SMU Athletics

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• 2024 AAC All-Conference Singles
• 2024 AAC All-Conference Doubles
• 2023 AAC Player of the Year
• 2022 AAC All-Conference Doubles
• 2023 AAC All-Conference Singles
• 2023 AAC All-Conference Doubles
• 3x AAC Player of the Week

2023-24 (Sr.): Went 11-11 overall in singles play, 10-10 dual...3-0 at No. 1 singles, 7-10 at No. 2 singles...Defeated Cal's No. 67 Ryder Jackson...Ranked as high as No. 96 in ITA's singles poll...Headlined 2024 Dallas Open's College Night against ATP pro Jordan Thompson...Went 18-10 overall in doubles with partners Huntley Allen, Jerry Barton, Callaway Clark, John Zisette, Trevor Svajda, Alex Stafford and Maks Silagy, 16-8 dual...Played primarily with Allen, posting a 10-5 record together...Ranked as high as No. 25 in ITA's doubles poll...earned automatic bid to NCAA Individual Doubles Championships with Allen. AWARDS: AAC All-Conference Singles...AAC All-Conference Doubles...AAC Player of the Week (Feb. 20, Mar. 12)...CSC Academic All-District. 

2022-2023 (Jr.):
Played line No. 1 in singles and doubles for the Mustangs... 18-6 overall record... 16-3 dual record... Earned the AAC Player of the Year, for the first time since joining the AAC... Held a 12-match win streak, six of those over ranked players... Earned the AAC Player of the Week (Mar. 21) after scoring a pair of singles wins against then top-35 players... Ranked as high as No. 64 earning him a selection to the NCAA Individual Championship for the first time in program history since 2006... Ranked as high as No. 55 with Pranav Kumar as they earned four ranked victories over the season, including a defeat over the then No. 11 ranked doubles duo of Baylor... Neff and Kumar played a close match against Ivan and Matej Sabanov in the first-round main draw of the ATP Tour's Dallas Open before falling in a tiebreaker... Named to the SMU Honor Roll for his achievements during the fall 2022 semester... Named to the CSC Academic All-District Men's Tennis Team.

2021-2022 (So. at SMU):
Played No. 1 line in singles and doubles for the Mustangs. 16-5 overall singles record, 11-12 dual. Defeated Memphis' David Stevenson at the top line 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 in the AAC championship to help the Mustangs bring home the title... Received AAC Player of the Week honors on April 5 after going 2-1 in singles and 3-0 in doubles across three SMU conference victories... 25-11 overall doubles record. Ranked as high as No. 34 with Pranav Kumar (8-2 overall/dual) and as high as No. 58 with Ivan Thamma (16-9 overall, 8-6 dual). Competed with Thamma in ATP Tour debut at the Dallas Open, losing in the first round to Withrow/Querrey 6-7, 6-4, 10-5. Also lost in qualifying singles match versus Thomas Fabbiano 6-1, 6-4... AAC All-Academic Team.

2020-2021 (Fr. at UNC):
Went 2-3 in tournament play... went 1-2 at Tar Heel Invitational in January '21... went 1-1 at ACC Challenge including a win over Ryan Fishback (Virginia Tech) 6-4,6-3... was ranked #54 in ITA National Doubles polls with Blumberg (March 24)... was ranked #59 in ITA National Doubles polls with Soendergaard (March 24)... competed doubles in five dual matches including a 6-1 win at No. 3 (vs Wofford), a 7-5 win at No.3 (vs Clemson)... went 3-0 in doubles at Tar Heel Invitational with partner Blumberg... 

PREP:
Was ranked as high No. 116 in the ITF World Rankings in singles (March 25,2019)... has won 5 ITF Doubles titles worldwide... competed in Junior Australian Open (January 2019)... competed in Junior US Open doubles field with partner Eliot Spizzirri (September 2018) falling in second round... doubles semifinalists of ITF Easter Bowl JB1 in Indian Wells with partner Eliot Spizzirri (March 2019)... doubles champion at ITF Cuenca J1 in Ecuador (Feb 2019) with partner Mark Mandlik... reached singles quarterfinals of South Carolina ITF in Lexington (October 2018) winning three rounds... reached singles semifinals and doubles Champion of International Grass Court Championships G4 in Haverford, PA (June 2018)... doubles champion at Junkanoo ITF Grade 4 in Nassau with partner Eliot Spizzirri... singles finalists in Copa Badia ITF G4 in Coral Gables, Florida (May 2018) winning five rounds... doubles champion in ITF Honduras Junior Bowl Grade 5 with Tyler Zink (2015)... two time Easter Bowl singles champion winning gold balls in Boy's 12 Division and Boy's 14 Division... represented Team Florida in USTA Boys 18's National Team Championships in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

PERSONAL:
Parents are Guy and Ann... has two younger sisters... hobbies include golf, painting, the zoo and cooking...