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Career Singles Record: 21-20
Career Doubles Record: 29-25
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 9 (2/28/2012)
HONORS
2012 SEC Freshman of the Week (3/7)
SINGLES TITLES
2011 Furman Fall Classic (Flight Four)
DOUBLES TITLES
2011 Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic
MATCH-BY-MATCH
2011-12
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012-13)
Singles
- Took down Antonia Foehse (Alabama) 6-1, 6-4 (4/19)
- Cruised to a win over Naomi Tran (Miss. St.) 6-0, 6-1 (4/18)
- Dropped No. 102 Maya Jansen (Alabama) 6-1, 6-4 (4/12)
- Defeated Brittany Harrell of Prairie View A&M 6-1, 6-3 (3/29)
- Dropped UK's E. Morin-Kougoucheff 6-2, 6-3 (3/22)
- Managed a strong win over Gabby Steele (OSU) 6-3, 7-5 (2/17)
- Defeated Indiana's Alecia Kauss 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), (2/15)
- Won 6-2, 7-5 over Utah's Lucia Kovarcikova at the UVA Winter Invitational (1/19)
- Defeated NC State's Nicole Martinez 6-4, 6-4 in the Tennessee Fall Classic (10/26)
- Won her first singles match of the Fall season at the Furman Fall Classic against FSU's Francesca Segarelli (9/21)
Doubles
- Out-matched Emily Zabor/Natalia Maynetto (Alabama) 6-5 (4/19)
- Partnered with Jesse Grace, defeated Petra Ferancova/Sarai Flores (Miss. St.) 8-0 (4/18)
- Went on a three match win streak with partner Joanna Henderson in the month of March
- Dropped a hard fought match against Indiana's Carolyn Chupa/Katie Klyczek #2 doubles team 8-5 (2/15)
- No. 2 doubles with Joanna Henderson d. Sarah Lee/Mimi Nguyen of Michigan, 8-3 (2/1)
- Competed in the ITA Kickoff with partner Joanna Henderson (1/27)
- Went 2-1 during the UVA Winter Invitational with partner Joanna Henderson defeating Najera-Salas/Smith of Utah and Wowchuk/Niu of Northwestern (1/21)
- Defeated opponents from South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, Ohio State and Memphis
- Went 5-3 throughout the Fall in doubles competition
- Partnered with Caitlyn Williams for Fall doubles matches
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12)
Singles
- Held out for fall and was limited throughout season due to injuries
- Played from multiple positions, primarily from No. 4 spot, finishing with a 10-8 record
- Won career-high four consecutive matches in February
- Led team with five match-clinching points, four of which came consecutively (Indiana, OSU, UCF, SCAR)
- Also clinched UT's 4-0 NCAA First Round win over VCU with individual 6-4, 6-3 win over Salome Kvitashvili
- South Carolina match came down to her court, which she won 6-4, 6-4
- Opened career with lone-ranked win, defeating Virginia's Erin Vierra (No. 75) 6-1, 6-4
Doubles
- Finished season ranked 25th with Pluskota and was as high as ninth during rookie year
- Won 13 matches as a freshman (13-10), including three ranked wins, two in the Top Five
- 8-4 win over No. 5 Kristy Frilling and Shannon Mathews (Notre Dame) capped original career-high four-match winning streak
- Highest-ranked win of career came against No. 3 Kaitlyn Christian/Sabrina Santamaria (USC)
- Also won four straight in late March/early April, including 8-4 victory vs. 75th-ranked Auburn duo in SEC Tournament First Round
- Has clinched six doubles points, including over VCU duo to help give UT 1-0 lead in NCAA First Round match
- Made her UT debut at the Dick Vitale Intercollegiate Clay Court Classic alongside Joanna Henderson
- Posted 1-1 record
- Won first match at UT, 8-4, over JoHanna Manningham and Julia Sabacinski of Notre Dame
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Ranked as a five-star, blue chip recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net
- Was the 19th-ranked player in the nation and part of the fifth-best recruiting class in the country
- Ranked as high as No. 67 in the world in the ITF Girls 18s singles rankings wans was top-rated player in the nation in girls' 16s
- Named the Southern Girl Player of the Year in 2005, 2007 and 2009
- Finalist in the Girls 16s doubles of the Orange Bowl and singles finalist in the Girls 16s Eddie Herr
- Won professional futures doubles title in Sumter, S.C.
PERSONAL
- Deep family tennis ties
- The Williams family was selected as the Tennessee tennis family of the year in 2006
- Mother, Michelle DePalmer-Williams played for the Lady Vols from 1980-84 and was an All-American in 1981
- Grandfather, Mike DePalmer, was the head men's tennis coach at UT from 1981-84 and is in the ITA Hall of Fame
- Brother, Rhyne, played for the men's tennis team at UT from 2009-11 and earned All-American honors in both seasons
- Father, Bob, played at Duke (1984-87) and earned All-ACC honors in 1987
- Sister, Jennifer, played at Birminham Southern College
