TENNIS - Washington & Lee - Washington and Lee University

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ATHLETICS AT W&L
Washington and Lee University
provides its students with a unique athletic
program that allows them to pursue
athletic excellence without sacrificing
their educational experience.
W&L follows the NCAA Division
III guidelines of awarding financial
aid based only on family need and
academic merit. The result is a strong,
diverse program in which participants
are motivated by their love of the game
and their desire to excel.
Over the years W&L students
have been impressive on and off the
playing fields. A capsule sketch of that
success is listed below:
THE SCHOOL
• Located in historic Lexington, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley
• Founded in 1749 and is the ninth oldest college in America
• Has an undergraduate enrollment of 1,760 students and a law school with 400 students
• The average class size is just 16 students
• The tuition fee for 2007-08 is $34,650
• The early decision application deadlines are November 15 and January 1, and the
regular application deadline is January 15
THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM
• W&L sponsors 23 varsity sports, 12 for men and 11 for women
• All sports compete at the NCAA Division III level and the majority of teams compete in
the Old Dominion Athletic Conference
• W&L has won the ODAC Commissioner's Cup for overall excellence in men's and
women's athletics 11 of the last 13 years
• In 2006-2007, W&L won 71 percent of its contests and eight conference championships
• Seventy-two athletes earned first team all-conference honors last season and 15 were
named All-Americans
• 213 athletes were named to receive Scholar-Athlete Awards for achieving at least a
3.500 grade point average in a term last school year
• Since 1970, W&L has had 26 athletes earn prestigious NCAA Postgraduate scholarships
• In the last 32 years, W&L has had 42 athletes earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors
and countless others have been named to CoSIDA Academic All-District teams
THE WOMEN'S TENNIS PROGRAM
• Washington and Lee claims one of the elite Division III women's tennis programs. The
team won the 2007 National Championship, defeating Amherst, 5-2, and has competed
in the NCAA's 14-straight years
• Two W&L players have been finalists for the NCAA Woman of the Year award. Erika
Proko '03 was a finalist in 2003 and Lindsay Hagerman '05 was a finalist in 2005
• Recently, two W&L players have won NCAA Division III singles championships. Lindsay
Hagerman '05 won the 2005 title, while Emily Applegate '07 won the crown in 2006.
Photography by Kevin Remington of Lexington, Va.