Hall of Fame
Player tennis four years at Ferrum, three years under Coach Kelly Caputo and one under Coach Gary Holden ... Team Captain ... Ferrum College Bonner Scholar ... Secretary of the Lambda Sigma National Honor Society ... Service VP of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity ... won the Residence Education Programming Award and the Residence Education Spirit Award for the 2000-2001 school year ... holds the Ferrum women’s tennis records for both singles wins (34) and overall wins (54) and was voted MVP in both 2000 and 2001 ... in 2000, she received the National Collegiate Athletic Association Outstanding Sportsperson of the Year award, one of only three given in the nation each year ... second team All-Conference in 2002 after finishing second at #3 singles at the Dixie Tournament ... placed third at #3 singles in the 2001 Dixie Tournament ... named to USA South Academic All-Conference Team in 1998 and 1999 ... Rooks and her husband live in Richmond, Virginia, with their children Ethan, Julia, and Vivian ... works as a math/science innovation center teacher and administrator ... formerly a physical science teacher and served as the assistant coach for the Prince George High School’s boys’ and girls’ tennis teams 2004-08, as well as teacher liaison for N.B. Clements High School’s student newspaper ... continued service to her community is demonstrated through her commitment to her church as a Sunday school teacher for the toddlers class and a Vacation Bible School director—she organizes the program and coordinates more than 100 volunteers and 230 children.
