Senior Year (2002-03) Fall Season: Did not see action during fall season.
Junior Year (2002-03): Held Georgia Southern’s Callie Ward scoreless in two sets to help the Noles win their third match of the season… picked up lone victory in a loss to No. 19 Clemson, winning in doubles action with Christina Denny (8-4) and in singles defeating Anna Dolinska… clinched a win against Wake Forest when she came back from behind to beat Sandie Knight… against Knight she dropped the first set 3-6, won the second set 6-1 and took the final set 7-5 for the team win… played the number five position for most of the spring season… in doubles, paired with Denny and finished with a team high 7-3 record... won her first match at Florida State during the fall season in the Lady Seminole Fall Classic over Anna Westin of Central Florida… saw doubles action with teammates Christina Denny and Amberly Tantee during the fall season.
Sophomore Year (2001-02): Battled for playing time with a strong recruiting class at Tennessee…saw most of her singles action in the fall as she only played in five matches during the spring…finished with a record of 13-7 winning 11 out of her first 14 matches...worked with three different doubles partners, but found most of her success with Senior Kim Gates…won five of her first six doubles matches with Gates.
Freshman Year (2000-01): Was a walk on at Tennessee, but earned a scholarship after strong performances in fall tournament play…anchored the team at the No. 6 position in singles…amassed a 26-14 singles mark while going 26-21 in doubles play for a combined record of 52-35...teamed with Agnes Wiski and Crystal Cleveland in doubles play…managed an 8-3 record playing with Cleveland and an 18-18 mark with Wiski…opened the fall tournament schedule with five straight wins at the sixth singles slot, including a flight championship at the Furman Fall Classic…won the fifth singles flight of the St. Mary’s Health System Classic in Knoxville… teamed with Wiski in doubles play, winning the third doubles flight at the Furman Fall Classic and the second doubles flight of the St. Mary’s Health Systems Classic…the Orange and White tandem registered just one loss in the fall, going 8-1…named to the Lady Vol Academic Honor Roll.
High School and Other Accomplishments: Brooke earned five varsity letters at Baylor High School…helped her team to three state championships in 1996, 1999 and 2000…won the 1997 state doubles championship…reigned as the 1999 state singles champion... won the Tennessee Junior Qualifying Tournament five times…won the Southern Indoors championship in the 14s division.
Personal: Cordell is majoring in arts and sciences…ranks the first time she won the Tennessee Junior Qualifying as the biggest highlight of her tennis career, so far…considers her first tennis coach, Philip Johnson, as her biggest sports influence…lists her hobbies as listening to music and hanging out with friends…has one sister, Brandi…daughter of Tony and Sherry Cordell.
