Kirsten Flower Class: Sophomore Hometown: Columbus, Ohio High School: Upper Arlington Height: 5-8 Birthdate: 08/14/1988

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2008 NCAA Singles Participant
2007 NCAA Singles Participant
2007 ITA Scholar Athlete
2007 ACC Honor Roll

Helped Georgia Tech win the 2007 NCAA Title as a key contributor in the doubles lineup ... Competed in the 2007 and 2008 NCAA Singles Championships ... An intense and focused player that is also a standout performer in the classroom ... One of the top juniors in the Midwest that made an immediate impact in her first fall campaign, playing well in multiple national events in 2006 ... Won a doubles title and advanced to a singles final in her first fall on the Flats ... Named a 2007 ITA Scholar Athlete and a member of the 2007 ACC Honor Roll.

2007-08: Posted a 26-11 singles record while going 25-13 in doubles play in her second year on the Flats ... Went 7-1 against ACC foes and had a 16-4 mark in dual matches ... Had a 10-2 record at the No. 5 singles spot ... Teamed with Kristi Miller at No. 1 doubles for most of the spring, going 8-6 in dual matches ... Picked up 18 dual-match wins overall in doubles ... Won nine-straight singles matches in the early spring, including a straight-set victory over Northwestern's Lauren Lui to clinch the ITA National Team Indoor Title for the Yellow Jackets ... Made the NCAA Singles Draw for the second-straight season.

2006-07: Set the tone for a successful season early in the fall, advancing to the quarterfinals of her first tournament and the finals in her second event ... Ranked as high as No. 18 in singles before finishing the year ranked 36th ... Became just the second freshman in school history to compete in the NCAA Singles Championships ... Earned four wins at the No. 2 singles spot to start the season, including a 6-3, 6-2 victory vs. No. 33 Austin Smith of North Carolina, a 6-3, 6-3 win against Stanford's Anne Yelsey, and a 6-2, 6-1 victory over No. 31 Colleen Rielley of Notre Dame to help the Jackets clinch the ITA National Team Indoor Championship ... Also teamed with Amanda Craddock to defeat Stanford's Whitney Deason and Theresa Logar as well as Notre Dame's Cosmina Ciobanu and Kali Krisik in that tournament ... Spent the majority of the year partnering with senior Tarryn Rudman ... Posted a total of seven singles wins over ranked opponents, including five in the fall ... Stopped No. 64 Carolin Walter of Florida State and No. 72 Shadisha Robinson of South Florida, both in straight sets, to advance to the finals of the Wilson/ITA South Region Championships, where she fell to her Yellow Jacket teammate, second-ranked Kristi Miller, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (4) ... In her very next match, she stopped No. 3 Theresa Logar of Stanford in straight sets for her top victory of the season ... Posted a total of five wins over ranked opponents in her first fall ... Teamed with Tarryn Rudman to capture the doubles title at the Kitty Harrison Invitational ... Overall, went 22-14 in singles and 21-17 in doubles play.

High School/Junior Tennis: A tennisrecruiting.net five-star recruit ... Rated the No. 1 player in Ohio, No. 1 in the Great Lakes, and 10th in the nation according to the final rankings on tennisrecruiting.net ... Reached as high as No. 9 in the tennis recruiting rankings ... Ranked No. 1 in the Girls' 16 and under division in 2005 and No. 4 in the 18 and under standing in '06 ... From 2003-06, won nine singles juniors championships while advancing to the finals of three others and finishing as a semifinalist in seven more ... Earned seven doubles championships during that time while advancing to two other finals and two semifinals ... Won the state doubles championship with Christine Johnston and was the state singles champion ... Helped Upper Arlington High School to one two state championships, one Midwest championship and four national championships ... Member of the National Honor Society and Cum Laude Society and ranked in the top eight percent in her graduating class.

Personal: Full name is Kirsten Elizabeth Flower ... Born August 14, 1988 ... Daughter of James and Joan Flower ... Has two younger sisters ... Dad played tennis at The Ohio State University in the late 70's ... Mom was a figure-skater ... Enjoys listening to music, spending time with friends, watching movies, working out and singing in her spare time ... Began playing tennis at the age of nine after seeing Martina Hingis win the U.S. Open ... Lists playing the lead role in the musical Annie as her most memorable nonathletic moment ... A management major at Georgia Tech that would eventually like to become a cardiologist.

Kirsten Flower's Career Statistics

	SINGLES				DOUBLES
Year	Dual		Overall		Dual		Overall
2006-07	9-7 (.563)	22-14 (.611)	17-13 (.567)	21-17 (.553)
2007-08	16-4 (.800)	26-11 (.703)	18-10 (.643)	25-13 (.658)
Totals 	25-11 (.694)	48-25 (.658)	35-23 (.603)	46-30 (.605)