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Rachel Nelson
- Year:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-4
- Hometown:
- Big Prairie, Ohio
- High School:
- West Holmes
- Major:
- English
Bio
2016-2017 as a senior:
2015-2016 as a junior:
2014-2015 as a sophomore:
2013-14 as a freshman:
High School:
Personal:
- Had a 7-3 tournament mark in singles play
- Competed in the top half of the singles lineup in duals
- Picked up a No. 1 doubles victory alongside Rebecca Harris (6-2) at Howard on Feb. 17
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
2015-2016 as a junior:
- CAA Doubles Team of the Week with Timea Guibe (3/2)
- Won Service Flight Singles title at Hokie Fall Invite (Sept. 25-27)
- Won White Flight Doubles title at Hokie Fall Invite with Dylan Owens (Sept. 25-27)
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete Award
- Dean's List (Fall 2015)
- President's List (Spring 2016)
2014-2015 as a sophomore:
- Posted a 23-13 singles record with a 14-8 mark in duals; played primarily at No. 2 singles and finished at 12-6
- Bill & Sandra Moore Invitational Flight ‘C’ Singles champion
- Finished with a 15-13 record in doubles action, including a 12-8 record in duals across all three positions
- Two-time CAA Singles Player of the Week (2/11, 3/2)
- CAA All-Academic
- ITA Scholar Athlete
- Member of JMU squad that earned 2015 ITA All-Academic Team distinction
- Fall semester Dean's list
2013-14 as a freshman:
- CAA Commissioner's Academic Award
- JMU Athletics Director Scholar-Athlete
- Fall Semester President's List and Spring Semester Dean's List
- 24-5 overall singles record
- 15-3 singles record in dual matches
- 9-2 singles record in tournament play
- 5-1 doubles record with Jacqueline Palmucci in tournament play
- CAA Player of the Week (3/5)
- Flight '4' Singles Champion, Liberty Fall Classic (9/13-14)
- Flight 'B' Doubles Champion w/ Jacqueline Palmucci, Navy Blue & Gold Invitational (10/11-13)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
High School:
- Three-time Ohio Cardinal Conference champion and Player of the Year
- 2012 Division 2 State Singles Champion; placed in top three as a sophomore and senior
- Three-time Southeast Sectional singles champion (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Three-time Southeast District singles champion (2011, 2012, 2013)
- Southeast Sectional and District doubles champion as a freshman with partner/sister, Mary
- Competed at No. 1 singles Knights’ tennis team all four years of high school
- Four-time team MVP
- Lost only one match during senior season, her semifinal match at the state championships
- National Honor Society Vice President
- Honor roll all four years
Personal:
- Aunt, Vicki Nelson Dunbar, played tennis for Rollins College and played professionally for 10 years, holding the record for the longest women’s tennis match and longest point. Father, Bill, played for Heidelberg College while her brother, Johnny, played for Gettysburg College and sister, Mary, played for Mars Hill College.
- Cousins Ethan and Jacob Dunbar play men’s tennis for the University of Richmond while cousin, AJ Nelson, played from 2007-11.
- Majoring in writing rhetoric and technical communication
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