Sewanee: University of the South Women's Tennis

Shackelford has had 15 straight years with a top-15 national ranking (1988-2002; No. 4 in 1990; No. 6 in 2006; and No. 3 in 2007). The 2007 Tigers finished third in the nation at the NCAA Championships, the highest national finish of any Sewanee team on record. They also won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship with a win over national powerhouse DePauw University. Shackelford was tabbed the SCAC Coach of the Year in 2007.  Shackelford has coached 43 All-Americans, two National Champions (doubles), 35 National Scholar- Athletes, three National Senior Players of the Year, and one National Freshman Player of the Year.  Her players have earned four WIAC championships, two SCAC, and three SAA Championships. With that, Shackelford has been selected as the SCAC (1992 and 2007) and SAA Coach of the Year (2013, 2014, 2015) five times and the ITA Atlantic South Coach of the Year three times (2001, 2006, 2014). Additionally, she has served on both the NCAA Atlantic South Region Committee and the ITA Atlantic South Region Committee, from 1995-2008, and has also been the ITA Atlantic South Awards Chair . A native of Jacksonville, North Carolina, Shackelford earned her bachelor's degree in business in 1982 from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. She was a Division I player at UNC-Wilmington, receiving a tennis scholarship after a stellar career at Jacksonville (N.C.) High School. She and her husband John live in Sewanee and have four children, Avery (23) Sadie (21), Michaela (19), and Tessa (13). Shackelfords guiding philosophy has been to combine hard work and fun with each students educational experience. Our girls are committed to our success, balancing the fun and companionship of competing in intercollegiate athletics with the dedication necessary to compete at the highest level of Division III competition while working toward a world class education. I am most proud of the variety of successs members of our team have found. They are active in contributing to the many facets of campus life and their community, she adds. Career Record - record (29 straight winning seasons)