INDIANAPOLIS---The NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Committee has announced the selection of its hosts for the 2006-09 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships.  This will mark the first time the men’s and women’s championships will be contested at the same site.

Stanford University will host the 2006 event at the Taube Family Tennis Center May 18-29. Stanford has hosted the men’s championships once before and the women’s event four times.  The University of Georgia will host in 2007 at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex May 17-28.  The Bulldogs are perennial hosts of the tennis championships as they have hosted the men’s championships 24 times and will host the women’s championships for the third time in 2005.  The University of Tulsa will hold the event in 2008 at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center May 15-26. Tulsa hosted the 2004 men’s championships, the first time they held either event.  In 2009, Texas A&M University, College Station, will hold the event at the Texas A&M Tennis Center May 14-25.  The Aggies hosted the men’s event in 2002 and will again serve as host in 2005.

“We are very excited to have these four sites for our "new look" NCAA tennis championships starting in 2006,” said Randy Smith, chair of the committee and assistant director of athletics at Tennessee Technological University.  “Each of the host institutions has outstanding sites and staffing to host a fantastic event.  We feel the combined event will help further develop and bring collegiate tennis to new levels in fan interest, exposure and participation.”

The Division I Championships/Competition Cabinet approved the committee selections at its recent meeting in Indianapolis.

“We are looking forward to making history at Stanford in 2006 as they host the first combined NCAA men’s and women’s tennis championships,” said Peter Wright, chair of the Division I Men’s Tennis Subcommittee and head men’s tennis coach at the University of California, Berkeley.  “This is a big step forward for college tennis.”