Julie Chao
| School: |
Rice University |
| Year: |
graduated |
| Home Town: |
San Diego, Calif. |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
| High School: |
Westview |
| Height: |
5-6 |
| Weight: |
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| Birth Date: |
Thursday, March 31, 1988 |
| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
| Major: |
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| Singles Record: |
56-49 |
| Doubles Record: |
48-48 |
Honors at Rice 2007 & 2008 All-Conference USA First Team (Singles); 2008 All-Conference USA Third Team (Doubles); 2008 C-USA All-Academic Team; 2008 Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports-Scholar Award; 2007 C-USA Freshman of the Year; 2006-07 & 2007-08 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll; 2007 ITA Scholar Athlete. 2007-08 Season (Sophomore) Turned in an impressive 15-7 record at the No. 1 singles slot en route to All-Conference USA First-Team honors ... one of six players selected to C-USA All-Academic Team ... defeated Lena Willi 6-1, 6-1 of No. 75 Jacksonville (Feb. 3) ... clinched three matches, including a hard-fought 4-6, 7-6, 7-6 victory over Tiffany Welcher that broke a 3-3 tie at Alabama (Feb. 10) ... knocked off Victoria Brymer 6-0, 6-3 of No. 69 Cal State Northridge (March 2) ... won eight of her final 10 decisions, including a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over No. 88 Natalia Bubien of SMU (April 5) ... defeated Houston's Lucy Forward 6-3, 6-0 at C-USA Tournament (April 18) ... teamed with Dominique Karas as Rice's No. 1 doubles pair for 13-7 mark and All-Conference USA Third-Team accolades ... won 9 of 11 decisions (Feb. 3-March 11), including a gritty 8-6 victory over Tiffany Clifford and Christi Liles of No. 27 Texas A&M (Feb. 6) ... secured doubles point against Alabama (Feb. 10), No. 69 Cal State Northridge (March 2) and UCF (March 11) ... held 6-5 advantage in an unfinished match against No. 31 Kellie Schmitt and Karolina Soor of No. 50 Marshall at the C-USA Tournament (April 19) ... won seven of 10 singles matches during the fall season ... named C-USA Player of the Month (September) after making the finals of the top flight at the 27th Annual Rice Classic (Sept. 21-23) dropping only 13 games over three victories ... picked up a pair of wins over opponents from Kentucky and Duke at the Riveria/ITA All-American Pre Qualifying ... made Wilson/ITA Southwest Regional Championships (Oct. 19-22) Round of 32 ... made doubles semifinals of top flight at the 27th Annual Rice Classic paired with Tiffany Lee ... turned in a run to the Round of 16 with Dominique Karas at the ITA Southwest Regionals before falling to No. 6 seeded pair of Dubova/Hedberg from LSU. 2006-07 Season (Freshman) Went 11-10 playing mostly at the No. 1 singles position en route to C-USA Freshman of the Year honors ... started the season ranked No. 26 in ITA Southwest region ... notched a 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 (5) against Kindsay Grimes of No. 53 Tulsa (Feb. 3) ... upset No. 43 ranked Darla Petrovic of No. 43 North Carolina State (Feb. 16) in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 ... nearly upset No. 2 ranked Megan Falcon of No. 47 LSU (Feb. 17) before falling in a super tiebreaker ... tallied wins against opponents from No. 70 San Diego (Feb. 22) and No. 52 San Diego State (Feb. 24) ... defeated Sarah Foster of No. 14 Texas A&M (March 31) 6-4, 6-3 ... picked up a three-set win over Natalia Bubien 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in Rice's 4-3 quarterfinal upset over No. 52 SMU (April 20) at the C-USA Championships ... teamed mostly with Tiffany Lee at No. 1 doubles ... won three straight to open dual match season (Jan. 20-28), including an 8-3 triumph over No. 6 Baylor (Jan. 20) top pair ... dropped a hard-fought tiebreaker decision against No. 42 ranked Tiffany Clifford and Sarah Foster of No. 14 Texas A&M (March 31) ... won 9-8 over Leila Salek and Loli Gomez of Houston (April 19) at the C-USA Championships ... earned an No. 26 ranking in the ITA Southwest region after posting an 8-10 singles mark during the fall tournament season ... teamed with Tiffany Lee for a 5-5 fall record as the pair advanced to the round of 16 at the regional championship ... finished the fall ranked 10th in the region with Lee in doubles. High School/Juniors 2006 graduate of Westview High School in San Diego, Calif ... ranked among the Top 40 seniors in the country and was listed as a five-star recruit by TennisRecruiting.net ... ranked in the Top 25 USTA Girls 16 standings ... Player of the Year for San Diego in 2004 ... received the Southern California Sportsmanship Award in 2002 ... member of the California Scholastic Federation and LEO Club ... also recruited by Boston College, Purdue, Cal Poly, Colorado, and UCLA. Personal Daughter Derchang and Ting Chao ... born on March 31, 1988 ... has two brothers and one sister ... majoring in economics ... member of Will Rice College. http://riceowls.cstv.com/sports/w-tennis/mtt/chao_julie00.html
