AASU Welcomes Home National Champion Pirates !

About 75 friends, family and fans of Armstrong Atlantic State tennis braved the rainy weather and welcomed home the 2009 NCAA Division II Men's & Women's Tennis National Champions on Sunday at Compass Pointe on the campus of AASU !

Despite the weather, both teams were treated to a spirited welcome, and stuck around to meet members of the media as well as sign autographs for fans and take pictures. Not only were the 2009 trophies present, but the 2008 trophies were taken out of their display cases to present fans with a unique opportunity to see four trophies at once.. again, it's an accomplishment that's only been achieved one time before in college tennis.

Members from all three local TV stations - WJCL-TV 22, WTOC-TV 11 and WSAV-TV 3 were there and covered the welcome home celebration tonight, including video from match points shot by AASU director of media productions Bruce Habersham.

The NCAA has also begun archiving the live video streams they provided for the championship matches. If you go to NCAA.com, you can see the women's highlights of the match against Lynn. I was told at the courts that eventually the full matches will be archived online, though it may be at a later date. Again, I'll forward those along as well when we get them!