Stephanie Hazlett (HAZE-let) Senior, 5-6, Right-handed Evansville, Ind. (Heritage Hills High School)

CAREER NOTES: Career-high ITA singles ranking: 11 (Preseason - 1999-00)... Career-high ITA doubles ranking: 11 (with Traci Green, December 1997)... 1999 Singles All-American ... underwent reconstructive surgery on her left knee during the summer of 1999 ... expected to graduated in August 2001.

AS A SENIOR (2000-01)
Singles: Season-high ITA rank: 32 (Preseason); Primary dual match position: No. 4; record against ranked opponents: 1-3; record in three-set matches: 1-3
Spring: Played only dual matches this season ... won the final collegiate match she played, defeating Stanford’s Lauren Barnikow 6-2, 6-4 in the NCAA semifinals ... became the 15th Gator to win 100 career singles matches when she defeated Bethune-Cookman’s Natalia Kostova 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the NCAA Championship (May 12) ... suffered a tough 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 loss against Georgia’s 62 nd -ranked Agata Cioroch (April 21) in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament - which gave the Bulldogs the clinching dual match win - after leading 5-4 in the second and serving at 30-0 ... posted a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Alabama’s Weyli Chang in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament (April 20) ... defaulted her match against Georgia’s 26 th -ranked Anne Nguyen when the match was on-serve in the third set because UF had clinched the regular-season victory, but Nguyen wanted to keep playing (April 8) ... forced to retire in the second set of her match against Tennessee’s Vilmarie Castellvi (March 23) after re-aggravating her injured knee ... had won eight consecutive matches prior to the Tennessee loss.
Fall: Did not play while rehabilitating her knee.
Doubles: Season-high ITA rank: 35 (Preseason with Julia Scaringe); Primary dual match position: No. 2 (with Scaringe); record against ranked opponents: 4-1
Spring: Provided the clinching doubles point in four of UF’s final five matches entering the NCAA Championships, including the come-back 9-8 (4) win over Georgia’s Christa Grey and Lori Grey against whom she and Scaringe rallied from a 4-1 deficit in the game scoring and then again in the tiebreaker to post a 9-8 (4) win ... in that thrilling comeback against the Bulldog duo, Hazlett, who was playing in her final regular season home match, hit an incredible drop shot volley for a winner on match point to seal the victory ... had a season-long 10 match winning streak snapped by Tennessee’s Crystal Cleveland & Alison Ojeda (March 23).
Fall: Paired with Julia Scaringe to reach the finals of the Hurricane Classic, losing to FIU’s Marina Faustellini and Anneliesse Rose for the title ... reached the semifinals of the ITA South Regional Championships with Scaringe, falling to South Alabama’s Martina Ojdrejkova and Viktoria Stoklasova 9-8 (5).

AS A JUNIOR (1999-00)
Honors: Neal Anderson Scholastic Award (team award)... Second- Team All-SEC (singles)... First-Team All-SEC (No. 3 doubles)... SEC Academic Honor Roll.
Singles: Season-high ITA rank: 11 (Preseason); Final rank: 46; Primary dual match position: No. 3... earned a bid to compete in the NCAA Singles Championships, where she upset third-seeded and sixth-ranked Adria Engel from Wake Forest 6-4, 6-2 in the first round, before losing in the second round to Georgia’s Lori Grey ... has competed only in dual matches this season, sitting out the fall to recover from a knee injury... played positions 2 through 4 ... provided a clutch victory in UF’s SEC Tournament final upset win over second-ranked Georgia, slugging out a 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 win over nationally-ranked Marissa Catlin... just missed recording a “double bagel” against Utah’s Frida Kareld, when she won the first 11 games of the match, before losing her serve en route to the 6-0, 6-1 win... defeated BYU’s Tara Ferguson by an identical score in UF’s next dual match... provided a crucial victory in UF’s 5-4 team win over Duke by defeating Kathy Sell 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 at the No. 3 position... vs. nationally ranked opponents: 6-6... in three-set matches: 4-3.
Doubles: Season-high ITA rank: 13 (Preseason with Whitney Laiho); Final rank: none; Primary dual match position: No. 3 (with Baili Camino)... provided the clinching dual match point (with Camino) in the thrilling 5-4 win at seventh-ranked Duke with a 9-7 victory over Sell and Granson... undefeated with Camino this season... paired with Erin Boislcair in two dual match victories at the No. 3 position, defeating Illinois’ Fazlic and Kunk 8-1 in the season opener and then Kentucky’s Rookledge and Trefethen 8-6 in the SEC opener.

AS A SOPHOMORE (1998-99)
Honors: Singles All-American... second team All-SEC in singles... second team All-SEC in doubles (with Laiho)... represented the U.S. team versus Great Britain Oct. 27-31 in the Maureen Connolly Challenge.
Singles: Season-high ITA rank: 19 (Fall & March 9); Final rank: t-20; Primary dual match position: Nos. 3-4... earned bid into NCAA Singles Championships for the first time and advanced into the second round before losing to Tulsa’s Anousjka Van Exel 4-6, 6-4, 7- 5... defeated 17th-ranked Amanda Augustus from Cal 6-0, 6-3 in the first round... helped swing UF’s momentum in its NCAA semifinal battle with Duke, as she tied the team score at 2-2 after a 6-1, 2-6, 7-6 (6) win over Karen Goldstein... provided UF’s clinching team point in the 5-1 SEC Tournament semifinal victory over South Carolina’s Jennifer Radman with a gutsy 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (6) win at No. 3... sported a team-high 21-match singles winning streak where she defeated six nationally ranked opponents... reached the semifinals of the ITA South Region Championships, where she upset three nationally ranked foes, including ninth-ranked Agnes Muzamel 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals, before losing to Gator teammate and 13 th -ranked Stephanie Nickitas 6-4, 6-4... versus nationally ranked opponents: 12-4... in three-set matches: 9-2.
Doubles: Season-high ITA rank: 27 (May 4 with Whitney Laiho); Final rank: 30 (with Laiho); Primary dual match position: No. 2...earned a spot into the NCAA Doubles Championships (with Laiho) and reached the round of 16 before losing to seventh-ranked Lawrence & Senoglu from Pepperdine 6-1, 6-4... defeated Wisconsin’s Gable & Urbanska 6-2, 6-3 in the first round... dropped the clinching NCAA final dual match point, losing to Stanford’s Irvin & Tokuda 8-4... upset 10 th -ranked Michelle Eberle and Celeste Frey from Mississippi 8-5 in the finals of the SEC Tournament... reached the finals of the Gator Fall Classic, before losing 8-2 to teammates Jessica Lehnhoff and Stephanie Nickitas.

AS A FRESHMAN (1997-98)
Honors: First team All-SEC at No. 5 singles.
Singles: Final ITA rank: 95; Primary dual match position: No. 5... provided the clinching NCAA Championship final team point for the Gators, defeating Duke’s Kathy Sell 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-3 at the no. 5 position... won all four of her singles matches in the NCAA Team Championship... became the first Gator since Dawn Buth in 1994 to win her inaugural collegiate singles & doubles tournament, as she downed South Carolina’s Kathrine Tessier 6-0, 6-0 in the finals of the Lady Gamecock Classic... reached the semifinals of the SEC Coaches Fall Classic Flight A draw, falling to Mississippi’s Ivona Mihailova 6-4, 6-4 for her first collegiate loss... dropped a 6-3, 6-4 decision to teammate Stephanie Nickitas in the semifinals of the Gator Fall Classic... boasts a career 10-2 record against SEC opponents in dual match action... 5-1 in three-set matches.
Doubles: Final ITA rank: none; Primary dual match position: No. 2 with Traci Green... played No. 2 position with Whitney Laiho to end the regular season due to Green’s back injury... captured the Lady Gamecock Classic (Oct. 5), defeating No. 38th ranked Rakic & Bulat from South Carolina 8-5... reached the finals of the SEC Coaches Fall Classic A Draw, before losing to No. 4 ranked Lepsi & Malhotra of Tennessee 9-7... lost to Florida teammates & No. 1 ranked Buth & Nickitas 8-4 in the semifinals of the Gator Fall Classic... 13-3 all-time in doubles with Green.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA Stephanie Hazlett trained at the Palmer Tennis Academy in Tampa from January to March of 1997... lived and played in Queensland, Australia from April to May of 1997, where she competed in five to six tournaments, defeating a couple of players ranked in the top 200 in the world... champion of the 1995 Easter Bowl, considered the peak event for juniors... was the winner of the 1996 Western Close Championship... top 12 finisher in the Clay Court Championships in Memphis, Tenn... finished in the top 24 at the Hard Courts in San Jose, Calif... ranked No. 11 in the nation in the 18’s listing and No. 5 in the nation in the 16 and under group.

PERSONAL Full name is Stephanie Christine Hazlett... daughter of Steve and Anna Hazlett... born in Evansville, Ind., on January 29, 1979...a May of 1997 graduate of Heritage Hills High School, Hazlett finished course work in December of 1996... four-year honor roll member... member of the National Honors Society... her mother, a Florida State graduate, is a teaching professional and drove Stephanie one hour each way to the tennis courts for practice daily... started playing tennis at the age of 2 with a wooden racquet... cousin of UF Cross Country and Track and Field runner Shannon Burcham... also considered Texas, Miami and Arizona State before deciding on Florida... majoring in Sports Management.