Amanda McDowell Class: Junior Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. High School: Marist Height: 5-5 Birthdate: 09/02/1987

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2007 ITA Scholar Athlete
2007 All-ACC Academic Team
2007 ACC Honor Roll

General: Perhaps the most dependable returnee from the Yellow Jackets' national championship team, finishing the season by winning her last 11 matches ... A talented a quick player that elevated her game during the fall of her freshman year and went on to lead the team in singles wins in 2007 ... Recorded a school-record 25 dual match wins, while her 39 overall singles victories stands third for most in a season ... Posted a .796 singles winning percentage, which is the sixth-best single-season mark in school history ... Played four years of tennis at the nearby Marist School, where she helped her squad to four state championships ... A standout student-athlete off the court as well, being named to the ACC Honor Roll, the All-ACC Academic Women's Tennis Team, and an ITA Scholar Athlete in her first season on the Flats.

2006-07: Recorded a season-best 39 singles wins in addition to 11 doubles victories during the season ... Ranked as high as No. 74 during the season before ending the year at No. 90 in the singles polls ... Finished the season by winning her last 11 singles matches, 10 of which came in straight sets ... Posted a remarkable 25-4 record in dual matches, including a 16-3 mark at the No. 4 singles position ... Clinched the Jackets' 4-3 win over No. 13 North Carolina with a 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 win over Sara Anundsen ... Also clinched Tech's win over No. 10 UNC in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament ... Stopped Miami's Romy Farah, 6-1, 6-1 in the championship match of the ACC Tournament, helping Tech to its third-straight conference title ... Defeated Kelcy Tefft, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1, to win the deciding match in the Jackets' NCAA Quarterfinal victory over 7th-ranked Notre Dame ... Dropped just four games in her last two NCAA matches, downing No. 89 Stephanie Kusano of Cal, 6-3, 6-0 in the NCAA Semifinals before breezing past UCLA's 107th-ranked Ashley Joelson, 6-1, 6-0 in the championships ... Went 13-5 in her first fall campaign, advancing to two tournament singles finals while earning a consolation title ... Advanced to the finals of the Rice Invitational in her first collegiate event ... Earned the consolation title in her next event, posting a 5-1 record at the Wilson/ITA South Region Championships ... Defeated No. 120 Romy Farah of Miami en route to an appearance in the finals of her third tournament, the Desert Collegiate Classic ... Posted a 6-4 doubles record on the season, with her top appearance coming when she and Christy Striplin advanced to the finals of the Kitty Harrison Invitational in the last tournament of the fall.

High School/Junior Tennis: A tennisrecruiting.net five-star recruit ... Ranked the No. 4 player in Georgia, 13th in the Southeast and 38th in the nation according to the final rankings on tennisrecruiting.net ... Reached as high as No. 37 in the tennis recruiting rankings ... A four-year member of the Marist School tennis team, where she played No. 1 singles and served as the captain for one season under Frank Kissel ... Helped Marist to four state championships to extend the school's state championship streak to 11-straight, which is a state record ... Earned a top-10 national ranking in 2004, when she was rated the No. 4 player in the Girls' 16 and under age division ... Member of the National Honor Society and National French Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Amanda Mariam McDowell ... Born September 2, 1987 ... Daughter of Tim and Nelu McDowell ...Has four siblings ... Father played baseball at Davidson College ... Enjoys traveling, spending time with friends, writing, listening to music and shopping in her spare time ... Lists graduating from Marist with honors as her most memorable nonathletic accomplishment ... Planning to major in economics and international affairs at Georgia Tech and anticipates becoming a lawyer upon graduation.

Amanda McDowell's Career Statistics

	SINGLES				DOUBLES
Year	Dual		Overall		Dual		Overall
2007	25-4 (.862)	39-10 (.796)	4-1 (.800)	11-6 (.647)