Hooch’s Deehr to Play Tennis at Western Carolina University

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. – Chattahoochee High School's Carling "Carli" Deehr has committed to play tennis at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, N.C. WCU is a Division I school competing in the Southern Conference.

Deehr, a four-year letterman, played No. 1 line singles for Hooch her freshman, sophomore and senior years. She has received the Athletic-Academic Award, the Cougar Award her freshman year, an Academic Excellence Award in literature her junior year, and has made honor roll every year.

In announcing Deehr’s addition to the 2017-18 team, WCU's head coach Michaela Kissell-Eddins said, "I am very excited that Carli has decided to further her education and tennis career at Western Carolina. She has a great work ethic both on and off the court, and I know that she will fit right in to the culture that we have built over the past three-and-a-half years.”

A 3-star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net, Deehr has consistently been ranked in the top 250 nationally and top 10 in Georgia. Her highest class ranking this year has been inside the top 165. In addition to regularly competing at the Sectional and National levels, she has also won several USTA sportsmanship awards.

A TAG student all four years, she beat a Top 25 nationally ranked player her junior year, which elevated her to the Top 100 recruits on tennisrecruiting.net.

Pictured with her are, seated, parents Leon Deehr and Julie Deehr. And standing, from left, CHS Assistant Athletic Director Matt Crooks, CHS Principal Tim Corrigan, CHS Head Coach Olivia Doochin, CHS Assistant Coach Deandra Walker and Universal Tennis Academy Coach Archie Nitikin.