Amber Brightly
| School: |
UTEP |
| Year: |
Sophomore |
| Home Town: |
El Paso, TX |
| Home State: |
N/A |
| Home Country: |
United States(USA) |
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| Dominant Hand: |
Right |
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| Singles Record: |
23-30 |
| Doubles Record: |
27-28 |
2005-06 (Freshman): Burst onto the collegiate scene by winning six of her initial seven singles matches ... stretch included a perfect 4-0 at the Miner Fall Invite ... defeated Aziza Aba Butain of North Texas, 7-6, 6-2, to claim an opening-round qualifying draw victory at the Wilson/ITA Southwest Regional Tournament ... overall, finished with a singles record of 13-16 ... that mark ranked as the second-best on the squad behind All-Conference performer Teri Wilkerson ... spent majority of season competing at the No. 6 slot ... four of her wins contributed toward Miner triumphs ... was a perfect 3-0 in three-set affairs, the only player on the squad to do so ... posted a team-best record of 6-5 in tie-break action ... finished the year 6-7 against foes from the Southwest Region ... winning percentage of .462 ranked her second on the team ... went 9-18 in doubles play, but was 7-7 when paired with Vicky Michaud ... picked up seven straight-set victories on the season.
Prior To UTEP: Three-year letterwinner at Chapin HS for coach Lorraine McWhorter ... finished with a combined record of 50-6 in singles and 41-0 in doubles, despite not playing her junior year ... captued the District 1-4A singles title as a freshman and senior ... reached the semifinals of the UIL Region 1 tournament in 2005 ... led the Huskies to the district team championship in the fall of 2004 ... was a standout in singles and doubles on the USTA’s Southwest Region while being coached by Larry Haugness at the El Paso Youth Tennis Center ... was ranked as high as 14th in singles and second in doubles in 18s ... captured the 2005 Private Line Junior Open singles title in April ... also reached the finals of the New Mexico State/El Paso County Junior Closed Championship (07/2005), the Americas Junior Open (05/2005) and the Tennis West Junior Open (10/2004) ... teamed with Stephanie Rivera to claim titles at the 2004 Tennis West Junior Open, 2004 Sun Bowl Junior Open and 2005 New Mexico State/El Paso County Junior Closed Championship ... academic honors included membership on the A Honor Roll and the National Spanish Honor Society ... turned down a scholarship offer from Lamar to attend UTEP.
Personal: Full name is Amber Cole Brightly ... born on June 5, 1987 in El Paso, Texas ... daughter of Leonard and Holly Brightly ... has two younger brothers, Aaron, 11, and Eric, 8 ... began playing tennis in 2000 ... lists Jennifer Capriati, Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras as her favorite tennis players.
