Lara Burgarello

Class: Senior Hometown: Reno, Nev. High School: Bishop Manogue

Height: 5-6 Birthdate: 12/09/1982

Burgarello in 2003-04: Posted marks of 4-4 in singles and 21-10 in doubles ... teamed with Alyssa Rodriguez for a 20-10 record (14-7 in spring dual matches) ... pair went 13-6 at No. 3 doubles, winning 11 of its last 13 matches ... finished the season with four consecutive victories.

Burgarello in 2002-03: Went 18-15 in singles and 22-17 in doubles ... Purdue's Female Athlete of the Month for April after posting a perfect 9-0 record at No. 6 singles ... eight of those wins came in straight sets and included a 6-0, 6-0 defeat of Indiana's Sophie Rychlik on April 20 ... finished season on a 10-match winning streak ... had five different doubles partners throughout the year ... collected 13-2 doubles record with Brittany Reitz ... pair won Flight 3 at Vanderbilt's June Stewart Fall Invitational ... tandem advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Midwest Regionals ... Burgarello and Reitz ranked 60th in final ITA national poll.

Burgarello in 2001-02: Posted an 18-20 singles mark and a 21-11 doubles record ... played primarily at the No. 4 singles position ... won five straight matches at the ITA Midwest Regionals ... went 5-5 during the Big Ten season ... teamed with Melissa Iqbal for a 19-8 overall record and a 14-6 spring record (8-2 Big Ten) at the No. 3 position ... combo won three straight matches at the ITA Midwest Regionals, advancing to the quarterfinals ... won six matches in a row from Feb. 23 to March 16.

Burgarello at Bishop Manogue: Zone and state champion as a freshman and senior ... zone champion and state runner-up as a sophomore ... received Nevada's sportsmanship award for girls' tennis ... ranked as high as No. 17 in the nation in 16-and-under ... high school tennis coach was Jan Groff.

Burgarello's Vitals: Given name Lara Dandrea Burgarello ... born Dec. 9, 1982 ... parents are Janice and Louie Burgarello ... has an older brother, Sean Peraldo ... has an older sister, Lindsay, and a younger sister, Julie ... majoring in organizational leadership and supervision

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