Florida Gators

Career Record 

*at Harvard 

Of Note

• Graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in Finance, April of 2017

• 2015 & 2016 & 2017 ITA Scholar-Athlete (min. 3.5 GPA)
• 2016 & 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2015 SEC Freshman/First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2014 Second Team All-Ivy
• Part of Harvard’s 2014 ITA All-Academic Team

• Career-High ITA singles ranking: 101 (Feb. 25, 2014)
• Career-High ITA doubles ranking: 54 (Feb. 25, 2014 with Monica Lin)
• Played number one singles and doubles during her entire freshman campaign at Harvard

• Final ITA Singles Rank: 87
• Dick Vitale Clay Court doubles champion (with Anna Danilina)
• 3-3 in dual singles matches this year, including 1-1 in SEC action
• lost a tough 6-0 7-5 decision that was the clinching match in the SEC Tournament final vs. Vanderbilt (April 23)
• provided clinching heroics in UF’s 4-2 win vs. Mississippi State in the SEC quarterfinals
• arrived in Gainesville for the 2014-15 season after making a one-year stop at Harvard University, where she played the No. 1 singles and doubles positions
• stated that she “felt she was always meant to be a Gator”
• provided the clinching dual match victories for Florida in its first two rounds of the 2016 SEC Tournament, helping the Gators reach the final and win the title
• in the classroom, she has earned ITA Scholar-Athlete notice each of the last three years for carrying a minimum 3.5 GPA, while being honored with SEC Academic Honor Roll status every year at Florida

 
JUNIOR (2015-16)

SPRING 2016

• Clinched four matches for the Gators during 2016, including the first two matches in the SEC Tournament against No. 20 LSU and No. 12 Auburn
• Remained undefeated in SEC singles play with a 9-0 record
• Clinched Florida’s first doubles point of the season against USF on Jan. 27
• Final ITA doubles ranking: 42

 FALL 2015

• Advanced to the singles final at the Lakewood Ranch Clay Court Classic 
• Reached the doubles final with Peggy Porter at the Lakewood Ranch Clay Court Classic 
• Doubles semifinalist at the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional with Porter 

SOPHOMORE
SPRING 2015

• Compiled a 4-0 dual singles record and played a primary role at No. 2/No. 3 doubles

FALL 2014

• Finalist with Belinda Woolcock in her respective doubles draw at the Duke Fab Four Invitational

PRIOR TO FLORIDA

• Spent one season with the Harvard Crimson
• One of the 193 out of over 2,000 students with straight As at Winston Churchill High School in 2014
• 5.0 weighted GPA at the conclusion of her senior year of high school
• Ranked in the top 5 nationally in every age group since G14s
• Easter Bowl Doubles Champion 2013
• Bill Talbert Hall of Fame Sportsmanship Award, 2013
• Paul Goldstein Sportsmanship Award, 2012
• Mid-Atlantic Sportsmanship Award, 2011
• 2010 Super National Hard Courts Doubles Champion
• Easter Bowl Sportsmanship Award, 2009 & 2010
• Super National Hard Courts Sportsmanship Award, 2009
• 2009 Eddie Herr Champion

PERSONAL

• Born Spencer Olivia Liang on Jan. 25, 1995, in Potomac, Md.
• Daughter of Velma Lee and Jake Liang
• Youngest of three girls
• Feels she was always meant to be a Gator

PERSONAL (CONT’D.)

• Enjoys cooking, baking and reading
• Chose Florida because its athletic program is one of the best in the country; it has many resources for athletics and ensures that each athlete becomes the best they can be
• Upon graduation, would like to become a professional tennis player or go to graduate school to study engineering or law
• Stepfather Robert O’Brien played baseball at Brandeis University
• Favorite food is sushi
• Favorite genre of music is house music
• Favorite movie is Anchorman
• Favorite TV show is The Vampire Diaries
• Favorite place to travel is Hawaii
• Favorite professional sports team is The New England Patriots
• Favorite professional athletes are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Tom Brady
• Greatest influence is her mother
• What she’s looking forward to most about being a Gator is being part of an amazing tennis legacy
• Dream job would be a career in acting or to be a chef