Tom Hand - Women's Tennis Coach - Tulane University Athletics

Tom Hand

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Women's Tennis Assistant Coach

Former collegiate All-American Tom Hand recently completed his first season as the women[apos]s tennis assistant coach at Tulane. Hand[apos]s duties at Tulane include on-court coaching during matches as well as player development.

Hand spent four seasons as a player at LSU, earning All-America honors in 1998. He spent three years as team captain, and helped lead the Tigers to the ITA No. 1 ranking in 1998 and 1999 as well as Southeastern Conference championships in those seasons. He was named the 1999 GTE Academic All-American of the Year and was the winner of the prestigious 2000 TENNIS Magazine/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award.

He finished his career ranked third at LSU in all-time singles wins and among the Tigers[apos] all-time Top Five in doubles victories. He graduated in three years with a degree in politcal science, earning a perfect 4.0 grade point average. He recevied the University Medal for academic excellence in 1999 and was selected as the Tiger Athletic Foundation Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 1998