Gene Holman
5-9, Senior
Shelby, NC
Shelby

General: Suffered through a frustrating fall due to a nagging back ailment, but looks forward to yet another solid season... Loves to compete... Energetic, enthusiastic, and experienced... Her strength is her competitiveness.

2000-01: Garnered a 16-7 overall singles record while going undefeated in league play... Had key victories against Clemson's Christina Oldock (7-5. 6-3), Middle Tennessee State's Tanja Buccheim (6-3, 6-2), and North Carolina State's Jennifer Jassawalla (7-6, 6-3)... No. 2 doubles flight champion with partner Natalie The, with whom she registered a 17-6 overall record, which is tied for fourth all time for doubles victories by a team during a single season... Holman-The's .739 winning percentage currently stands as the tenth best single season doubles winning percentage in Furman women's tennis history... Garnered an 18-6 overall doubles record, which was good for the seventh best single season doubles winning percentage (.750) and seventh most single season doubles wins in Furman women's tennis history...Named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Fall 2000: Invited to the fall 2000 ITA Southeast Region Qualifier... Advanced into the Region Championships... Had an outstanding showing at the Georgia Tech Invitational where she defeated Illinois' Jennifer McGaffigan 6-3, 6-1 and Clemson's Renato Brito 6-2, 6-0.

1999-00: Tallied a 16-7 (.696) singes mark, primarily at No. 3... Also teamed with Megan Dunigan for a 13-7 (.650) record at No. 1 doubles en route to a 13-8 (.619) overall doubles mark... Won the No. 3 singles flight championship and was undefeated in Southern Conference action... Key wins in the season were over New Mexico's Dominika Gerwin (4-6, 6-3, 6-1), and Clemson's Laurence Jayet (7-6, 1-6, 7-6)... Won nine of her last 11 singles matches... Played No. 3 for Furman in the NCAA Tournament... Named to Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

1998-99: Played primarily at No. 4 singles and earned a team-best 19-7 overall record... Places eighth on the Furman single season victory charts with 19... Compiled a perfect 9-0 Southern Conference regular season record, thus earning her a flight championship at No. 4 singles... Teamed with Jen Connell and Alix Refshauge in doubles... Key factor in guiding Furman to its second straight Southern Conference Tournament Championship and first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance... A SoCon Honor Roll Member.

High School/Junior Tennis: Led Shelby to three North Carolina State Championship titles from 1996-98 as team MVP... Received the J.L. Suttle Tennis Award during senior season and served as a member of the North Carolina Federation Cup Team... Achieved a state ranking of #3 in North Carolina... Attended USTA Nationals from 1995-98... A state doubles champion for Shelby as a junior and the state finals MVP as a sophomore... A member of the National Honor Society as well the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Young Life.

Personal: Eugenia Lee Holman was born June 2, 1980, in Shelby, N.C.... Majoring in health and exercise science.

HOLMAN'S DUAL MATCH COLLEGIATE RECORD

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