2016-17 Women's Tennis Roster
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Spencer Liang
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Winston Churchill High School
- Hometown:
- Potomac, Md.
Career Record
| Year | Overall Singles | Dual Singles | Conference Singles | NCAA Singles | Overall Doubles | Dual Doubles | Conference Doubles | NCAA Doubles |
| *13-14 | 17-14 | 7-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 19-15 | 7-9 | 1-4 | 0-0 |
| 14-15 | 12-7 | 4-0 | 1-0 | 0-0 | 20-11 | 14-7 | 7-4 | 0-0 |
| 15-16 | 22-7 | 11-1 | 9-0 | 1-0 | 14-5 | 2-1 | 1-1 | -- |
| 16-17 | 14-10 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 12-5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Totals | 65-38 | 22-10 | 12-7 | 1-0 | 65-36 | 24-18 | 10-10 | 0-0 |
*at Harvard
All-Time Singles Dual Match Record by Position| Year | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Overall |
| 2014 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7-9 |
| 2015 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4-0 | 4-0 |
| 2016 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-0 | 9-1 | 11-1 |
| 2017 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-0 | 2-3 | 3-3 |
| Totals | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-0 | 15-4 | 25-13 |
Of Note
- Graduated cum laude with her bachelor’s degree in Finance, April of 2017
COLLEGIATE HONORS
- 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 NOTES
- 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
SENIOR (2016-17)
- 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
NCAA: Roland Thornqvist Press Conference 5-5-24
Sunday, May 05
NCAA: Coach Thornqvist & Rachel Gailis 5-4-24
Saturday, May 04
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA Second Round 5-6-23
Saturday, May 06
Roland Thornqvist Postmatch NCAA First Round 5-5-23
Friday, May 05
