CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
• 2-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2021)
• 9-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member (last Winter 2022)
2022-2023 (Graduate Student at SMU):
6-8 overall record... 4-1 dual record... 2-0 at No. 3, 1-1 at No. 4, 1-0 at No. 5... Went 5-4 in doubles play with three partners... Defeated Christopher Frantzen of Baylor 7-6 (5), 7-5 in first SMU singles match at the Hilltop Fall Invitational... Earned first doubles victory with partner Jordi Redelijk over Kristof Minarik/ Alex Richards of Wichita State in the Hilltop Fall Invitational... Competed in first collegiate dual match against Prairie View A&M, defeated Jaydn Boone 6-2, 6-1.
2021-22 (at UCLA):
1-8 singles record … 1-3 doubles mark … with partner Karl Lee, defeated Joe Leather/Colter Smith of Cal Poly, 8-2, to reach doubles quarterfinal round at Jack Kramer Invitational (Nov. 5) … beat Kameron DeHart of Chapman, 6-2, 6-0, to reach singles main draw at SoCal Intercollegiate Championships (Oct. 28) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022.
2020-21 (at UCLA):
Did not see action during tournament or dual-match portions of schedule … team did not compete during fall … named ITA Scholar-Athlete … earned spot on Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021.
2019-20 (at UCLA):
4-10 singles record in shortened season … 1-3 doubles mark … named ITA Scholar-Athlete ... with partner Connor Hance, topped Christian Lerby/George Stoupe of Arizona State, 8-7, to reach doubles semifinal round at National Collegiate Tennis Classic (Jan. 10) … beat Rafael Gonzalez Almazan of San Diego State, 6-7(5), 7-6(3), 1-0(6), in C Flight singles third-place match at UCSB Classic (Oct. 13) … earned first-career singles victory with 6-2, 6-4 decision over Joshua Williams of UC Santa Barbara to reach C Flight semifinal round at UCSB Classic (Oct. 12) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020.
2018-19 (at UCLA):
Redshirted … Bruins captured Pac-12 regular-season championship … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Spring 2019.
PREP:
Attended Campbell Hall in North Hollywood, Calif. … 3-Star recruit according to TennisRecruiting.net; reached high of No. 230 in 2018 … trains with UCLA tennis alumni Kevin Kim (1997) and Clay Thompson (2011-14) … captained Vikings to undefeated regular season (33-0) in 2018 … 2018 Daily News All-Area First Team pick for singles play … named to Gold Coast League First Team in 2016, 2018 … selected to 2016 Daily News All-Area Second Team for singles play … played primarily on Court 2 as freshman … picked up Boys’ 18 singles title at 2016 Palm Valley New Year Junior Open Championships in Palm Desert, Calif. … claimed doubles title at 2017 ITA Summer Circuit – Cal State Northridge … won multiple USTA Southern California Level 4 junior tournaments.
PERSONAL:
Son of Peter and Frances …describes his greatest athletic thrill to date as clinching Campbell Hall’s final regular-season match to secure team’s spot in CIF-Southern Section Division 2 playoffs as senior … admires Juan Martin del Potro and basketball players Kobe Bryant and Stephen Curry … hobbies and interests include eating good food, being a watch enthusiast, studying the stock market, playing pickup basketball games with friends and rooting for NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and NFL’s Dallas Cowboys … his name was inspired by city of Blaine, Wash., where his parents first met … aspires to be investment banker or professional tennis player ... political science major.
