Slippery Rock University Athletics

Returns for fourth season as The Rock’s No. 1 singles and doubles player ... On pace to finish career as Rock’s all-time leader in career wins ... Enters spring portion of 2008-09 schedule with 161-43 career record ... Needs only 17 wins to move ahead of former Rock All-America performer Jessica Bungo (177-36 career record) and into first place on the career wins list ... Sure bet to earn fourth straight first-team All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division honor this season ... Fall 2008: Recorded 11-5 record in singles matches and 10-3 mark in doubles matches ... 2007-08: Earned first-team All-PSAC-West honors as both a singles and doubles player ... Finished season with 23-6 record in singles action and 23-8 mark in doubles matches ... She and Laura Handy finished the season ranked third in the East Region in doubles by Intercollegiate Tennis Association ... Ranked fourth in East Region by ITA in singles ... Teamed with younger sister Samantha Blackburn to garner runner-up honors as doubles team in both PSAC Individual Championships and ITA Eastern Regional tournament during fall portion of the season ... Earned No. 24 national and No. 2 regional ranking in fall doubles competition ... Finished fall schedule ranked sixth in the region in singles ... 2006-07: Teamed up with Handy to garner runner-up honors in doubles competition at PSAC Individual Tournament in the fall of 2006...Advanced to quarterfinals in singles competition at PSAC tournament ... 2005-06: Named as ITA East Regional and PSAC-Western Division "Rookie of the Year" honors ... Received first-team All-PSAC-West status as both a singles and doubles player ... Finished rookie season with 19-4 singles record and 19-6 doubles mark ... Advanced to semifinal round in both singles and doubles competitions at PSAC Individual Championships ... Lost in quarterfinal round of ITA regional doubles competition ... Teammed with Ashley Michaux to earn No. 22 national ranking by ITA in doubles competition ... Helped lead Rock to semifinals in PSAC Team Championships ... High School: Four-year letterwinner ... Also was on the Bedford County championship team ... Four-time district singles champion ... Marketing major.