Karen M. Carty, Asst. SID
NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk State University head men’s and women’s tennis coach Matthew Halfpenny announced Tuesday the hiring of Torrie Browning as the assistant coach for both teams.
Browning is a 2009 graduate of Wichita State University where she was a four-year member of the tennis team. She earned Missouri Valley All-Conference honors her freshman through senior seasons and was named to the MVC Scholar Athlete First Team as a senior.
During her collegiate career, Browning tallied a 100-54 singles record and went 57-41 in doubles matches. She posted winning singles records every season, including a career-best 27-9 mark as a senior. Browning had over 20 singles wins her freshman (24) and sophomore (22) years and posted double-digit doubles wins in her first three seasons.
Browning also excelled off the court, earning several academic and extracurricular honors. She made the WSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll from 2005-09, was an ITA Scholar Athlete in 2009 and won the ITA Central Region Arthur Ashe Jr. Sportsmanship & Leadership Award in 2008. Browning also served as WSU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) representative to the MVC SAAC and represented WSU at the 2007 NCAA Leadership Conference.
Browning, a native of Tucson, Ariz., graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in integrated marketing communications and a minor in sociology. She resides in Virginia Beach.