Brentwood’s Somer Henry
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
SOMER HENRY
Brentwood, So.
Why chosen: Henry captured her second straight Class AAA state singles title, defeating Collierville’s Sneha Sinha in the championship match.
Quote: “I try not to think about it too much and just play it point by point, and I think that helped a lot.”
Family: Dad Tracy, mom Becky, brothers Brett (28), Peyton (26), Blake (21) and sister Caroline (13).
College plans: “I plan to go to a Division I college to play tennis. I love the South but am looking all over.”
Athletic background: I played pretty much every sport when I was little, but I broke my arm badly in soccer when I was 8 and my dad said no more contact sports for a while. As soon as my cast came off I started playing tennis again and focused on it from then on.
Favorite sport besides tennis: Basketball
Best high school sports moment: When I won state last year, my freshman year.
Favorite athlete: Roger Federer.
Favorite food: Cookies.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years: I would like to be living in Nashville and teaching tennis.
Summer plans: I am going to a Young Life Camp in Colorado for a week then playing multiple tournaments — Southern and National. My favorite one is in San Diego.
FIRST TEAM
SINGLES
SOFIA PHILLIPS, Clarksville, So.
Reached the Class AAA semifinals for the second straight season.
WINSLOW HUTH, Harpeth Hall, 8th
Reached the DII-AA state finals, falling to Baylor’s Drew Hawkins.
SKYLAR McDONALD, Fayetteville, Sr.
Reached the Class A-AA semifinals before falling to eventual champ Danielle Vines of Elizabethton.
KYLIE HUMPHREY, Oakland, So.
Reached the Class AAA state tournament before falling to Clarksville’s Sofia Phillips.
DOUBLES
KATIE DEWALD, GEORGIA FISCHER, Brentwood, Jr., Fr.
Lady Bruins duo won the AAA doubles title, not losing a point in two of the three wins.
ANNA MINCEY, AYA MELHEM, Blackman, Fr., Sr.
Reached the Class AAA state semifinals before a three-set loss to the runners-up.
SECOND TEAM
SINGLES
Emily Enoch, CPA, Jr.
Lauren Heinrich, Merrol Hyde, Sr.
Holly McClure, St. Cecilia, Jr.
Lou Phillips, Goodpasture, Sr.
Lauren Hadley Trammell, Brentwood Academy, So.
DOUBLES
Micayla May, Sarah Brackin, Page, Jr., Jr.
Thalia Stein, Mia Pretorius, USN, Jr., Fr.
COACH OF THE YEAR
Bill Jayne
BILL JAYNE, BRENTWOOD
Why chosen: Jayne helped lead the Lady Bruins to three state championships this season. He led the girls squad to its first Class AAA team state title since 2003, coached Somer Henry to her second consecutive individual title and watched as Katie DeWald and Georgia Fischer claimed the Class AAA doubles title.
Quote: “The talent that I have at Brentwood High School is incredible. This was the first time the girls have made it to state, so other than knowing we would face some tough competition we didn’t know a lot about it. They put their minds to it and just steamrolled through.”