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Former Ole Miss All-Americans and collegiate top-10 doubles duo Kristi Boxx and Abby Guthrie have reunited to compete in the $25,000 USTA St. Dominic Pro Circuit women's event in Jackson. The event, which began
Sunday, will run through April 7 at the River Hills Club.
 The pair will begin their tournament in the main draw doubles Tuesday.
Boxx, a former two-time All American in both singles and doubles, became
the second player in Ole Miss history to achieve 200 wins combined in
singles and doubles and became the second player in program history to
earn All-SEC first team honors all four years. Boxx and Guthrie ended
their senior year at No. 7 in the nation in doubles. Guthrie, a
doubles specialist, helped lead the Rebels to four straight NCAA
tournament appearances. She finished her senior year ranked No. 15 in
the Southern Region in addition to ranking top 10 in doubles with Boxx. Boxx
graduated from Ole Miss in 2012. Guthrie is finishing up her degree
and remains active with the Ole Miss women's team as a student
assistant. Also in the field this week is former Rebel Nika
Koukhartchouk, who is competing in singles. The former All-SEC honoree
is currently ranked 467 in the world.
 With Valentine's Day rolling in on February 14th, I Love Ole Miss week is the perfect way to show your affection for the Ole Miss Rebels. There are nine events in a five day span that are great opportunities for you to take part in cheering on the red and blue, including the home openers of Rebel Softball and Baseball. At five different events, you will be able to score a sweet I Love Ole Miss T-Shirt. Below is a schedule of events, so mark your calendars!  Wednesday Softball vs. LSU 5PM Home Opener Dollar Dogs and Popcorn for Fans I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts for First 100 Fans Fans who donate gently-used sports equipment for the Geaux Play Program will receive two free general admission tickets to the baseball home opener on February 15th. Thursday Women's Basketball vs. MSU 7PM Free I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to All Fans Buy 1 Get 1 Free Facebook Voucher Russian Bar Trio at the Half 5 Rebel Rewards Points Date Night Package Giveaway *1 Dozen Roses *2 Tickets to Baseball, Men's Basketball, and Women's Basketball Games *Gift Certificates to Malco Cinema *Couples Massage *Dinner at Irie *and much more Friday Women's Tennis vs. Oklahoma State 2PM Iris Verboven Collectible Poster I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to First 100 Fans 1 Rebel Rewards Point Baseball vs. TCU 4PM Season Opener Tanner Mathis Collectible Poster 1 Rebel Rewards Point Saturday Baseball vs. TCU 1:30PM I Love Ole Miss T-Shirts to first 500 fans 1 Rebel Rewards Point Men's Basketball vs. Georgia 7PM Roll Out Banners for first 1000 fans Russian Bar Trio at the Half 1 Rebel Rewards Point  SundayWomen's Tennis vs. Washington 11AM Enter to win an iPod 1 Rebel Rewards Point Baseball vs. TCU 12PM Free Ole Miss Koozies 1 Rebel Rewards Point Women's Basketball vs. South Carolina 1PM 1 Rebel Rewards Point
Current national team rankings:
Baseball: No. 13 (Baseball America preseason)
Men's tennis: No. 13 (ITA)
Men's basketball: No. 16 (AP/Coaches)
Men's indoor track: No. 17 (USTFCCCA)
Women's tennis: No. 19 (ITA)
Football: No. 25 (NationalChamps.net "2013 Early Bird Preview")
Football recruiting:
No. 9 (247 Sports)
No. 11 (Rivals)
No. 12 (Scout)
No. 13 (ESPN)
Former Rebel and two-time All-American, Kristi Boxx, is
blessed with a great family, friends and the talent that led her to become one
of the top players in the history of Ole Miss women's tennis. The Grenada, Miss., native recently wrapped
up an outstanding career, becoming just the second player in the history of the
program to achieve 200 wins combined in both singles and doubles. 
For
Boxx, life is about more than tennis.
It's important to her to give back what she's been given, and for her
that means helping others less fortunate.
This summer Boxx spent time in Corumba, a very small town on the border
of Bolivia and Brazil.
"It's
considered a small city, but it's still over a million in population," said
Boxx, who traveled there for the third time in as many years. "It's very bare there. Some just have what they need, and a lot
don't have any running water."
Boxx
traveled to the small town via an organization called Grace International
Miracle (GIM) Ministries. She got
involved through a family in Oxford, and it just so happens her two roommates
are from Brazil.
"They've
been going to the same area for 20-plus years, and they have built at least
five churches in this area," Boxx said. "Every
time we go back we work with a different church. I've been to different places each
time I've gone and met different people."
Among
the things they did this time, Boxx said they set up medical care in an old
building and offered the message of God while people waited to see a doctor.
"There
were four rooms in this building. In the front room they created a triage where
the patients waited, and before seeing the doctor, they would go through
evangelism," she said. "Everyone that
came got a Bible, and they would hear the gospel. We had eyeglasses too,
because a lot of them can't afford glasses.
To sit there and watch them open the glasses and look at the Bible and
be able to read it, it was so cool."
While
the women taught Bible study, Boxx said some of the guys worked on building a
missionary farm. The plan is to have dorms on the land where they can take
people off the streets and teach them a skill so they can eventually leave the
farm and go make a living.
Boxx
has also done mission work in West Africa before and on the Navajo Indian
Reservation in Arizona, which she described as like a third-world country.
"A
lot of them didn't speak English, and they didn't have paved roads, and the
houses were very small. It was very eye-opening," Boxx said.
"I
feel like everyone needs to go on some kind of international mission trip just
to get a different perspective, because here we see the same thing all the
time, and it's what's normal, but not everyone lives like us. Compared to the
rest of the world we live like kings and queens, and so I'm very thankful that
I've gotten to go. Now I appreciate
things more." 
It's
been a whirlwind summer for Boxx, who recently got engaged. She is spending time in Oxford this semester
working out with the team and training for the pro circuit. Later this fall, Boxx plans to compete in
some tournaments in doubles with another native Mississippian, Keri Wong, who
earned All-America honors at Clemson.
Boxx
says she plans to try and continue her mission work whenever possible.
"Life
in and of itself should be a mission trip. It shouldn't be, you go on a mission
trip and then you come back and go about your normal life," she said. "My life in general is like tennis, I'm
playing for the Lord and not for myself.
Whenever I have the opportunity to go and serve, if I can make it
happen, then I'm going to do it."
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