AS A SENIOR: Helped lead Notre Dame to seventh straight top-25 finish in 2002, while being a key player at the top of the Irish lineup ... after playing just one previous match at No. 1 singles, she played in that spot in every dual match in 2002, winning six times ... finished season ranked 119th nationally in singles after being listed in singles and doubles in every set of rankings in 2001-02 ... notched 6-1, 6-3 victory over All-American Jewel Peterson in fall exhibition match against USC ... posted 15-13 dual-match mark and 23-20 overall record in doubles with five different partners ... was 17-13 with Lindsey Green and finished season ranked 40th ... finished her career in a tie (with Green) for second on the Notre Dame career doubles wins list with 105, just four behind school recordholder Michelle Dasso ([apos]01) ... joined Dasso as the only two players to register 70 career dual-match doubles triumphs, posting a 72-31 mark ... in the Midwest Region, ranked 11th in singles ... posted 9-7 mark at No. 1 doubles with Green before being split up on March 30 ... notched three wins over ranked opponents, including one over 14th-ranked Alesia Mikalayeva and Liina Suurvarik of Illinois State ... delivered victory to clinch doubles point in 4-3 triumph over Illinois ... also notched wins over teams from Georgia and North Carolina ... finished her career with 47-14 record at No. 1 doubles ... teamed with Nina Vaughan for last 10 matches of the season, playing mostly No. 2 ... defeated 26th-ranked doubles team from North Carolina and also notched a win at No. 3 against Wake Forest ... helped Irish clinch doubles point in 4-3 win over Miami ... finished her career being listed among the nation[apos]s top 40 doubles teams in 29 consecutive sets of rankings ... posted four-match midseason singles winning streak before dropping 14 of final 15 matches of the season ... snapped 12-match skid with straight-set win against Boston College in the BIG EAST semifinals ... played 21 ranked opponents, including 10 top-30 players ... started out strong in the fall, winning five of first seven matches before a stretch of one win in her next 12 matches ... listed season-high 48th in preseason rankings ... after dropping first match of the fall, registered three straight wins over top-60 players (Kansas State[apos]s Alena Jecminkova, Georgia[apos]s Anne Nguyen and Peterson) ... earned top seed in singles and doubles at Omni Hotels Region IV Championships ... won four matches to advance to semifinals in doubles with Green before falling to an Illinois State team in a tiebreaker ... lost in first round of singles competition, but rebounded for a pair of consolation victories ... finished her career with 12 singles victories over ranked opponents and 24 triumphs in doubles over ranked foes ... at end of 2002, ranked fifth on all-time Irish combined (singles & doubles) victory list and was 13th in singles wins (92) and tied for sixth in singles dual-match wins (65).

AS A JUNIOR: Earned All-America honors with Dasso by virtue of earning seed at NCAA championships and finishing season with top-10 ranking ... After beginning the [apos]00 fall with five losses and standing 3-8 on Jan. 26, posted a 21-3 record ... only losses in that span came against Georgia[apos]s Lori Grey, Ohio State[apos]s Monica Rincon and Tennessee[apos]s Kim Gates ... 17 of 21 wins came in straight sets ... reentered the ITA singles rankings prior to the BIG EAST championship at 95th ... finished season ranked 73rd after preseason ranking of 77th ... was seventh in final regional singles rankings ... posted dual-match wins against Pepperdine, Northwestern, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Miami and Kentucky ... team-high eight of her wins clinched victories for Irish ... after match vs. Florida[apos]s 13th-ranked Jessica Lehnoff was abandoned in third set, finished season with eight-match winning streak ... finished career with 35-16 record at No. 2 singles ... winner of 12 of last 13 and 17 of last 19 matches ... one of four Irish players to reach quarterfinals of ITA Midwest singles championships ... set school record for doubles wins in a season (37), surpassing Susie Panther[apos]s 36 victories in 1985 ... along with Dasso, shattered Irish mark for doubles dual-match wins in a season (24), registering three more than Dasso and Jennifer Hall compiled in 1999 ... won all but two of those matches with second-year partner Michelle Dasso ... that pair qualified for their second straight NCAA doubles championship ... lost in second round for second consecutive year ... was ranked in top eight all year with high ranking of No. 5 in three spring polls and final ranking of ninth ... was first in final regional doubles rankings ... beat Stanford[apos]s Lauren Barnikow and Lauren Kalvaria in reaching semifinals at Rolex National Indoor Intercollegiate Championships ... only dual-match losses came against Duke, Georgia and Florida ... won 21 consecutive matches between loss to Florida in NCAA round of 16 and loss to Georgia in USTA/ITA National Team Indoor Championships ... streak began with an 8-5 win over then top-ranked Ipek Senoglu and Paola Palencia of Pepperdine on Feb. 17 ... 14 of 30 wins in pro sets were by 8-2, 8-1 or 8-0 scores ... successfully defended their ITA Midwest doubles title by sweeping through five rounds ... 10 of 24 dual-match wins clinched doubles point ... went 2-0 with Emily Neighbours at the Colorado Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Won 10 of her last 15 matches in [apos]00 at No. 2 singles with wins over two ranked opponents in Kentucky[apos]s Brooke Skeen and William & Mary[apos]s Delphine Troch ... began spring season with 6-7 record at No. 2 singles ... helped Irish reach NCAA round of 16 with one of her best matches ever in NCAA second round, beating South Carolina[apos]s Jennifer Radman 6-1, 6-1 in 53 minutes ... was 12th in final regional singles rankings ... teamed with first-year doubles partner Michelle Dasso for final ITA ranking of 17 after beginning the spring season ranked 10th... was first in final regional doubles rankings ... had 5-1 record against ranked opponents ... went 5-0 in first tournament together to win the ITA Midwest Doubles title, beating seventh-ranked Kristi Dascoli and Brianna Harris in the semifinals ... qualified for Rolex National Indoor Championships ... went 3-0 at USTA/ITA National Team Indoor at No. 1 doubles with wins against William & Mary[apos]s Delphine Troch and Carolijn van Rossum, Stanford[apos]s Teryn Ashley and Marissa Irvin and USC[apos]s Tiffany Brymer and Kara Warkentin ... split with Dasso from Feb. 27-March 27 due to injury to Kimberly Guy ... finished with 7-0 record with Dasso in dual matches after being paired together again ... clinched wins against William & Mary and Miami among those seven wins ... also paired with Nina Vaughan at No. 3 doubles ... beat Northwestern[apos]s Jennifer Lutgert and Leigh Weinraub 8-2 in first match together in spring ... played one match with Vaughan in the fall and beat USC[apos]s 43rd-ranked Anita Loyola and Jewel Peterson at No. 3 doubles in exhibition dual match.

AS A FRESHMAN: Major part of Irish success in [apos]99 with 23 singles (one shy of the school record) and 17 doubles wins in dual matches ... led team with 36 overall singles wins, becoming just the third player in Notre Dame history to win 35 or more singles contests in a season ... ended year with season-high 11-match winning streak ... won first seven dual matches at No. 4 singles ... beat Duke[apos]s 33rd-ranked Karen Goldstein 7-5, 6-1 during that streak ... defeated William & Mary[apos]s 79th-ranked Delphine Troch 6-3, 6-1 ... finished with 4-2 record against ranked opponents ... all six dual-match singles losses came against top 20 teams ... also recorded dual-match wins against Pepperdine, UCLA, Northwestern, Kansas, Miami (Fla.) and Iowa ... went 2-0 at NCAA championships and BIG EAST championships ... was 22-2 against Midwest region opponents, including 11-0 in dual matches ... reached semifinal at Intercollegiate Tennis Association Midwest Singles championships ... beat Marquette[apos]s Sara Fernandez, Ohio State[apos]s Michelle Matko, Minnesota[apos]s Alice Rangsithienchai and Eastern Michigan[apos]s Jean Kansuthi in run to semifinal ... reached final of Eck Classic singles in first collegiate appearance before dropping three-set match to Marquette[apos]s 26th-ranked Elisa Penalvo ... beat Illinois[apos] No. 1 player Simone Kung and Northwestern[apos]s No. 3 Laura Guignon en route to final ... advanced to Buckeye Invitational No. 1 final with wins over Natalie Soetrisno of Miami (Ohio) and 41st-ranked Kansuthi before losing to Kansas[apos] 87th-ranked Kris Sell ... compiled 22-14 doubles record with five different partners ... teamed with Marisa Velasco for 15-9 record, all in dual matches ... played No. 1 doubles against Purdue and beat 47th-ranked Jennifer Embry and Missy Wright ... also notched wins against Duke[apos]s Megan Miller and Kristin Sanderson, Wake Forest[apos]s Maren Haus and Caroline Ullring and Illinois[apos] Simone Kung and Stacy Schapiro ... went 2-1 with Kim Guy at Buckeye Invitational ... did not play again with Guy until NCAA first round against Iowa when Guy subbed for injured Velasco in win at No. 3 doubles ... played with Kelly Zalinski at Eck Classic, winning three matches to reach final before falling to teammates Lindsey Green and Sarah Scaringe ... beat Iowa[apos]s Natalya Dawaf and Megan Kearney at No. 2 doubles during regular season in only match with Nina Vaughan ... played three matches with Scaringe at Wolverine Fall Invitational.

IN NON-COLLEGIATE ACTION: Won 2000 ITA summer circuit doubles event at Notre Dame with Michelle Dasso, defeating teammates Nina Vaughan and Alicia Salas in semifinals and Katie Cunha and Caylan Leslie in final ... came to Notre Dame after impressive [apos]98 summer in which she won two ITA summer tournaments ... beat Texas[apos] Kim Gates in final at Notre Dame and won tournament at Indiana.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Ranked 18th nationally in girls 18s and first in Intermountain Section ... featured in Sports Illustrated[apos]s [quote]Faces in the Crowd[quote] in June 1, 1998, issue after winning her fourth state championships and finishing high school career with 68-0 singles record ... named to Colorado Sportswomen Hall of Fame ... did not lose a set in 68 high school matches ... led high school team to four undefeated seasons and four state championships ... from a long line of tennis players ... father Bob played tennis at Lehigh, sister Joanne played at Arkansas, sister Wendy played at Southern Illinois and brother David plays at Oklahoma Baptist ... born Aug. 23, 1979, in Colorado Springs, Colo. ... named to dean[apos]s list in fall [apos]00 and fall [apos]01 semesters ... graduated from the Mendoza College of Business with a major in marketing.

Head Coach Jay Louderback on Becky Varnum . . .
[quote]Becky played her sophomore and junior year in the No. 2 singles spot for us and didn[apos]t lose many matches. She did an unbelievable job both of those years, in addition to stepping up to play No. 1 doubles most of the time as a junior and senior. Simply put, Becky won a lot of matches for us.[quote]

Becky Varnum[apos]s Career Record