ULM Warhawks

2009-10 Southern Regional ITA Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship

2009-10 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Second Team

2009-10 All-Sun Belt Conference Team - Singles

2009-10 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana First Team

2008-09 CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Third Team 

2008-09 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana First Team 

2008-09 All-Sun Belt Conference Team - Singles

2008-09 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List (3.51-4.0 GPA)

2007-08 Sun Belt Conference Commissioner’s List (3.51-4.0 GPA)

Fall '10: Teamed with Monica Winkel, defeated  Georgia Tech's Jullian O'Neal and Elizabeth Kilborn in the opening round of the ITA All-American Championship...after dropping her opening match of the Warhawk Classic, won two straight to claim the consolation championship...defeated LSU's Yvette Vlaar in the opening round of ITA Southern Regional

Spring ‘10: Named to the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America women’s at-large second team … Southern Region recipient of the ITA’s Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship … Earned All-Louisiana honors … Earned All-Sun Belt Conference singles honors … Posted a 22-1 singles record during the spring season, including 17-1 playing at number one … Also posted a 2-0 mark at number two and a 3-0 mark at number three … Combined with her fall mark she went 30-4 in singles during the 2009-10 campaign … Won 18 consecutive singles matches to end the season … Defeated 90th-ranked Liset Brito of FIU, 6-4, 6-4, at number one singles in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament … Lost just five sets of singles the entire spring while winning 45 … Posted an 8-0 record against Sun Belt Conference foes … Her lone loss of the spring came in three sets, 6-7, 6-3, 4-6, to Olesya Tsigvintseva of Mississippi State, the 43rd-ranked team in the nation … Had a 15-7 mark in doubles during the spring season, 15-6 when partnering with Monica Winkel … Played 15 of those doubles matches at first doubles … Combined with her fall doubles record she went 18-10 … Won seven of her last nine doubles decisions to end the season.

Fall ’09: Went 8-3 in singles matches … Reached the final of the Warhawk Classic, the championship match was not played due to inclement weather … Had a 3-4 record in doubles action … Advanced to the championship match at the Warhawk Classic with Lena Satge, but the final was not played due to inclement weather.

Spring '09: Garnered CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District First Team and Academic All-America Third Team Honors...Was named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana First Team...Became the first player since ULM joined the Sun Belt Conference to hold a national ranking after spending over a month at No. 118 on collegetennisonline.com’s top 125 list...Along with Marion Lehmann, became the first Warhawks named to the Sun Belt’s all-conference team since ULM joined the league...Finished the year with a 16-1 individual record...Counting her fall, her 29-3 record is tied for the second-best single season mark in program history...Did not finish, but led in both matches for the Warhawks at the Sun Belt Conference tournament...Each of her 16 wins came in straight sets, while her lone loss came in a third-set tiebreaker at rival Louisiana-Lafayette...Started the season at number six singles before working her way up to the second spot by the end of the season...Went 3-0 at number two, 4-1 at number three, 4-0 at number four, 3-0 at number five, and 2-0 at number six singles...Teamed with Lehmann to form the Warhawks top doubles tandem...Went a combined 12-4 on the season, including a 11-4 mark at number three doubles...Won at doubles against a team from nationally-ranked Mississippi State and three Sun Belt Conference opponents...Finished the year on a four-match win streak in both doubles and singles.

Fall ’08: Put together a strong fall on the court with a team-best 13-2 overall singles record...Claimed flight championships at the Stephen F. Austin Invitational, the SFA Classic, and the ULM Invitational, and competed in the finals at the Warhawk Classic...Both losses on the season came in three sets while nine of her victories were by straight sets...Rattled off eight consecutive wins to open the season and posted a 4-1 record against opponents from the Sun Belt Conference...Teamed with Marion Lehmann in doubles and posted an 8-3 tandem record...The duo claimed a flight title at the Warhawk Classic with a trio of 8-3 victories, including two against league foes.

Spring ‘08: Joined the Warhawks as a walk-on, but posted the highest winning percentage of any student-athlete on the team...Finished with a 7-1 individual mark...While playing primarily at number six singles, rattling off seven consecutive wins to end the season...Was 1-0 at number five singles...Her lone loss came in her second match of the season, at Mississippi State...Led against Alcorn State before the match was called...Each of her seven victories came in straight sets with three finishing with a 6-0, 6-0 margin...Also posted a pair of 6-1, 6-1 wins...Did not compete in doubles.

Fall ‘07: Competed for head coach Toby Reep on the ULM cross country team...Posted a pair of top-5 finishes, including second overall at the Warhawk Invitational...Top finisher for the Warhawks in three races, including a 19th-place finish at the Sun Belt Conference Meet...Finished with a personal best 5K time of 18:53.27 at the Auburn Invitational.

Parkway High School: A prep letter winner in tennis, cross country, track & field, basketball and cheerleading for the Panthers...Played her way to a 1-4A Louisiana singles state championship...Was named All-City in basketball and holds the school record for fastest one mile, two mile and three mile...Also earned Louisiana state championship in track and field for the one mile and two mile runs.

Personal: Full name is Claire Marie Clark...Born on September 8, 1989, in Bossier City, La....Daughter of Dennis and Diane Clark...Has one older brother, Ben...Majoring in kinesiology.

Languages Spoken: English