SMU Athletics

Career Awards:
• ACC Player of the Week (Jan. 13, 2026)
• 2023 SoCon Rookie of the Year
• 2023 SoCon First Team All-Conference
• 2022-2023 ITA All Academic Team selection
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
• 2025 CSC Academic All-District Team

2025-26 (Senior): Captained SMU's team that made the second round of the NCAA Championship for the first time since 2016... Had an overall singles record of 19-12 and 17-7 in dual matches while primarily playing at No. 5 singles... Was named ACC Player of the Week on Jan. 13... Ranked No. 56 in the final ITA doubles rankings with Trevor Svajda... 18-13 in doubles play, primarily playing at No. 2.

2024-25 (Junior): Captained SMU's team in their first ACC season... Went 11-15 in singles overall and 10-14 in dual...Finished 6-5 overall in doubles with partners Liam Krall, Maks Silagy, Trevor Svajda and Adam Neff, 4-2 dual...Ranked as high as No. 94 in ITA's singles poll... Defeated Florida's No. 54 Jeremy Jin... CSC Academic All-District Team.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Went 21-9 overall in singles, 15-6 dual...Finished 9-5 overall in doubles with partners Liam Krall, Maks Silagy, Trevor Svajda and Adam Neff, 4-2 dual...Ranked as high as No. 88 in ITA's singles poll...Ended fall season ranked No. 98...Defeated USC's No. 73 Lodewijk Westrate... CSC Academic All-District Team.

2022-2023 (Freshman at Furman): 13-11 overall record in singles…..13-9 record at line 1 singles……13-8 overall record in doubles…..8-3 record at line 2 doubles……went 8-1 at line 1 singles in conference play….went undefeated in singles and doubles in SoCon Conference Tournament…..2022-2023 ITA All Academic Team selection.

Prep: Trained with Taylor Dent at Dent Tennis Academy since 2017.

Personal: Parents, Jerry and Martina Barton, are from Czech Republic……has one sibling, Monika…..hobbies include playing soccer, chess and watching movies.