Biography
Career record
Singles: 79-34
Doubles: 82-34
2015-16: Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American in singles by virtue of his No. 20 national ranking to close the season … ITA All-American in doubles by virtue of winning the United States Tennis Association/ITA Midwest Regional doubles championship … finished season ranked sixth in the Central Region in singles by the ITA … finished year ranked 18th nationally and sixth in the Central Region by the ITA … NCAA Tournament singles qualifier … ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award (Central Region and national honor) … Four-Time WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16) ... UW-Whitewater Chancellor’s Scholar-Athlete … nominee for the Mr. Warhawk Award at the 2016 Warhawk Awards … ended career tied for third in program history in No. 1 singles wins (36), fifth in combined singles and doubles wins (161), fifth in singles wins at all flights (79), tied for fifth in doubles wins at all flights (82) and 10th in No. 1 doubles wins (30) ... team co-captain ... singles record of 13-11 … doubles record of 21-8, good for a tie for fourth on the team and including a 20-8 mark playing with Michael Treis … downed 6-3, 7-6 (5) against sixth-seeded Paxton Deuel of Trinity (Texas) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 26 … playing with Treis, defeated Jason Haugen and Konrad Kozlowski 9-7 at No. 1 doubles, and posted a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 triumph at No. 1 singles in the third round of the NCAA Team Tournament at No. 6 Washington-St. Louis on May 15 … playing with Treis, posted an 8-3 triumph at No. 1 doubles to help the Warhawks to a 5-1 victory over Rose-Hulman (Ind.) in the second round of the NCAA Team Tournament on May 14 in St. Louis, Mo. … teamed with Treis for a 9-8 win at No. 1 doubles and defeated No. 15 Brady Anderson 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles to help UW-Whitewater to an 8-1 victory at No. 34 Coe (Iowa) on May 1 … won at No. 1 doubles and No. 1 singles in a dual match at No. 7 Washington-St. Louis on April 15 … paired with Scott Butler for an 8-5 victory at No. 1 doubles at No. 6 Chicago on Feb. 6 … teamed with Treis for a 9-8 (3) win at No. 1 doubles to help the Warhawks to a 6-3 triumph over NAIA opponent Cardinal Stritch on Jan. 23 in Janesville … clinched seventh place in Division III doubles playing with Treis on a 6-4, 7-6 (6) victory over Kyle Richter and Adrian Sirovica of California-Santa Cruz at the USTA/ITA National Small College Championships on Oct. 15-16 in Sumter, S.C. … reached the semifinals of the singles draw with a 5-1 record and won the doubles draw with a 6-0 mark (Treis) at the USTA/ITA Midwest Region Championships on Oct. 2-4 in St. Peter, Minn. … placed fourth in the No. 1 singles draw and reached the semifinals of the No. 1 doubles draw (Treis) with a 1-1 mark at the Warhawk Invitational on Sept. 11-12
2014-15: Tennis Association Scholar-Athlete ... WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll ... All-American in singles … NCAA Individual Tournament singles quarterfinalist (first in program history) … Intercollegiate Tennis Association final singles rankings of No. 14 (national) and No. 3 (Central Region) … ITA Scholar-Athlete … nominated for the Male Veteran Warhawk and Mr. Warhawk awards at UW-Whitewater’s annual Warhawk Awards … ranked second on the team in singles wins with an 18-9 record playing exclusively at the No. 1 position … tied for second on the team in doubles wins with a 21-9 mark playing primarily at the No. 2 spot … downed No. 6 Adam Krull of Trinity (Texas) and Kai Yuen Leung of Skidmore (N.Y.) in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Individual Tournament singles draw on May 21 in Mason, Ohio … teamed with Ben Shklyar to defeat Motasem Al-Houni and Andres Saenz, the No. 1 doubles pair in the Central Region, by an 8-6 score against then-No. 18 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) in the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on May 9 at Wangerin Courts … paired with Ben Shklyar at No. 1 doubles for an 8-4 victory and registered a 6-1, 6-0 triumph at No. 1 singles to help the Warhawks defeat Edgewood 5-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on May 8 at Wangerin Courts … recorded a win at No. 2 doubles to help the Warhawks to a 7-2 victory over then-No. 36 Coe (Iowa) on April 26 at Wangerin Courts … playing with Cam Laktash, tallied an 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles against then-No. 13 Chicago on April 12 in St. Louis, Mo. … teamed with Laktash for a 9-8 (6) triumph at second doubles to help UW-Whitewater knock off then-No. 19 Texas-Tyler 5-4 on April 11 in St. Louis, Mo. … registered a 6-3, 6-2 win over regionally-ranked Branden Metzler to help the Warhawks to an 8-1 triumph over Kalamazoo (Mich.) on April 5 at Wangerin Courts … playing at No. 1 singles, defeated NAIA No. 22 Alvaro Iturriaga 7-6 (7), 6-3 to help UW-Whitewater to a 7-2 victory over Northwood (Fla.) on March 26 in Orlando, Fla. … beat No. 16 Carl Reid 6-0, 6-1 at No. 1 singles and registered a win at No. 2 doubles to help the Warhawks defeat then-No. 35 Colby (Maine) 9-0 on March 24 in Orlando, Fla. … recorded a 6-2, 6-4 victory over No. 2 Matthew Heinrich at first singles and won at second doubles against then-No. 29 Stevens Institute (N.Y.) on March 21 in Orlando, Fla. … contributed a 3-6, 6-1, 6-1 victory over No. 8 Motasem Al-Houni and added an 8-4 win over No. 6 Al-Houni and Andres Saenz at No. 1 doubles at then-No. 16 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) on March 7 … recorded wins at No. 2 doubles and No. 1 singles to help UW-Whitewater to a 6-3 triumph at then-No. 24 DePauw (Ind.) on Feb. 15 … posted a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 1 singles against Division I Illinois-Chicago on Jan. 23 in Rockford, Ill. … reached the round of 16 in singles and the semifinals in doubles at the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional Championships on Sept. 26-28 in St. Peter, Minn. … reached the consolation semifinals at No. 1 singles and won the No. 1 doubles flight with Shklyar at the Warhawk Invite on Sept. 5-6 at Wangerin Courts
2013-14: 27-7 record in singles … 23-8 record in doubles … USTA/ITA Midwest Regional singles champion … 8th at the ITA Small College Singles Championships … Paired with Kevin Friend to advance to the quarter finals of the USTA/ITA Midwest Regional doubles championship … NCAA Qualifier advancing to the second round in singles and the quarterfinals in doubles with Byron Balkin … ITA singles and doubles All-American … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … Art Peterson Invitational #1 singles champion … 20 of 27 singles victories came in straight sets … won nine straight singles matches to start the season … won three singles matches against ranked teams … paired with Scott Butler for a pair of wins over ranked opponents
2012-13: 21-7 record in singles … 17-9 record in doubles … WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll … Art Peterson Invitational #6 singles champion … won six straight singles matches three different times … won ten consecutive doubles matches to end the season … 15 of 21 singles match victories came in straight sets … won five singles matches against ranked teams … paired with Andy McGlashen for doubles wins over a trio of ranked teams
Personal: majoring in accounting … played tennis, soccer, and basketball at Kenosha Tremper High School, where he was a state tennis champion in doubles … hobbies include golfing and fishing … favorite professional sports team is the Green Bay Packers … favorite movie is “Miracle” … favorite TV show is “Wicked Tuna” … chose to attend UW-Whitewater for the great academic and athletic programs
