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General: A talented and experienced athlete who has displayed toughness and heart on the court ... Was a key part of the Yellow Jackets' run to the National Title in 2007, winning all six of her singles matches in the NCAA Championships ... Graduated from high school a year early and broke into the singles lineup at the beginning of her rookie season ... Has proven to be a steady competitor for the Yellow Jackets, ranking in the top 10 in career singles and doubles wins, as well as career singles and doubles winning percentage ... Stands second in the Tech career annals with 117 career singles victories entering the spring ... Ranked fourth in singles (.736) and third in doubles (.667) career winning percentage..
2008-09: Registered an overall record of 30-14 and finished with a 16-8 dual-match mark ... Recorded a 12-7 record against nationally-ranked opponents ... Ranked as high as No. 27 and finished the season at No. 45 in the nation ... Helped Tech to its fifth straight NCAA Round of 16 appearance ... Competed in first career NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships ... In doubles, registered a 26-16 overall record with Noelle Hickey ... The duo finished the dual-match season with a 13-11 mark ... Finished the fall season with a 9-4 singles record ... Named 2008 Georgia Tech Invitational Singles Champion after winning all three matches including defeating No. 33 Yvette Hyndman of Georgia, 6-3, 6-4 ... In doubles, teamed with Hickey for an 11-3 record ... The duo reached the finals of the South Region Championships before falling to the nation's No. 6 team from Florida ... Finished the fall ranked No. 9 in the ITA South Region Rankings and No. 7 in doubles (with Hickey).
2007-08: Posted an 25-11 singles record while going 25-10 in doubles ... Ranked as high as No. 38 in singles before finishing the season ranked No. 77 ... Helped Georgia Tech to the NCAA Elite Eight primarily playing at the No. 4 singles position ... Won 11 straight singles matches in the spring before falling to Whitney Benik of Florida, 6-2, 6-0 in the NCAA Elite Eight ... Three of her eight fall singles wins came against ranked opponents, as did all four of her losses ... Top victory of the year came when she stopped Florida's 12th-ranked Diana Srebrovic, 6-4, 6-3, to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITA South Region Championships ... Also posted straight-set wins against No. 70 Vanessa Frankowski of Eastern Michigan and No. 88 Elizabeth Ferris of Utah ... Teamed with Noelle Hickey to go 6-3 during the fall ... Top doubles win for the tandem came in a 9-8 (7) tiebreaker win against Stanford's Jessica Nguyen and Lindsay Burdette at the ITA All-American Championships ... Ranked eighth in singles and 13th (with Noelle Hickey) in doubles in the ITA South Region at the end of the fall.
2006-07: Ranked as high as No. 27 in singles during the season before finishing the year at No.63 ... Helped Georgia Tech to its first NCAA Championship match by clinching the semifinal match vs. California with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 victory over Marion Ravelojaona ... Also clinched Tech's third ACC title by winning 12 of her last 13 games against Miami's Caren Seenauth in the championship match to win, 2-6, 6-0, 6-1 ... Helped the Yellow Jackets to their first-ever victory over Duke with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Tory Zawacki to clinch match point ... Won her last seven matches of the season and set the fourth-highest mark for singles wins in a season (36) ... Tied for fifth all-time with 21 dual-match wins in 2007 ... Finished the season with a .783 singles winning percentage, which is the eighth-best mark in school history ... Defeated North Carolina's 19th-ranked Katrina Tsang, 6-3, 6-3, in Tech's ITA National Team Indoors quarterfinal match ... Went 12-3 in singles in the fall, including winning the Rice Invitational Singles Title and advancing to the title match of the Kitty Harrison Invitational, where she fell to her teammate Whitney McCray ... Recorded a three-set victory over No. 59 Monika Dancevic at the Wilson/ITA South Region Championships for her top win of the fall ... Finished the fall by winning six of her last seven singles matches ... Went 7-4 in doubles, teaming with Amanda McDowell for 10 matches and Tarryn Rudman in one other ... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rice Invitational and the finals of the Kitty Harrison Invitational.
2005-06: Finished the season with a 27-6 mark in singles, which ranks third in school history for highest singles winning percentage in a season ... Her 27 singles wins is also tied for ninth in the single-season Yellow Jacket annals ... Posted a remarkable 19-3 record in dual-matches, which is tied for seventh for most dual-match wins in a season by a Jacket ... Went 9-1 against Atlantic Coast Conference foes ... Top victory of the season came in the ACC Championship match when she clinched the deciding point for the Jackets, 6-1, 7-5, over Miami's Caren Seenauth ... Helped the Jackets to a 4-3 win at Texas A&M with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Marisa Druss ... Defeated Virginia's Amanda Rales, 6-4, 6-1, to help Tech to a 4-3 win against Virginia ... Stopped Clemson's Marie Scriba, 7-6, 6-0, to earn her first ACC victory of the season while aiding Tech in it's 4-3 win over the Tigers ... Teamed with Kelly Anderson to advance to the quarterfinals of the ITA All-American Pre-Qualifying Tournament.
High School/Junior Tennis: A graduate of Pendleton High School in Bradenton, Florida ... Did not play tennis for a high school, yet earned the Alabama High School State 5A Championships in both the 7th and 8th grades while attending Oak Mountain Middle School ... Member of the National Honor Society...Ranked as high as No. 163 in the world in Juniors, according to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) ... Rated the No. 2 tennis player in the state of Alabama from 1999-05.
Personal: Full name is Christy Lane Striplin ... Born December 12, 1987 ... Daughter of David and Vanessa Striplin ... Has one brother, Taylor, who played tennis for the University of Alabama ... Mother played tennis at Jacksonville State University ... Grew up playing soccer and basketball as well as tennis and now enjoys painting in her spare time ... Management major at Tech ... Began playing tennis at the age of eight and lists playing at the 2003 and '04 Junior U.S. Opens as her most memorable athletic accomplishments ... Graduated a year early from high school.
Christy Striplin's Career Statistics
SINGLES DOUBLES Year Dual Overall Dual Overall 2005-06 19-3 (.864) 27-6 (.818) 1-0 (1.000) 5-3 (.625) 2006-07 21-6 (.778) 35-11 (.761) 4-0 (1.000) 12-5 (.706) 2007-08 16-6 (.727) 25-11 (.694) 17-6 (.739) 25-10 (.714) 2008-09 16-8 (.667) 30-14 (.682) 13-11 (.542) 26-16 (.650) TOTAL 72-23 (.758) 117-42 (.736) 35-17 (.673) 68-34 (.667)
