Katarina Kollarova Named Patriot League Women's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Eagles place 10 athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

June 29, 2004

Katrina Kollarova was named the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the league's sports information directors

WASHINGTON - Senior Katarina Kollarova (Vinicne, Slovakia/Valparaiso) has been named Patriot League Women’s Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the second time in two years, the league’s sports information directors announced, Monday. Kollarova is joined by nine of her teammates of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

Kollarova, the Patriot League Tournament Co-Most Valuable Player, earned a 3.94 grade-point average in business administration and helped lead the Eagles to the program's second NCAA tournament in three years. ...

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"Do You Want To Go To America?"
A Simple Question, a Simple Answer
From Bulgaria to Beyond..

By: Roopa Proohit, '04

Kristina Georgieva

Kristina Georgieva does not remember the first time she picked up a tennis racket, her mother tells her that she was only a baby when she stepped onto the court and she certainly hasn’t stepped off since. Her father, a former Junior Bulgarian National Champion has been a tennis coach since she was born, which meant for this former ninth ranked senior woman [in Bulgaria] it has “always been about the tennis.”

As she looks back Georgieva refers to her first tournament, when she was just 10 years old, as a “center court disaster”. She was so anxious to be there that she even forgot you do not switch chairs during every break and was constantly getting up and down. Unfortunately, the match ended quickly and at that young age she learned you do not win every time and you and that you occasionally have to lose. ...

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