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AWARDS

• 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
• ITA Scholar-Athlete (2023)
• ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year (2021)
• SEC All-Freshman Team (2021)
• All-SEC Second Team (2021)
• 2x All-SEC First Team (2022, 2023)
• ITA All-American Doubles Champion (2022)
• NCAA Singles Qualifier (2023)
• NCAA Doubles Qualifier (2023)
• ITA Singles All-American (2023)
• ITA Doubles All-American (2023)

2022-23 (JUNIOR)

• Opened the fall season with five consecutive singles wins, including the highest ranked win of his career after upsetting the nation’s No. 8 player at the ITA All-American Championships. Later went on to upset No. 5 for the new highest ranked win of his career.
• Went an impressive 24-5 (.828) in singles play on the season including a 19-4 record in dual play – all from the No. 1 position – and had an 8-3 mark against SEC opponents
• Put up a 15-5 mark against ranked singles opponents, tallying three wins over top-10 opponents including Nos. 5, 7, and 8.
• Spent the entire 2023 regular season ranked inside the ITA’s Singles Top-11, peaking at No. 3 in the nation. Ended the season with a final ranking of No. 10, earning himself a spot in the ITA/ATP Accelerator Program
• Alongside partner Connor Thomson, became the program’s first ITA All-American Champions, claiming the title in doubles. The pair upset Nos. 15, 16, 26, and 29 en route to the title
• Went 24-6 in doubles on the season with a 17-5 mark in dual play, all from the top spot in the lineup
• Put up a 12-5 record against ranked opponents that included four wins over teams ranked in the top-10 and ten wins over top-30 foes
• With partner Connor Thomson, became the first pair in program history to hold the No. 1 spot in the ITA Doubles Rankings. The duo was ranked No. 1 for all but one week of the regular season and finished at the top of the year-end rankings – another first for the program
• Went a perfect 3-0 in both doubles and singles at the ITA Indoor National Championships with all six of his wins coming over ranked opponents
• Was named SEC Player of the Week during back-to-back weeks (March 15 & 22) after helping the Gamecocks upset No. 4 Ohio State and tallying a pair of ranked SEC wins over No. 66 Alabama and No. 45 LSU
• Earned a spot on the All-SEC First Team for the second consecutive year after going 8-3 in singles and 7-3 in doubles, all from the No. 1 spot in the lineups
• Earned an automatic qualifying spot in the NCAA Singles Championships as a No. 9-16 seed. Had to withdraw from the event due to illness
• Earned the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Doubles Championship alongside partner Connor Thomson
• Was named an ITA All-American in both singles and doubles for his performances throughout the season

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE)

• Named to the All-SEC First Team after going 8-2 in SEC singles from the No. 2 spot in the lineup
• Ranked as high as No. 41 in singles and ended the season ranked No. 59 in the nation
• Primarily played in the No. 2 singles position where he put up a 16-5 record
• Led the team with seven match clinches on the year
• Clinched the match against Duke in a comeback victory to send ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ to the ITA Indoor National Championships
• Earned six wins over ranked opponents on the season with his highest coming over the nation’s No. 38 player in ·¬ÇÑÊÓƵ’s upset of Stanford at the ITA Indoor National Championships
• Closed the season with seven consecutive singles wins beginning midway through conference play and extending through the SEC Tournament
• Was a staple of the doubles lineup where he primarily played at the No. 2 position with Jake Beasley. Went 16-8 in dual match doubles including an 8-2 mark in conference play.
• Ranked as high as No. 55 in doubles with Beasley and earned upsets over Nos. 27 and 65.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN)

• Named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team
• Ended his freshman season ranked No. 71 nationally
• Became the fifth Gamecock to pick up ITA Carolina Region Rookie of the Year recognition
• Ranks third in program history in SEC singles wins (9) and SEC singles winning percentage (.900, 9-1)
• Teamed with Jake Beasley to tie school record for wins by a doubles team in a season (26)
• Closed the year with a 5-1 singles record in postseason play (SEC and NCAA Championships) and a 4-1 doubles mark in that stretch
• Launched a 14-match singles win streak at Wake Forest (Jan. 31) that ended in a tough loss to the No. 8 player in the nation (Apr. 9)
• In the NCAA Round of 16 match against No. 4 Texas (May 17), teamed with Beasley to deliver the doubles point then made it a 3-0 Gamecock lead with his singles victory over the country’s No. 75 player
• Provided the match-clinching doubles point in both the Gamecocks’ SEC Tournament wins, including a three-set win over the No. 18 player in the nation to send the team to the semifinals for the second time in as many SEC Tournaments

PRE-COLLEGE

• Joined the program with an ITF Juniors ranking of 129 and UTR of 13.0
• Reached the doubles semifinals of the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2019
• Was the runner up of the ITF Juniors J3 tournament in Istanbul

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