Bea Bielik Class: Junior Hometown: Valley Stream, N.Y. High School: George W. Hewlett Height: 6-0 Birthdate: 11/28/1980 Experience: 3VL

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Decided Aug. 23, 2002 to skip senior year at Wake Forest and turn professional

The 2002 NCAA Singles Champion and ACC Player of the Year ... winner of the Honda Award, given to the top collegiate women’s tennis player ... ITA National Player of the Year ... All-American in both singles and doubles ... set a new NCAA Singles Championship record with fewest games lost (21) ... her finals victory over Florida’s Jessica Lehnhoff also marked her 100th career singles win ... named the ITA’s Southeast Region 2002 “Player to Watch” ... ranked No. 1 for most of the season in singles/doubles ... named All-ACC for the third straight year ... will compete in the 2002 U.S. Open. ... recipient of the 2002 Mary Garber Award, given to the ACC Female Athlete of the Year ... one of 12 American men’s and women’s collegiate tennis players selected by the USTA and the ITA to the USA Tennis Collegiate Team that will participate in select events on the USTA Professional Circuit throughout the summer ... recipient of the 2002 Marge Crisp Award, given to the Wake Forest Female Athlete of the Year.

Junior Season/2001-2002
Finished the year with a 35-2 record in singles, which ranks sixth in the WFU record book ... posted a 22-1 dual mark, all at No. 1 ... 4-1 versus ACC opponents ... was the National Indoors singles champion, her second career collegiate grand slam title ... was also a doubles finalist in the same event ... owned a 28-2 singles record against ranked opponents with both losses coming from retiring due to injury ... 6-0 in the NCAA singles championship winning all her matches in straight sets and giving up just 21 games ... tops Wake’s charts in career singles winning percentage (100-12, .893) ... also tied for ninth on the career wins chart with 100 victories ... went 36-4 in doubles with a 22-1 mark in dual doubles ... 18-1 at No. 1 with Bergman ... set a new single season mark with 36 doubles victories (tied that record with Janet Bergman) ... ranks tied for second on Wake’s career doubles wins list with 94 victories ... Bergman/Bielik also rank third on the team’s career wins list with 74 victories ... the duo also tied the school’s single season mark for a team’s doubles wins in a season (32) ... Bielik also went 3-0 with Karin Coetzee in the NCAA Team Tournament, defeating the nation’s third-ranked tandem from Florida.

Sophomore Season/2000-01
Singles: Singles: Tabbed an All-American as well as an All-ACC selection for the second straight year ... was the ACC flight co-champion at No. 1 singles with a 7-1 mark ... named ACC Player of the Week on March 5 ... captured the 2000 National Clay Court singles title, a first for Wake Forest tennis ... was ranked No. 1 in the nation in singles following an undefeated fall campaign (12-0) ... was ranked among the top six through the spring, peaking at No. 1 and finishing the season at No. 3 ... defeated a team-high 15 ranked opponents ... all six losses came against Top 30 players ... rode a 10-match win streak up to the NCAA singles semifinals and defeated 19 of her last 22 opponents, all at No. 1 singles ... her 34 singles victories ranks seventh on Wake's single-season wins chart ... advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA singles championship, further than any WFU player in history ... upset Duke's second-ranked Ansley Cargill in the quarterfinals before falling to eventual national runner-up, Lauren Kalvaria of Stanford ... was a finalist for the Honda Award.
Doubles: Played nearly every match with Janet Bergman ¡K won the 2000 National Clay Court doubles title ... ranked with Bergman the entire season, including a stint at No. 1 between the fall and spring seasons ... posted a 28-4 record on the year ... the 28 victories rank third on Wake's single-season wins chart ... fared well against ranked opponents with an 11-2 mark, including victories over the nation's No. 1, 4 and 8 tandems ... after posting a perfect 10-0 record in the fall, went 16-3 in spring dual matches, all at the No. 1 position ... owned a 5-1 record against ACC opponents ... earned a berth in the NCAA doubles championship for the second straight year and advanced to the quarterfinals for the second time, falling to eventual national champions Laiho/Lehnhoff of Florida ¡K Bielik totaled 29 doubles wins overall for the second straight season ¡K she also teamed up with Aimee Smith at No. 1 to defeat Tennessee in the spring.

Freshman Season/1999-2000
Earned All-ACC honors as a freshman ... finished with an overall record of 27-2 in her first season of collegiate tennis ... earned All-America honors in both singles and doubles ... was ranked 21st by the ITA heading into NCAA Tournament competition ... posted a perfect 21-0 record in dual matches in the spring ... played most of the spring at No. 2 singles, compiling a 12-0 record during that time ... advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC Indoor Championships, falling to teammate Adria Engel ... registered a 3-0 record in three matches at No. 1 singles ... prior to her singles loss in the Cal match, she had won 24 consecutive matches.

Prior to WFU
Won the 1997 state singles championship in New York at Hewlett High School ... won the ITF Tournament in Yucatan, Mexico ¡K ITF Grass Courts finalist and an Italian Open semifinalist ¡K made the semifinals of the Astrid Bowl ... also lettered in basketball during her high school career.

Personal
Full name is Beatrix Bielik ... daughter of Josef and Jennifer Bielik ... born November 28, 1980 in Budapest, Hungary ... majoring in business ... named to the ACC Honor Roll in 2000 ... also earned WFU Dean's List honors in Spring 2000.

Bea ... Up Close
My favorite food is ... sushi

If I could have just one CD, it would be ... any one of Sammy¡¦s mixes

The most impressive person I know is ... Maren Haus, because she's got everything together

If I were head coach for a day, I would ... go on a team bonding trip

If I could trade places with someone for a day, it would be ... Pat Summit

A piece of advice I¡¦d pass along to myself 10 years ago is ... have no regrets

The most famous person I¡¦ve ever met is ... Steffi Graf

The best player I¡¦ve ever faced is ... Anna Kournikova

My first thought when I met Coach Fleishman was ... Hmmm ... he's a vegetarian

Most people don¡¦t know ... I'm really sensitive

The teammate who makes me laugh the hardest is ... Danielle Schwartz - 'cause it's Schwartzie

My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be ... match point in the finals of the U.S. Open