Post Season Highlights
* Tufts finished the 2011 season ranked #5 in the national ITA team rankings
* Tufts won the 2011 NCAA regional tournament, and advanced to the NCAA elite 8 for the 1st time in school history. This was Tufts' 11th straight NCAA team appearance.
* Julia Browne won NCAA National Singles Championship and ended the year ranked #1 in the country in 2010, then entered the 2010-2011 year ranked #1.
* McCooey/Browne won the ITA National Championship in doubles at the ITA Small College Championships 2 years in a row (2008 & 2009)
* Browne received ITA National Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship and was honored at the US Open on ADKD
* McCooey/Browne were semifinalists in the NCAA doubles championship (2010)
* Browne finished her career as a 6-time ITA All-American as a junior (4x singles, 2x doubles)
* McCooey finished her career as a 3-time ITA All-American (2x doubles, 1x singles)
* Browne was named NESCAC Player of the Year for 3 years in a row - 1st time ever for this to happen. She was named rookie of the year and senior player of the year in addition to being named all-conference 4x. She was also named senior sportswoman of the year.
* Browne/Bowman were named 1st team all-conference in doubles.
* Lindsay Katz was NESCAC Rookie of the Year & all-conference during her first-year.
* Tufts team won the ITA national sportsmanship award (April 2010).
* Tufts team moved a formerly homeless family into permanent housing. We fundraised the money needed, then physically moved the family into a permanent home.
Coaching Achievements
* Bayard is currently in her eighth year as head coach at Tufts and her 17th year in coaching. The Harvard graduate began her coaching career at Yale in 1996.
*2011: the Tufts team was ranked #5 in the country and reached the NCAA quarterfinals for the 1st time in school history.
*Bayard is a two-time NESCAC coach of the year (2009, 2011) and was ITA regional coach of the year (2010) and USTA coach of the year (2010).
* Bayard has coached her players to 3 individual national titles while at Tufts (1 singles, 2 doubles). Julia Browne won the NCAA national singles championship in 2010. Browne also won the National ITA Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship award and the team was recognized as an ITA national sportsmanship team award winner.
* Bayard has coached her players to All-American status 10 times during her time at Tufts.
* Coaching experience: Bayard has coached at both DIII and DI schools. Before coming to Tufts, she coached at Yale (assistant), Wellesley (head), Dartmouth (head).
* Teaching experience: She was a pro at Longwood Cricket Club, then Dedham Country & Polo Club (2002-2005) where she became head pro in the summer.
* College Tennis: Bayard earned First Team All-Ivy honors four times while playing for Harvard ('96), where she captained two Ivy League championship teams for the Crimson. She was Ivy League Rookie of the year during her freshman year while playing #1 singles and #1 doubles for the Crimson. The Harvard team was ranked as high as #15 nationally in Division I and had a win over a top 5 team during her time there.
* Junior tennis: Bayard was ranked nationally #3 in doubles and #26 in singles in junior USTA final Rankings. She won the national USTA national sportsmanship award in the girls 16's.
Roiter Bayard also earned Mass State All-Star soccer honors & Eastern Mass All-star soccer honors while captaining her high school soccer team.
