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Overview - Returning three-time All-American in singles ... Serve and volleyer
... Covers the court well ... Likes to finish points at the net ... Excellent
doubles player ... Provides experience ... Expected to play top-three singles
and top-two doubles.
Fall 1999 - Debuted at No. 9 in singles and No. 2 in doubles (w/Basica) in
the preseason ITA rankings ... Posted a 4-3 fall singles mark ... Reached the
semifinals at the ITA Regionals before falling to Pepperdine's Cintia
Tortorella 3-6, 6-2, 6-2.
1998-99 - First-team All-Pac-10 and All-Pac-10 Academic selection ... Enjoyed
an excellent fall, teaming with Amanda Basica to repeat the ITA Regional
doubles title by winning five straight matches ... Posted a 2-3 singles record
in fall tournaments ... Earned All-America honors in both singles and doubles
... Won a team-high 29 matches, finishing the season with a 29-13 overall mark
... Saw most of her action at No. 1 singles, going 12-5 ... Went 7-1 at No. 2
singles, giving her a 19-6 dual match record ... Reached the finals of the
Pac-10 Indoor Championships (Flight#1), losing to Teryn Ashley of Stanford
2-6, 7-5, 6-4 ... Won the doubles title with Basica, defeating Washington's
Kraszewski/Kordonskaya in the final ... Advanced to the semifinals of the
National Collegiate Tennis Classic, losing to eventual champion Marissa
Irvin of Stanford 6-2, 6-3 ... Bounced back to defeat No. 2-ranked Irvin 7-5,
5-7, 6-0 in a dual match with Stanford on April 17 ... Defeated by Cal's Amy
Jensen in the second round of the Pac-10 Championships in Ojai ... Reached the
second round at the NCAA Championships, losing to Georgia's Aarthi
Venkatesan 6-4, 6-1 ... Finished the season ranked No. 17 in singles ... Posted
a 27-11 overall doubles mark ... Teamed with Basica, going 12-6 at No. 1
doubles ... Fell to Duke's Goldstein/Webb 6-1, 6-2 in the second round of the
NCAA Championships ... Ended the season ranked No. 5 in doubles with Basica.
1997-98 - Repeated All-America honors in singles ... Named Pac-10 Conference
Player of the Year ... Claimed the Pac-10 singles title at championships in
Ojai defeating Stanford's Teryn Ashley 2-6, 6-4, 7-6(0) in the finals ...
Stepped up to play No. 1 singles ... Posted an 18-9 dual match record,
including a 17-9 mark in the top slot ... Earned First Team All-Pac-10
Conference honors ... Ranked among top-20 throughout dual match season,
reaching a high of No. 9 entering post-season action ... Finished season
ranked No. 12 in nation with an overall singles record of 33-14 ... Seeded No.
6 in NCAA Singles Championships but lost in three sets to Liodmila
Skavronskaia of Miami in the opening round ... Started the spring with a
nine-match win streak, as she won six straight in the Milwaukee Classic and
three more to reach the finals of the Pac-10 Indoor Championships ... Posted a
1-3 singles record in fall action and went 14-2 during spring tournaments ...
Competed with five different partners during the year in doubles play,
posting a 17-10 overall record ... Played most dual matches with Kati Kocsis
at the No. 2 position, going 8-3 in that slot and 8-6 overall ... Went 1-2 at
No. 1 doubles with Katia Roubanova and 1-0 with Elizabeth Schmidt ... Ranked
No. 12 in doubles with Amanda Basica after fall ... That duo won the Rolex So.
Calif. Regional, claiming five consecutive matches, including a victory over
then-No. 14-ranked team of Lawrence/Csapo of Pepperdine in the finals ... Went
1-1 with Kelly Rudolph in first doubles action of season and won only dual
together at No. 2 ... Named GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-District VIII and
First-Team Pac-10 All-Academic.
1996-97 - Earned All-America honors in singles ... Received All-Pac-10
honorable mention ... Ranked No. 33 in singles and No. 28 in doubles in the
final rankings ... Listed No. 7 in both singles and doubles in final West
Region rankings ... Played primarily No. 3 singles and teamed with Kati Kocsis
at No. 2 doubles ... Registered the most victories on the squad with 34 ...
Finished with an overall singles record of 34-14 ... Went 15-7 in dual
matches, including a 14-6 mark at No. 3 ... Won flight two at the Pac-10
Indoors in January with an impressive win over Stanford's Julie Scott in the
semifinals and teammate Kelly Rudolph in the finals ... Advanced to the third
round of the NCAA Singles Championship ... Lost in the first round of NCAA
Doubles Championship ... Posted a 15-6 overall doubles record with Kocsis ...
Dual match record of 13-4 includes a 2-0 mark at No. 1 ... Went 9-2 in
singles and 4-2 in doubles during fall ... Finalist at the Rolex West
Regional, where she fell to 12th-ranked Marianne Vallin of UNLV ... Opened
collegiate career with four straight wins at the All-American Championship ...
In doubles, paired with Kocsis for a 2-1 mark in All-American qualifying ...
Also went 2-1 with Elizabeth Schmidt in ITA Regionals, where the duo
advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to No. 5 ranked
Lansdorp/Propstra from ASU in three sets.
High School / Juniors - Received all-state and all-conference honors all
four years at Geneva High ... Four-time sectional and conference champion ...
Selected team MVP twice ... Finished in the top-four in the state three times,
including as a finalist in 1994 ... Totaled an impressive 124-8 singles record
in her prep career, with only one loss in each of her final two seasons ...
Also played softball, earning two varsity letters ... Earned all-conference,
all-area and team MVP honors in softball as a senior ... Selected Geneva
High's Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year for 95-96 school year ...
Achieved USTA national rankings of No. 8 in singles and No. 2 in doubles for
1994 ... Won the 1994 National Indoor 18s Doubles Championship after reaching
the finals of both clay courts and nationals with the same partner earlier
that year ... Finalist at 1995 National Indoor 18s in singles.
Personal - Full name is Annica Margaret Cooper ... Born Sept. 2, 1978 in
Chicago, IL ... Parents are Jenny and Howard Cooper ... Has one brother, Mats ...
Tries to emulate Stefan Edberg because of his great serve and volley game
and sportsmanship ... Enjoys downhill skiing, hiking, biking and playing the
piano ... Economics-Business major, minoring in accounting.
