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| Caitlyn Williams |
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Freshman
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| Hometown:
Knoxville, Tenn.
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| High School:
Alpha Omega Academy
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| Height:
5-8
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Career Singles Record: 10-8 (10-8)
Career Doubles Record: 13-10 (12-9)
HONORS
2012 SEC Freshman of the Week (3/7)
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
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...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...The Williams family was selected as the Tennessee tennis family of the year in 2006.
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