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"Mimi has a wonderful personality and sets a great example in the classroom. I am looking forward to seeing what contributions she can make during her senior year. She possesses creativity when she allows it to flow."
AS A JUNIOR (2003): Appeared in a career-high 11 matches, including the 1-0 defeat of Oklahoma in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at the UT Soccer Complex...Saw time in SEC Tournament victories over South Carolina and Ole Miss...Attempted single shots on goal versus LSU and Vanderbilt...Credited with the first point of her career when she assisted on Kristin McGrath's tally against UNLV on Sept. 7...
AS A SOPHOMORE (2002): Participated in a pair of decisive Lady Vol home wins...Played 20 minutes during the season opener at the UT Soccer Complex as the hosts ripped Arkansas State, 9-0, on Sept. 6...Logged 10 minutes in UT's 6-1 dismantling of Murray State two days later...
AS A FRESHMAN (2001): Made her Lady Vol debut in the home finale against LSU on Oct. 28...Tennessee would go on to post a 3-1 decision over the Fighting Tigers...
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Moved to Knoxville from Northern Virginia to attend Farragut High School as a senior...Made an instant impact with the Lady Admirals in 2000, becoming the team's leading scorer with 39 points on 18 goals and three assists...Shared Knoxville Interscholastic League Player of the Year accolades with teammate Liz Bickford...Helped the Lady Admirals to a runner-up finish in the Class AAA state tournament and was chosen all-tourney...While attending Brooke Point High School in Stafford, Va., she led the state in scoring in '99 en route to earning All-America accolades...Named as the Free Lance-Star Newspaper Player of the Year that season...Competed for coach O.J. Sheppard and the Knoxville Crossfire club team...Between Farragut, Colonial Forge and Brooke Point High Schools, Mimi earned four varsity letters apiece in soccer and track and twice served as captain for each team...Was ranked eighth in the pole vault in Virginia, as her BPHS team finished second at the 1998 state championships...Collected three letters in tennis and was also a two-time captain of her cheerleading squad...Was named all-state and All-Free Lance-Star in track and was chosen all-region and All-Free Lance-Star on the courts...
PERSONAL: Majoring in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice...Achieved Academic All-SEC for the first time last year...Four-year member of the honor roll and was elected to the National Honor Society...Served as student council president and was the vice-president of the Spanish Club...Involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes...Hobbies include boating, rock-climbing, swimming, skiing, playing tennis and running track...Has an older sister, Aarika, 22, who graduated from UT...Adrienne Lashley Couns was born April 15, 1983, in Los Angeles, Calif...Her parents are Norman and Jan Couns.
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