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Dawn Buth is in her fourth year as head coach of The George Washington University women's tennis program. Last year, she guided the Colonials to seven wins for the third consecutive year and directed junior Kendall Swenson to an All-Conference Second Team selection. In her first season, GW finished with seven wins, including three victories at the conference championship to finish 5th in the A-10, and helped Anastasia Skavronskaia earn all-conference honors. In the classroom, seven of her athletes combined to earn nine A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll accolades.
Prior to GW, Buth served as an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania during the 2003-04 campaign. She helped guide the Quakers to a 15-5 overall record and a 5-2 mark in the Ivy League in 2004. Penn battled four nationally-ranked opponents in dual matches, defeating No. 51 Maryland and No. 31 Virginia Commonwealth en route to a No. 28 ranking in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) polls in March `04.
The Wichita, KS, native also worked as an assistant tennis professional at the Gainesville (FL) Country Club from 2002-03 and played professionally on the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) circuit from 1998-2001. Buth was ranked as high as 96th in the world in singles, while reaching 108th in doubles during her three years on tour. She earned 12 International Tennis Federation (ITF) doubles titles, two singles championships and played in the main draw of every Grand Slam Tournament.
A 2002 graduate of the University of Florida, Buth was a seven-time All-America selection and a key member of the Gators' 1996 and `98 NCAA championship teams. Buth, who won the NCAA doubles title in 1996 and `97, also was named the NCAA Rookie of the Year in 1995 and was nominated for the prestigious Honda-Broderick Award in 1996.
