Guillermo Gomez

2009, 2010, 2011 ITA All-American
2011 ACC Player of the Year
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 All-ACC Team
2008 ACC Freshman of the Year
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 All-ACC Academic Men[apos]s Tennis Team
2008, 2009 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2009 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Second Team
2009 ITA Mideast Region Player to Watch
2008 ITA/Mideast Region Rookie of the Year

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General Info: Three-time ITA All-American and four-time All-Atlantic Coast Conference performer who rose as high as No. 3 in the ITA national singles rankings during his career … Reached the Round of 16 of the NCAA Men[apos]s Singles Championship as a junior and a senior, and played in the championship all four years … Was 5-4 in NCAA singles championship matches in his career … ACC Player of the Year in 2011, the third Tech player to be so honored, and the first ACC player to also be named ACC Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same year … Major contributor from his first season at Tech and played No. 1 for the Yellow Jackets almost exclusively … Finished his career with a 119-38 record, surpassing Tech[apos]s head coach Kenny Thorne for the Yellow Jackets[apos] career mark for singles victories … Was 32-11 in ACC matches for his career.

2010-11: ACC Player of the Year and All-ACC choice who was No. 13 in singles in the final ITA rankings … Had an 21-3 singles record in dual matches, all but two matches at No. 1, and a 10-1 mark in conference play … Beat Mississippi State[apos]s Artem Ilyushin in Tech[apos]s NCAA 2nd-round match … 1-1 career singles record in NCAA team matches, 1-2 in doubles … Made it to the round of 16 in the NCAA Singles, finished his career 5-4 in NCAA Singles competition … Undefeated in the ACC until the final weekend, when he lost to 8th-ranked Michael Shabaz of Virginia in the final regular-season match … Surpassed his head coach, Kenny Thorne, for Tech[apos]s all-time singles win record the weekend of Apr. 8-10, when he defeated #6 Henrique Cunha of Duke and #38 Jose Hernandez of North Carolina … Had a 34-8 overall singles mark as a senior, a career high for victories, and was 13-7 vs. ranked opponents … Teamed with Dean O[apos]Brien to produce the Jackets[apos] best doubles record (19-4), playing mostly at No. 3 … Advanced to the quarterfinals of the USTA/ITA Southeast Regional as the top seed in the fall … Advanced to the third round of the D[apos]Novo/ITA All-American Tennis Championships … Defeated Georgia[apos]s 14th ranked Javier Garrapiz in the finals to win the Southern Intercollegiate Championships.

2009-10: ITA All-American for the second straight year … No. 5 in singles in the nation in the final ITA rankings, was as high as No. 3 in the spring … Built a 14-5 singles record in dual matches, all at No. 1, having won seven of his last 10 and 12 of 15 (one of those was unfinished) … Went 16-7 against ranked opponents, including a fall win against No. 3 Robert Farah of USC and a spring win over No. 6 Michael Shabaz of Virginia … Had a 29-8 overall singles mark … 6-4 at No. 3 doubles with Dean O[apos]Brien … Advanced to the finals of the ITA Indoor National Championship before falling to USC[apos]s 16th ranked Steve Johnson … Defeated four ranked foes along the way … Led the Jackets with a 13-2 overall record, including a 6-1 record over nationally ranked opponents … Named co-champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Championship in Athens, Ga., before the final match was canceled due to rain.

2008-09: ITA All-American … ITA Mideast Region Player to Watch … Ended the season ranked No. 12 in singles nationally … Earned All-ACC honors for the second straight year … Produced a team-leading singles record of 29-10 … Notched a 16-10 record versus ranked opponents … Went 12-6 in dual match play at No. 1 … NCAA Singles tournament top-16 seed … Reach the round of 32 before falling to USC[apos]s Steve Johnson… Had a 15-14 doubles record, playing primarily at No. 1 with teammate Ryan Smith … Enjoyed a very successful fall season, posting a 16-3 record while winning the consolation bracket at the ITA D[apos]Novo All-American Championships … Won nine-straight matches from Oct. 3 to Nov. 6 and finished the season victorious in 12 of his last 13 matches … Reached the round of 16 of the National Indoor Championships before falling to fifth-ranked Robert Farrah of USC in Charlottesville, Va. … Named MVP of the Key Biscayne Invitational after going 3-0 in both singles and doubles play.

2007-08: Selected to the 2008 All-ACC team … Named the 2008 ACC and ITA/Mideast Region Rookie of the Year … Selected to participate in the 2008 NCAA Singles Championship … Lost to No. 37 Bassam Beidas, 6-3, 7-6 (5), in the first round of the tournament … Finished the year with a 27-12 singles record and was 17-8 during the dual season playing at the No. 1 singles position … Earned five wins over ranked opponents … Registered an overall doubles record of 17-10 and had a dual match record of 14-8 … Defeated Jamie Hunt of Georgia, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5, to win the Georgia Tech Fall Tournament … Reached the quarterfinals of the ITA/Wilson Mideast Region Championships … Was 3-2 in doubles, playing mostly with David North … Won first round doubles match, 8-2, at Mideast Region Championships with North over Guy David and Grega Terez of Charleston Southern … Named to the 2008 All-ACC Academic Men[apos]s Tennis Team.

High School/Junior Tennis: Earned a No. 100 senior national ranking in Spain … Top-four at under-18 Spanish Championship (national championship) … Achieved a 990 men[apos]s ATP world ranking.

Personal: Full name is Guillermo Gomez … Born June 18, 1987 … Son of Roberto Gomez and Begoña Diaz de Basurto … Has one brother, Roberto (17) … Outstanding student who majored in Industrial Engineering.