Women's Tennis

  Alex Haney

Alex Haney

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Grayson, Ga.

High School:
Grayson

Height:
5-5

Experience:
2L

Major:
Business

2007 Fall (Junior):
Finished fall 10-5 singles, 5-4 in doubles play...ITA Preseason No. 107 singles player...One half of the preseason No. 6 doubles duo along with partner Melissa Koning... Had one win at the ITA South Regional Championship ... Put together consecutive wins at the ITA/Riviera Women's All-American Championship...Had four wins at the SEC Coaches Classic...Put together five doubles wins and three losses with partner Koning ...Advanced to the doubles quarterfinals of the ITA Southern Regional Championship...Went 3-2 at the SEC Coaches Classic.

2007 Spring (Sophomore):
Named Second Team All-SEC...Led the team with the best singles record, 19-3, 10-1 SEC...Also went 15-8 in doubles...Went undefeated in 10 matches from Feb. 23 to March 30, including seven SEC victories...Won 6-3, 6-3 over Carolina Escamilla of Kentucky for first SEC win...Defeated Catherine Newman of Vanderbilt 6-3, 6-7, 10-6, in the three spot...Defeated Daniela Juskova of MSU 6-1, 6-2, in the three spot...Defeated Nika Koukhartchouk of Ole Miss 6-0, 6-0...Defeated Kelley Hyndman of Georgia 6-3, 1-6, 6-4...Defeated Caitlyn Whoriskey of Tennessee 4-6, 6-4, 6-2...Defeated Mykala Hedberg of LSU 6-1, 6-2, in the two spot...Defeated Nicole Briceno of Alabama 6-1, 6-1 to close-out the regular season...Defeated Alejandra Guerra of NC State in the first round of the NCAA South Regional Tournament... Half of the ITA No. 20 doubles duo as of March 9, along with Koning, that climbed as high as 13th by the end of the season...Paired with Koning to go 14-7, 6-4 in the SEC... The pair strung four consecutive victories over Louisville, Ohio State, No. 31 Kentucky and No. 17 Vanderbilt...After one loss to MSU, the pair strung together five consecutive doubles victories, including three SEC wins...Upset No. 13 duo Yvette Hyndman and Darya Ivanov of Georgia 8-2 in Auburn's win...Duo defeated Nanar Airapetian and Mayori Franco in the SEC tournament...Defeated No. 13 Hyndman and Ivanov of Georgia in the SEC Tournament...Final loss came in the South Regional to NC State...Also paired with Jil Hastenrath to split two matches, defeating South Alabama and falling to Alabama...Also paired with Fani Chifchieva to split two matches.

2006 Fall (Sophomore):
Completed the fall with a 7-6 overall singles record... Won four of her first five matches, including four in-a-row... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA All-American pre-qualifier... Picked up a pair of wins at the ITA South Regionals... Defeated Mari Muller of Alabama, 6-4, 7-6 at the SEC Coaches Classic... Went 8-4 in doubles with Chifchieva... Advanced to the quarterfinals of the pre-qualifier of the ITA All-American on the doubles side... The duo won three of their last four with a 3-1 record at the SEC Coaches Classic.

2006 Spring (Freshman):
Selected as Auburn's Most Valuable Player at postseason banquet... Led team with 12-11 spring record and overall record of 21-16... Finished 4-7 in the SEC... Won eight of final 11 matches, including three of last four... Defeated three ranked opponents... Had a five-match win streak beginning March 16 and running through March 31... Won three of first four matches to open the year... Finished 4-7 in the No. 1 position, 4-4 in the No. 2 position and 4-0 in the No. 3 position... Defeated No. 82 Caroline Basu of Georgia, 7-6, 4-6, 1-0, in the No. 3 match... Topped No. 68 Gira Schofield of South Carolina, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) in the No. 1 match... Defeated 91st ranked Adrianna Solarova of South Alabama, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, in the No. 1 match... Finished 11-13 in doubles play in the spring and 18-19 overall... Paired with Erin Gray to begin the year with an 8-0 win over Jacksonville's team of Zwikker and Styles... Finished 7-6 when paired with Ashley Cowart... Won five straight matches with Cowart... Earned consecutive conference wins over Mississippi State's team of de Villiers and Banikova, 8-5 and Ole Miss' team of Tomatis and Somers, 8-4, in the No. 1 match... Also defeated LSU's No. 1 team of Tucker and Hedberg, 8-6... Played final 13 matches in the No. 1 doubles position... Collected a 2-5 record with Leigh Tippins and an 0-3 mark with Whitney Chappell.

2005 Fall (Freshman):
Led the team with nine singles victories... Finished with 9-5 record... Won seven of first nine matches before splitting the final four... Won final two matches of Wolfpack Invitational to claim ninth place... Defeated Elon's Kelly Fleck, 6-1, 6-3 and East Carolina's Gillie Bailey, 6-2, 6-1... Experienced a five-match win streak following a loss in first round of Kentucky Fall Invitational... Claimed ninth at Kentucky Fall Invitational with 6-4, 7-5 win over East Tennessee State's Marsha Ilina... Won first two matches of ITA Southern Regional... Defeated Troy's Suzanne Jones, 6-1, 6-2, to open tournament... Finished 2-2 at SEC Fall Coaches Classic... Claimed victories over Kentucky's Lara Maurer (6-1, 2-6, 7-5) and Tennessee's Melissa Schaub (6-3, 6-2)... Finished 7-6 in doubles play... Played every match with Ashley Cowart... Picked up three straight wins at Wolfpack Invitational to claim ninth place after dropping first match... Duo defeated Ohio State's Ciara Finucane and Julie Blackmore, 8-5 in first round of Kentucky Fall Invitational... Defeated Marshall's Kellie Schmitt and Karolina Soor, 8-4 at Kentucky Fall Invitational... Pair finished 2-2 at SEC Fall Coaches Class... Won the first and last matches of tournament... Defeated Georgia's Kelley Hyndman and Link Liskosky, 9-8, to open tournament.

Prior to Auburn: Four-year letterwinner at Grayson High School in Grayson, Ga... Finished high school with an overall record of 61-2... Three-time regional singles champion.

Personal: Born July 19, 1987 in Decatur, Ga... Daughter of Mark and Julie Haney... Majoring in business.

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