April 17, 2007

Fort Wayne, IN - IPFW Women's Tennis Head Coach Eric Burns has announced the signing of Amy Recht to a National Letter of Intent for the 2007-08 academic year.

Recht is a Fort Wayne native and currently attends Homestead High School. Throughout her tennis career she has received many accolades.

In the USTA ranks, she finished 2006 ranked #20 in 18 & under singles in the Midwest Section. In the Northern Indiana district of USTA she was #1 in the 16's and #2 in 18's.

Recht was the winner of the 2006 Joe Saine Sportsmanship Award for the Northern Indiana district and was a member of the Northern Indiana Wightman Cup Team for 2005 and 2006.

Recht was a quarter finalist at the 2004-05 IHSAA Singles State Tournament and led Homestead's team to 3rd place finish at the 2006 State Finals and 2nd place at the 2004 State Finals.

She was named the Allen County High School Tennis Player of the Year in 2005 and 2006 and received All-State First Team honors from the IHSAA in 2006. In 2005 she was named to the All-State Second Team by the IHSAA.

In the Fort Wayne City Women's Open, Recht has been the singles champion in 2005 and 2006.

"We are very excited to sign a player of Amy's caliber." said Burns. "She is probably one of the biggest recruits we have landed in my time at IPFW. She is a great competitor and plays with a lot of heart on the court. She will make an immediate impact to our team and should help us as we work toward our goal of a conference championship and NCAA bid in 2008."

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