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Making America Home

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Traveling 9,567 miles from her home in Queensland, Australia, to play college tennis at Appalachian State has been a whirlwind of change for App State freshman Taylor Bygrave.

Bygrave joins three current male Australian players with senior Oliver Casey from Melbourne, junior Jack Maddocks from Newcastle and sophomore Scott Webster from Swanbourne.

Coming out of high school ranked in the top 200 high school tennis players (No. 146) in Australia, No. 7 in Queensland in her age bracket and a four-time regional selection, Bygrave did not have the same experience that most American high school athletes receive.