Annabel Harvey, formerly Annabel Rowlands, completed her third season as Henderson State’s Head Tennis and Cross Country Coach following the 2023-24 campaign.
Following one of the best seasons in Henderson State women's tennis history, Harvey followed that with a program-record 14 victories and a GAC-era best third seed in the postseason conference tournament. For the second year in a row, the Reddies reached the GAC Tournament Semifinals after defeating Ouachita Baptist in the first round, 4-2.
With Harvey at the helm, Mulan Kamoe defended her title as GAC Player of the Year while her and Kristina Kozlova were named First Team All-Conference recipients. Two more 2024 Second Team honorees brings the total number of All-GAC selections under Coach Harvey's tutelage to 10; four First Team and six Second Team selections.
Harvey's second year at the helm of the tennis program was one of the greatest seasons HSU tennis has ever seen. After posting a program-record 13 wins on the season, including the program's first ever victory over Southeastern Oklahoma State, the Reddies defeated Harding in the first round of the GAC Tournament.
Harvey produced the program's first ever ITA All-American in Mulan Kamoe while also being responsible for the conference's Player of the Year (Kamoe) and Newcomer of the Year (Marianna Murcia). Harvey herself was named the GAC Coach of the Year for the 2022-23 season.
Harvey comes to Henderson State from Arkansas Tech where she was the Graduate Assistant Tennis Coach for a season. Harvey helped lead the Golden Suns to an 11-6 overall record in the Spring of 2021, including the first victory over Drury University in program history.
Under Harvey, four Arkansas Tech student-athletes won all-conference honors, including Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year. Prior to her time at Arkansas Tech as a Graduate Assistant, Harvey acted as the Graduate Assistant Tennis Coach at Emporia State University from 2019-2020.
Harvey earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Health and Physical Education from Arkansas Tech University in May of 2019, where she graduated Cum Laude with a 3.66 GPA. The Tech grad continued her education at Emporia State University where she earned her Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in May of 2021.
While attending Arkansas Tech for her undergrad, Harvey worked as a member of the Content Team for The Championships: Wimbledon for two summers, working as part of the digital team during The Championships. Her role involved clipping, editing and uploading videos of match highlights, press conferences, etc. to the Wimbledon webpage, YouTube accounts and other media accounts.
Harvey's tennis playing career at Arkansas Tech led her to become the winningest singles player in Arkansas Tech history while being named Second Team All-Conference in three of her four years at Tech.
