Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Announce Addition of Transfer From Florida
7/19/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
July 19, 2006
EVANSTON, Ill. -- Northwestern head coach Claire Pollard has announced Keri Robison (Decatur, Ill./Keystone National) has accepted an offer of admission and will join the Wildcat program after transferring from the University of Florida.
Robison will begin classes in the fall and play as a sophomore for the upcoming 2006-07 season.
"We are very excited to have Keri join our program. She is a great player who will contribute immediately," Pollard said. "It is nice to have an Illinois native return home to continue her collegiate career."
As a freshman for the Gators, Robison was a second-team All-SEC selection. She compiled a 6-0 singles record including a win in the first round of the NCAA Championships. In doubles, she finished the season with an 18-5 overall record.
See below for Robison's complete bio.
2005-06 (at Florida): Second Team All-SEC ... SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... 6-0 in dual matches (1-0 at No. 5 and 5-0 at No. 6), with the first five being SEC regular-season matches ... Collected a 6-1, 6-1 win versus Samford's Bethany Benson (May 12) in the NCAA first round to give UF its first singles win of the Championships ... Both SEC Tournament matches were abandoned ... Led her SEC Tournament quarterfinal match versus USC's Justine Walsh (April 21) 7-5, 5-2 when play was abandoned ... Posted an impressive 6-2, 6-2 over LSU's Camila Caliari at the No. 5 position in her collegiate singles debut ... Four of her five wins have been in straight sets ... 1-0 in clinching dual matches (Auburn) ... 1-0 in three-set matches this spring ... Final ITA South Region Ranking: 15 (with Nina Suvak) ... Season-high National Ranking: 53 (April 4 with Nina Suvak) ... Paired with senior Alexis Gordon at the No. 3 position for the first four dual matches (3-1 record), but played with Nina Suvak at the No. 3 spot in every dual match since (15-4 record) ... Ended her rookie season with an 8-2 loss to Stanford's Lejla Hodzic and Jessica Nguyen in the NCAA Team Semifinal round ... Earned a well-played 8-5 win over UCLA's Ashley Joelson and Tracy Llin the quarterfinals of the NCAAs ... Provided the cliching point in the SEC Tournament final with an 8-2 win over Kentucky's Danielle Petrisko and Carolina Winebrenner, avenging the regular season loss to the Wildcat pair ... Lost just seven points versus Tennessee's Samantha Orlin and Hayley Prendergast in the 8-0 SEC Tournament semifinal win ... Impressive debut in the SEC Tournament, netting an 8-2 win in the quarterfinal round versus South Carolina's Megan McGavock & Justine Walsh ... 3-1 with Suvak in clinching doubles-point matches (Alabama, Vanderbilt, South Carolina & Kentucky-SEC Final).
Fall 2005 (at Florida): Did not compete for medical reasons.
High School: Trained at the Hinsdale Racquet Club for three years ... Coached by Jack Sharpe ... Ranked eighth in the USTA Girls' 18 in 2004 ... Reached as high as a No. 1 ranking in the Middle Illinois Girls' 18 ... Made four appearances at the Easter Bowl and the Eddie Herr Tournament ... Played in the Junior Orange Bowl ... Was the doubles winner of the Chanda Rubin Tournament in Evert, Fla., in November 2004 ... Was the singles winner of the USTA National Open in February 2004 and followed with a singles win at the St. Louis Junior Championships in July 2004 ... Has won eight singles tournaments and six doubles tournaments since 1999, including the K-Swiss Invitational and the USTA Super National Hard Court Championships.
