04/12/2013 ECU Student-Athletes Earn C-USA Academic MedalAlmost 50 Pirates were honored after earning a 3.75 GPA or higher 04/05/2013 East Carolina Stops George Washington 5-2Pirates Hand Colonials First Home Loss Of Season 04/04/2013 Spiders Use Pairs Point To Edge Pirates 4-3ECU Drops Fourth One-Point Match of Season 03/29/2013 ECU Splits Doubleheader Against UCF, N.C. CentralPirates Fall To Knights In Opener, Bounce Back To Down Eagles 03/28/2013 Transfers Tanik, Terpko Enjoy Smooth TransitionDuo, Pirates Ready To Host UCF Friday In Only C-USA Match of Season Fall 2012: Recorded a 5-4 singles mark during fall tourney play ... Also split six doubles matches, pairing with Abby Richmond (1-0), Melis Tanik (1-1) and Nicole LaDuca (1-2) ... Captured two of three singles battles at the Appalachian State Invitational before winning her flight at the ECU Invitational by knocking off Campbell's Lourdes Ros ( 6-3, 4-6, 1-0) and N.C. Central's Brianna Gatson (6-0, 6-0). 2011-12: Competed at the No. 4 (2-0), No. 5 (3-5) and No. 6 slots (1-7) and produced an overall 6-12 singles record during her first spring campaign ... All but one match (a 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 setback to Appalachian State's Kim-Lea Dinh) was decided in two sets ... Was 7-15 in doubles action, playing primarily with Neena Wanko (5-10) as ECU's No. 2 tandem ... Also paired with Vanessa Fuleihan (1-0), Natalie Collins (1-2) and Danielle Terpko (0-3) ... Won three of eight overall matches in an abbreviated fall schedule, which included Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Regional competition ... Was 1-2 in singles play and recorded a 2-3 mark in doubles action. High School/Junior Tennis: Captured the New Zealand 16U Girls Singles title in 2009 before reaching the championship match and earning the country's runner-up status in the 18U division ... Lettered in soccer at Western Heights High School before graduating in 2010 ... Excelled in the classroom, earning an "excellence" rating at the National Center for Educational Achievement (NCEA) Level 3 ... Also included as a "merit" scholar of the NCEA's Level 1 and Level 2 ... Recipient of an academic scholarship in physical education theory. Personal: Full name is Dana Lucy Gray ... Born June 30, 1992 at Rotorua, New Zealand ... Daughter of Mike Gray and Jeanne Bright ... A biology and business major ... Earned inclusion on the prestigious ECU Chancellor's List in both the 2011 and 2012 fall semesters (4.0 grade point average) ... Hometown of Rotorua is located on the southern shores of the lake of the same name, in the Bay of Plenty region (northeast) on the North Island of New Zealand ... The city, which sits on the Pacific Rim of Fire (volcanic plateau), features the one of the world's most lively fields of geothermal activity that generates geysers, hot springs and boiling mud pools. |
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