................. 39Athletic Endowments .......................... 40

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2009 Fall Season Review ....................122010 Spring Season Preview ..............13Head Coach Claire Pollard .............14-15Assistant Coach Jackie Holden ...........16Northwestern Support Staff ................172009-10 Wildcats ............................18-23

NORTHWESTERN WILDCATWOMEN’S TENNIS

R O S T E R A N D P R O N U N C I AT I O N G U I D E

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Name Ht. Yr. Hometown High School Linda Abu Mushrefova 5-5 Fr. Bradenton, Fla. Pendleton Elena Chernyakova 5-8 So. Moscow, Russia No. 150 Stacey Lee 5-5 So. Old Westbury, N.Y. Wheatley Lauren Lui 5-7 Sr. Houston, Texas Kinkaid Maria Mosolova 5-8 Jr. Moscow, Russia No. 204 Samantha Murray 5-9 Sr. Altrincham, England Altrincham Grammar Kate Turvy 5-2 Fr. Dublin, Ohio Dublin-Coffman Brittany Wowchuk 5-7 Fr. Toronto, Ont. Oakville Trafalgar

Head Coach: Claire Pollard, 12th year (Mississippi State ’89) Assistant Coach: Jackie Holden, Second year (Mississippi State ’89)

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FROM LEFT: Assistant Coach Jackie Holden, Maria Mosolova, Brittany Wowchuk, Lauren Lui, Kate Turvy, Linda Abu Mushrefova, Stacey Lee, Elena Chernyakova, Samantha Murray, Head Coach Claire Pollard.

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

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COMBE TENNIS CENTER

VANDY CHRISTIE OUTDOOR TENNIS CENTER

The Vandy Christie Tennis Center was dedicated on Oct.29, 1994,

to honor an outstanding alumnus and special representative of Northwestern. Christie’s career at NU began as a varsity tennis player in 1955 and he returned as the men’s head coach from 1976-83 before becoming the director of athletic development.

The Center boasts 15 courts, a pro shop and permanent seating for approximately 400 spectators. The courts have been home to Wildcat tennis since 1941, and have been the site of four NCAA Championships and 23 Big Ten Championships.

There is a place inside the Combe Tennis Center where one can overlook

six tennis courts in one direction while enjoying a breathtaking view of Lake Michigan and Northwestern’s own private beach in the other. Construction of the $10 million project began on Dec. 1, 2000. Varsity team locker rooms are state-of-the-art, with individual wooden lockers for each player. In addition, a team conference room, athletic training room and varsity equipment storage room make for a completely self-contained facility. Both of the tennis head coaches’ offices have

a complete view of the beach and Lake Michigan. “The Combe Tennis Center is an outstanding venue for college tennis,” said head coach Claire Pollard. “It is perfect for both players and spectators.” Each of the six courts has its own electronic scoreboard. The main team scoreboard, which dominates the center of the south wall, gives a composite score and features an electronic message center. Spectator seating for over 300 is on a balcony overlooking the courts, so fans have an unobstructed view of each match being played.

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NAT IONAL PROMINENCE2009 ITA NATIONAL INDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ..................................................... 6

ELEvEN-CONSECuTIvE BIG TEN TITLES ....................................................................... 7

WILDCAT HISTORY IN THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS ..................................................... 8

BIG TEN NETWORK AND NATIONAL ExPOSuRE ........................................................... 9

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Northwestern, the No. 1 overall seed at the 2009 ITA National Indoor Team Championship, arrived in Madison in February with one goal in mind. After

four grueling days of tennis against the nation’s top competition, the ’Cats had achieved what they set out to do, becoming the first northern school and

only the sixth program overall to capture the Indoor Team title in the 22-year history of the event.

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ITA INDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPYEAR-BY-YEAR WINNERS

Between 2006 and 2008, Northwestern’s rise to national prominence could be tracked by its

increasingly successful performances at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship, which brings together the top 16 tennis teams in the nation in a single-elimination team tournament. The ’Cats showed progress each successive year: reaching the round of 16 but falling in the first round in 2006, winning two matches in 2007, and reaching the final match in 2008. For NU’s trio of seniors in 2009 (Nazlie Ghazal, Keri Robison and Georgia Rose), their trip to Madison last February represented the last chance to realize their goal of becoming the first northern school to win an ITA national championship. Not surprisingly, each of them played a crucial role in making that dream become reality. Northwestern opened its tournament with an easy 6-1 defeat of No. 15 Miami (Fla.) in the first round, setting up what proved to be a dramatic quarterfinal match against eighth-ranked Duke. With the team score even at three, the outcome hinged on Ghazal’s No. 5 singles match against Duke’s Melissa Mang, which had entered a deciding third set. Tied at five and with tension mounting,

Ghazal fell behind 0-30 in her service game before winning 12 of the next 13 points to steal the third set 7-5 and oust the Blue Devils, who went on to win the NCAA championship in May. The Wildcats took care of business in the semifinal when they defeated No. 14 Notre Dame by a 4-1 decision, setting up a meeting in the final with No. 6 Georgia. It didn’t take long for the drama to set in as the two teams promptly split the results at the first and third doubles positions. In the decisive

No. 2 doubles match, Robison and Maria Mosolova trailed 7-6 with the game at deuce before rallying to pull even at seven. The match eventually reached a tiebreaker where Robison and Mosolova—playing at the top of their games—withstood a late charge from Monika Dancevic and Nadja Gilchrist to win the breaker 7-3 and secure the critical 1-0 lead entering singles play. The ’Cats came out firing on all cylinders in singles, with Rose and Lauren Lui racing to victories to set up Samantha Murray’s title-clinching win at No. 3 singles. By the end of the tournament, every Wildcat had played an integral role in securing Northwestern’s historic first national championship and completing an ascent to the top of the college tennis world that was years in the making.

2009 ITA INDOOR TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Qualifying Rounds Northwestern 7, New Mexico 0 Northwestern 7, Tulsa 0Round of 16 Northwestern 6, Miami (Fla.) 1Quarterfinal Northwestern 4, Duke 3Semifinal Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 1Championship Northwestern 4, Georgia 1

There are streaks, and then there is the run that Northwestern

has enjoyed in the 11 seasons that Claire Pollard has been in Evanston. The Wildcats have claimed 11 consecutive Big Ten championships, the longest streak in Big Ten women’s tennis since the conference began sponsoring the sport in 1981. In fact, the ’Cats have a chance in 2010 to tie the Big Ten record for most titles in a row by a women’s team (12), currently held by Michigan swimming and diving from 1987-98. Year after year, the Wildcats have dominated the Big Ten, proving to be one of the most consistently successful teams in the country. Under Pollard’s direction, the Wildcats have posted a 265-52 record. Six times the ’Cats have gone undefeated in conference play with Pollard at the helm while 32 Wildcats

have been named All-Big Ten. Northwestern has boasted the Big Ten Player of the Year each of the last eight seasons, with Maria Mosolova taking home the award the last two seasons. To top it off, six Wildcats have earned Big Ten Freshman of the Year honors—most recently Mosolova in 2008—while Pollard

has been voted the league’s Coach of the Year on five occasions.

In 2009, Northwestern extended its unbeaten streak against

conference opponents to 77 matches in coasting to the regular-season and tournament championships. The ’Cats, who won 70 of 72 singles matches and 39 of 42 doubles matches against Big Ten opponents during the regular season and league tournament, knocked off Michigan in the final match of the Big Ten Tournament for the fifth straight season.


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BIG TEN TOURNAMENT — CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH RESULTS

NORTHWESTERN clinched its 2009 Big Ten championship with a 7-0 sweep of Penn State, its eighth sweep in 10 Big Ten dual matches.

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1982: Round of 16 San Diego State 8, Northwestern 11983: Round of 16 Trinity (Texas) 9, Northwestern 01984: Round of 16 UCLA 6, Northwestern 31985: Round of 16 San Diego State 6, Northwestern 31986: Quarterfinals Northwestern 6, UCLA 3 Stanford 5, Northwestern 11987: Quarterfinals Northwestern 5, Indiana 4 Florida 5, Northwestern 11996: Regional Final Northwestern 5, Illinois 1 Mississippi 5, Northwestern 21997: First Round Wisconsin 5, Northwestern 11998: First Round Notre Dame 6, Northwestern 2

1999: Regional Final Northwestern 5, Illinois 3 Arizona State 5, Northwestern 22000: Round of 16 Northwestern 5, Oral Roberts 0 Northwestern 5, Tulsa 0 Stanford 5, Northwestern 12001: Round of 16 Northwestern 4, Illinois-Chicago 0 Northwestern 4, Kentucky 1 California 5, Northwestern 12002: Round of 16 Northwestern 4, Illinois-Chicago 0 Northwestern 4, Wisconsin 0 Florida 4, Northwestern 12003: First Round Kansas State 4, Northwestern 12004: Round of 16 Northwestern 4, Illinois-Chicago 0 Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 1 Duke 4, Northwestern 1

2005: Round of 16 Northwestern 4, Valparaiso 0 Northwestern 4, Notre Dame 0 Clemson 4, Northwestern 32006: Quarterfinals Northwestern 4, Illinois-Chicago 0 Northwestern 4, Purdue 1 Northwestern 4, Georgia Tech 0 Southern California 4, Northwestern 32007: Round of 16 Northwestern 4, Western Michigan 0 Northwestern 4, Indiana 1 UCLA 4, Northwestern 02008: Quarterfinals Northwestern 4, Illinois-Chicago 0 Northwestern 4, Indiana 0 Northwestern 4, Fresno State 1 California 4, Northwestern 22009: Quarterfinals Northwestern 4, Miami (Ohio) 0 Northwestern 4, Kentucky 1 Northwestern 4, Fresno State 0 California 4, Northwestern 2

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ILLINOISChampaign, Ill.

INDIANABloomington, Ind.

IOWAIowa City, Iowa

MICHIGANAnn Arbor, Mich.

MICHIGAN STATEEast Lansing, Mich.

MINNESOTAMinneapolis, Minn.

NORTHWESTERNEvanston, Ill.

OHIO STATEColumbus, Ohio

PENN STATEuniversity Park, Pa.

PURDUEWest Lafayette, Ind.

WISCONSINMadison, Wis.

Since 2007, Northwestern’s 19 varsity sports have gained

unprecedented media exposure thanks in large part to the advent of the Big Ten Network, one of the premier television carriers of college athletics in the nation. The network currently reaches approximately 35 million households nationwide and is available to an estimated 73 million households in the United States and Canada. BTN is available in 22 of the top 25 media markets in the U.S. through agreements with more than 250 cable, satellite and telco affiliates. Based in Chicago, the network routinely visits Northwestern’s campus to keep up with the latest news and events associated with NU Athletics. In 2009, BTN aired Northwestern’s championship match of the Big Ten Tournament in its entirety from Wisconsin’s A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center. Katrina Adams (pictured above with NU’s Maria Mosolova), who was an NCAA doubles champion while a player for Northwestern in the 1980’s, provided color commentary on the match for the Big Ten Network. The ESPN family of networks also spotlighted Northwestern and its back-to-back No. 1 NCAA seed during its coverage of the 2009 NCAA Championships from College Station, Texas (pictured).

“Eleven schools, 252 varsity teams, one great network to cover it all. Welcome to the Big Ten Network, your ultimate source for Big Ten sports, featuring the games, passion and tradition of the nation’s foremost athletic conference.”

– Dave Revsine, August 30, 2007First words ever spoken on the Big Ten Network

LIVE EVENTS

Each year, the Big Ten Network televises ap-proximately 350 live events, plus hundreds

of hours of original programming, classic games, coaches’ shows and campus programming. Virtually all of the network’s live event program-ming is available in high definition. The network also plans to expand its streaming initiative in 2009-10, with more than 200 events, including Olympic sports, available live on www.BigTen-Network.com.

The Big Ten Network will be in Iowa City to air the 2010 Big Ten Women’s

Tennis TournamentApril 29-May 2.

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2009-10 SEASON2009 FALL IN REvIEW ..................................................................................................... 12

2010 SPRING PREvIEW .................................................................................................. 13

HEAD COACH CLAIRE POLLARD ..............................................................................14-15

ASSISTANT COACH JACKIE HOLDEN ........................................................................... 16

NORTHWESTERN SuPPORT STAFF ............................................................................. 17

LINDA ABu MuSHREFOvA—ELENA CHERNYAKOvA ................................................... 18

STACEY LEE—LAuREN LuI .......................................................................................19-20

MARIA MOSOLOvA .......................................................................................................... 21

SAMANTHA MuRRAY ...................................................................................................... 22

KATE TuRvY—BRITTANY WOWCHuK........................................................................... 23

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FURMAN FALL INVITATIONALsept. 25-27 • Greenville, s.C.

WILDCAT FALL INVITATIONALOct. 9-11 • evanston, ill.

ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPSOct. 3-11 • los Angeles, Calif.

DUALS IN THE DESERTnov. 6-8 • Palm springs, Calif.

ITA INDOOR SINGLES CHAMPIONSHIPSnov. 6-8 • new Haven, Conn.

ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPSOct. 22-27 • evanston, ill.

SAM MURRAY BRITTANY WOWCHUK

LAUREN LUI MARIA MOSOLOVA

STACEY LEE MARIA MOSOLOVA

Northwestern opened its fall season at the Furman Fall Classic and came away with

two singles titles and one doubles championship. On the final day of competition, Maria Mosolova and Samantha Murray completed their bids for singles titles in flights one and five, respectively. Elena Chernyakova wrapped up a 2-1 weekend with a second-place showing in flight seven. In flight two, Lauren Lui defeated Dijana Stocic of South Carolina for seventh place, marking the 100th win in Lui’s NU career. On Saturday, Murray teamed with freshman Linda Abu Mushrefova to win the flight three doubles title.

Freshman Brittany Wowchuk started strong in her first trip to the ITA All-American

Championships and just the second collegiate tournament of her career. Wowchuk won her first two matches in the prequalifying singles draw, losing just one game in four sets to open the tournament. The 35th-ranked doubles team of Samantha Murray and Lauren Lui won their opening-round match in the qualifying bracket before falling to No. 10 Marritt Boonstra and Joanna Mather of Florida.

Northwestern saw a quartet of players reach the semifinals of their respective

singles brackets. Lauren Lui and Linda Abu Mushrefova each finished singles play unbeaten (3-0) but were unable to play their flight championship matches due to time restraints. Abu Mushrefova’s final win of the weekend came in a three-set match against Wisconsin’s Hannah Berner when the Wildcat held Berner without a point in the tiebreaker to decide the match. Kate Turvy and Elena Chernyakova each reached the semifinal round of flight B, with Turvy scoring a quarterfinal victory over South Carolina’s Dijana Stocic and Chernyakova defeating Minnesota’s Alexa Palen in straight sets in the quarters.

Playing one of the fall’s biggest tournaments on her home courts, Maria Mosolova took

advantage of her familiar surroundings and captured the 2009 ITA Midwest Regional singles championship, the first of her career. In the process, Mosolova became the seventh North-western player since 2001 to win the regional title. The NU junior knocked off three Big Ten opponents—including 2009 Big Ten Fresh-man of the Year Sonja Molnar of Iowa in the quarterfinals—before meeting Notre Dame’s 20th-ranked and second-seeded Kristy Frilling in the final. Mosolova appeared right at home in the title match, playing arguably her best match of the fall in knocking off Frilling 6-1, 6-2. NU also asserted itself in doubles play against its regional opponents, sending three doubles duos into the quarterfinals with two advancing as far as the semifinals.

The ’Cats wrapped up their fall season at the round-robin Duals in the Desert

tournament with strong singles performanc-es by Stacey Lee and Samantha Murray. As a team, the Wildcats managed to post a perfect 7-0 singles record on Saturday while playing against competitors from several of the nation’s top programs including Texas, UCLA, Southern California and Georgia. Murray finished 4-0 on the weekend while Lee won three of her four singles matches.

Making her second consecutive trip to the prestigious ITA National Indoor

Singles Championships, top-seeded Maria Mosolova posted a 1-2 record after falling in the first round to a close friend and a fellow Moscow native, 22nd-ranked Anas-tasia Petukhova of Fresno State. Mosolova rebounded in the consolation draw to defeat the Atlantic regional singles champion, Na-dhine Fadhoum of Old Dominion, before bowing out to Duke’s 13th-ranked Reka Zsilinszka, 6-4, 6-0.

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What did you learn about your team this fall, both the returners and your freshmen newcomers?

“I think this year is a transition year in a lot of ways for us. We’re very young—even our sophomores are young in terms of not getting as much experience as we would have liked last year. Our work ethic on the court in the fall was the best it’s been in some time, in part because our freshmen brought tremendous energy and excitement. The returners did a good job going steady as they normally do. We’re very much a team of action now rather than a team of talkers. Our leaders are very quiet and just go about their business, leading by example. I thought it was a good fall. We didn’t play amazing tennis but we certainly learned quite a bit. I think we can expect a few bumps in the road this year, not necessarily in terms of losses but we still don’t know what to expect from anybody (on the team). We will still have a lot of positive outcomes but I just expect matches to be tougher in general. That can prove to be beneficial for us in the end of the year when hopefully we’ll be playing our best tennis.”

How would you compare the mindset of your players in the fall versus in the spring season?

“The tough thing about college tennis is that to play really well for nine months is so difficult so if you’re not going to play great, the fall would be a good time. We had some players who were a little up and down in the fall maybe because there isn’t that sense of urgency in the spring, when you’re 100 percent determined to not let the team down. We’ve been more focused on the process of improving and understanding that we’re not going to see our results in the fall. Of course we balance the individual aspect but at the end of the day the team does come first.”

What do you expect from your senior duo, Lauren Lui and Samantha Murray?

“They’ve done a good job already but what they need to do more of is talking the freshmen through a lot of what we do—especially when we hit some tough stretches during the dual season—and I know they will. They can teach them that it’s OK if we lose a match, we’re still going to get up the next morning and eat breakfast and the sun will come up. There is inherent pressure when you enter the program to perform, especially as the stakes have gotten higher the last couple of years. Sam and Lauren have been through that, along with Maria (Mosolova), and they need to do a good job of guiding and mentoring the younger girls.”

How hungry would you say your team is to defend its ITA National Indoor Team championship from a year ago?

“It’s really just more of a different influx of energy because we have five players who really didn’t win that championship for us. Elena (Chernyakova) contributed in doubles and Stacey (Lee) contributed in

so many intangible ways but in my eyes we have five players on our roster who haven’t won anything. The key is going to be for them to not put too much pressure on themselves.”

You made a few changes to your season-long preparations for the NCAA Championships last season. How pleased were you with the results of those decisions and is there anything you see yourself doing differently in 2010?

“It went really well. We spent a lot of conditioning sessions in (NU’s) wrestling room where it’s easy to get a good sweat going and it was as good of a thing as we could do. (Conditioning) certainly was not one of the reasons we lost in the tournament, we played well out in the heat. We’re always looking to get better. Our program changes every year, which people always seem stunned by because they think we must have done things the same way for 11 years because it works. In

reality, I’m doing things radically different than we’ve done in the past. Change and adaptation is important for everyone. In the end, we’re still looking to peak in February and then peak again in May.”

What are your early assesments of your competition in the Big Ten?

“I see Illinois as a very good team, Michelle (Dasso) has done a great job and that’s a team that’s very hungry for success. That will be a good, early test for us. It’s a Friday night match and I bet they’ll pack in the gym so it should be fun. Michigan has certainly gotten better and gave us a great test in the Big Ten final last year. Ohio State is also returning a good

team. The league has continued to get better, especially at the bottom

where there isn’t nearly as much of a drop-off from the top teams as there used to be. We’re going to have to be on our game.”

Describe the contributions that last year’s trio of seniors had on this year’s team and the program as a whole.

“You just can’t replace those three kids. That’s not a discredit to the newcomers because they’re bringing everything we could ask for. But you can’t replace that experience that we had going into the big matches last year. They left us with a program that has come closer and closer to the top of the mountain and one day when we reach the top they’ll be proud of what they contributed.”

Last season’s home schedule featured some big matches against top competition and you drew great crowds to support the Wildcats. What does that type of support and atmosphere do for your team?

“It’s hugely important to us. We need them to come out and they enjoy when we play in a big match, which we have a few more of on the schedule this season. What makes college tennis exciting is that you’re no longer playing on a court in the back of a grove where only your mom is watching you. There’s always a reason to play your absolute hardest here and there is always someone behind you. That helps us tremendously and I think we’re pretty tough to beat on our home courts.”

Head coach Claire Pollard provides a look at her team, the Big Ten Conference and the 2010 dual season.

CLAIRE POLLARD coaches her top-seeded Wildcats at the 2009 NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.

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POLLARD AT-A-GLANCE

Born August 9, 1966

Alma Mater Mississippi State, 1989

Degree Bachelor’s Degree, 1989 Fitness Management Master’s Degree, 1990 Sports Administration Playing Experience Mississippi State, 1986-89 Wimbledon participant, 1989 u.S. Open participant, 1989

Coaching Experience Northwestern, 1998-present Head Coach Lamar, 1993-98 Head Coach Chris Lane Tennis Club (England), 1992-94 Junior Development Coordinator Mississippi State, 1990-91 Head Coach

In 11 seasons at the helm of the Northwestern women’s tennis pro-gram, Claire Pollard has brought the ’Cats from regular contender in

the Big Ten to national powerhouse. In addition to 11 consecutive Big Ten championships—the second-longest streak by any women’s program in Big Ten history—Pollard has guided NU to several program-firsts in the past two years including a No. 1 national ranking, back-to-back No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Championships and an ITA National Indoor Team championship. Pollard was the 2008 Wilson/ITA National Coach of the Year, is a four-time Wilson/ITA Midwest Region Coach of the Year honoree and a five-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, winning the award consecutively in 2008 and 2009. Pollard has coached the Wildcats to an overall record of 265-52, including an astounding 110-6 mark in the Big Ten regular season. She is also 38-0 against conference opponents in postseason play (Big Ten Tournament and NCAA Championships) and is currently riding a 77-match winning streak against Big Ten opponents. Under Pollard, NU has flourished with 40 individual NCAA quali-fiers, nine Midwest Regional singles champions —including seven since 2001, most recently Maria Mosolova in 2009—33 All-Big Ten honorees and 45 Academic All-Big Ten recipients. In 2009, Northwestern maintained the No. 1 spot in the Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis polls from the preseason through the start of the NCAA Championships and eventually finished ranked No. 2 for the second consecutive season. NU defended its top ranking early in the year with its historic win at the ITA National Indoor Team Champion-ship in February as it became the first northern school—and just the sixth school overall—to win the crown in the 22-year history of the event. Later in the year, Pollard and the ’Cats capped off a fifth straight unbeaten Big Ten dual season and eventually reached the NCAA quarter-finals for the third time in four years. Pollard first brought Northwestern to the NCAA round of eight in 2006, the same year in which the Wildcats won their first individual national championship under Pollard’s guidance when Cristelle Grier and Alexis Prousis captured the NCAA doubles crown. With that win, Pollard became the second coach in NCAA history to capture a doubles title as both a player and a coach. NU’s success in the 2009 dual season continued the momentum it de-veloped in 2008 when the ’Cats completed a landmark season by setting program records for wins (29), winning percentage (.935) and shutouts (15). Even prior to its consecutive years with a No. 2 final team ranking, Northwestern was consistently in the mix as one of the nation’s elite programs under Pollard. In her time at NU, the Wildcats have recorded final finishes of fifth (2005), eighth (2006 and 2007), ninth (2001), 10th (2004), 14th (2002) 15th (2001) and 18th (2003). Northwestern has reached at least the round of 16 in the NCAA Championships in eight of the last nine years, increasing the program’s number of total NCAA appearances along the way to 20. On the individual side, Pollard has coached three of only four players in Big Ten history to earn the league’s Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year honors in the same season. In 2003, Cristelle Grier became

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the first NU player and just the second in conference history to earn both accolades in the same season, preceding Audra Cohen (2005) and Maria Mosolova (2008). In 2009, Mosolova joined Grier as NU’s only winners of multiple Big Ten Player of the Year awards. Grier, a four-time All-Big Ten selection, captured the honor three times (2003, 2005-06). The superb depth of Pollard’s lineups has become apparent in recent years with four All-Big Ten selections in both 2008 and 2009, the second and third times in school history that a quartet of Wildcats earned the recognition, the other being 1984. Pollard’s first head coaching position was at her alma mater, Mississippi State University, where she was the coach during the 1990-91 season. After a short stint with the Chris Lane Tennis Club in England, she came back to the States to assume the head coaching position at Lamar, where she led both the men’s and women’s teams. During that time, the women’s team posted a 64-49 overall record. A decorated collegiate player, Pollard teamed with NU assistant coach Jackie Holden to win the 1989 NCAA Doubles championship as well as back-to-back Southeastern Conference Indoor and Outdoor Doubles

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championships. An All-American and Academic All-American, Pollard and Holden were named Mississippi State’s Female Athletes of the Year in 1989. Pollard is the Bulldogs’ program leader for doubles victories in one season with 39 in 1988-89. She is also tied for eighth in season singles victories (23, 1985-86). In 1989, Pollard participated in the Wimbledon and U.S. Open Championships. Pollard graduated magna cum laude from Mississippi State with a bachelor of science in fitness management and received her master’s from Mississippi State in sports administration. A native of Surrey, England, Pollard served for four years on the Mid-west Region of the NCAA Tennis Committee and served as chairman of the NCAA Committee for two years.

Season Record School 2008-09 28-2 Northwestern 2007-08 29-2 Northwestern 2006-07 24-5 Northwestern 2005-06 24-5 Northwestern 2004-05 26-3 Northwestern 2003-04 25-5 Northwestern 2002-03 19-9 Northwestern 2001-02 23-6 Northwestern 2000-01 24-5 Northwestern 1999-00 24-5 Northwestern 1998-99 19-5 Northwestern 1997-98 15-8 Lamar * 1996-97 18-4 Lamar * 1995-96 10-8 Lamar * 1994-95 8-15 Lamar * 1993-94 11-14 Lamar 1990-91 11-10 Mississippi State Career 338-111

* Also coach of the men’s team (37-41)

POLLARD’S COACHING RECORD

POLLARD NOTABLES

• Winningestcoachinprogramhistory • NineBigTenregular-seasonchampionships • 11consecutiveBigTenTournamenttitles • 2009ITANationalIndoorTeamchampionship • BigTenCoachoftheYear(2001,2004,2005,2008,2009) • ITANationalCoachoftheYear(2008) • ITAMidwestCoachoftheYear(2001,2003,2005,2008) • SixBigTenFreshmanoftheYearawards • NineBigTenPlayeroftheYearawards • 33All-BigTenselections • SevenundefeatedBigTenseasons • 22NCAAqualifiers(singles) • 18NCAAqualifiers(doubles) • NineITAMidwestRegionalsingleschampionships • FourITAMidwestRegionaldoubleschampionships • TwoITANationalIndoordoubleschampionships • 2004ITAAll-AmericansingleschampionandNCAArunner-up • Coachof2006NCAAnationalchampiondoublespairing • 2008and2009NCAATournamentNo.1seed

CLAIRE POLLARD and then-assistant coach DAVE MULLINS were named the ITA National Coach of the Year and Assistant Coach of the Year, respectively, in 2008.

CLAIRE POLLARD (left) and JACKIE HOLDEN celebrate their 1989 NCAA doubles championship, still the only individual national tennis title won at Mississippi State.

THE LOWDOWN ON COACH POLLARDA pair of former players weigh in on what it’s like to play for Claire Pollard and what the keys to her success have been:

“Claire is the best coach in college tennis, her record speaks for itself. I couldn’t have asked for a better four years playing at Northwestern. Claire is able to motivate and push everyone on the team, but always balances hard work with fun. Her success comes from how much she cares about her players and making them into better tennis players and people.”

—Georgia Rose ’09Four-time All-American

“Playing for Northwestern and Claire Pollard was an experience I’m so lucky to have had. The way Claire was able to challenge me and help me grow, not only as a player but as a person, led me to accomplish things I never thought possible.”

—Alexis Prousis ’072006 NCAA Doubles champion

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JACKIE HOLDENSecond SeasonAssistant Coach

Jackie Holden enters her second season as assistant coach at Northwestern after making an immediate impact on the program

in 2008-09. Holden, who along with Pollard won the 1989 NCAA Doubles championship playing for Mississippi State, was instrumental in helping the ’Cats win the 2009 ITA Indoor National Team championship and spend the entire regular season ranked No. 1 in the nation. Holden arrived at NU after a three-year stint as a national training coach at the Lawn Tennis Association, the governing body of tennis in Great Britain. While coaching for the LTA, Holden was responsible for the training and development of Britain’s performance players between the ages of 10 and 16. She also organized and implemented national training camps for the region’s best players and served as an advisor to a multitude of coaches and club teams. Holden, a native of Yorkshire, England, has also worked extensively in sports marketing, performing consulting work for such organizations as Mint Apparel Limited and the Rugby Football Union, in addition to her role as a promotions and public relations executive for the LTA. She contributed programs such as the Play Tennis and Girls in Tennis campaigns and directed all aspects of the LTA’s PR function, including tournament management and media training for players and coaches. As a student-athlete at Mississippi State, Holden was a two-time All-American whose doubles championship with Pollard remains MSU’s only individual women’s tennis title. She and Pollard were recognized as the Bulldogs’ Female Athletes of the Year in 1989 when she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in fitness management.

HOLDEN AT-A-GLANCE

Born June 23, 1967

Alma Mater Mississippi State, 1989

Degrees Bachelor of Science, Fitness Management Playing Experience Mississippi State, 1985-1989 1989 NCAA Doubles Champion 1989 Mississippi State Female Athlete of the Year Lawn Tennis Association, 1989 Professional tennis player

Coaching Experience Lawn Tennis Association, 2005-2008 National training coach Tennis World, 1990-1991 Professional tennis coach Northwestern university, 2008-present Assistant coach

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ELENA CHERNYAKOVA5-8SophomoreMoscow, RussiaN150

FALL 2009Finished 6-5 in singles and 6-4 in doubles ... Advanced to the doubles semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships with Lauren Lui ... Won two singles matches each at the Fur-man Fall Classic, Wildcat Invitational and Duals in the Desert.

2008-09Played as a doubles specialist for much of the year, posting a 23-2 dual record in the No. 3 doubles spot with Samantha Murray ... The duo won a season-high 14 consecutive matches from 3/1 to 4/25 ... Finished second on the team in total doubles victories with 38 (38-6 overall) ... 10-0 in Big Ten regular season dual matches ... Chernyakova and Murray won all three matches they completed during the NCAA Championships ... In singles, Chernyakova finished with a 12-8 record and a 3-0 mark in the Big Ten ... Won two matches playing No. 6 (vs. Purdue, at Minnesota) and one while playing No.5 (at Iowa) ... Compiled an 8-6 fall singles record ... Reached the quarterfinals of the Midwest Regional Championships with two of her three wins coming against Big Ten opponents; the third came against No. 86 Zaruhi Harutyunyan of Akron ... Won three of four matches at Wildcat Fall Invitational ... Finished 2-1 at Duals in the Desert ... In doubles play, won Flight Three of the Duals in the Desert playing along-side Keri Robison ... Reached the semifinals of the Furman Invitational with Maria Mosolova.

HIGH SCHOOLReceived the First President of Russia-Elcin scholarship for three con-secutive years ... Nominated as Player of the Year in Europe for 16-and-under age group.

PERSONALBorn Elena Chernyakova on 10/19/90 ... Daughter of Vladimir and Nadezda Chernyakova ... Played against Northwestern teammate Maria Mosolova in juniors competition in Russia ... Majoring in economics.

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LINDA ABU MUSHREFOVA5-7FreshmanBradenton, Fla. Pendleton

FALL 2009Finished with an 8-2 mark in singles after winning the first six matches of her collegiate career ... Won one match at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships ... 5-3 in doubles ... Won all three doubles matches at the Furman Fall Classic with Samantha Murray.

HIGH SCHOOLAttended the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Fla. ... No. 15-ranked recruit in the nation and No. 5 in Florida according to tennisrecruiting.net ... Competed at the 30th International Casablanca Junior Cup in 2007 where she competed against Wildcat sophomore El-ena Chernyakova ... In 2006, took part in a five-week tour competing on behalf of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) against representa-tives from COSAT and Tennis Europe, winning a doubles title in Milan as well as in the Derby Cadets tournament in La Baule, France.

PERSONALBorn Linda Abu Mushrefova on 3/21/91 ... Daughter of Lenka Abu Mushrefova and Ahmad Abu Mushref ... Attended same training acad-emy as tennis player Maria Sharapova and golfer Paula Creamer.

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STACEYLEE

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN2008-09 20-2 9-1 8-0Fall 2009 6-5 — —Career 26-7 9-1 8-0

LEE’S CAREER SINGLES RECORD

FALL 2009Finished with a 7-7 singles record and a 9-3 doubles mark ... Ranked No. 89 in singles and No. 35 in doubles with Samantha Murray in the preseason Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis poll ... Won her 100th career singles match on 9/27 against Dijana Stocic in the Furman Fall Classic ... Advanced to the singles quarterfinals of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships, the best performance in her four trips to the tourna-ment ... Also reached the doubles semifinals at the Midwest Regionals with Elena Chernyakova ... Competed in the prequalifying bracket in singles and the qualifying bracket in doubles at the ITA All-American Championships in Los Angeles.

2008-09Reached ITA All-American status in doubles for the first time in her career by advancing to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Cham-pionship with partner Georgia Rose ... The duo finished the season ranked No. 13 with a 27-13 overall record (18-8 playing No. 1 spot in duals, including 9-1 in Big Ten) ... Compiled a 34-13 overall singles record (21-5 in duals, 9-1 Big Ten) ... Named an All-Big Ten selection ... Undefeated (8-0) at third singles spot and 12-5 at traditional fourth spot in the lineup ... Became the first representative from the Big Ten to win the ITA National Sportsmanship Award (2/15) ... Competed at National Collegiate Tennis Classic where she won three singles matches and one doubles match with Maria Mosolova ... Lui and Rose won two matches in the NCAA Doubles tournament, besting Fresno State’s Tinesta Rowe

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FALL 2009Posted a 6-5 record in singles and an 8-1 mark in doubles ... Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regional Championships with Samantha Murray, picking up a win over Michigan’s 32nd-ranked team of Whitney Taney and Rika Tatsuno ... Won three singles matches at the Duals in the Desert.

2008-09Finished a superb freshman season with a 20-2 overall singles record and a 9-1 mark in dual matches ... Undefeated (8-0) in Big Ten dual matches, winning six matches in the No. 6 spot and two at No. 5 ... Enjoyed a 12-match winning streak from 10/31 to 4/4 ... 5-5 overall in doubles matches ... Racked up an 8-1 fall singles mark ... Won four consecutive matches to capture the flight C singles title at the Wildcat Fall Invitational on 10/12, defeating DePaul’s Selma Salkovic in the final in three sets ... At the Duals in the Desert, won all three of her matches in the round-robin bracket of the tournament ... Finished 1-1 in her first Midwest Regional Championship ... Also recorded a 1-1 mark in the doubles bracket at Midwest Regionals playing with Nazlie Ghazal ... 2-1 in doubles at Wildcat Invitational with Keri Robison.

HIGH SCHOOLPlayed No. 1 singles position all four years ... Earned all-county, all-conference and all-state honors as a senior.

PERSONALBorn Stacey Giwon Lee on 1/17/90 ... Daughter of Michael and Sunnie Lee ... Majoring in learning and organizational change.

STACEY LEE5-5SophomoreOld Westbury, N.Y.Wheatley

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and Melanie Gloria in the first round before ousting Kentucky’s Carolina Escomilla and Caroline Lilley in the second ... Amassed a 9-6 fall singles record ... Won Flight Four singles at the Duals in the Desert, beating No. 106 Leyla Entekhabi of Southern California in the finals ... Won her first two matches at the All-American Championships in Los Angeles ... Along with Georgia Rose, won four of five doubles matches at the Midwest Regional Championships ... Entered the fall ranked No. 36 na-tionally in singles and No. 7 in doubles with Georgia Rose ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007-08All-Big Ten selection ... Academic All-Big Ten ... NCAA singles and doubles qualifier ... Defeated the 2006 NCAA singles champion, Susie Babos of Cal, in a three-set first round comeback victory during NCAA singles championship ... Finished the season ranked No. 46 nation-ally ... Recorded a team-best 23-1 record in dual singles, including a perfect 22-0 from the No. 4 position ... 10-0 in Big Ten singles ... Won 27 of her last 28 dual matches ... Won a team-high 19-consecu-tive matches from 2/16-5/22 ... Posted seven wins against nationally ranked opponents, including five in the top 50 ... Went 16-0 in dual doubles, including 22-1 overall, with partner Georgia Rose ... Finished the season ranked in the top 20 with two different doubles partners; No. 14 with Rose and No. 17 with Samantha Murray ... Defeated nine nationally ranked duos throughout the year, all of which were ranked in the nation’s top 35 ... Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week on 4/2 ... Two-time Hilton Garden Inn Athlete of the Week (1/21 & 4/14) ... Started the fall season on an eight-match doubles winning streak, also had a five-match winning streak in singles ... Won Nike-Cal Invitational with Alexis Conill over pair from Arizona State ... Qualified for Riviera/ITA Women’s All-American Championships ... Reached the finals of Midwest Regional Championships with Georgia Rose ... Reached singles semifinals of the Duals in the Desert.

2006-07Ended season on 12-match singles winning streak ... Won clincher against Indiana in NCAA second round ... Won two matches in Big Ten Championship ... Posted 20-5 dual record, including a 10-0 record in Big Ten play ... 33-9 overall record ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on 2/27 ... Posted wins over No. 40 Ashley Joelson of UCLA and No. 53 Romy Farah of Miami ... Compiled a 5-4 record playing No. 2 doubles with Samantha Murray ... 14-2 dual record playing doubles with Keri Robison ... Notched a non-conference singles win over Notre Dame’s 26th-ranked Catrina Thompson ... Posted 8-2 fall singles record and 7-2 fall doubles mark ... Went 3-1 in singles at Wildcat Invitational ... Posted 3-1 record in doubles at Wildcat Invitational with partner Keri Robison ... Advanced to the round of 16 in singles of ITA Midwest Regional Championships, where she fell to Murray ... Went undefeated in singles and doubles with Murray at WMU Super Challenge.

HIGH SCHOOLPlayed No. 1 singles all four years at Kinkaid ... Earned all-Southwest Preparatory Conference honors all four years ... Team won conference title three straight years ... Four-year honor roll student ... Attended same high school as current NU men’s tennis player Alex Sanborn.

PERSONALBorn Lauren S. Lui on 2/4/88 ... Daughter of Lillian and Alfred Lui ... Majoring in learning and organizational change.

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN2006-07 33-9 20-5 10-02007-08 32-9 23-1 10-02008-09 34-13 21-5 9-1Fall 2009 7-7 — —Career 106-38 64-11 29-1

LUI’S CAREER SINGLES RECORD

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN2006-07 28-10 19-6 10-02007-08 39-9 21-6 7-22008-09 32-16 20-8 9-1Fall 2009 9-3 — —Career 110-39 60-20 26-3

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the Duals in the Desert and the Furman Invitational ... Advanced to the semifinals of the National Indoor Singles Championships ... Paired with Keri Robison to win three of four matches at the Midwest Regional Championships ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2007-08Selected to the singles ITA All-America Team ... Named ITA National Player to Watch and Midwest Region Player of the Year ... Recipient of Big Ten Player and Freshman of the Year awards ... All-Big Ten team selection ... Finished the season ranked No. 7 overall ... Advanced to the NCAA singles quarterfinals as the tournament’s No. 4 seed ... Only Wildcat with 40-plus wins, posting a 41-6 overall singles record ... Posted a 23-3 dual record, including a perfect 10-0 in Big Ten action ... Team-best winning percentage of .872 ... Rode a 14-match winning streak from 3/26-5/17 ... Recorded seven victories over top-50 opponents ... Spent the entire season ranked among the nation’s top 10 ... 40-5 overall in doubles competition ... Posted a 23-4 dual doubles record, including 9-1 in the Big Ten ... In the fall season, she instantly dominated college scene with a 13-2 singles record, while going 12-1 in doubles ... Victorious in first nine singles matches ... Reached finals of Nike-Cal Invitational with three wins over ranked players, including a semifinals win over then-No. 4 Susie Babos ... Beat teammate Georgia Rose in the championship of National Indoor Championships consolation draw ... Notched four wins over ranked opponents in the tournament overall ... Won first 12 doubles matches ... Won titles at the Nike-Cal Invitational and Wildcat Invitational with Ghazal ... Reached the semifinals of the Midwest Regional Championships with Conill, winning five matches.

HIGH SCHOOL Won the Russian under-16 title and the under-18 title ... Ranked No. 41 in the ITF World Junior Rankings.

PERSONAL Born Maria S. Mosolova on 10/19/89 ... Daughter of Svetlana and Sergey Mosolova ... Majoring in economics.

FALL 2009Drew the No. 1 overall preseason singles ranking in the Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis poll ... Ranked No. 41 in doubles with Brittany Wowchuk ... Won the 2009 ITA Midwest Regional singles championship, defeating 20th-ranked Kristy Frilling of Notre Dame in the final ... Did not lose a set in her five matches at the Midwest Regionals ... Finished the fall with a 9-4 singles record ... Owned the No. 1 seed at both the ITA All-American Championships and the ITA National Indoor Singles Championships ... Won a flight singles title at the Furman Fall Classic.

2008-09Named an ITA All-American in singles and finished the season ranked No. 2 in the nation ... One of four finalists for the 2009 Honda Sports Award, presented to the nation’s top player at the end of the season ... Won second straight Big Ten Player of the Year award and named first-team All-Big Ten ... Drew the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Singles Championship and reached the quarterfinals before falling to No. 8 Chelsey Gullickson of Georgia ... Spent 10 weeks ranked No. 1 in the Campbell/ITA College Tennis poll after becoming the first Northwestern player to garner the top preseason singles ranking ... 36-8 overall singles record with a 17-5 mark in duals and a 7-0 Big Ten record ... Qualified for her first NCAA Doubles Championships with partner Keri Robison ... The duo played the No. 2 spot for NU and ended the year ranked No. 36 nationally with a 25-5 overall record (22-3 duals, 10-0 Big Ten) ... Won 16 straight doubles matches from 3/4 to 5/9 ... Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week (1/20, 2/17, 4/7) ... 24 of 36 singles wins came against ranked opponents ... Clinched NU’s 11th straight Big Ten Tournament title with her 6-2, 6-1 win against Michigan’s 62nd-ranked Chisako Sugiyama ... Named to all-tournament team in doubles following NU’s title at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship ... Won the singles bracket at the National Collegiate Tennis Classic (1/18), defeating Stanford’s 26th-ranked Hilary Barte in three sets in the final ... In the fall, posted a 13-2 record in singles play ... At All-American Championships, won her first three matches, including a come-from-behind three-set victory against Amanda McDowell of Georgia Tech, the 2008 NCAA singles champion ... Came away with tournament titles at

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN2007-08 41-6 23-3 10-02008-09 36-8 17-5 7-0Fall 2009 9-4 — —Career 86-18 40-8 17-0

MOSOLOVA’S CAREER SINGLES RECORD

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN2007-08 40-5 23-4 9-12008-09 31-8 24-3 10-0Fall 2009 2-1 — —Career 73-14 47-7 19-1

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MARIA MOSOLOVA5-8 JuniorMoscow, RussiaNo. 204

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SAMANTHA MURRAY5-9SeniorAltrincham, EnglandAltrincham Grammar

FALL 2009Ranked No. 40 in singles and No. 35 in doubles in the pre-season Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis poll ... Enjoyed a 10-2 start to the season this fall ... Undefeated at Fur-man Fall Classic (3-0) and Duals in the Desert (4-0) events ... Reached the doubles semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regional Champion-ships with Stacey Lee and finished 10-1 in doubles during the fall season.

2008-09NCAA Singles qualifier for third consecutive season ... Finished the sea-son ranked No. 56 nationally in singles with a 34-13 overall record (19-6 duals, 7-1 Big Ten) ... Earned third All-Big Ten selection ... Recorded 11 victories against ranked opponents ... Posted a 33-7 doubles record, including a 24-3 mark with Elena Chernaykova ... Murray and Chernya-kova went 23-2 in dual matches at the No. 3 spot and won a season-high 14 matches from 3/1 to 4/25 ... Won her 100th career singles match on 4/18 against Christina Keesey of Ohio State ... Named to the all-tourna-ment team for doubles following NU’s title at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship ... Fell in the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship to Georgia Tech’s Cristy Striplin ... Finished the fall with a 13-5 singles mark ... Captured the Wilson/ITA Midwest Regional crown, marking the eighth straight season a Northwestern player has won the event ... Defeated Notre Dame’s Kelcy Tefft (No. 43) in the finals, rallying to win 5-7, 6-4, 6-1 ... It was the only match of the tour-nament in which Murray was pushed to a third set ... Finished 2-2 at the All-American Championships ... Won her opening-round match at the ITA National Indoor Championships ... Along with Keri Robison, won the Flight Two doubles bracket at the Furman Invitational ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete.

2007-08All-Big Ten selection for the second time ... Academic All-Big Ten ... ESPN The Magazine second-team Academic All-District V at-large selection ... NCAA singles qualifier for second straight year ... Finished the season as the ITA’s 39th-ranked singles player ... Ranked No. 17 in doubles with partner Lauren Lui ... Posted a 37-11 overall singles record,

including 20-6 in duals, all from the No. 3 position ... Went 9-1 in Big Ten dual action, with five of those wins coming in critical superbreaker third sets ... Recorded five wins against nationally ranked opponents, including Whitney McCray of Georgia Tech ... Posted a 35-11 doubles record, including 15-3 in duals with partner Suzie Matzenauer ... Three doubles wins over top-20 tandems ... Big Ten Athlete of the Week on 1/16 ... In the fall, compiled a 14-4 singles record, 9-3 in doubles ... Reached semifinals of the Nike-Cal Invitational ... Won qualifying consolation draw of All-American Championships with five victories over ranked opponents ... Made it to finals of the Midwest Regional Championships to qualify for National Indoor Championships ... Won first-round match to reach the round of 16 at Indoor Championships ... Qualified for and reached quarterfinals of the All-American Champion-ships with Lauren Lui in doubles ... Also reached semifinals of Cal-Nike Invitational and the quarterfinals of the Midwest Regional Champion-ships with Matzenauer.

2006-072007 Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... All-Big Ten selection ... ITA Midwest Region Rookie Player of the Year ... NCAA singles qualifier ... Won two doubles matches in NCAA Regionals with Alexis Conill ... Finished regular season as the 38th-ranked singles player in the nation ... Posted wins over No. 19 Katrina Tsang, No. 28 Yasmin Schnack and No. 31 Colleen Rielley ... Named Big Ten Player of the Week on 1/12 and 4/24 ... Posted a 14-11 record in singles in the dual season and a 7-3 record in the Big Ten ... Partnered with Lauren Lui to post a 5-4 record at No. 2 doubles... 15-3 doubles record in dual match play with Conill ... Pair entered NCAA round of 16 on nine-match winning streak ... Advanced to the semifinals of the main singles draw at the National Col-legiate Tennis Classic ... Closed regular season with two singles wins in a row ... Had an impressive fall going 10-1 in singles and 9-1 in doubles ... Posted a perfect 4-0 singles record at Wildcat Invitational to go along with a 3-0 doubles record with partner Nazlie Ghazal ... Advanced to quarterfinals in singles of ITA Midwest Regional Championships and made it to doubles semifinals with partner Alexis Conill ... Undefeated in both singles and doubles WMU Super Challenge, winning three doubles matches with partner Lauren Lui.

HIGH SCHOOLPlayed eight years of tennis at Altrincham Grammar ... Also played rounders, field hockey and badminton ... Team was local region champi-onships in rounders and tennis, 1999-04 ... Made national school’s finals in badminton.

PERSONALBorn Samantha Dawn Murray on 10/9/87 ... Daughter of Catherine and David Murray ... Brothers Neil and Peter played tennis at Bath Univer-sity in England ... Majoring in economics.

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KATE TURVY5-4FreshmanDublin, OhioDublin-Coffman

FALL 2009Notched a 7-5 record in fall singles and a 4-1 mark in doubles ... Won her first two singles matches at the ITA Midwest Regional Champion-ships, both of which came against Big Ten opponents (Michigan’s Tania Mahtani, Illinois’ Rachel White) ... Vic-torious in two matches in the Duals in the Desert.

HIGH SCHOOLPosted a perfect 59-0 record during her sophomore and junior seasons at Dublin Coff-man, winning every match in straight sets ... 2006 and 2007 OHSSA Division I state singles champion ... Competed at the USTA G18 National Team Championships in Berkeley, Calif., helping the Midwest Regional team to the title ... Won six matches at the USTA Interscholastics East in May, 2009, to win the singles bracket ... Captured a Midwest Regional singles champion-ship in October, 2008, winning all six matches she played on the way to the title.

PERSONALBorn Kathryn E. Turvy on 11/6/90 ... Daughter of Kathleen and John Turvy ... Featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Faces in the Crowd” section ... Major is undecided.

YEAR OVERALL DUAL BIG TEN 2006-07 30-10 20-7 8-12007-08 35-11 21-8 8-22008-09 33-7 25-2 8-0Fall 2008 10-1 — —Career 108-29 66-17 24-3

MURRAY’S CAREER DOUBLES RECORD

BRITTANY WOWCHUK5-7FreshmanToronto, Ont.Oakville-Trafalgar

FALL 2009Ranked No. 41 in dou-bles with Maria Moso-lova in the preseason Campbell’s/ITA College Tennis poll ... Finished 7-5 in singles and 4-2 in doubles ... Won her first two matches at the ITA All-American Championships in the prequalifying bracket ... 1-1 in singles and 2-1 in doubles at the ITA Midwest Regional Championships

HIGH SCHOOLNo. 1-ranked juniors player in Canada with seven national juniors championships ... Fi-nalist in U-16 Orange Bowl ... Career-high ITF ranking of 254 ... Gold-medalist in 2008 OFSAA competition.

PERSONALBorn Brittany Jane Wowchuk on 12/16/91 ... Daughter of Brad and Lynda Wowchuk ... One brother, Byron ... Major is undecided.

KATE TURVY

BRITTANYWOWCHUK


PROGRAM H ISTORY


PROGRAM H ISTORY2008-09 SeaSon in review .....................................................................................26-27

2008-09 StatiSticS and dual match reSultS ...................................................... 28

all-time SerieS recordS ......................................................................................... 29

program recordS ..................................................................................................... 29

all-time honorS and awardS ............................................................................30-32

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After a decade of unparalleled success within the Big Ten Conference, head coach Claire Pollard and her squad proved in the 2008-

09 season that they are ready to remain a permanent fixture near the top of the national rankings. Northwestern held the No. 1 ranking in the Campbell/ITA College Tennis rankings from the preseason through the start of the NCAA Championships and eventually finished No. 2 in the country for the second straight year. By the end of the 2009 season, Northwestern—which in January received a preseason No. 1 ranking for the first time in program history back—had owned the top spot in the polls in 25 of the last 27 ranking periods. NU actually concluded spring 2009 with a final points average (84.65) that was 0.67 points higher than Duke's, but the ITA traditionally awards the final No. 1 ranking to that year's NCAA champion. Northwestern finished the year with a record of 28-2—one win shy of the program-record 29 set in 2008—and with its 11th straight Big Ten title in tow. The Wildcats went 10-0 in the league and posted three sweeps in the Big Ten Tournament to extend their winning streak against conference opponents to 77 matches. All told, NU won 70 of 72 singles matches as well as 35 of 37 doubles matches in dual contests against league opponents. Early in the year, Northwestern valiantly defended the top position thanks to one of the most impressive accomplishments in the Claire Pollard era, a title at the ITA National Indoor Team Championship in February. On their way to becoming just the sixth program to win the title in the 22-year history of the event, the Wildcats knocked off four teams—Miami (Fla.), Notre Dame, Georgia and eventual NCAA champion Duke—that would finish the season ranked in the top seven in the country. NU also became the first Big Ten school and the first northern team to claim the championship. In addition to the team exploits, Northwestern saw unprecedented success on the individual side of things as three Wildcat players earned All-American status in the same season for the first time in program history. Sophomore Maria Mosolova, who entered the NCAA Singles Championship as the top overall seed, reached the quarterfinals to earn her second All-American honor and finished the year ranked No. 2 nationally in singles with a 36-8 record. In doubles, NU’s No. 1 pairing of senior Georgia Rose and junior Lauren Lui won two matches at the NCAAs to reach the quarterfinals, securing Rose's fourth All-American nod (two doubles, two singles) and the first for Lui. The pairing earned the No. 13 spot in the final ITA doubles poll. Junior Samantha Murray earned her third invitation to the NCAA Singles Championship and finished the year ranked No. 56 nationally with a 34-13 record. Rounding out NU's list of NCAA qualifiers is senior Keri Robison, who received her first bid to the individual championships thanks to a stellar season at No. 2 doubles with Mosolova. The duo finished 25-5 overall with a 22-3 record in dual matches—including a memorable victory to clinch the doubles point against Georgia in the ITA National Indoor Team Championship final—and landed at No. 36 in the ITA doubles rankings at year’s end.

On the Big Ten level, the conference’s top awards again went to the league's most dominant team as Pollard and Mosolova repeated as the Big Ten Coach of the Year and Player of the Year, respectively. It was

Pollard's fifth career nod as the league's top coach in her 11 years at Northwestern while Mosolova joined Cristelle Grier as NU's only two-time Players of the Year, keeping the award in Evanston for an eighth straight season.

The Big Ten selected a league-best four Wildcats—Mosolova, Rose, Murray and Lui—to the all-conference team for the second year in a row. It was the third time in program history that four NU players received All-Big Ten recognition.

Fall 2008

It was an eventful fall season for the Wildcats, whose first true test came at the All-American Championships in Los

Angeles. Rose won her first two matches and picked up a win over the 2008 ITA Rookie of the Year, Hilary Barte of Stanford, before falling in the quarterfinals to Marina

Cossou of Cal. Mosolova advanced as far as the semifinals by knocking off last year's NCAA singles champion, Georgia Tech's Amanda McDowell. In the semis, Mosolova

dominated Arizona State's Kelcy McKenna in the first set, 6-0, but was narrowly edged in the next two sets, 7-5 and 7-6 (4).

NU came home the following week to host the Wildcat Fall Invitational, where freshman Stacey Lee won a closely contested

three-set match against Selma Salkovic of DePaul to win the flight C singles championship. Lee won four matches over the weekend on her way to the title. From there it was on to the Midwest Regional

Championships, where Murray kept the title of Midwest singles champion in Evanston for the eighth straight season. Murray defeated a pair of Notre Dame

players—Kristy Frilling and Kelcy Tefft —in her last two

matches. Freshman Elena Chernyakova made her presence known as well, reaching the quarterfinals thanks to a trio of victories. After an impressive showing at the Duals in the Desert, where Mosolova, Lui and Robison all won their respective singles flights, Mosolova capped the individual season with a run to the semifinals at the ITA National Indoor Singles Championships. In all, Northwestern concluded the fall with a 74-34 singles record and with eight total singles and doubles titles.

KERI ROBISON at the ita national indoor team championship

ALL-AMERICANMARIA MOSOLOVA

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Spring 2009

After garnering the preseason No. 1 ranking for the first time in program

history, NU won early-season matches against New Mexico, Tulsa and Texas to enter the ITA Indoor Team Championship as the event’s No. 1 seed. After disposing of Miami (Fla.), Northwestern encountered a tough test against eighth-seeded Duke in the quarterfinals. With the team score even at three, the outcome hinged on an intense battle at No. 5 singles between Nazlie Ghazal and Duke’s Melissa Mang. The score in the third set was tied at five with Ghazal trailing 0-30 in her service game, but the NU senior stormed back and lost just one point the rest of the way, winning 7-5 and sending the Wildcats into the semifinals. The next day, Northwestern regrouped to knock off Notre Dame by a 4-1 margin to earn a berth in the finals against Georgia. Robison and Mosolova’s tiebreaker win to secure the doubles point gave the Wildcats momentum in singles, where Murray bested Nadja Gilchrist, 6-4, 6-3, to clinch NU's first title at the event. Bolstered by the team championship, NU sandwiched wins against Georgia Tech and North Carolina around its only regular-season loss of the year, a 4-3 defeat against Duke on Feb. 28. On March 4, Northwestern began defending its 10 consecutive Big Ten titles with a 7-0 win at Wisconsin. NU went on to post its fifth straight undefeated Big Ten season —beating each team except Illinois and Michigan by 7-0 scores —and celebrated its 11th straight title on Senior Day with a sweep of Penn State. NU headed to Wisconsin—also the site of the ITA Indoor Team Championship—for the Big Ten Tournament, where it extended its

winning streak against Big Ten opponents to 77 with wins against Minnesota, Ohio State and Michigan. This marked the fifth year in a row Northwestern downed the Wolverines in the championship match.

NCAA Championships

From there, the Wildcats entered the NCAA Championships as the top

overall seed for the second year in a row and kicked off the tournament with a first-round

sweep against first-time tournament qualifier Miami (Ohio) in Evanston. The following day, Northwestern bested a tough 26th-ranked Kentucky team, 4-1, on a chilly, overcast day in Evanston, to earn a spot in the tournament's round of 16 in College Station, Texas, where it faced the same two teams it faced in Tulsa in the 2008 championships. NU handled No. 16 Fresno State, 4-0, thanks in part to Lui and Rose taking down the nation's top-ranked doubles team, Anastasia Petukhova and Renata Kucerkova, to earn a rematch with eighth-seeded California in its third trip to the quarterfinals in the last four years. The match got off to an auspicious start for the Wildcats, with Murray and Chernyakova winning 8-4 at No. 3 doubles to finish the dual season with a remarkable 23-2 dual record. After Cal took the No. 1 match, the Golden Bears eked out the crucial doubles point thanks to a tiebreaker win at the No. 2 spot. Cal held the momentum through the start of singles, winning four first sets, but the Wildcats fought hard to come back. Robison responded after dropping the first set to Stephany Chang 6-0 to take the next two, 6-2, 6-1 and end her senior year with a 31-8 mark. At No. 5, Ghazal came back against 34th-ranked Bojana Bobusic to win the last two sets 6-4, 7-6 (4) to end her career on a 14-match singles winning streak. Lui played a lengthy and memorable first set against No. 54 Claire Ilcinkas, hitting several winners to win 12-10 in an extended tiebreaker. Nevertheless, the Golden Bears eventually picked up the necessary three singles points and dealt NU just its second loss of the year. Although the Wildcats lost three key components of their singles lineup in Rose, Ghazal and Robison, Coach Pollard has plenty of options for the 2010 season thanks to the experience gained last year by Cherynakova and Lee as well as the No. 2-ranked recruiting class that arrived on campus in the fall. As has become routine, this 2009 squad set the bar at the highest heights, but if history is any indication, Northwestern will find a way to raise its standards once again in 2009-10.

GEORGIA ROSE (foreground) and LAUREN LUI reached all-american status at the 2009 ncaa doubles championships.

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Singles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Dual Big Ten Fall Overall Win %elena chernyakova 1-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 8-6 12-8 .600nazlie ghazal 1-0 8-0 12-1 21-1 10-0 9-5 32-6 .842Stacey lee 1-0 8-1 9-1 8-0 8-1 20-2 .905lauren lui 1-0 8-0 12-5 21-5 9-1 9-6 34-13 .723maria mosolova 17-5 17-5 7-0 12-2 36-8 .818Samantha murray 6-1 13-5 19-6 7-1 13-5 34-13 .723Keri robison 1-0 8-0 13-3 22-3 8-0 6-5 31-8 .795georgia rose 4-0 14-5 18-5 6-0 6-4 26-11 .702TEAM 21-5 21-6 22-5 20-4 22-1 23-4 130-26 58-2 74-34 225-69 .765

Doubles No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Dual Big Ten Fall Overall Win %chernyakova/ghazal 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-1 5-1 .833chernyakova/lui 1-0 1-0 1.000chernyakova/mosolova 2-1 2-1 .667chernyakova/murray 23-2 23-2 8-0 1-1 24-3 .889chernyakova/robison 3-0 4-1 .800chernyakova/rose 2-0 2-0 — 2-0 1.000ghazal/lee 2-3 3-4 .429ghazal/robison 0-1 0-1 .000lee/robison 2-1 2-1 .667lui/mosolova 2-0 2-0 — 4-1 .800lui/murray 0-2 0-2 .000lui/rose 18-8 18-8 9-1 7-4 27-13 .675mosolova/robison 22-3 22-3 10-0 3-1 25-5 .833mosolova/rose 0-1 0-1 .000murray/robison 2-0 2-0 4-1 8-2 .800murray/rose — 1-0 1.000TEAM 20-8 24-3 27-2 70-12 29-1 25-17 108-36 .750

Date Event/Opponent Result Jan. 16-18 Wildcat Invitational NTS Jan. 29 New Mexico W, 7-0 Feb. 1 Tulsa W, 7-0 Feb. 8 Texas W, 6-1 Feb. 13-16 indoor team championship (madison) vs. Miami (Fla.) W, 6-1 vs. Duke W, 4-3 vs. Notre Dame W, 4-1 vs. Georgia W, 4-1 Feb. 22 georgia tech w, 5-2 Feb. 28 Duke L, 4-3 Mar. 1 North Carolina W, 5-2 mar. 4 wisconsin * w, 7-0 mar. 7 michigan State * w, 7-0 Mar. 13 Illinois * W, 6-1 Mar. 14 Indiana * W, 7-0 mar. 27 Fresno State w, 4-2 mar. 29 michigan * w, 6-1

Date Event/Opponent Result Apr. 4 Notre Dame W, 4-3 Apr. 5 Purdue * W, 7-0 apr. 9 william & mary w, 6-1 apr. 11 minnesota * w, 7-0 apr. 12 iowa * w, 7-0 Apr. 18 Ohio State * W, 7-0 Apr. 19 Penn State * W, 7-0 apr. 24-26 Big ten tournament (madison, wis.) vs. Minnesota (outdoors) W, 4-0 vs. Ohio State (indoors) W, 4-0 vs. Michigan (indoors) W, 4-0 May 8-9 NCAA Regional (Evanston, Ill.) vs. Miami (Ohio) W, 4-0 vs. Kentucky W, 4-1 may 15-19 ncaa tournament (college Station, texas) vs. Fresno State w, 4-0 vs. california l, 4-2

home matches in Bold * designates Big ten match

2009 DUAL MATCH RESULTS

GEORGIA ROSE finished 26-11 in singles in her senior season and earned all-american status in doubles for the second time in her career.

A L L-T I M E P R O G R A M R E C O R D S


ALL-TIME SERIES RECORDS

Opponent W L Georgia Tech 4 2 harper college 1 0 harvard 10 1 hawaii 2 0 houston 1 0 Illinois 40 7 illinois-chicago 6 0 illinois State 9 2 Indiana 23 25 Iowa 35 2 iowa State 1 0 Kalamazoo college 1 1 Kansas 2 1 Kansas State 3 1 Kentucky 9 2 long Beach State 1 0 louisiana State 1 0 marquette 9 0 miami (Fla.) 6 3 miami (ohio) 7 0 Michigan 45 8 Michigan State 33 1 Minnesota 32 5 mississippi 2 3 mississippi State 1 0 missouri 1 0 murray State 1 0 nebraska 1 0 New Mexico 4 0

Opponent W Lalabama 3 1arizona 2 1arizona State 0 3arkansas-little rock 1 0aurora 1 0Ball State 1 0Baylor 3 0Boston college 1 0Brigham Young 11 11california 1 6california-irvine 1 0california-Santa Barbara 1 1cal State-Fullerton 2 1cal State-northridge 2 0cal State-riverside 1 0chicago 1 0clemson 4 3colorado 2 0depaul 8 0drake 1 0Duke 5 10eastern illinois 2 0eastern michigan 6 0east texas State 1 0Florida 1 8Florida State 5 0Fresno State 5 2Furman 2 0georgia 4 3

Opponent W LNorth Carolina 5 9north carolina State 1 1 northern illinois 10 0north Florida 1 0north texas State 0 1Notre Dame 24 10Ohio State 30 6oklahoma State 1 1oral roberts 1 1pacific 1 0Penn State 25 0pepperdine 1 8portland 1 0princeton 3 1Purdue 37 1rollins 1 1San diego 1 6San diego State 4 8South alabama 2 0South carolina 3 0South Florida 5 1Southern california 1 5Southern illinois 7 0S. illinois-edwardsville 2 0Southern methodist 3 3Stanford 0 4tennessee 2 3

Opponent W L Texas 8 3 texas a&m 6 1 tcu 1 1 texas-San antonio 1 0 trinity (texas) 2 7 tulane 1 0 tulsa 2 0 ucla 3 3 u.S. international 4 1 utah 4 0 valparaiso 2 0 vanderbilt 2 1 wake Forest 2 1 washington 5 1 weber State 1 0 west chester State 1 0 western Kentucky 2 0 western michigan 10 0 wheaton (ill.) 6 1 William & Mary 5 2 Wisconsin 42 15 wisconsin-whitewater 1 0 Totals 549 206

2009-10 opponents in bold

ALL-TIME PROGRAM RECORDSNU COACHING RECORDS

Team moSt winS in a SeaSon—29, 2008 moSt ShutoutS—15, 2008 BeSt winning pct.—.935, 2008 moSt conSecutive winS—23, 2008

Individual Records Singles career winS—181, cristelle grier, 2002-2006 SeaSon winS—51, audra cohen, 2005 conSecutive matcheS won—29, georgia rose, 2006 conSecutive SetS won—32, Kim gandy, 1983 winning percentage—.935 (29-2), diane donnelly, 1985 FeweSt SetS loSt—6, marjorie gantman, 1994; Kelly Boyse, 1986; diane donnelly, 1985; Kim gandy, 1983

Doubles SeaSon winS—41, cristelle grier/ Jessica rush, 2003 conSecutive matcheS won—21, Katrina adams/diane donnelly, 1987 conSecutive SetS won—28, Katrina adams/ diane donnelly, 1987 winning percentage—1.000 (21-0), Katrina adams/diane donnelly, 1987 FeweSt SetS loSt—2, Katrina adams/diane donnelly, 1987

Dual Big Ten Big Ten NCAA ITA Year Coach Record Record Place Place Final 1976 June Booth 3-4 — — — 1977 June Booth 12-2 — — — 1978 June Booth 14-6 — — — 1979 June Booth 10-9 — — — 1980 Sandy Stap 16-7 — — — 1981 Sandy Stap 26-9 — — — 1982 Sandy Stap 28-5 13-3 2nd 9th 1983 Sandy Stap clifton 25-6 12-1 2nd 9th 1984 Sandy Stap clifton 22-7 11-1 2nd 9th 1985 Sandy Stap clifton 24-7 12-0 1st 9th 1986 Sandy Stap clifton 26-4 10-0 1st 5th 1987 Sandy Stap clifton 22-4 9-1 2nd 5th 1988 Sandy Stap clifton 11-18 8-3 3rd — 1989 Sandy Stap clifton 16-7 9-2 3rd — 1990 lisa Fortman 17-7 8-3 2nd — 1991 lisa Fortman 15-6 8-4 3rd — 1992 lisa Fortman 11-12 6-4 3rd — 1993 lisa Fortman 13-11 7-3 4th — 1994 lisa Fortman 17-3 10-3 3rd — 13th 1995 lisa Fortman 17-5 11-2 2nd — 25th 1996 lisa Fortman 18-8 8-2 2nd 24th 1997 lisa Fortman 11-13 5-5 4th — 43rd 1998 lisa Fortman 13-11 8-2 2nd — 42nd 1999 claire pollard 19-5 9-1 1st — 24th 2000 claire pollard 24-5 8-2 1st — 15th 2001 claire pollard 24-5 10-0 1st 9th 9th 2002 claire pollard 23-6 10-0 1st 9th 9th 2003 claire pollard 19-9 8-2 1st — 18th 2004 claire pollard 25-5 9-1 1st 9th 2005 claire pollard 26-3 10-0 1st 9th 5th 2006 claire pollard 24-5 10-0 1st 5th 8th 2007 claire pollard 23-5 10-0 1st 9th 8th 2008 claire pollard 29-2 10-0 1st 5th 2nd 2009 claire pollard 28-2 10-0 1st 5th 2nd Totals 648-223 259-45

H O N O R S A N D A W A R D S


NCAA CHAMPIONS

1982 courtney lord ............singles, doubles tina oeschle ............................. singles randi rosen ............................. singles cynthia Brightfield ....................doubles1983 courtney lord ............singles, doubles maeve Quinlan ............singles, doubles randi rosen ............................. singles1984 diane donnelly.........................doubles eva lucido ...............................doubles maeve Quinlan ............singles, doubles courtney lord ..........................doubles1985 Stephanie lightvoet ..... singles, doubles Kirstin laux .................................singles Kim gandy ................... singles, doubles1986 Katrina adams.............singles, doubles diane donnelly............singles, doubles1987 lynn nabors .............................. singles Katrina adams.............singles, doubles diane donnelly............singles, doubles1990 lindsay matthews ....................doubles wendy nelson ..........................doubles1991 lindsay matthews ..................... singles1998 Katherine nasser ...................... singles1999 laura guignon .........................doubles Katherine nasser .....................doubles2000 Katherine nasser ........singles, doubles colleen cheng .........................doubles2001 colleen cheng .......................... singles lia Jackson ............................... singles2002 marine piriou ...............singles, doubles Jessica rush............................doubles2003 cristelle grier ..............singles, doubles Jessica rush............................doubles2004 cristelle grier ..............singles, doubles Jessica rush...............singles, doubles2005 audra cohen ...............singles, doubles cristelle grier ..............singles, doubles2006 georgia rose ............................ singles cristelle grier ..............singles, doubles alexis prousis .............singles, doubles2007 Samantha Murray ................... singles alexis prousis ..........................doubles georgia rose ..............singles, doubles2008 Lauren Lui............... singles, doubles Maria Mosolova ...................... singles Samantha Murray ................... singles georgia rose ..............singles, doubles2009 Lauren Lui..............................doubles Maria Mosolova ...... singles, doubles Samantha Murray ................... singles Keri robison ............................doubles georgia rose ..............singles, doubles

NCAA QUALIFIERS

1987 diane donnelly1996 Siri eklund1997 marjorie gantman

ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

2004 audra cohen

ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONS

2003 cristelle grier/Jessica rush2004 audra cohen/cristelle grier

ITA NATIONAL INDOOR DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

2008 claire pollard

WILSON/ITANATIONAL

COACH OF THE YEAR

KATRINA ADAMS (right) and DIANE DONNELLY took the 1987 ncaa doubles title and earned all-america honors.

1987 Katrina adams.........................doubles diane donnelly........................doubles2006 cristelle grier ..........................doubles alexis prousis .........................doubles

1984 maeve Quinn1986 Katrina adams ............. singles, doubles diane donnelly ............ singles, doubles1987 Katrina adams ............. singles, doubles diane donnelly ............ singles, doubles2003 cristelle grier .............................singles2004 cristelle grier .............. singles, doubles Jessica rush ............................ doubles2005 audra cohen ............... singles, doubles cristelle grier .............. singles, doubles2006 cristelle grier .............. singles, doubles alexis prousis ........................... doubles2007 alexis prousis ........................... doubles georgia rose .............. singles, doubles2008 Maria Mosolova .......................singles georgia rose .............................singles2009 Lauren Lui .............................. doubles Maria Mosolova .......................singles georgia rose ........................... doubles

ALL-AMERICANS

2001 claire pollard2003 claire pollard2005 claire pollard2008 claire pollard

WILSON/ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR

CRISTELLE GRIER became northwestern’s first four-time all-american in 2006.

1999 Katherine nasser2001 marine piriou2002 cristelle grier2003 cristelle grier2004 audra cohen2005 alexis prousis2007 georgia rose2008 Samantha Murray2009 Maria Mosolova

WILSON/ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL CHAMPIONS



RUTH BARNES was a three-time academic all-Big ten selection for the wildcats from 2002-04.

MARJORIE GANTMAN, a

three-time all-Big ten selection, held

nu's all-time win record until 2000.

1984 Kim gandy 2000 lia Jackson 1986 diane donnelly leigh weinraub1987 diane donnelly 2001 lia Jackson Jennifer hilton marine piriou christina Schuschel 2002 ruth Barnes1988 Kelly Boyse connie chiang christina Schuschel lia Jackson1989 cindy galloway Stacy Kokx wendy nelson Simona petrutiu christina Schuschel marine piriou1990 lindsay matthews Jessica rush wendy nelson 2003 ruth Barnes Julie willett connie chiang1991 lindsay matthews Stacy Kokx wendy nelson Jessica rush Julie willett andrew Yung1992 lindsay matthews 2004 ruth Barnes Julie willett connie chiang1993 amy heath cristelle grier Joanna Feria Stacy Kokx1994 Siri eklund Jessica rush Joanna Feria andrea Yung elissa Kim 2005 cristelle grier1995 Siri eklund andrea Yung Joanna Feria 2006 alexis conill marjorie gantman Feriel esseghir ana gonzalez cristelle grier elissa Kim Jamie peisel1996 Siri eklund 2007 alexis conill marjorie gantman alexis prousis elissa Kim Jennifer taylor1997 marjorie gantman 2008 alexis conill1998 laura guignon lauren lui Katherine nasser Suzie matzenauer1999 colleen cheng Samantha murray laura guignon georgia rose robyn porter 2009 lauren lui leigh weinraub maria mosolova Samantha murray Keri robison georgia rose

ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN

2005 leigh weinraub2008 dave mullins

ITA MIDWEST REGIONAL DOUBLES CHAMPIONS

ITA MIDWEST ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR

1997 Katherine nasser/laura guignon2003 cristelle grier/Jessica rush2004 audra cohen/cristelle grier2005 cristelle grier/alexis prousis

SIRI EKLUND was the first of eight wildcats to take home Big ten Freshman of the Year honors.

MIDWEST REGION HEAD/ARTHUR ASHE JR.SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD

1989 Julie willett

ITA NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIPAWARD WINNER

2009 lauren lui



BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS

1985 2002 2007 1986 2003 2008 1999 2004 2009 2000 2005 2001 2006

1993 Siri eklund 1997 Katherine nasser 2000 marine piriou 2003 cristelle grier 2005 audra cohen 2006 georgia rose 2007 Samantha murray 2008 maria mosolova

BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

1998 Katherine nasser 2002 marine piriou 2003 cristelle grier 2004 cristelle grier 2005 audra cohen 2006 cristelle grier 2007 georgia rose 2008 maria mosolova 2009 maria mosolova

BIG TEN PLAYER OF THE YEAR

2001 claire pollard 2004 claire pollard 2005 claire pollard 2008 claire pollard 2009 claire pollard

BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR

KATHERINE NASSER was a four-time all-Big ten selection for the wildcats from 1997-00.

CRISTELLE GRIER earned all-Big ten honors in each of her four years at northwestern from 2003-06.

ALL-BIG TEN

1996 Siri eklund (award discontinued)

BIG TEN SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR

1984 maeve Quinlan Katherine nasser courtney lord randi rosen 1985 Kim gandy Kristin laux Stephanie lightvoet 1986 Katrina adams diane donnelly Stephanie lightvoet 1987 Katrina adams diane donnelly lynn nabors 1988 christina Schuschel 1989 christina Schuschel 1990 lindsay matthews wendy nelson 1991 lindsay matthews 1992 Branaca elsberry lindsay matthews 1993 Branaca elsberry Siri eklund 1995 Siri eklund marjorie gantman 1996 Siri eklund marjorie gantman 1997 marjorie gantman Katherine nasser 1998 Shannon duffy eva lucido 1999 Shannon duffy laura guignon Katherine nasser

2000 Shannon duffy Katherine nasser2001 colleen cheng lia Jackson2002 lia Jackson marine piriou Jessica rush2003 cristelle grier Jessica rush Jamie peisel2004 cristelle grier Jessica rush2005 audra cohen cristelle grier alexis prousis2006 cristelle grier alexis prousis georgia rose2007 Sam murray alexis prousis georgia rose2008 lauren lui maria mosolova Sam murray georgia rose2009 lauren lui maria mosolova Sam murray georgia rose

THE UN IVERS ITYTHIS IS NORTHWESTERN .............................................................................................. 34SCHOOLS OF NORTHWESTERN ................................................................................... 35PRESIDENT mORTON SCHaPIRO ................................................................................. 36DIRECTOR OF aTHLETICS aND RECREaTION JIm PHILLIPS ..................................... 37aCaDEmIC SERVICES aND STuDENT DEVELOPmENT .............................................. 38aTHLETIC ExCELLENCE ................................................................................................. 39aTHLETIC ENDOWmENTS .............................................................................................. 40

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T H E H I g H E S T o R d E R o f E x c E l l E N c E

• From 25,000 freshman candidates each year, about 6,500 are offered admission for a freshman class size of 2,000.

• Students from all 50 states and more than 50 foreign countries make up the undergraduate student body of approximately 8,000. The undergraduate population is about 54 percent women, and just under 30 percent are African American, Hispanic or Asian American. Total enrollment is approx imately 17,000, including 1,100 part-time students in evening programs of the School of Continuing Studies.

• Undergraduate financial aid is need based. More than half of all Northwestern undergraduates receive some combination of need-based scholarships, student loans and work-study employment.

• Among the more than 50 fellowships awarded to students or alumni in 2008–09 were two Rhodes, one Marshall, four Gates Cambridge and 32 Fulbright Scholarships.

• Among graduate programs, the J.L. Kellogg School of Management regularly ranks among the top five business schools in the country for both its traditional curriculum and its executive master’s program.

• U.S. News & World Report placed Northwestern’s School of Law in the top 10 law schools nationally and the Feinberg School of Medicine in the top 20 medical programs. In its most recent assess-ment of doctoral programs, the National Research Council ranked five Northwestern programs in the top 10 percent nationally and 10 programs in the top 25 percent.

Northwestern university was founded in 1851 as a private institution of “the highest order of excellence” to serve the Northwest Territory, an

area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, michigan, Wisconsin and part of minnesota.

Today one of the nation’s premier universities, Northwestern occupies two campuses along the shore of Lake Michigan and is connected by both geography and programming to one of the nation’s great cities, Chicago. In addition, Northwestern has a campus in Doha, Qatar. In this midsize research university, 11 schools—each with relatively small academic depart-ments—offer high-quality programs spanning a remarkably diverse portfolio. Northwestern is recognized both nationally and internationally for the quality of its educational programs at all levels. U.S. News & World Report consistently ranks the University’s undergraduate and gradu-ate programs among the best in the country.

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The Judd a. aNd marJorie weiNberg College of arts aNd sCieNCes is the largest of Northwestern’s undergraduate schools with more than 4,000 undergraduate students and 500 faculty members. It is the corner-stone of a University that believes study in the liberal arts and sciences is the foundation of a strong undergradu-ate education. Students may enhance their studies with independent research projects, ad hoc majors or minors, Chicago field studies and study abroad. The sChool of CommuNiCatioN offers opportunities for study in five top-ranking departments: communication sciences and disorders, communication studies, performance studies, radio/television/film and theatre. Cocurricular opportunities include the top debate team in the country, hospital internships, student video and film projects, theater productions and the largest student-run college radio station in the country.

The sChool of eduCatioN aNd soCial PoliCy started as a depart-ment in the College of Liberal Arts and became a separate school of education in 1926. “Social policy” was added to its name in 1986 to reflect a distinctive mission among schools of education—to understand and improve learning communities (schools and classrooms, workplace settings, families and neighborhoods), to study lifelong learning and to improve lives through policy. By producing scholarly research that informs and influences public policy-making about education, this small school (350 undergraduates, 300 graduate students and 23 faculty) has earned national recognition.

In the robert r. mcCormiCk sChool of eNgiNeeriNg aNd aPPlied sCieNCe, about 1,300 undergraduates and approximately 750 graduate students choose from among 15 majors, including such interdisciplinary fields as materials science, biomedical engineering and environmental engineering. Recent curriculum innovations and the Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center give students exceptional opportunities for team learning, collaborative projects and computer-assisted learning.

The medill sChool of JourNalism prepares students for careers in newspapers, magazines, broadcast journalism, new media or integrated marketing communications. Medill students have consistently won in the Hearst Foundation’s National Writing, Photojournalism and Broadcast News Championships, the Pulitzer Prize competition of

college journalism; and its students dominate the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence Awards competition.

Established in 1895 as an integral part of the University, the heNry aNd leigh bieNeN sChool of musiC combines a nationally ranked music program of conservatory intensity with the academic rigor and scholarly resources found only at a first-rank research university. Students are encouraged to grow as both artists and people and to explore the myriad career options avail-able in a life devoted to music. Artists from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Lyric Opera of Chicago and other world-class performing organizations are among the faculty.

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U N I V E R S I T Y p R E S I d E N T m o RTo N S c H a p I R oMorton Owen Schapiro

was named 16th presi-dent of Northwestern University on December 16, 2008 and began his term on September 1, 2009. President Schapiro is among the nation’s premier authorities on the economics of higher education, with par-ticular expertise in the area of college financing and afford-ability and on trends in edu-cational costs and student aid. He is widely quoted in the national media and has testi-fied before U.S. Senate and House committees on eco-nomic and educational issues. Before coming to Northwestern, he was presi-dent of Williams College

from 2000 to 2009. Among the initiatives implemented during his presi-dency were a substantial reduction in average class size, a tripling of the number of courses offered in the college’s signature tutorial program and the completion of a number of major building projects including a center for theatre and dance, a student center and new faculty office/classroom buildings. Courses taught by President Schapiro at Williams College included introductory microeconomics, a tutorial on the economics of higher education and two interdisciplinary seminars, one on the econom-ics and philosophy of education and the other on disease, culture and society. He previously served as a member of the Williams College faculty from 1980 to 1991, as Professor of Economics and as Assistant Provost. In 1991 he went to the University of Southern California where he served as Chair of the Department of Economics until 1994 and then as Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences until 2000. During his last two years as Dean, he also served as the University’s Vice President for Planning. President Schapiro has written more than 100 articles and five books, and he has edited two others, most with his longtime co-author Michael McPherson. These include: The Student Aid Game: Meeting Need and Rewarding Talent in American Higher Education (Princeton University

Press 1998); Paying the Piper: Productivity, Incentives and Financing in Higher Education (also with Gordon Winston, University of Michigan Press 1993) and Keeping College Affordable: Government and Educational Opportunity (Brookings 1991), plus two recent edited volumes College Success: What It Means and How to Make It Happen (College Board 2008) and College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? (College Board 2006).

President Schapiro has received research grants and contracts from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education, the World Bank, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the College Board, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and other groups to study the economics of higher education and related topics. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Hofstra University in 1975 and his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania in 1979. President Schapiro and his wife Mimi have three children: Matt, Alissa and Rachel.

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d I R E c T o R o f aT H l E T I c S a N d R E c R E aT I o N j I m p H I l l I p SJames J. Phillips

became Northwest-ern’s 21st director of intercollegiate athletics and recreation on April 14, 2008, bringing a track record of Division I success and a commit-ment to the values NU always has maintained in collegiate athletics. “The opportunity

to lead Northwestern’s athletic and recreation programs is both exciting and humbling,” Phillips said. “Northwestern is a world-class institution that does things right in terms of college athletics and what they stand for.” One of 10 children, Phillips, who grew up in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side, is the perfect fit to head up NU’s 19-sport program in the nation’s No. 3 market. His Windy City roots and family orientation are integral parts of his philosophy of providing student-athletes with a “world-class experience” that enables them to succeed academically, socially and athletically. One of Phillips’ first actions at Northwestern was to begin the implementation of a Department of Athletics and Recreation re-organization that was completed in January of 2009. NU’s existing departments were broken into three key “silos:” internal, external and student-athlete welfare. Northwestern’s stellar marketing and promo-tions staff continued to excel in 2008-09, winning its sixth national NACMA award since 2003. Ticket sales for Big Ten football home games went up 17 percent, men’s basketball sales improved 13 percent for weekend games and overall attendance was up at all seven of NU’s admission-charging sports. New courtside seating at Welsh-Ryan Arena sold out for the men’s basketball season. NU signed corporate sponsorship deals with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Har-ris Bank, re-branded its media rights holder to Northwestern Sports Properties (NSP), defeated Notre Dame at U.S. Cellular Field in baseball and created an Annual Report to showcase the depart-ment’s previous year. Phillips hired ultra-successful women’s basketball coach Joe McKeown in June of 2008. McKeown came to Evanston after 19 years at George Washington, where he took his team to the postseason 17 times and compiled a 509-174 record. Phillips’ second coaching hire was to name Tracey Fuchs the head of the field hockey program in January of 2009. Fuchs had arguably the most successful playing career in USA Field Hockey history and has been referred to as the “Michael Jordan of field hockey.” In 2009, Phillips signed a four-year deal with WGN Radio, the long-time radio outlet of Northwestern football and men’s basketball. In addition to those two sports, a new weekly Inside

Wildcat Athletics show will air on The Voice of Chicago through the 2012-13 season. Phillips also inked head football coach Pat Fitzgerald to a new seven-year deal that will keep him on the Wildcat sidelines through 2015. Northwestern had a great athletic year in 2008-09, beginning in the fall with the Wildcats’ 9-4 Alamo Bowl season. The team became the fifth in NU history to win nine contests, finishing No. 23 in the BCS. The football team also earned a program-record 26 Academic All-Big Ten awards and earned a 3.0 or better team GPA during the spring quarter for the highest team GPA in school history. In addition, men’s soccer made its second appearance in the NCAA quarterfinals in the last three years. In the winter, men’s basketball earned NU’s first postseason bid during head coach Bill Carmody’s tenure. Northwestern recorded its fourth-straight year with an individual national champion when Jake Herbert won the 184-lbs wrestling title, the Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top collegiate wrestler and the Big Ten’s Jesse Owens Award. In the spring, Northwestern won its fifth-straight NCAA women’s lacrosse title and Hannah Nielsen repeated as the Tewaaraton Trophy win-ner. Women’s tennis ranked No. 1 for much of the year and won the ITA Indoor national title, a first for a northern school. Men’s tennis made a great turnaround to qualify for the NCAA Tournament and men’s golf made the NCAA Championships. Seven of NU’s eight men’s teams had postseason representation in 2008-09, making it arguably the top year for men’s athletics at NU in history. Academically and in the community, the Wildcats had a banner year in 2008-09. North-western touted a school-record-tying 879 student-athlete quarters in which a 3.0 GPA was earned, and 17 teams achieved a 3.0 or better team GPA. All 19 varsity squads recorded a 2.9 or better mark for two academic quarters (fall and spring) for the first time in school history. Northwestern’s combined student-athlete GPA for the spring was a school-record 3.21. NU’s APR and GSR scores ranked in the nation’s top five and 10, respectively. In the community, student-athletes volunteered a school-record 5,346 hours while serving 66 orga-nizations in Evanston and greater Chicagoland. In June of 2009, Phillips served on the NCAA Champions Forum panel. The panel con-sisted of football coaches and athletics directors making an effort to bring minority football coach-es closer to the mindset of those who hire football coaches. He also is part of the NCAA Mentoring Program, the NACDA Executive Committee and the 2016 Chicago Olympic Committee. Beginning in 2004, Phillips served as North-ern Illinois’ athletic director for four years. In 2006, he was promoted to associate vice president in addition to his director of athletics title. He was chosen to serve as chairman of the MAC Athletic Director’s Council and also served on the NCAA

women’s basketball selection committee. Phillips spearheaded the fund raising and construction of the $14-million Yordon Academic and Athletic Performance Center, the largest capital project in athletics history at NIU. The Huskies also opened an indoor practice facility for baseball, softball and men’s and women’s golf and began construction in the spring of 2008 on a soccer/track and field complex. During Phillips’ tenure at NIU, he helped schedule football games with Michigan and Ohio State that resulted in NIU’s first national TV ap-pearances. He negotiated playing Iowa at Soldier Field in 2007 as a home game, a contest that sold out in less than a week. Phillips also signed a multiple-year agreement for the radio power WSCR-AM (The Score) to carry football, men’s basketball and a weekly NIU Live radio show. A 1990 Illinois graduate, Phillips worked as a manager and student assistant in the Illini’s ath-letic department. He earned a master’s degree in education at Arizona State (1992) while serving as a restricted earnings basketball coach before mov-ing into athletics administration in the Arizona State development office. Phillips holds a Ph.D. in educational admin-istration from Tennessee, completed in 2007. Phil-lips served as an assistant athletics director with the Volunteers until 2000. He directed a $12.4 million annual athletics giving program and aided in the first-ever capital campaign for athletics at UT that raised over $50 million for endowments, facilities and programs. Phillips moved to Notre Dame in 2000, serving as associate director of athletics and senior associate director of athletics for external affairs. He helped launch the Rockne Heritage Annual Fund and played an integral part in the funding of a $24-million, 96,000-square foot athletic facility. In addition, he managed the ticket office, various corporate sponsorships, athletic programs and a weekly Irish radio show. Phillips and his wife, Laura, have five chil-dren: Luke, Madeline, Meredith, John and James.

the PhilliPs family: (from left) Front: John, meredith and madeline. Back: Laura (holding James), Luke and Jim.


the staff of academic services and student development assists student athletes in their pursuit of academic excellence. the professional staff, which consists of four full-time advi-sors and an intern, helps the students make the most of all of the opportunities Northwestern university offers.

freshMan assistance. The advisors work closely with the freshmen to help ease the transition from high school to college. The freshmen meet weekly with their advisors to discuss their performance in the classroom and to receive academic assistance when necessary. The evening study skills/tutoring program is held at the University Library 7 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The tutoring staff consists of mostly graduate students, with some outstanding undergraduates rounding out the 30-plus staff. The tutors are available for drop-in assistance, small group learning teams and individualized tuto-rial sessions.

registration advising. In close collaboration with the advising staffs in each of the six un-dergraduate schools, the Academic Services and Student Development staff also provides advice to help student-athletes develop a plan of study, including guidance in selecting majors and minors. An impor-tant component of their services is course registration advising. Prior to the beginning of each quarter, student-athletes meet individually first with their schools’ academic advisors and then with their athletic advisors to plan their curriculum for the upcoming quarter and discuss the registration process. career planning. Preparation for a productive and successful entry into the workforce or gradu-ate school begins during the freshman-year orientation programs. In conjunction with University Career Services, the provision of career counseling and the education of job search skills help Northwestern student-athletes obtain relevant summer employment and internships, as well as permanent employment or graduate school admissions upon graduation. The ’CATS Life Skills Program includes programs on major selection, finding a summer internship, securing a full time job, and the transition from school to work. The N club has partnered with the Life Skills program to provide mentoring opportunities as well as to facilitate internships and full-time employment. With the numerous companies and organiza-tions that specifically recruit Northwestern student-athletes and with the help of the Wildcat network of alumni and fans, excellent job opportunities in all fields are possible.

mary beth hawkinsonassociate Director

betsi burnsassistant aDDirector of Student Development

shea’na grigsbyacademic advisor

davon robbIntern

margaret akerstromassociate aD

Nu aCademiC advisor Named best iN the NatioN

associate Director for Academic Services & Director of Student

Development Betsi Burns has been honored with the 2008 Lan Hewlett Award from the National Association of Academic Advisors in Athletics. The award, given for outstand-ing performance as an Academic Advisor for Athletics, is presented to an advisor who, in part, achieves a merited stature among and support from student-athletes, faculty, coaches and fellow administrators in addition to creating an innovative response

to the varied and emerging needs of student-athletes. It also recognizes significant contributions and leader-ship to the field both nationally and within the university. An 11-year veteran as an aca-demic advisor at Northwestern, Burns has an impressive list of accomplish-ments in that time span. She has instituted the Junior Jumpstart and Senior Transition workshops, imple-mented the PURPLE Peer Mentoring Program and launched the Career Athlete program that currently has

50 mentors and 150 student-athletes registered with multiple job postings. Burns developed “An Insider’s Guide to Northwestern Athletics” and also created Field Day, an event that has brought together student-athletes from all 19 of NU’s varsity sports and hundreds of community children for the past nine years. Burns has done all this while serving as an academic advisor to over 150 student-athletes.

“The mission of the Office of academic Services and Student Development is to offer a comprehensive array of the support programs and services, integrated with university re-sources, that empowers all student-athletes to achieve academic success while balancing the demands of athletic participation and everyday college life. The Office is built on the philoso-phy of individual responsibility and personal integrity, with the end result being the overall development and preparation of the student-athletes for a successful life after college.”

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Senior jake herbert was the 2009 NCAA champion and Dan Hodge Trophy recipient, which is presented annually to the nation’s most dominant collegiate wres-tler. Herbert also was named the Big Ten’s Jesse Owens Award winner, given to the top male athlete across all sports in the Big Ten Conference.

Northwestern University’s athletic department is consistently one of the finest in the Big Ten and

the nation. The school has gained prominence in the last 15 years with the renewed success of the Wildcat football team, but fans who know college athletics know that Northwestern has long been a hidden gem in numerous other sports. A quick look across the board yields some truths about the quality of the Wildcats’ 19 varsity programs—and makes it no surprise to find out that Northwestern has been ranked in the Top 25 of The Sporting News listing of the top athletic departments in the nation every year that TSN has performed the survey. Since the 1995-96 athletic year, Northwestern has had 40 conference players of the year, 28 conference rookies of the year, and 29 conference coaches of the year. Twenty-six teams have been crowned with a conference championship, and 62 individuals have won Big Ten titles while 595 have received All-Big Ten recognition. Northwestern athletes have been accorded 130 first-team All-America honors during that time, while six different NU coaches have earned National Coach of the Year honors since 1997. Northwestern also has added five NCAA team championships (women’s lacrosse in 2005-09) and nine NCAA individual titles to its ledger. Northwestern finished 44th in this past year’s U.S. Sports Academy Directors’ Cup standings after posting three-consecutive top-30 finishes from 2005-07. North-western’s five-year run of finishing among the top-45 Division I programs in the country marks its best-overall stretch of athletic success. Northwestern’s athletes also deliver in the classroom—the department has had more than 1,530 Academic All-Big Ten certificates delivered since 1995-96, including more than 100 each of the last 10 years. The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) has hon-ored a Northwestern athlete 28 times with Academic All-America recognition, and 81 times with Academic All-District accolades.

The No. 1-ranked wildcats captured their 11th-straight Big Ten Championship and won the ITA Indoor Championship in 2009.

The MeN’s sOccer teaM tied a school wins record and reached a pro-gram-best No. 2 national ranking. It also advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second time in three years.

2008 ValerO alaMO bOwl

Northwestern freshman eric chUN won the Big Ten Individual title and helped the ’Cats advance to the NCAA Men’s Golf National Championships.

the wOMeN’s lacrOsse teaM recorded its fifth-consecutive NCAA title. Senior Hannah Nielsen (bottom right) won the Tewaaraton Trophy for the second-straight year.

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• Alex Agase and Tom Noble Honorary Scholar-ship

• Alex Agase Wildcats’ Scholarship

• Harold and Virginia Anderson Scholarship

• Harry D. Brookby Baseball Scholarship

• Henry S. Bienen Basketball Scholarship

• Henry S. Bienen Tennis Scholarship

• Patricia and Albert Buehler Scholarship

• Dr. James R. Buntain Endowed Basketball Scholarship

• Willard J. and Evelyn G. Buntain Family Football Scholarship

• John and Rita Canning Student-Athlete Scholarships

• Ronald J. and Elizabeth D. Chinnock Scholarship

• Vandy Christie Memorial Scholarship

• Combe Family Tennis Scholarships

• June S. Cordier Memorial Scholarship

• Dean Family Scholarship

• Richard H. and Jane S. Dean Scholarship

• Ross and Elizabeth Dean Football Scholarship

• Bruce and Betty DeSwarte Scholarship

• Eggemeyer Family Endowed Scholarships

• Raymond F. Farley Endowed Scholarship

• Waldo Fisher Memorial Scholarships

• Scott Freidheim Soccer Scholarship

• Bon and Holly French Swimming Scholarship

• Edwin C. Gage Memorial Scholarship

• Charles “Doc” and Helen Glass Scholarship

• John H. Glenn Memorial Scholarship

• Stanley E. and Louise G. Hathaway Scholarship

• Jennie Stoker Helwig Scholarship

• John L. Hennerich Baseball Scholarship

• Jay and Michaela Hoag Basketball Scholarship

• Thomas J. Hoehn Tennis Scholarship

• Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Ath-letic Scholarships

• Thomas J. and Dorothy Somers Hoehn Memo-rial Scholarship

• Dr. Robert W. Johnson Memorial Scholarship

• Ronald E. Kiper Memorial Scholarship

• Koldyke Family Scholarship

• Laird Koldyke Baseball Scholarship

• Mildred and Sidney LaPidus Scholarship

• Robert F. and Gordon E. Lietzow Athletic Scholarship

• Sophia and Konstandino Loukas Endowed Scholarship

• Shirley Louise Malloy Memorial Scholarship

• Gene G. and Merrill H. Mundy Athletic Scholarship

• N Club Scholarship

• Nelson R. Nedde Memorial Scholarship

• Robert and Dorothy Osborn Endowed Scholar-ship

• Carleton H. and Bradford H. Pendleton Me-morial Scholarship

• James J. Progar Athletic Scholarship

• Ray Regalis Basketball Scholarship

• James and Mary Jo Rausch Family Scholarship

• Robert K. Rauth Scholarship

• Patrick and Shirley Ryan Family Scholarships

• Steve and Audrey Sawle Scholarship

• Paul and Margaret Schutt Scholarship

• Walter K. Smart Scholarship

• Stearns Family Scholarship

• Marie Mikkelsen Stoker Swimming Scholarship

• Bruce Thompson Wrestling Scholarship

• Torch of Center Court Scholarship

• Joseph H. Trienens Swimming Scholarship

• Bob and Charlotte Voigts Recognition Scholarship

• Randy Walker Memorial Football Scholarship

• Sidney Warshauer and Joseph Stein Athletic Scholarship

• Philip J. Weber Scholarship

• Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeMoyne White Basketball Scholarships

• Mildred White Endowed Football Scholarship

• Trent Whitney Endowed Scholarship

• Alfred S. Wiltberger Memorial Scholarship

through the geNerosity...

Each year more than 100 Northwestern student-athletes, representing all sports, are awarded a prestigious endowed scholarship, thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends of the Wildcats. These donors and recipients met for the annual Endowed athletic Scholarship Luncheon.

samaNtha murray received an endowed scholarship last season.

aT H l E T I c E N d o w m E N T S

Deliver on a World-Class student-athlete experience.

Know and adhere to all NCAA, Big Ten and NU rules and regulations.

Maintain strict financial integrity and responsibility.

Compete for and win championships in all programs.

Represent the institution in a positive fashion at all times.

Northwestern Athletic Department’s Key Principles

2009–10 SCHEDULESEPTEMBER25–27 at Furman Invitational Greenville, S.C. All Day

OCTOBER3–4 at All-American Pre-Qualifying Los Angeles, Calif. All Day

(hosted by UCLA)6–7 at All-American Qualifying Los Angeles, Calif. All Day

(Riviera Country Club)8–11 at Al-American Main Draw Los Angeles, Calif. All Day

(Riviera Country Club)9–11 WILDCAT INVITE Evanston, Ill. All Day

22–23 REGIONAL QUALIFYING Evanston, Ill. All Day23–27 REGIONAL MAIN DRAW Evanston, Ill. All Day

NOVEMBER5–8 at National Indoors New Haven, Conn. All Day

(hosted by Yale)6–8 at Desert Duals Palm Springs, Calif. All Day

JANUARY15–18 at NCTC Palm Springs, Calif. All Day15–17 WILDCAT INVITE Evanston, Ill. All Day

23 WILLIAM & MARY Evanston, Ill. 10 a.m.

INDOOR QUALIFYING (Evanston, Ill.)30 OLD DOMINION Evanston, Ill. 10 a.m.31 DENVER or PRINCETON Evanston, Ill. TBA

FEBRUARY7 FLORIDA STATE Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m.

12–15 at Indoor Main Draw Madison, Wis. All Day21 at Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. 1 p.m.

FEBRUARY Continued26 at Illinois ✱ Champaign, Ill. 6 p.m.28 GEORGIA TECH Evanston, Ill. 3 p.m.

MARCH6 at Purdue ✱ West Lafayette, Ind. Noon7 at Indiana ✱ Bloomington, Ind. 11 a.m.

13 WISCONSIN ✱ Evanston, Ill. 1 p.m.23 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. 3 p.m.24 at Duke Durham, N.C. 3 p.m.

APRIL3 MICHIGAN ✱ Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m.4 MICHIGAN STATE ✱ Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m.9 at Baylor Waco, Texas 5 p.m.

10 at Texas Austin, Texas 2 p.m.17 IOWA ✱ Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m.18 MINNESOTA ✱ Evanston, Ill. 11 a.m.24 at Penn State ✱ University Park, Pa. 10 a.m.25 at Ohio State ✱ Columbus, Ohio Noon

29–30 at Big Ten Tournament Iowa City, Iowa All Day

MAY1–2 at Big Ten Tournament Iowa City, Iowa All Day

14–16 NCAA First & Second Rounds TBA All Day20–31 NCAA Championships Athens, Ga. All Day

Home matches in BOLD CAPS✱ Big Ten Conference matchAll times Central and subject to change

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