Williamsburg, Va. - William and Mary
women's tennis head coach
Meredith Geiger-Walton was recently inducted in the
USTA Oklahoma District Tennis Association Hall of Fame. Each year the
ODTA recognizes individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions
to Oklahoma tennis. This year's event was held at the Jim Thorpe
Association Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Geiger-Walton was
joined in the 2011 Hall of Fame Class by Mark Johnson, Glen Mullins, Janet
Thomas Griffith and Betsy, Joe, and Rob Braver.
In junior tennis, Geiger-Walton was constantly ranked No. 1 in the state of
Oklahoma in both singles and doubles. By age 11, her No. 1 ranking continued in
the Missouri Valley Section, and she was ranked No. 1 nationally in doubles for
several years. Geiger-Walton did not lose a high school match in either singles
or doubles during her four-year prep career at Casady High School in Oklahoma
City, Okla. She played collegiately at Arizona State where she was an
All-American as a senior after earning All-Pac 10 in 1994 and 1995.
Geiger-Walton is in her fourth season at the helm of the Tribe program.
Last season, she guided the Green and Gold to the program's 21st CAA
Championship and its 18th appearance in the NCAA Tournament. For the 15th time
in school history, the Tribe had a representative at each of the three NCAA
Championship events (team, singles and doubles) in 2011. Geiger-Walton mentored
a trio of NCAA Individual Championship qualifiers last season in
Jeltje Loomans
(singles),
Anik Cepeda (doubles) and
Hope Johnson (doubles). W&M finish her
third season at No. 44 nationally and garnered six All-CAA honorees, including
all three doubles teams.
Prior to her time at W&M, Geiger-Walton was the Director of Tennis for
the St. Stephen's Junior Tennis Academy after spending two seasons as an
assistant coach at the University of Texas. She is a Certified USTA High
Performance Coach and was named the USPTA/Texas Touring Coach
of the Year in 2007.