Amy Bryant is the fifth person and first female in NCAA history, in any division, to win the national team championship as a coach and player. She did the former in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 and the latter as the No. 1 singles and doubles player on Emory's 1996 national championship team.
Bryant, a former All-American, assumed the head coaching duties in 2000. In her ten seasons, the Eagles have compiled a 190-51 record (.788 win percentage) with nine appearances in the NCAA national quarterfinals and five appearances in the NCAA team championship finals.
Bryant has coached her players to three NCAA Division III Singles Championships (Mary Ellen Gordon in 2003 and 2004, and Lorne McManigle in 2009) and a doubles pairing to four consecutive NCAA national titles (2001-04). Her players have won a total of 52 all-America awards and seven conference Most Valuable Player honors.
Bryant was selected the national Division III Coach of the Year
by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association in 2003, and the ITA
regional Division III Coach of the Year in 2002, 2003, and 2004.
She and her assistants have been honored seven times as the
conference Coaching Staff of the Year by the University Athletic
Association.
In 2009, Bryant led the Eagles to a third-place finish in the
nation and a 22-5 overall record, while coaching then-sophomore
Lorne McManigle to a Division III singles championship.
Between 2007 and 2009, the Eagles compiled a 52-24 overall record
and won three UAA Championships.
Her 2006 squad became the first Division III team ever to win a fourth consecutive national championship. To claim the championship they had to avenge three losses suffered to teams in regular season play. In 2005, her team became the first Division III team ever to win a third consecutive national championship, accomplishing the feat despite replacing three players in the singles lineup with freshmen.
Her 2004 squad became the first to repeat as unofficial "triple crown" winners by capturing the NCAA team, singles and doubles championships. It was an all-Emory final in both the NCAA singles and doubles championships. The squad compiled a 24-1 dual-match record, losing only to the eventual NAIA national champion.
Her 2003 squad became the second in Division III women's tennis history to achieve the unofficial "triple crown" by winning the NCAA team, singles and doubles championships. The squad compiled a 24-1 dual-match record, losing only to an NCAA Division II school.
Her 2002 team advanced to the NCAA national finals and the 2001 squad finished third at the national championships.
Bryant, a 1996 Emory graduate, was the first women's tennis player in school history to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles. She was the runner-up in the NCAA national singles championship her junior season and teamed up to reach the semifinals of the NCAA doubles championship her senior year.
At the time of her graduation, Bryant ranked fifth on the school's all-time list with 76 career singles victories and fifth in career double victories with 66. She compiled a 24-4 singles record her junior season and was selected the conference's Most Valuable Player her senior year. All four years, Bryant made the all-conference first team in singles and doubles.
She also was a standout in soccer where she twice made the all-region team. Though Bryant only played three seasons of soccer, she graduated with the school record for career goals and points. She was a two-time female winner of the school's Bridges Award as its outstanding all-around athlete and won the McCord Award her junior year for outstanding individual athletic achievement.
Bryant was inducted into the Emory Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
She resides in the Atlanta area with her husband, Wes, and sons,
Kimball and Miles.
Meredith Vincent came to Emory in the fall of 2006 bringing both youth and experience, just a year removed from her senior year playing for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
In her three seasons with the squad, Vincent has helped the
team to three UAA Championships, and three trips to the
NCAA Division III Tournament, including a third-place finish in
2009, and a quartefinals-finish in 2008.
Vincent was recognized as the Atlantic South Region's Assistant
Coach of the Year in 2009, and has been twice named part of the UAA
Coaching Staff of the Year.
Vincent brings four years of Division I tennis experience. In the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons, she played for Virginia Tech before transfering to Ohio State for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 seasons.
In her senior year with the Buckeyes, Vincent played mostly No. 3 and No. 4 singles, while leading the No. 1 doubles pair. Her expertise is in doubles play, which is one of her main focuses with the Emory women.
A native of Cincinnati, Vincent has served as both the tennis pro and the teaching professional at the Hyde Park Tennis Club in Cincinnati, in addition to teaching at camps at College of Wooster, Denison University and Virginia Tech.
Vincent graduated from the Ohio State University in 2005 with a
bachelors degree in psychology.
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