University of Washington Women's Tennis

Stephenson's first season produced five Huskies named to the Academic All-Pac-12 Team. Stephenson, a former professional tennis player and All-American at Alabama, comes to Seattle after leading the Georgia State team to its most successful season in program history. The Panthers 2013-14 campaign set several firsts and became the first womens team in school history to advance in the NCAA Championship. Stephensons squad also featured a national singles semifinals run and All-America honor along with the programs first win in doubles play at the NCAA Championships. Her squad ended the year with the highest final singles and doubles rankings in program history, along with the second-highest team finish. Along with promising seasons with the Panthers, Stephenson also owns Division I experience and a national championship from her time as a volunteer assistant at Georgia Tech. She coached the Yellow Jackets' women's tennis team from 2007-09, helping lead the team to a national title in her first season. Stephenson assisted with various aspects of the program and played a role in Techs first two National Indoor Championships in 2007 and 2008 as well as back-to-back ACC Championship titles in those same years. As a collegiate student-athlete, Stephenson competed for the University of Alabama (2002-06) and finished as the most decorated player in program history. The All-American was the all-time winningest player in school history with 101 singles wins and doubles victories (66) until the 2013 season while reaching as high as No. 4 in the ITA singles rankings and No. 6 in doubles. Stephenson led the Tide to four-straight NCAA Tournament appearances while making the singles cut in 2004, 2005 and 2006. She earned All-American status as a singles participant during her junior season in 2005, one of the highest honors in collegiate tennis, after posting a 27-13 record with 16 victories over ranked opponents in 2005. She was a team captain her sophomore, junior and senior seasons and won the Regional Senior Player of the Year award in 2006. In her professional career, Stephenson competed on the ITF and WTA tour for two years (2007-08). She achieved a career-high ranking of No. 152 in the world in doubles and No. 432 in singles. She won 13 professional doubles titles while on tour with various partners and competed around the world in the lead-up WTA events for the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open series. Stephenson was coached by former top 50 ATP player Bryan Shelton, now the head men's tennis coach at the University of Florida. In total, Stephenson amassed a 101-53 career doubles record on the ITF and WTA tour and notched 44 singles victories. Stephenson is a native of Kitchener, Ontario and graduated with a degree in communications and information sciences with a minor in psychology from Alabama in 2006.