Early Years
Craybas was born in Providence, Rhode Island. She received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she played for coach Andy Brandi's Florida Gators women's tennis team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1993 to 1996. As a senior in 1996, she won the NCAA women's singles tennis championship. Craybas graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications in 1996, and has said in interviews that she hopes to enter film or television production when her playing career ends. She was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2008.
Craybas credits her achievements to her long-time coach, Michael Daly. Daly has worked with her from the start of her tennis career.
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