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2017-18 Women's Tennis Roster

Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Tim Nelson
Lyndi Felan
Lyndi Felan
Tim Nelson

Whitney Williams

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool South Anchorage HS
  • Hometown Anchorage, Alaska

Biography

2016-17 (Junior): [Spring] ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... First Team Southland Conference All-Academic ... Southland Conference First Team Doubles at No. 1 with Lucile Pothier ... Posted an overall singles record of 22-8, which included an 8-3 conference record ... Won 11 of 14 matches at No. 2 and was 5-4 at No. 3 ... Team leader with 26 doubles victories (26-6) and was a perfect 10-0 vs. the Southland Conference ... Recorded a 12-3 doubles mark at the top position and was 6-1 at No. 2 ... Won eight of her 26 doubles matches with Erin Walker, two with Jordan Henry, and 16 with Pothier (16-2) ... Finished year with Pothier on a 14-match doubles winning streak, which included a 7-0 record vs. Southland teams and the Ojai Valley Tournament doubles crown ... Hasn't lost a spring doubles match since Jan. 29 at SMU – a streak of 21 matches between three partners: Jordan Henry, Walker and Pothier ... Lost to Pothier, 6-1, 6-2, in the Ojai's singles championship ... Started year with two singles wins at the Indiana Invitational ... Took off on a season-best eight-match winning streak Feb. 11 and March 11 with wins coming against Arkansas State, Central Arkansas, New Mexico State and Lamar ... Won eight of her last nine singles matches, including a straight-set win at No. 3 over Judit Vives of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (6-0, 6-2) ... [Fall] ... Midland Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational doubles champion with Walker ... Defeated North Texas in the finals 8-7 (6), and earlier beat additional duos from North Texas, Nebraska and Texas Tech ... Reached singles quarterfinals of the Midland Racquet Collegiate Invitational after defeating opposition from North Texas, Penn State and UT Arlington ... Lost in the quarterfinals to No. 101 Sabrina Federici of seventh-ranked Texas Tech ... Won two of three singles matches at Air Force and four of six doubles contests.

2015-16 (Sophomore): [Spring] ... Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll ... First Team Southland Conference at No. 5 singles ... Honorable Mention All-Southland Conference in doubles with Erin Walker ... Went 21-6 overall in singles and was a perfect 11-0 vs. Southland opposition ... Won 18 dual matches with 17 of those victories coming at No. 5 ... Recorded team's second-longest singles winning streak of 15 matches ... Streak started March 4 and ended April 22 in the quarterfinals of the Ojai Valley Tournament ... Recorded six three-set wins during her win streak, all of which were against Southland opponents ... Posted two four-match winning streaks in doubles with Walker, the last of which got them to the finals of the Ojai Valley Tournament ... [Fall] ... Went 6-6 in singles and 8-2 in doubles with three partners ... Won the Air Force Invitational (3-0) with Lucile Pothier and the Grand Canyon Invitational (3-0) with Walker ... Won two of three doubles matches with Pothier at SMU ... In singles, reached Flight 2 championship match at AFA ... Flight 2 consolation draw champion at GCU.

2014-15 (Freshman): [Spring] ... Second Team All-Southland Conference in doubles with Erin Walker ... Went 11-7 alongside Walker, which included a 7-1 mark vs. the Southland Conference ... Posted an 8-4 record at No. 2 with Walker and was 1-0 at No. 1 ... Won lone doubles match with Nada Marjanovic vs. the No. 3 New Orleans duo, 8-4 ... 9-6 singles competitor, going 6-2 vs. the Southland, 3-3 at No. 4, 4-1 at No. 5 and 1-1 at No. 6 ... Recorded a five-match winning streak from March 19 to April 2 against players from Tyler, Northwestern State, Stephen F. Austin, Southeastern Louisiana and McNeese ... [Fall] ... Went 5-5 in singles and 6-3 in doubles with Carli Knezevich ... Lost to Marjanovic in singles and doubles finals of the ACU Wal Mart Open ... Went 2-2 in Switzer Draw of Oklahoma Classic as a singles competitor and 3-0 with Knezevich in the White Draw.

High School: Graduated in 2014 from South Anchorage High School ... Undefeated player for more than four years in both women's singles and juniors ... Played in men's open divisions for singles and doubles ... Ranked since the age of nine and ranked as high as No. 40 nationally and fourth in the the USTA Pacific West Region ... Won three regional and state tennis championships for her school from 2010 to 2014 and four times was named its team MVP ... Served as team captain as a sophomore, junior and senior ... Competed at several USTA Tournaments in Pacific Northwest Region ... Won the G18 doubles championship in November of 2013 and won three of four singles matches in a compass draw format to finish third ... Represented her section at the national level during the summer of 2013 in Claremont, Calif. with the USTA Pacific Northwest Fed Cup Team ... Quarterfinalist at a 2012 U.S. Open qualifier hosted in Dallas and competed in badminton at the Arctic Winter Games ... Won gold medals in tennis for the Amateur Athletic Union and at USTA Zonals.

Personal: Given name is Whitney Rose Williams ... Born 28 September 1995 in Alexandria, La. ... Resides in Anchorage, Alaska ... Daughter of Stephanie and Michael Williams ... Crowned Miss Alaska Teen USA in December of 2013 ... Plans to study kiniesology, sports management or physical therapy at ACU ... Competed at the Miss Teen USA 2014 pageant ... Grandfather, Richard Golmon, played football and ran track at Louisiana Tech from 1965-71.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'8"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'8"