Tracy Merrell
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Email:
- tmerrell@lakeforest.edu
Tracy Merrell joined the Forester men's tennis coaching staff prior to the 2021 spring season. She also serves as an assistant with the women's program.
Lake Forest was 11-9 overall and placed second in the Midwest Conference standings with a 5-1 record in league play in 2022-23. The Foresters advanced to the conference championship match, where two-time MWC Player of the Year Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk repeated as #1 singles champion and the other six players in the lineup earned Second Team All-MWC honors.
In Merrell's three years with the program the Foresters are 29-21 overall and 15-2 in league play. They reached the championship match of all three MWC Tournaments during that span.
Merrell has also helped lead the Forester women's team to an 29-19 overall record, 15-2 mark in league play, and appearances in the championship match of the MWC Tournament in each the last three seasons.
An accomplished tennis player at Divine Savior Holy Angels School in Milwaukee, Merrell has continued to compete as an adult in leagues in the Chicago area.
Merrell graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2008 and is now a clinical specialist in the health care industry.
She resides in Chicago.
