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Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The look of a champion
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Tulsa World has some good pictures of Amanda McDowell winning the NCAA tennis championship. They’re part of a slideshow from the whole tournament; McDowell is in photos 105, 106, 115 and 116 at this link.
Incidentally, here’s a look inside the glamorous world of college tennis: Amanda McDowell met her championship match opponent, Baylor’s Zuzana Zemanova, the night before their match. They were doing their laundry at the hotel. Awkward? Not according to McDowell, who said they hit it off.
My colleague Todd Holcomb says he thinks McDowell is the first player who grew up in Georgia to win an NCAA tennis title since Lisa Spain of Moultrie in 1984. McDowell’s achievement is a credit not only to her but to her coaches, including, of course, Bryan Shelton. With last year’s team title and this year’s individual title, Shelton is sure to be highly sought-after. Tech has done well to keep him; it might have to work to continue keeping him.
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