TOURNAMENTS
First practiced tennis in August of 2009.
Named Liberty League "Rookie of the Week" for 10-5-15.
10-9-10
Champion... with partner Sidak Grewal...Top Gun Academy Doubles Championships - KY L2, STA L3
9-10-10
Champion...LIRC KY Fall Jr CHP's, 10s, 14s, 18s - KY L4, STA L5
9-03-10
Consolation Finalist,
KY Clay Court Closed State Championship- KY L1A, STA L4
April 20-22, 2012
Finalist...LIRC KY Spring Jr. Championship
May 26-28, 2012
Finalist...Kentucky Jr. Open
June 23, 2012
Champion, with partner Conrad Gray Thurstone,
Owensboro Jr. Championships, KYL3/STA L5 (B16 doubles)
Voted "Most Improved Boy for 2011" by USTA-KY
Out of action from the end of July, 2012 until mid-September 2012 with a broken collarbone suffered in a high school soccer scrimmage.
June 22-23, 2013
Champion, with partner Dariush Moslemi, Owensboro Jr. Open, Boy's
18 Doubles (KY L3/STA L5).
June 28-30, 2013
Won the back draw of the Hilltopper Tennis Classic, (KY L 3/STA L4).
2012, 2013, JTT 18 Advanced State Champions
July 2014,
Finished 4th as the 4 seed in The Ryan Holder (KYL2/STAL4) while concurrently playing a high school pre-season soccer tournament.
HIGH SCHOOL
Freshman year (2012): 9-2 record at #2 singles as a freshman.
In regional tournament, only lost to junior, 5-star recruit and regional singles champion Sean Donohue. Sean went on to beat 4-star Dan Chopovsky and 5-star Alex Gornet. Sean was then seeded #2 in the state tournament, and won the state singles championship, beating #3 seed Alex Gornet in the final.
Academically, received "Excellence in Spanish Award" at end of freshman year. Was also top 1-3 in his class in Algebra 1 and Civics.
Sophomore year (2013): 4-0 record so far at #2 singles (3-28-13), dropping only four games.
Played #1 singles from middle of the season on.
Earned 99th percentile ranking in both Critical Writing Skills and Reading Comprehension sections of practice PSAT Exam, administered by St. Francis HS in the Fall of Sophomore year (2012).
Named "First Team" KY High School Athletic Association 2012-13 Academic All-State Team (must have cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher).
Junior year (2014): undefeated at #2 singles, dropping just one set;
1-0 at #1 doubles.
Recorded first win for St. Francis Wyverns in the
State Tournament since 1991, beating the Region
5 Champion.
Eventually lost in the Round of 32, 6-3, 6-4,
to the #4 seed, senior David Bush.
Received The Yale Book Award and The Wyvern Dual Sports Award.
Selected as a student in First Honors, a Business First publication.
Recipient of the AP Scholar Award, September 2014.
Named a Questbridge Scholarship Finalist, October, 2014
Received Wyvern Award for Soccer
TENNIS CAMPS
Invited/recommended member since 2010 in Rising Stars, a USTL Program.
ACADEMY
The Louisville Tennis Club
2012 Recipient of USTA Tennis Serves Scholarship with support sponsorship from Rising Stars KY.
As of December 2012, three time recipient of USTA Raise a Racket funding.
