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2022-23 (Junior): ITA Doubles All-American … NCAA Championships Doubles Qualifier … All-ACC Singles Third Team … All-ACC Doubles Second Team … Finished with a No. 91 Singles Rankings, climbed as high as No. 47, and No. 11 Doubles Ranking with Andres Martin … Named ACC Player and Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 14) … Produced a 24-11 singles overall record … Played primarily at the No. 2 position in the spring and finished with a 18-7 dual match record … Earned five wins against nationally-ranked opponents, including ACC Weekly Award worthy upsets over No. 8 South Carolina’s No. 12 Connor Thomson (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) and No. 13 Georgia’s No. 8 Philip Henning (6-3, 6-4) … Recorded a six-match win streak twice during the spring … Defeated No. 45 Miami’s Antonio Prat, 7-5, 6-4, in the second round of the ACC Championships … Recorded 13 dual match doubles wins … As an unranked pair with McDaniel, the two took down No. 8 South Carolina’s No. 3 Connor Thomson and Toby Samuel, 7-6, and No. 13 Georgia’s No. 24 Ethan Quinn and Trent Bryde, 6-2, in the same weekend … Nine-straight wins in doubles play, seven with Martin and one with Robert Bauer … Defeated Virginia Tech’s Alvaro Ariza and Scott Sculley, 7-6 [8-6], with Brandon McKinney … Clinched the doubles point for Tech against Notre Dame on Senior Day with McKinney, defeating Noah Becker and Matthew Halpin, 6-4 … Advanced to the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships with Martin … Finished competition in the fall with a 6-4 singles and 4-5 doubles record … Competed individually and as a doubles pair with Martin at the ITA All-American Championships … Advanced to the doubles round of 32 with Elias Shokry at the ITA Southeast Regionals
2021-22 (Junior): All-ACC second team…All-ACC Academic Team…NCAA Doubles Championships qualifier…Part of a top-10 doubles team with Andres Martin in the fall, climbing to No. 3 nationally…Rose to No. 6 in the ITA rankings in the spring with Martin…Compiled a 14-7 singles record in the spring, going 12-7 in dual action…Recorded a 10-7 singles mark at the No. 2 position…Won eight of his first 10 singles matches in the spring…Opened ACC play going 4-2…Went 2-0 in the ACC Tournament, collecting singles wins against Miami and Wake Forest to help the Jackets reach the semifinals…Went 15-9 in doubles action in the spring…Was 8-3 against ACC opponents in doubles and posted a 13-6 ledger at the No. 1 spot…Opened ACC play going 6-1…In fall tournament action, recorded a 12-3 doubles record…Captured ITA Southeast Regional doubles title with teammate Andres Martin, clinching a spot in the ITA Fall Nationals.
2020-21 (Sophomore): All-ACC first team…Led Tech mainly from the No. 1 singles position where he produced an 11-6 dual record…Was 16-8 overall in singles…Was 8-4 in singles against ACC opponents…Earned at-large NCAA Singles Championship bid…Was 12-11 in doubles action…Went 5-3 in doubles play with teammate Andres Martin…Doubles team was ranked nationally and earned an at-large bid to the 2021 ITA Doubles Championship…Advanced to the second round of NCAA Tournament.
2019-20 (Freshman): Match-by-Match
Started collegiate career off with a 7-3 singles record during 2020 regular season … won three straight singles match ups from Feb. 7-9 over Georgia State, Auburn and The Citadel … defeated No. 40 Clemson’s Teodor Giusca in a thrilling 6-1, 7-6, (7-5) singles match to capture his first ACC singles victory (Feb. 28) … paired up with senior Carlos Divar to take down No. 33 Miami’s 15th ranked doubles duo of Franco Aubone/Benjamin Hannestad 6-2 (Feb. 23) … earned a singles win over Riki Oshima of Oregon in a 6-4, 6-2 showing (Jan. 25).
High School/Personal: Blue-chip player who has boasted an impressive 41-11 mark … ranked fourth nationally in his class, according to tennisrecruiting.net, posting an impressive 11 wins over fellow blue-chip players, and is the number one player in California … was a quarterfinalist at the Easterbowl ITF Championship and won the L2 Nationals in Stockton, California in 2018 … ranked No. 5 in the USTA Boy’s 18s national rankings … was a quarterfinalist in the Grade 1 International Spring Championship ITF.
