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Jakupcin Bio (updated May 8, 2007) in PDF Format
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JAKUPCIN AND THE FALCONS
With a total of 77 singles wins in her career, finished in sole possession of third place on the BGSU career list, just two shy of the school record ... had 54 doubles victories as a Falcon, tying her for 12th place on that school list ... with a total of 131 overall career wins, finished her BG tenure in eighth place on that school list.
2006-07
A team tri-captain ... named to the All-MAC First Team ... the first Falcon in two seasons -- and only the second in a decade -- to earn all-league first-team honors ... also named to the MAC's All-Tournament Team and the Academic All-MAC Team ... had 28 total wins on the season ... had a 17-15 singles record and an 11-10 doubles mark on the season ... played all but one dual match at the top singles flight, and went 11-10 in those duals, including a 5-3 record in MAC play ... final win of her career was one of her most dramatic ... rallied back after losing the opening set to defeat Miami's Katrina Lomidze in a third-set tiebreaker ... that was the final match to finish, enabling the Falcons to erase a 3-0 deficit to post a 4-3 win over the RedHawks in the quarterfinals of the MAC Championships ... had a 5-1 record, all in MAC dual-match play at the third doubles flight, when competing with Samantha Kintzel ... that duo saw both of their league tourney matches abandoned ... the 5-1 mark was the highest by a doubles team in MAC regular-season play since 2000-01, and was the best winning pct. (.833) by a duo in league action since the 1981-82 campaign ... won eight of her last nine doubles matches entering the MAC Championships ... also competed in doubles with Erica Wolfe (2-0), Katia Babina (3-8), Libby Harrison (1-0) and Andrea Volle (0-1) ... won the flight championship at #1 singles in the season-opening BGSU Invitational ... represented the Falcons in singles at the ITA Midwest Region Championships in October, going 1-1.
2005-06
Posted a 16-17 singles record ... the Falcons' representative at the number-one singles flight in every dual match, going 12-11 ... was 4-4 in MAC dual-match play ... in doubles, had a 14-20 overall record, competing with four different teammates ... was 7-3 with sister Kelsey, including a 3-2 mark in MAC action and a 7-2 record at the second flight in dual-match play ... was 7-15 when competing with Jenna Nussbaum, including a 3-8 mark at the top flight ... also played one match apiece with Stefanie Menoff and Volle, both in MAC competition ... represented BG in both singles and doubles at the Wilson/ITA Midwest Region Championships, winning her first-round singles match and teaming with Nussbaum to capture a pair of doubles contests before losing to the eventual champions.
2004-05
Led the team with 40 overall victories ... had a 23-8 singles mark to pace the Falcons in wins ... that mark included a 6-3 ledger in MAC regular-season play and a win in the conference tournament as well ... went 1-0 at the number-one flight and 15-6 at the number-two flight in dual-match play ... in doubles, went 17-15 overall, including 8-10 with Nussbaum ... that duo went 1-3 in MAC play and 7-8 at the second light in dual-match action ... also had doubles records of 5-4 with Cameron Benjamin (1-0 in the MAC), 3-1 with Susie Schoenberger and 1-0 with Volle ... captured a singles flight championship at the BGSU Invitational ... won the back-draw final in singles at the Wolverine Invite.
2003-04
Led the Falcons with a 21-9 singles record, and had the team lead with her 21 overall victories ... had a 12-15 doubles record, going 7-5 with Gaby Coello ... in her first weekend of collegiate tennis, won a singles title at the third flight in the BGSU Invitational ... won a back-draw title at the Wolverine Invitational, and teamed with Gaby Coello for a 3-2 record that weekend ... that duo went 6-3 together in the fall, and advanced to the semifinals of the doubles bracket at the Spartan Cup ... also made it to the semifinals in singles at that tourney ... posted a pair of singles victories at the second flight in BGSU's two dual matches ... teamed with Coello for a top-flight doubles victory in the latter match, vs. Western Ontario ... missed several weeks due to injury ... came back and won in straight sets by identical 6-0 scores to capture the Falcons' lone singles victory against Cincinnati ... earned MAC Player of the Week ... captured 33 wins to tie Heidi Romer for the team lead.
HIGH SCHOOL
Earned four letters at Bishop Watterson ... helped the Eagles to an overall record of 59-11, a perfect 16-0 Central Catholic League dual record and four-straight CCL titles ... a two-time all-state selection ... the Ohio Division I runner-up in 2002 ... had a four-year individual record of 93-13, including a 26-1 mark as a junior ... three-time district singles champion ... earned the 2001-02 Dorothy Sharer Award as the outstanding high-school tennis player in Central Ohio ... named the 2001 player of the year by the Greater Columbus Tennis Association ... two-year team captain ... was ranked as high as 75th nationally in USTA juniors.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Dr. Gary and Karen Jakupcin ... full name Ashley Nicole Jakupcin ... born March 31, 1985, in Columbus, Ohio ... a psychology major who finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.72 ... has a younger sister, Kelsey ... the two were teammates for two years on the Falcon tennis team, as Ashley's senior season of 2006-07 was Kelsey's sophomore campaign.
