2009 Men's Tennis Media Guide

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t h i s i st e X A s A &m . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 .....this is texas A&m

8 .....Exceptional Coaching

10 .....National Prominence

12 .....academic Excellence

14 .....George P. Mitchell ’40 Tennis Center

16 .....Indoor Tennis Facility

18 .....Players Lounge

20 .....Electric atmosphere

22 .....Netum Steed Laboratory

24 .....Life as an aggie

26 .....Making Headlines

28 .....Wear Only the Best

30 .....The Big 12 Conference

32 .....Texas a&M University

34 .....30-Loves

36 .....Stadium Club

38 .....Building Champions

2 0 0 9 S E a S O Npr e V i e W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 40 .....Season Preview

alphabetical Roster Team Breakdown

41 .....a Conversation with Coach Denton

42 .....TV/Radio Roster

PL ay E R PRO FI L E S . . . . 43 44 .....Calon alpar

46 .....Patrick Dean

48 .....alexey Grigorov

50 .....Colin Hoover

52 .....Kayvon Karimi

56 .....alexis Klegou

58 .....austin Klores

60 .....austin Krajicek

64 .....Marcus Lunt

66 .....Conor Pollock

70 .....Wil Spencer

C OaC H I N G S Ta FF &a D M I N I S T R aT I O N . . . 73 74 .....Head Coach

Steve Denton

78 .....assistant Coach Bob McKinley

80 .....Director of Tennis Operations Kevin O’Shea

81 .....Strength & Conditioning Coach Monty Gibson

athletic Trainer Danny Kniffin

82 .....Scholastic Supervisor Moses Vakalahi

Support Staff

83 .....President Dr. Elsa a. Murano

Board of Regents & athletic Council

84 .....Director of athletics Bill Byrne

85 .....associate aD Milton Overton

The 12th Man Foundation

86 .....NCaa Compliance

t e X A s A &mt en n i s h i s to rY . . . . . 87 88 .....2008 aggie Notebook

89 .....2008 Team Results

90 .....2008 Individual Results

91 .....2008 Big 12 Conference Results

92 .....aggies In The Pro Ranks

93 .....aggie all-americans

94 .....aggie Tennis Honors

95 .....all-Time Lettermen

96 .....Top Dual Match Winners

97 .....year-By-year Dual Leaders

98 .....a&M Conference Champions

99 .....all-Time Big 12 Champions

100 .....all-Time Big 12 Standings

101 .....all-Time SWC Champions

102 .....NCaa Team appearances

104 .....NCaa Individual appearances

106 .....all-Time Opponents

108 .....all-Time a&M Coaches

108 .....year-By-year Results

112 .....Texas a&M Tennis Camps o n t h e c oV er s:FRONT COVER: Sophomore Wil Spencer, Senior all-american

Conor Pollock and Sophomore all-american austin Krajicek.

INSIDE FRONT COVER: a Storied Tradition of Texas a&M all-americans.

INSIDE BaCK COVER: Home of the 2009 NCaa Championships, 2008 NCaa Doubles Semifinalists Conor Pollock and austin Krajicek.

BaCK COVER: The 2009 aggie Tennis Schedule. Marcus Lunt, alexis Klegou, alexey Grigorov, Colin Hoover, Kayvon Karimi and austin Klores.

C R ED I T S: The 2009 Texas a&M men’s tennis yearbook was written, edited and designed by assistant media relations director Marlene Navor using adobe Photoshop and adobe InDesign CS3 with chief layout and pagination by publications specialist Cyndi Mousner. Editorial assistance was provided by associate media relations director Brad Marquardt and student assistant Kristen Merrifield. Cover designed by Marlene Navor and Cyndi Mousner. Chief photography by Glen Johnson of Johnson Studio in Bryan, Texas. Special thanks to the Texas a&M men’s tennis coaching staff for their assistance including Steve Denton, Bob McKinley and Kevin O’Shea. Printed by Insite Printing, Bryan, Texas.

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2008-09 T E X a S a & m M E N ’ S T E N N I S Q U I C K Fa C T S

G EN ER a L I N FO R M aT I O NLocation: College Station, Texas

Founded: 1872

Enrollment: 44,981

Nickname: Aggies

Colors: Maroon (PMS 505) and White

Mascot: Reveille

Affiliation: NCAA Division I

Conference: Big 12

Home Facility (capacity): George P. Mitchell Tennis Center (3,000)

Opened: 1998

President: Dr. Elsa A. Murano (Florida International ’81)

Director of Athletics: Bill Byrne (Idaho State ’67)

Faculty Representative: Dr. Thomas Adair (Texas A&M ’57)

Director of Compliance: David Batson (Sam Houston State ’87)

C OaC H I N G S Ta FFHead Coach: Steve Denton

(Texas ’79 and Texas A&M-Corpus Christi ‘98) – Third Season

Record at Texas A&M (years): 28-24 (Two Years)

Career Record (years): 92-82 (Seven Years)

Assistant Coach: Bob McKinley (Trinity ’72) – Third Season

Director of Operations: Kevin O’Shea (St. Edward’s 96)

Office Phone: (979) 862-2533

T E a M I N FO R M aT I O N2008 Record: 13-12

2008 Big 12 Record (finish): 2-4 (Fifth)

2008 Postseason Results: NCAA Second Round (def. SMU, 4-1; lost to Baylor, 4-2)

2008 Final ITA Ranking: No. 23

Letterwinners Returning/Lost: 4/4

M ED I a R EL aT I O N SAssociate AD for Media Relations: Alan Cannon

Men’s Tennis Contact: Marlene Navor

Office Phone: (979) 845-5725

Office Fax: (979) 845-0564

E-Mail: [email protected]

Website: www.AggieAthletics.com

The Steve Denton Show every Monday eve-

ning at 4:15 p.m. on Chip Howard’s SportsTalk

broadcast live on KZNE 1150 AM The Zone in

College Station. Denton joins host Chip How-

ard for the only college tennis coach’s radio

show in the na-

tion. Each week, the

duo will recap and preview matches

for the nationally-ranked Aggies. The

weekly radio show airs from February through

the NCAA Championships and can also be heard

worldwide on the Internet at www.KZNE.com.

T H E S T E V E D E N T O N S H O W

A g g i e At h l e t i c s .c o m

Aggie fans can keep up with Texas A&M Tennis

by logging on to AggieAthletics.com 24-7

Follow the Aggies 24 hours a day, seven days a

week via the Official Website of Texas A&M Athlet-

ics, AggieAthletics.com. From the latest news releas-

es covering all 20 intercollegiate sports to insightful

Aggie Extras, AggieAthletics.com is the one-stop shop

for the latest information in A&M sports.

In addition to current news and features,

AggieAthletics.com also offers fans live coverage of

most Aggie events. With real-time stat updates, live audio coverage and in some cases live streaming video coverage,

Aggie fans from around the globe can keep track of A&M sporting events as they happen. AggieAthletics.com is also

the best source of player and coach bios, updated team and individual statistics, records, history and much more.

Fans can also get the best in Aggie merchandise online through AggieAthletics.com. An agreement with the MSC

Bookstore allows fans to go to the AggieLocker.com and purchase A&M gear from the comfort of home. From coaches’

sideline apparel to gifts and books, AggieLocker.com has everything Aggie.

And the best part is, shopping through AggieLocker.com directly benefits the Texas A&M Department of Athletics.Marlene Navor

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Until you experience this one, it is hard to explain. There is a school

spirit at Texas A&M University that is unlike anywhere else in the coun-

try. There are so many traditions that have been passed down through

the years, and these traditions build a bond among the students that

make this college campus the closest knit group in the country.

Until you experience this one, it is hard to explain. There is a school

spirit at Texas A&M University that is unlike anywhere else in the coun-

try. There are so many traditions that have been passed down through

the years, and these traditions build a bond among the students that

make this college campus the closest knit group in the country.

As the commentators

on ESPN College

GameDay said,

“Texas A&M has the

best school spirit I

have ever seen. ”

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Coach Denton was an All-American who went on to be ranked No. 11 in the world in singles

and No. 2 in doubles on the ATP Tour. He won the U.S. Open doubles title and twice reached

the finals of the Australian Open in singles. He won 20 professional doubles titles during his pro

career and played on several Davis Cup teams. He understands what it takes for a player to rise

to the top levels of tennis. As a coach, Coach Denton has also done some amazing things. When

he took over the men’s tennis program at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, they were unranked. In

four short years, he brought them to a top 20 national ranking. He was named Coach of the

Year twice during that time for the Southland Conference. His ability to be a developmental

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Coach McKinley was a four-time All-American who also had success on the

pro tour. He was ranked in the top 50 in the world in the ATP singles

rankings and reached the semi-

finals of the U.S. Open in doubles.

As a former head coach at Trinity

University, Coach McKinley’s teams

reached the NCAA Division I

finals twice. He produced 12 All-

Americans including an NCAA

singles champion and an NCAA

doubles champion. He and Coach

Denton are the only two current

college coaches in the country who

are members of the ITA Hall of Fame.

“I’ve known Steve a very long time and always remember him

as a great college player and a great person. He is a real credit

to the game of tennis and Texas A&M is lucky to have him. ”— Former Stanford Coach Dick Gould

“Texas A&M has a top quality coach in Steve. With his deep

reservoir of knowledge and competitive fire, surely great days

are ahead for A&M Tennis. ”— Four-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion Jim Courier

“Coach Denton is an amazing tennis player and his skills as a player

are only exceeded by his abilities as a coach. ”— Sophomore Wil Spencer

“We have the best coaching staff in all of college tennis.”

– Freshman austin Klores

“Coach McKinley is someone that I can count on to be there for me,

whenever I may need him. He’s got a lion’s heart.”– Freshman Colin Hoover

“I’ve known Steve a very long time and always remember him

as a great college player and a great person. He is a real credit

to the game of tennis and Texas A&M is lucky to have him. ”— Former Stanford Coach Dick Gould

“Texas A&M has a top quality coach in Steve. With his deep

reservoir of knowledge and competitive fire, surely great days

are ahead for A&M Tennis. ”— Four-Time Grand Slam Singles Champion Jim Courier

“Coach Denton is an amazing tennis player and his skills as a player

are only exceeded by his abilities as a coach. ”— Sophomore Wil Spencer

“We have the best coaching staff in all of college tennis.”

– Freshman austin Klores

“Coach McKinley is someone that I can count on to be there for me,

whenever I may need him. He’s got a lion’s heart.”– Freshman Colin Hoover

Texas A&M has made 16 overall NCAA Team Championship appearances

and 17 NCAA Individual Championship appearances in program history.

A&M boasts 10 All-Americans who have received 21 All-America citations

and four Big 12 Championships to its credit. The Aggies have produced

27 Big 12 individual champions since 1998 and have advanced to the NCAA

Sweet 16 nine times and to the NCAA Elite Eight once in 2001.

A&M will host the 2009 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships

on May 14-25 at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center. The Aggies previously

served as the host site of the NCAA Men’s Championships in 2002 and 2005.

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“Being an Aggie

means you are sev-

eral different things.

You are a leader, a

friend and a cham-

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a grand tradition big-

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The mission of the Center for Student-Athlete Services is to help each student-athlete achieve

his or her maximum potential through academic, personal, and career enhancement

while upholding the standards of honor, integrity, and professionalism at

Texas A&M University. Through the combination of one of the nation’s premier

facilities and a highly-qualified staff, Texas A&M has strengthened its commitment to

“Building Champions” off the field, as well as on. The Center for Student-Athlete Services

is located on the second floor of the Nye Academic Center in the Bright Complex.

The Center is a 24,550-square foot state-of-the-art facility equipped with the latest

teaching technology and capable of accommodating over 600 students at any given time.

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aCaDEMICCENTER FaCTS

By THE NUMBERS

The number of stations available in the computer center with all new

Dell Pentium IV desktop computers.

The number of Dell laptop computers to check out.

The number of personal tutor rooms for small group tutoring.

The number of walk-in tutor labs: agriculture, business, science,

math, liberal arts, social sciences and writing.

The number of study lounges for students to find a quiet,

comfortable place to study independently or in small groups.

The number of large classrooms for supplemental instruction.

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The mission of the Center for Student-Athlete Services is to help each student-athlete achieve

his or her maximum potential through academic, personal, and career enhancement

while upholding the standards of honor, integrity, and professionalism at

Texas A&M University. Through the combination of one of the nation’s premier

facilities and a highly-qualified staff, Texas A&M has strengthened its commitment to

“Building Champions” off the field, as well as on. The Center for Student-Athlete Services

is located on the second floor of the Nye Academic Center in the Bright Complex.

The Center is a 24,550-square foot state-of-the-art facility equipped with the latest

teaching technology and capable of accommodating over 600 students at any given time.

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Tennis players at Texas A&M will find that they receive

all the help that they need to be successful academically.

At the center of this support is the Nye Academic Center

located on the second floor of the Bright Complex. This $28

million facility is dedicated to helping student-athletes succeed in

the classroom. At the facility, a player can come and receive tutor-

ing in all of their classes, take advantage of the 50 computer ter-

minals linked into the mainframe of the University, and work with

learning specialist in every discipline. The facility is so large that

it could accommodate every student-athlete at Texas A&M at

the same time. Scholastic supervisor Moses Vakalahi monitors

each players’ academic progress and helps them in selecting

appropriate classes to meet their academic goals.

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“On my recruiting visit, I was most impressed by the fan support,

the school spirit and the Aggie Network. What was equally impres-

sive were the facilities which would allow me to use them to the

max and achieve success on-and-off the court. The academic

support that we receive makes me want to work hard and

push others to do the same. ” —Freshman austin Klores

The George P. Mitchell ’40 Tennis Center is arguably the finest collegiate tennis facility in the United States. It houses 12 championship courts

with permanent seating for 3,000 including a special covered seating area for VIPs. All 12 courts are lit and the lighting rivals the candle power

of the U.S. Open. The Mitchell Tennis Center also includes locker rooms for home and visiting teams, a permanent training room just for

tennis, and a state-of-the-art players’ lounge to relax between matches. Video cameras are permanently installed on six of the courts.

Coming very soon is a six-court indoor facility as well as six championship clay courts for all-year developmental training.

The George P. Mitchell ’40 Tennis Center is arguably the finest collegiate tennis facility in the United States. It houses 12 championship courts

with permanent seating for 3,000 including a special covered seating area for VIPs. All 12 courts are lit and the lighting rivals the candle power

of the U.S. Open. The Mitchell Tennis Center also includes locker rooms for home and visiting teams, a permanent training room just for

tennis, and a state-of-the-art players’ lounge to relax between matches. Video cameras are permanently installed on six of the courts.

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H O M E O F T H E 2 0 0 9 n c A A c h A m p i o n s h i p s

H O M E O F T H E 2 0 0 9 n c A A c h A m p i o n s h i p s

Texas A&M’s superior facilities have allowed the University to serve as host for a variety of NCAA and Big 12 Championship

events. A&M will play host to the 2009 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships at the Mitchell Center.





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“I can readily understand

why it ranks as one of

the finest facilities — if not the best — in the Big 12. I’m confident it

will continue attracting talented

players on a national and inter-

national basis, which is excellent

exposure for A&M. ”— George P. Mitchell

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T H E F U T U R E O F t e X A s A &m t e n n i s

The Aggies currently play their indoor matches at the City of

Bryan Indoor Tennis Center but will soon be moving into their

own indoor courts, which will be located adjacent to the George

P. Mitchell Tennis Center. Construction of the six-court climate-

controlled facility is projected to begin in the near future.

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The Players Lounge located at the Mitchell

Center has a variety of amenities including

computers, an entertainment center, all-

leather furniture and a team meeting area.

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The George P. Mitchell

Tennis Center was built for

an estimated $4.2 million

and is located on the University’s West Campus. It houses men’s and women’s locker

rooms, a players lounge, a full-size athletic training room and

offices for both coaching staffs.

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Texas A&M has led the nation in attendance for nearly a decade. This cre-

ates an atmosphere that is so much fun to play in, and according to the

players, helps them raise their games to another level. When one opposing

coach was asked where the toughest place in the coun-

try was to play, he answered, “Without a doubt, Texas

A&M.” The 2009 NCAA Championships will be played at

Texas A&M for the third time in school his-

tory. Not many players get to enjoy the

experience of playing in the

NCAAs before

their own

home crowd.

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h o m e aT T E N Da N C E

F I G U R E S No. ofyear Total Matches average

1999 3,966 11 360.52000 5,022 13 386.32001 7,886 14 563.32002 11,597 18 644.32003 6,503 12 542.02004 5,511 9 612.02005 8,860 11 805.02006 5,458 15 419.82007 6,656 15 444.02008 6,781 13 521.6

“When the 12th Man Tradition is brought to the

George P. Mitchell Tennis Center, the atmosphere

is greater, louder and spirited. The support by our

fans is unreal!” — Junior Marcus Lunt

H O M E R E C O R Dyear Total

1999 7-42000 13-02001 15-12002 15-52003 18-12004 12-2

year Total

2005 11-52006 11-42007 11-42008 10-3Totals 123-29 (.810)

Texas A&M has its own strength and conditioning coach, Monty

Gibson, who is devoted full-time to men’s tennis student-athletes.

The tennis program does not have to share him with other sports,

so that he can focus on programs that are tennis specific. He leads

our athletes through a warm-up program before practice and he

finishes every day with a program designed to make them

stronger and faster. There is also an athletic trainer available

at every practice throughout the year who travels to all of

the program’s tournaments and dual matches. A&M is

also one of the few schools in the country to have a full-

time nutritionist on staff. Amy Bragg prepares snacks

and drinks for the A&M players to take on trips that

will be healthy and aid them in their performance.

Texas A&M has its own strength and conditioning coach, Monty

Gibson, who is devoted full-time to men’s tennis student-athletes.

The tennis program does not have to share him with other sports,

so that he can focus on programs that are tennis specific. He leads

our athletes through a warm-up program before practice and he

finishes every day with a program designed to make them

stronger and faster. There is also an athletic trainer available

at every practice throughout the year who travels to all of

the program’s tournaments and dual matches. A&M is

also one of the few schools in the country to have a full-

time nutritionist on staff. Amy Bragg prepares snacks

and drinks for the A&M players to take on trips that

will be healthy and aid them in their performance.

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t e X A s A &M M E N’S T E N N I S S T R E N G T H a N D C O N D I T I O N I N G R E C O R D S

as of November 2008

SQUaT POWER CLEaN 20-yD SHUTTLE 60-yD SHUTTLE VERTICaL JUMP 40-yD DaSH

K. El Dorry K. El Dorry S. Madden B. Wooten D. Caradima B. Wooten355 lbs (2003) 215 lbs (2003) 3.98 sec. (2000) 11.17 sec. (2006) 30.5 in. (2000) 4.54 sec. (2006)

B. Joelson M. Bain B. Wooten B. Wooten B. Wooten B. Wooten 350 lbs (2005) 198 lbs (2005) 3.95 sec. (2006) 11.32 sec. (2002) 30 in. (2005) 4.65 sec. (2003)

B. Joelson/M. Rolle B. Joelson/B. Wooten M. Bain L. Cook M. Bain M. Dakki320 lbs (2004) 190 lbs (2005) 4.29 sec. (2005) 11.41 sec. (2003) 28 in. (2004) 4.78 sec. (2005)

SQUaT POWER CLEaN 20-yD SHUTTLE 60-yD SHUTTLE VERTICaL JUMP 40-yD DaSH

C. Pollock W. Spencer C. Pollock W. Spencer C. Pollock W. Spencer 325 lbs 203.5 lbs 3.97 sec. 11.34 sec. 30 in. 4.84 sec.

K. Karimi / W. Spencer K. Karimi / C. Pollock W. Spencer C. Pollock W. Spencer M. Lunt285 lbs 192.5 lbs 4.03 sec. 11.62 sec. 29.5 in. 4.88 sec.

C U R R E N T – 2008-09

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“Both of my parents are Aggies and they raised

me with the core Aggie values: integrity, honor

and tradition. My teammates and coaches are

now an extension of our Aggie family.”— Sophomore Patrick Dean

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Each varsity team at Texas A&M is outfitted in

the latest adidas footwear, uniforms, training

apparel, sideline gear and accessories. Texas

A&M is among a select group of universities that

have all-school agreements with adidas. The

joint partnership between Texas A&M and

adidas extends through the 2014 season.

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BIG 12 MEN’S TENNIS

By THE NUMBERS

The number of Big 12 men’s tennis teams represented in the 2008 NCaa Champion-

ship field of 64.

The number of NCaa trophies that have been

hoisted by Big 12 member schools over the last four

seasons including a men’s tennis national

championship in 2004.

The Big 12 had five men’s squads represented in the preseason Intercollegiate

Tennis association Top 25 Poll which

included the aggies.

The number of academic honorees in the 13-year

history of the league.

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Coach Denton and Coach McKinley believe in play-

ing the toughest schedule possible. In the 2009

schedule, 19 of the 21 dual matches that A&M will

play are against top-ranked opponents. Seventeen

of those 21 teams advanced to postseason play

including seven that reached the round of

16 and four to the quarterfinals or better.

While most coaches would think of that as

crazy, the coaching staff believes that play-

ing that level of competition in every match

will make A&M players better. For those

players who want to play professional ten-

nis, it will give them that extra edge in de-

velopment. Texas A&M also belongs to one

of the premier tennis conferences in the na-

tion as a member of the Big 12 Conference.

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From world-class research, residential and recreational facilities to a broad range of academic and extracurricular pro-

grams, Texas A&M University offers myriad opportunities for intellectual and personal development in an environment

that fosters achievement at the highest level. Texas A&M is ranked first in the nation by The Washington Monthly and

third by U.S. World News & World Report in best values among public universities. A degree from A&M also carries a

great deal of weight when applying for a job after college and the university ranks among the top 10 with the highest

enrollment of National Merit Scholars. In addition, the Bryan-College Station area is located in the “heart” of Central

Texas and only 100 miles from Houston and Austin and 160 miles from Dallas and San Antonio. It is within four hours

driving time of more than 14 million people and is one of the safest, most family-friendly places in all of Texas.

From world-class research, residential and recreational facilities to a broad range of academic and extracurricular pro-

grams, Texas A&M University offers myriad opportunities for intellectual and personal development in an environment

that fosters achievement at the highest level. Texas A&M is ranked first in the nation by The Washington Monthly and

third by U.S. World News & World Report in best values among public universities. A degree from A&M also carries a

great deal of weight when applying for a job after college and the university ranks among the top 10 with the highest

enrollment of National Merit Scholars. In addition, the Bryan-College Station area is located in the “heart” of Central

Texas and only 100 miles from Houston and Austin and 160 miles from Dallas and San Antonio. It is within four hours

driving time of more than 14 million people and is one of the safest, most family-friendly places in all of Texas.

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t h e A g g i e n e t W o r KEvery student has to worry about finding a job after college.

Most people would agree that A&M has the strongest hiring

network in America. Aggies want to hire Aggies, and this fact

alone makes your future so much more secure.

“My Aggie experience taught

me a sense of pride and loyalty

which are two of the biggest

tools you can carry into whatever

you choose to do in life. There’s

no other place where you can be

a part of such a rich athletic and reputable academic tradition as Texas A&M University.”— Four-Time all-american and a&M Hall of Famer Shuon Madden (Class of ’01)

A & m r A n K s #1Smart Money magazine ranked Texas A&M # 1

in its updated list of national rankings for

“payback ratio”— the earning levels of an

institution’s graduates compared to what they

paid in tuition, fees and related costs for their

undergraduate educations.

The Aggie 30-Loves are a support group whose pri-

mary goal is to support Texas A&M Men’s Tennis.

The 30-Loves work mainly in the spring semes-

ter, but are picked through an interview pro-

cess in early September of each year. They

are required to work at all home tennis

matches and to help promote the

men’s tennis team throughout

the year. The 30-Loves assist

the coaches in a variety

of ways, but game

day is their most

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Officers: Jennifer Murphy (President), Megan

Reinert (Vice President), Taylor Dolim (Treasurer),

Katrina Peterson (Secretary), Rebecca Pappas

(Publicity Chair), Claire Reichert (Fundraising

Chair), Ashley Gomez (Social Chair) and

Katherine Whitten (Game Day Chair).

Members: JoAnna Andrews, Amanda Bernhard, Jessica Brothers, Emily Cendrowski, Kathleen Cooke, Kate Cooper, Heather

DeWinne, Sarah Griggs, Angeline Holub, Tracey Jones, Lizzie McCarter, Selyna Nunez, Amber Scott and Nichole Williams.

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The Springer

Family

S Ta D I U M C L U B M E M B E R S

Joseph & Barbara ArmonMichael BeckendorfJ. Earl BeckmanDavid & Mary Lou BehneDavid BilboWayne BorgersDonna BraggRussell BrandesBrad BrelsfordBriaud Financial PlanningJohn BrienOwen Brocksmith

Michael BrownJoe E. & Kay BruntKevin CokinosGloria H. CrenshawDwight EdwardsLuAnn ErvinBill Ewing, Jr.J. Brandon GainesDetlef HallermannHarrison Family EndowmentKarl HermannDeborah D. Honthumb

Patricia HooverJohn JacksonCarl F. JaedickeOrville E. JohnsonKatherine KellyDavid KentJim & Barbara KirklandWarren P. “Pat” & Patricia J. KirkseyBobby KleineckeTom & Diane LestinaNeeley Lewis

as of January 26, 2009

Edwin & Janie LilleyTommie & Carolyn LohmanRick MasonE.P McMullanJohn & Peg MichaelsJ. Steven MooreJohn MoroneyJeryl MumpowerJohn & Anna NallonToni NowlinE. J. OgdenMary B. Oxley

Julie PollockElizabeth PoolW. A. Prewitt IIIHenry RemschelGregory & Sharon RichmondW.T. RiedelDoug & Cindy RoeslerJoe L. RogersJulian L. RogersJason SchickedanzDon SeamanRoger Smith

Terry & Karen SmithPhil & Dee SpringerDavid StellyM.A. SterlingRobert & Betty ThompsonPhil & Sandi TrapaniKatherine F. TurnbullEric & Amanda von RosenbergJoAnn WalkerBob WattenbargerMark WhiteCharles Wilding

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The Lindsey FamilyThe Mattei Family

T H E H E a R T a N D

S O U L O F

A g g i e t e n n i s

texas A&M has numerous supporters who have stepped up to be a part of the team and help the tennis program

grow over the years. Fans and supporters are crucial to the success of the program. Together, the players,

administration, fans and coaches have put their heart and soul into the success of tennis.

“The 2007-08 season was a tremendous year for

Texas A&M Athletics. I’m extremely proud of the way

our teams competed in the Big 12 and nationally.

We enjoyed our success but we are far from satisfied.

We will continue to work diligently to climb higher

in the standings and to achieve our ultimate

goal of winning national championships.” — texas A&M Director of athletics Bill Byrne

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BILL ByRNELEaDERSHIP

By THE NUMBERS

Texas a&M’s finish in the 2007-08U.S. Sports academy Directors’ Cup,the highest finish in school history.

a school-record number of Big 12 Conference titles won by a&M in the 2007-08 season. The aggies

lead the league in championshipsnow in back-to-back years.

The number of Big 12 ConferenceChampionships won by a&M

in 2006-07, the previous record.

The aggies’ final point total in the State Farm Lone Star Showdown

trophy race with archrival Texas in 2007-08. It marked a&M’s first-ever

overall victory in the four-yearhistory of the rivalry series.

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Men’s Tennis DebuTs aT no. 18 in The naTion LeaDinginTo The 2009 season

A&M begins on its quest toward its 16th con-

secutive NCAA Tourna-ment appearance with the goal of returning home to the 2009 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Tennis Champi-onships to be held on May 14-25 in College Station. The Aggies boast one of the top lineups in all of col-lege tennis with returning senior All-American and two-time All-Big 12 Confer-ence standout Conor Pol-lock (San Antonio, Texas), sophomore Wil Spencer (Ponce de Leon, Fla.) and sophomore All-American and 2008 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Austin Krajicek (Brandon, Fla.).

All three American-born players turned in solid fall tournament play which saw the Aggies reach the prestigious ITA National Indoors with Wilson/ITA South Central Region singles champion Pollock and regional doubles champions Krajicek and Pollock. Spencer is ranked a career-best preseason No. 8 nation-ally in singles beating six nationally-ranked op-ponents in the fall, while Pollock is ranked No. 12 and Krajicek No. 46. A&M is one of only two teams to have two or more players ranked in the top 15 nationally in singles next to top-ranked Ohio State. In addition, Spencer is one of two underclassmen ranked in the top 10 along with fifth-ranked Olek-sandr Nedovyesov of Oklahoma State. Krajicek and Pollock, coming off A&M’s first-ever NCAA Doubles Championship semifinals appearance in 2008, are ranked No. 34 in the country in doubles.

A&M’s veterans are joined by a returning cast that includes junior Marcus Lunt (San Anto-nio, Texas), who rejoins the team after a two-year Mormon mission in Utah, and sophomore Kayvon Karimi (Dallas, Texas). The talented crop of new-comers bringing extra depth to the squad are sophomore Patrick Dean (Dallas, Texas), freshman Colin Hoover (Victoria, Texas) and freshman Aus-tin Klores (Franklin, Texas) as well as sophomore Calon Alpar (Austin, Texas), a transfer from Illinois, and freshmen Alexey Grigorov (Moscow, Rus-sia) and Alexis Klegou (Dunkerque, France), who joined the team in January.

“This year, we have a lot of newcomers to our team, so I am hopeful that they are going to

improve a great deal throughout the season,” Texas A&M head coach Steve Denton said. “They are very talented, young players. If they can play to the level that they are capable of, they will make us a really good team. We had seven to eight days of preseason training with favorable weather here in College Station. Our two-a-day practices gave us time to work on a lot of things on the court and to build our team chemistry. Our preseason prepara-tion has been the best it has ever been over the last three years since Coach (Bob) McKinley and I have been here. We are excited to get the season underway.”

Spencer compiled a team-best 11-3 record in fall tournament play after defeating six ranked op-

ponents including No. 7-ranked Dimitar Kutrovsky of rival Texas in the round of 16 of the Wilson/ITA South Central Region Championships, No. 18 Dominic Inglot of Virginia in the round of 64 of the main draw at the ITA All-American Championships on Oct. 9 and No. 30 Ed Corrie of Texas in the round of 64 at the Baylor Intercollegiate on Sept. 26.

Meanwhile, Pollock won the Wilson/ITA South Central Region Championship title in singles en route to his second-consecutive appearance at the prestigious ITA National Indoors. He posted an 11-4 mark against fall tournament competition including seven victories over ranked opponents.

Pollock and Krajicek captured the Wilson/ITA South Central Region Championship doubles title and put together an 8-4 record as the Aggies’ top doubles combination in the fall. Last season, the duo earned ITA All-America status by reach-ing the semifinals of the 2008 NCAA Doubles Championship to become the first Aggies to do so in school history.

2 0 0 9 T e x a s a & M s e a s o n p r e v i e w

iTa Men’s TeaM nCaa Division i ranKings

1. Ohio State 2. Texas 3. Georgia 4. UCLA 5. Virginia 6. USC 7. Baylor 8. Tennessee 9. Mississippi 10. Florida 11. Florida State 12. Stanford 13. Tulsa 14. Pepperdine 15. Illinois 16. Michigan 17. Miami (Fla.) 18. Texas a&M 19. LSU 20. North Carolina 21. Texas Tech 22. Oklahoma State 23. Alabama 24. Rice 25. Cal

aggies by heighT 6-2 ...... Marcus Lunt

Alexis Klegou

6-1 ...... Calon Alpar Austin Krajicek Alexey Grigorov

6-0 ...... Conor Pollock Kayvon Karimi

5-11 ...... Wil Spencer Austin Klores

5-10 ...... Patrick Dean Colin Hoover

aggies by CLassSeniors ..................... 1

Conor Pollock

Juniors ..................... 1Marcus Lunt

Sophomores ............ 5Calon AlparPatrick DeanKayvon KarimiAustin KrajicekWil Spencer

Freshmen ................. 4Alexey GrigorovColin HooverAlexis KlegouAustin Klores

aggies by LoCaTion

TexasCalon Alpar .............. AustinPatrick Dean ............ DallasColin Hoover............ VictoriaKayvon Karimi ......... DallasAustin Klores ........... FranklinMarcus Lunt ............ San AntonioConor Pollock .......... San Antonio

FloridaAustin Krajicek ......... BrandonWil Spencer ............. Ponce de Leon

RussiaAlexey Grigorov ....... Moscow

FranceAlexis Klegou ........... Dunkerque

The 2009 Texas a&M Men’s Tennis rosTername height year-exp. hometown (high school/previous school)

Calon Alpar 6-1 So - TR Austin, Texas (Westlake HS / Illinois)Patrick Dean 5-10 So - HS Dallas, Texas (MacArthur HS)Alexey Grigorov 6-1 Fr - HS Moscow, Russia (A.M. Gorky)Colin Hoover 5-10 Fr - HS Victoria, Texas (Memorial HS)Kayvon Karimi 6-0 So - 1L Dallas, Texas (Texas Tech University HS)Alexis Klegou 6-2 Fr - HS Dunkerque, FranceAustin Klores 5-11 Fr - HS Franklin, Texas (Franklin HS)Austin Krajicek 6-1 So - 1L Brandon, Fla. (Laurel Springs School)Marcus Lunt 6-2 Jr - 1L San Antonio, Texas (Marshall HS)Conor Pollock 6-0 Sr - 3L San Antonio, Texas (MacArthur HS)Wil Spencer 5-11 So - 1L Ponce de Leon, Fla. (Florida Virtual School)

sTaFFhead Coach: Steve Denton (Texas ’79 and Texas A&M- Corpus Christi ‘98)

assistant Coach: Bob McKinley (Trinity ’72)

Director of Operations: Kevin O’Shea (St. Edward’s 96)

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on FaLL TournaMenT pLay“I was pleased overall with our performance. We had some really good individual performances with Conor Pollock winning the ITA regional tournament held in College Station and representing us at the Na-tional Indoor Championships for the second-straight year. Wil Spencer also had a very good regional. He beat the No. 1 seed in the tournament from Texas as well as the seventh-ranked player in the country to advance to the semifinals where he faced Conor. We had three players in the quarterfinals—more than any other team in the region. Conor and Austin Krajicek won the doubles title at the regional tourna-ment and moved on to the National Indoors.”

on pLaying hosT To The 2009 nCaa ChaMpionships“It’s great to have it here at home in Aggieland and have the 12th Man behind us. It’s also an op-portunity for our players. I thought the (Wilson/ITA South Central) regional tournament was a preview of the NCAA Championships. Our play in the regional bodes well for the future. But, the NCAA Champion-ships are a long ways away. Getting to play at home, sleeping in our own beds, being comfortable with the courts and having our fans behind us is a huge advantage. Now, it’s our responsibility to see if we can get as many of our players to qualify for the postseason. The way the singles rankings are set up right now, to guarantee us a spot, we probably need to have players ranked in the top 40 in the country. Conor Pollock and Wil Spencer are where they need to be, and hopefully, we can get Austin Krajicek and maybe some of our other players in the rankings.”

on The iMporTanCe oF The 12Th Man“For the last 10 years, A&M has been among the na-tional leaders in attendance. Our fans have a huge impact. The guys play well in front of a large crowd. It’s kind of a double-edged sword for our opponents. Our guys play well and I think visiting teams have some difficulty playing well, because they are not accustomed to playing in front of a lot of people. It’s a huge advantage for us to get to play at home. It’s really a home-court advantage and hopefully, we’ll be able to take advantage of it this season.”

on The sCheDuLe“We probably have one of the most difficult sched-ules in the country, if not the most difficult. In March, we’ll host Illinois, Ohio State, USC and LSU. All of those teams are among the best teams in the nation. Within the Big 12 Conference, we will see at least four top 20 teams in Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech and Oklahoma State. We’re in one of the toughest regions in the country. We made our schedule as difficult as possible. For example, we deliberately selected Florida for our indoor regional site, be-cause we wanted to play top teams that normally aren’t on our schedule. They are going to be a top 10-type team this season. We made a decision that if our players want to develop their skills to play professional tennis, they need to play the toughest schedule possible. We want them to be challenged in every match that we play. We will likely play six-or-seven teams out of the top 10 and 14 out of the top

20, and virtually all of our opponents will be ranked in the top 40 or so. We really have a challenging schedule. Hopefully, it will get us ready for the Big 12 Championship and the NCAA Tournament in April and May.”

on TeaM CheMisTry“Coach McKinley and I have been here three years, and this is the best chemistry we’ve had with our team. They are getting acclimated to us and we are getting acclimated to them. Right now, we are getting our kind of players in recruiting. The chem-istry has been really good and the guys have really stepped up. They like each other and they fight for each other. From that standpoint, it’s a great im-provement this year. As a result of that, there’s a lot of confidence in the success that this team can have in the spring season. I feel this will be our best season by far.”

on CoaChing in aggieLanD“It’s been great. It’s been a dream to come here and lead the Aggie Tennis team. I have a great group of support people in Coach McKinley and Kevin O’Shea. Monty Gibson does an unbelievable job with our strength and conditioning. The whole administration is so supportive here and it’s really a fantastic atmo-sphere for success. There is no excuse to not have a great team here, because everything is put in place for you to be successful. It’s just a lot of hard work going out and getting the right players and then de-veloping them, so they can play at the level where we can compete at the highest level nationally.”

on his FonDesT MeMory Of the 2007-08 SeaSOn“The fondest memory was Austin and Conor receiv-ing All-America honors and advancing to the semifi-nals of the NCAA Championships in doubles, further than any other A&M duo in history. They knocked off the No. 1 team in the country along the way. I would say that was probably the highlight, because it was so rewarding to see two individuals really coming to-gether to play great. Just to know that we have three or four guys really playing at that high level right now is really helping us in our recruiting and our reputa-tion around the country and the world with our abil-ity to develop young players. It’s spring-boarding us to have some success here in the near future.”

on The season ouTLooK“We’re really looking forward to this season. We think that we have a really good group of players. We’re still very young, which is good, because that means there’s still a lot of developing to continue to be done. They are going to get better as time goes on and the good news is these guys are all really seri-ous about their tennis and working at it and taking a professional approach. That is what we have tried to stress since we’ve been here in Aggieland. Several of them told us they want to play professional tennis and we feel like we’re giving them that opportunity to be able to do that. As a result of their profession-alism, they are going to be really great college tennis players and we’re going to have really good teams because of it.”

a C o n v e r s aT i o n w i T h C o a C h D e n T o n

C o N o RP o L L o C k

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C A L o NA L PA R

6-1 • So-tRAustin, Texas

(Westlake HS / Illinois)

PAt R I C k D E A N

5-10 • So-hSDallas, Texas

(MacArthur HS)

A L E x E Y G R I G o R o v

6-1 • fr-hSMoscow, Russia

(A.M. Gorky)

C o L I Nh o o v E R

5-10 • fr-hSVictoria, Texas(Memorial HS)

k AY v o Nk A R I M I

6-0 • So-1LDallas, Texas

(Texas Tech University HS)

A L E x I Sk L E G o u6-2 • fr-hS

Dunkerque, France(Lycee Jean-Bar)

A u S t I Nk L o R E S

5-11 • fr-hSFranklin, Texas(Franklin HS)

A u S t I Nk R A j I C E k6-1 • So-1LBrandon, Fla.

(Laurel Springs School)

M A R C u SL u N t

6-2 • Jr-1LSan Antonio, Texas

(Marshall HS)

C o N o RP o L L o C k6-0 • Sr-3L

San Antonio, Texas(MacArthur HS)

S t E v ED E N t o Nhead Coach Third year

Texas ’79

B o BM c k I N L E Yassistant Coach

Third yearTrinity ’72

k E v I No ’ S h E A

Director of Tennis OperationsThird year

St. Edward’s ’96

T h e 2 0 0 9 T e x a s a & M a g g i e s

W I LS P E N C E R5-11 • So-1L

Ponce de Leon, Fla.(Florida Virtual School)

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If tomorrow’s headline in the newspaper was going to be about

you, what would it say?

If you were on American Idol, what song would you sing?

If you could compete in any Olympic event other than tennis,

what would it be?

What makes you unique?

Who was your teen crush growing up?

What reality TV show would you love to be on?

Who is your favorite superhero and why?

Is there anything you cannot say “no” to?

The last thing I do before I go to bed at night is …

How do you like your eggs cooked?

Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

Have people ever said you looked like a celebrity, and if so, who?

12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT CALON ALPAR

Alpar Fights His Way Back To Victory!

Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice

short track speed skating

I’m extremely goofy

Elisha Cuthbert (a.k.a. The Girl Next Door)

American Gladiators

Spiderman because web-slinging has to be the coolest thing ever!

ice cream

stare at the ceiling

over easy

Rock Band

Timothy Olyphant

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“It’s always nice to see a Texas player get to come back home. Calon is a good left-handed player as well as a doubles player. He is going to contribute to our success in the future and we are really excited to have a quality player on our

team who grew up in the state. We had the opportu-nity to watch his progress as a junior and we are happy to have a guy of his caliber in Aggieland. He is a really high-character person and a true team player who is go-ing to do nothing but help this team get better.”

– Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton

Sophomore, 6-1, TRAustin, Texas (Westlake HS / Illinois)

ILLINOIS CAREER (2007-08)Posted a 3-5 record in fall tournament play for the Illini … His best performance was a 2-1 weekend at the FSU Seminole Fall Championships … Played against No. 102 Lukas Marsoun of Auburn … Top wins were a pair of straight-set victories over Wes-tin Wendt from Miami.

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERGraduated from Austin Westlake High School in 2007 … Coached by Jason Peters in juniors … Ranked in the top 40 nationally and was one of the top ju-niors in the state of Texas throughout his career … Won the bronze and silver ball at the national level in doubles … Two-time all-state selection in 2006 and 2007 … Battled to the Texas state doubles 5A championship title in 2007 … Led his team to a sec-ond-place finish in state as a senior … Two-time all-academic honors recipient.

PERSONALCalon Alpar … Son of Andrew Alpar and Sharon Jones … Born Nov. 12, 1988 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada … Has one younger brother, Max (18) … Pre-med major at Texas A&M … His career aspiration is to become the best person possible and help make a difference in someone’s life … Enjoys movies, mu-sic, sports, games and the Internet.

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ALPAR’S CAREER STATISTICS

Year Overall Dual Tourn. Conf. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6

2007-08 (Illinois) 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 — — — — — —

Totals 3-5 0-0 3-5 0-0 — — — — — —

Year Overall Dual Tourn. Conf. #1 #2 #3

2007-08 (Illinois) 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 — — —

Totals 0-1 0-0 0-1 0-0 — — —

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What is your favorite place to eat in College Station?


What inspires you?


What is your ringtone?

What movie do you know every line to?

What is your favorite shot or secret weapon on the court?

What is one new thing you would like to learn or do this year?

What is something that makes you cringe?

What would your perfect day consist of?

Name one place on Earth you’ve never been, but vow to visit at least once?

12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT PATRICK DEAN

Patrick Dean: From Stringer to Player

Freebirds for the Freebird burrito

Pros vs. Joes

strong work ethics

watching the Cowboys, Mavericks or Aggie sports on television or live

Can’t Touch This by MC Hammer

Billy Madison “Lady, You’re Scaring Us!”

my serve

go skydiving

Watching people eat nasty things on reality shows

working out, round of golf, chilling by the pool, good food

Dubai

PatrickDean

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Patrick Dean

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DEAN’S FALL 2008 SINGLES RESULTS (1-7) L Geoff Hernandez (Portland) .......................... 6-4,6-3 W Austin Francis (Air Force) ............................. 7-5, 6-4 L Eric Olson (TCU) ....................................7-6(2-0), 6-3 L Trent Hagan (Marquette) ............................. 6-2, 6-0 L Mario Janjic (Lamar) ..................................... 6-2, 6-2 L Chong Wang (Rice) ................................ 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 L Daniel Moreiras (UTSA) ................................ 6-3, 6-2 L Nick Arnold (St. Edward’s) ............................ 6-2, 6-4

“Last season, Patrick did a great job as our team manager. He impressed our coaching staff and players so much that we decided to give him a spot on our roster. A native of Dallas who was a top junior in the state of Texas, Patrick has tremendous racket skills and is a natural ball striker. While this is a step-up from juniors, we look for him to rise-up to this level of competition.”


Sophomore, 5-10, HS Dallas, Texas (MacArthur HS)

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERA 2006 graduate of MacArthur High School … One of the top junior players in the state of Texas ranked as high as No. 33 in 18’s...Honored on The Dallas Morning News All-Area Boys Tennis Second Team in 2004 … Compiled an undefeated 27-0 record in singles and 27-0 record in doubles during his high school career in district play … Three-time Class 5A Region I tournament quarterfinalist … Also a Class 5A Region I finalist as a senior … USTA Super Champ … Graduated in the top 10 of his senior class.

PERSONALPatrick Thomas Dean … Son of Glenn and Mary Dean … Born August 28, 1987 in Irving, Texas … Has one brother, Chris (23) … Father, Glenn, was a walk-on wide receiver for the A&M football team under former head coach Emory Bellard and a member of the 1975 Tri-SWC Championship squad that played USC in the Liberty Bowl … Biochemistry major at Texas A&M … Enjoys watching all sports and play-ing golf and basketball … Plans to attend medical school after graduation … Served as team manager for the Aggies during the 2007-08 season.




what would it be?

Who was your teenage crush growing up?





What’s your ringtone?



What video game character is most like you?

12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT

A L E x E Y GRIGOROV

Your Body Is A Wonderland by John Mayer

Goa, India

basketball

Eva Mendez

American Idol

I really like the chicken at Quiznos.

brush my teeth

scrambled

Pop My Trunk by Wine-O

American Gangster

my drop shot

Dwayne Wade in NBA Live

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Alexey Grigorov “Alexey has a great international

pedigree. He was a top five world ju-nior and has a lot of experience at the highest level of competition. He knows how to play points well, knows how to compete and is going to make our team so much better in both singles and doubles. He has a different style of game which gives us a lot of variation on our team. We will have some guys that are attackers and some that are defenders. He is really going to help us in that regard, because he allows us to have some flexibility in how he plays and how he can vary his style. Alexey is a real savvy tennis player and is going to be a major contributor to the success of this program during his time in Aggieland.”


Freshman, 6-1, HS Moscow, Russia (A.M. Gorky)

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERTrained at the Roddick Total Tennis Academy in San Antonio, Texas … Coached by Myron Grunberg … Ranked as high as No. 5 in the world in the ITF juniors rankings … Partnered with American Ryan Noble to reach the boys’ doubles finals at the USTA International Spring Championships in 2008 … The duo also captured the doubles title on the USTA ITF Junior Circuit held in Lexington County in 2007 … Reached the round of 32 in the singles draw of the junior championships at Wimbledon in 2008.

PERSONALAlexey Grigorov … Son of Evgeny Grigorov and Larisa Grigorova … Born Feb. 2, 1990 in Voronezh, Russia … Goes by the nickname Griggi … Started playing tennis at the age of 6 … Undeclared major at Texas A&M … Enjoys basketball and watching American football.

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What makes you unique from everyone else?



If you could go see a concert, what three performers would be in it?







What would the message of your ideal fortune cookie be?


C O L I N HOOVER

I’ll Be by Edwin McCain

my ability to get along with just about anyone

Jessica Biel

Fear Factor

Killswitch Engage, Incubus, Craig Morgan

snow, bonfire, hot cocoa, tobogganing

a free Coca-Cola

10 Things I Hate About You “Sweet Love Renew Thy Force.”

to be able to play expert in Guitar Hero

New York

my back hand and my angles

“Work Like No Other, So You Can Live Like No Other.”

ColinHoover

Colin Hoover

“Colin is a very tenacious young man with a passion for the game. We look for him to be a very solid contributor to our team over the next few years. A Victoria native who took a year off to compete in pro tournaments as an amateur, he will improve a great deal af-

ter playing this level of competition on a daily basis. We know he will relish the challenge of competing for a spot in the Aggie lineup.”


Freshman, 5-10, HS Victoria, Texas (Memorial HS)

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERA 2007 graduate of Memorial High School … Rated as the No. 83 overall prospect in the class of 2007 by the Tennis Recruiting Network … One of the top juniors in the state of Texas ranked as high as No. 10 … Finished sixth in the state of Texas and finished No. 1 in the men’s open … UIL state 5A boys ten-nis tournament champion as a senior … Became the first Viper player to win a state tennis title in boy’s singles … Selected as All-District 27-5A team tennis MVP as a junior … Graduated in the top 10 percent of his class … Named Athlete of the Year at Memo-rial High School … Competed on the USTA Futures Pro Circuit as an amateur for a year prior to enroll-ing at A&M.

PERSONALColin Lee Hoover … Son of Steven and Laurie Hoover … Born August 8, 1988 in Midland, Texas … Father, Steven, played collegiate tennis … Has two sisters … Looking to major in business or sport manage-ment at Texas A&M … Enjoys playing ping pong in his spare time.

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HOOVER’S FALL 2008 SINGLES RESULTS (8-7) W David Subirats (UT Arlington) ....................... 6-0, 6-1 W Alex Panayides (TCU) ..................................... 6-0,7-5 L Yanick Mandl (Louisiana-Lafayette) ..6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 W Pat Metham (Arizona) .................................. 6-2, 6-4 W Jaime Pulger (North Carolina State) ...... 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 L Jordi Ballester (Jacksonville) ......................... 7-5, 6-1 L Luke Hawk (Abilene Christian) ....6-3, 6-7, 1-0 (10-8) L Blane Shields (Boise State) ........................... 6-3, 7-6 W Alex Panayides (TCU) ............................. 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 L Jonah Kane-West (Texas) .............................. 7-6, 6-4 L Gonzalo Escobar (Texas Tech) ....................... 6-1, 6-0 W Devin Harley (Lamar) ................................... 6-0, 6-0 W Sho Higuchi (Oregon) ................................... 6-4, 5-1 W Drake Kakar (Marquette) .............................. 6-0, 6-1 L Mindaugas Celedinas (UT Arlington) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (6)

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what would it be?





What is your ringtone?


When was the last time you had butterflies in your stomach?





K AY V O N K A R I M I

Don’t Stop Believing by Journey

swimming

Carmen Electra

Deal or No Deal

Texas Roadhouse for the prime rib

scrambled with cheese

Viva La Vida by Coldplay

Superbad “I am McLovin!”

riding the Titan at Six Flags Over Texas

China

my forehand

hanging out by the pool watching a Dallas Cowboys game

KayvonKarimi

Kay von Karimi “After being put in a difficult situation

last season, we look for Kayvon to re-bound with a much-improved effort and the determination to be a major contrib-utor to the success of our team. Kayvon is a big athlete with a huge game that can dominate a match when he is on. We just need to make sure that we push the right buttons for him and get him on the right track this season.”


Sophomore, 6-0, 1L Dallas, Texas (Texas Tech University HS)

FRESHMAN (2007-08)Posted an 7-17 overall record in singles … Went 2-11 in dual matches and 2-4 against Big 12 competition at the No. 6 line … Clinched the Nebraska match for A&M winning two tiebreakers in a straight-set vic-tory over Karl Jones … Compiled a 2-6 overall record in doubles … Teamed up with Jerry Makowski (1-1), Matt Bain (1-3), Mike Beatty (0-1) and Brad Williams (0-1) … Made his collegiate debut at the HEB Baylor Intercollegiate in the fall.

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERA top 30 recruit for the Aggies who was ranked No. 2 nationally in 12’s, No. 9 nationally in 14’s and in the top 30 nationally in 16’s and 18’s … Two-time Copper Bowl winner … Placed sixth at the National Clay Court Championships, fourth at the Winter Na-tionals and fifth at the Easter Bowl during his junior tennis career.

PERSONALKayvon T. Karimi … Son of Kue and Haideh Karimi … Born Sept. 7, 1988 in Beverly Hills, Calif … Has one younger sister Karen (17) … General studies major at Texas A&M … Enjoys playing basketball in his spare time.

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KARIMI’S 2007-08 SINGLES RESULTS (7-17) W Andrew Meister (California Baptist) ............. 6-1, 6-2 W Andres Medina (Lamar) ............................... 6-1, 6-4 L Hubert Chodkiewicz (Texas) ......................... 6-4, 6-3 W Ryan Hamning (Cleveland State) ............. 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 L Robin Fernandes (UTSA) .............................. 6-1, 6-2 L (#110) Matt Brown (Baylor) .......................... 6-3, 6-2 W Jon Wiegand (Texas) .............................. 1-6, 6-1, 1-0 W Arlen Domoney (Louisiana-Lafayette) ... 6-0, 6-7, 1-0 L Ilya Babinciuc (Texas Tech) .................... 5-7, 6-3, 1-0 L (#73) Olivier Sajous (Florida Atlantic) .... 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 L Francisco Gallardo (Oregon) ........................ 6-3, 6-1 L Alex Stone (Duke) .................................. 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 #6 L Brad Mixson (Florida State) .......................... 6-1, 6-0 #6 L Santiago Gruter (Indiana) ............................. 6-3, 7-5 #6 L Alex Moreno (Pepperdine) ...................... 7-5, 7-6 (6) #6 L Alejandro Calligari (Louisville) ...................... 6-2, 6-2 #6 L Michael Breler (Texas Tech) ................... 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 #6 L Mark Kepler (Oklahoma State) ..................... 7-5, 6-3 #6 L Jordan Rux (Baylor) ...................................... 6-2, 6-1 #6 L Dennis Polyakov (Rice) .......................... 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 #6 W Karl Jones (Nebraska) .........................7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) #6 L Josh Zavala (Texas) ....................................... 6-3, 6-2 #6 W Michael Breler (Texas Tech) .......................... 6-4, 6-4 #6 L Josh Zavala (Texas) ....................................... 6-4, 6-3 #6

KARIMI’S CAREER STATISTICS


2007-08 7-17 2-11 5-6 2-4 — — — — — 2-11

Totals 7-17 2-11 5-6 2-4 — — — — — 2-11


2007-08 2-6 1-4 1-2 — — — 1-4

Totals 2-6 1-4 1-2 — — — 1-4

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“It means a lot to be an Aggie. You will not find another college campus in the country as close-knit and spirited as Aggieland. Aggies bleed Maroon and stick together.”

– Sophomore Kayvon Karimi

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If you were on American Idol, what type of song would you sing?

What is your favorite form of communication?


what would it be?

Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?

What famous person in history do you most admire?


What is your favorite season?

What are some of your personal goals for the season?

What is your favorite day of the week?

What is your favorite shot and secret weapon on the court?

Which of the five senses is most important to you?


ALExIS KLEGOU

Klegou Wins His First Pro Tournament

rap

phone calls

soccer

in front

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Jason’s Deli

summer

to play my best in every match

Sunday

my serve

Vision is the most important because there is so much to see in this world.

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Alexis Klegou

“Alexis is very talented. He has a very good serve and is very aggressive. It will take him some time to get acclimated to college tennis and team tennis, because it is not something that he has done in the past. He will be a very good player for us, because he has had a lot of

great wins as a junior. Alexis is go-ing to be a very exciting player to watch in both singles and doubles at Texas A&M over the next couple of years.”


Freshman, 6-2, HS Dunkerque, France

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERAttended CNED Rehnes and Lycee Jean-Bar … Ranked as high as No. 327 in the world in the ITF juniors rankings … Captured the boys’ singles title at the Tarkett Junior Open in Belgium and the Clermont-Ferrand Junior Tournament in France in 2006 … Also competed in boxing and track and field.

PERSONALAlexis Klegou … Son of Fidespoir Klegou and Offle Nadine … Born Jan. 25, 1989 in Dunkerque, France … Goes by the nickname Gou … Has one older brother … Undeclared major at Texas A&M … Enjoys soccer and his career aspiration is to the play on the ATP Pro Circuit.

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Name one place on Earth you’ve never been, but vow

to visit at least once?

What did you dream you’d be when you were growing up?


What is your favorite shot and secret weapon on the court?

Where and what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?


AUSTIN KLORES

George Strait, Dierks Bentley, Aaron Watson

tennis, fishing, relaxing

C&J Barbeque for the jalapeño cheese sausage

Major Payne – “You ever heard the story about The Little Engine that Could? Let me tell you about that story.”

sweet tea

Lance Armstrong

walking on the A&M campus for the first day of class

London

either a pro baseball player or bull rider

“Everything you are doing now, will pay off In your future.”

my forehand

relaxing at my own ranch

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Austin Klores

“Austin is coming off a very solid summer of success at the Futures level. It showed us what this homegrown talent from Franklin is capa-ble of accomplishing. He is a very good athlete with a tremendous upside. We are looking for-ward to seeing this very versatile singles and doubles player compete for a spot in the lineup as a freshman.”

– Texas A&M Head Coach Steve DentonFreshman, 5-11, HS Franklin, Texas (Franklin HS)

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERA 2008 graduate of Franklin High School … One of the top players in the state and a local standout … Rated as the No. 42 overall prospect in the class of 2008 by the Tennis Recruiting Network … Four-time state 2A singles champion … Was ranked as high as No. 1 in the USTA Boys 18’s … Member of the USTA Texas Section Junior Davis Cup Team coached by A&M head coach Steve Denton … Also lettered in baseball … Art Foust Sportsmanship Winner … Member of the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society … Honor Roll student.

PERSONALAustin Seth Klores … Son of Norman and Karen Klores … Born September 18, 1989 in College Sta-tion, Texas … Has a twin sister, Ashley (18) … Moth-er, Karen, played college tennis at Sam Houston State … Grandfather, Bernard Box, was a member of the A&M Rodeo Team … General studies major at Texas A&M … Enjoys fishing, hunting and riding four-wheelers … Would like to play professional tennis and own a ranch in the future … The second-ever player out of Franklin High School to sign with the Aggies next to former A&M player Scott Phillips (1990-93) who still ranks among the top 10 players in school history in career singles victories.

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KLORES’ FALL 2008 SINGLES RESULTS (6-6) L Matt Hogan (Arkansas) ................................... 6-1, 6-3 W Nathan Byrnes (Oklahoma State) .............6-0, Retired L Zach Nichols (TCU) .......................................... 6-3, 6-4 W Ty Schaub (Ohio State) ................................... 6-2, 6-2 L Derek Stephens (North Carolina State) ... 2-6, 7-5, 6-2 W Nathan Robinson (Tyler Junior College) ......... 6-1, 6-3 W Dmitry Novikov (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi) .. 6-4, 7-5 W David Gonzalez (Texas Tech) ........................... 6-3, 6-2 L Ruan Roelofse (Illinois) ................................... 6-2, 6-2 W Tobias Flood (SMU) ........................................ 6-0, 6-2 L (#61) Piotr Banas (Louisiana-Lafayette) .......... 6-4, 6-0 L David Gonzalez (Texas Tech) ........................... 7-5, 6-4



what would it be?












AUSTIN KRA JICEK

Mrs. Officer by Lil’ Wayne

basketball

Freebirds for the monster burrito

model Marisa Miller

I hate spiders.

50 Cent, Lil’ Wayne, George Strait

I don’t think so, but maybe Brad Pitt (LOL)

Anchorman

before I played my match at the U.S. Open

Hawai’i

my serve and my ability to stay mentally strong in tough situations

sleep, working out, golf, tennis, beach

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Austin Krajicek

“Austin had an outstanding freshman season for the Aggies both in singles and doubles. This talented lefty has shown through hard work and a professional attitude, that the sky’s the limit. As an All-American as a freshman and a national juniors champion, we look for Austin to do great things again this year.”


Sophomore, 6-1, 1L Brandon, Fla. (Laurel Springs School)

FRESHMAN (2007-08)Joined the Aggies in January 2008 … Honored as co-Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year and co-Big 12 Newcomer of the Year at the age of 17 … Named All-Big 12 in singles and doubles … Posted a team-leading 16-7 singles record in dual matches playing mainly at No. 3 … Clinched the Boise State match for A&M … Went 4-2 against Big 12 competition … Posted the sec-ond-highest doubles record on the team with a 18-8 overall mark (.692) … Combined with teammate Conor Pollock to record an impressive 10-1 mark at No. 1 dou-bles … Earned All-America honors after he and Pollock reached the NCAA Doubles Championship semifinals for the first time in school history … The duo finished the season ranked No. 9 nationally … They became the first A&M doubles team to earn a berth in the 32-team NCAA doubles field since 2005 … Their biggest match victories of the season included upsets of top-ranked Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey of Virginia, 6-3, 6-4, in the NCAA Round of 16 on May 23 and sixth-ranked Ed Corrie and Kellen Damico of Texas, 8-4, on April 19 … Became only the third freshman in school history to be named all-conference in singles next to former All-Americans Jerry Makowski and Shuon Madden … Made his col-legiate debut against Clemson in the spring season opener on Jan. 25.

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERRated the seventh-highest rated player in the class of 2008 by the Tennis Recruiting Network … Played all four junior grand slams at the age of 16 …

Reached the finals of the U.S. Open doubles in 2006 … Reached the semifinals of the Australian Open doubles in 2006 … Member of the 2006 USTA Junior Davis Cup Team … Competed as an amateur and reached the semifinals of the USTA Futures Pro Tour-nament in Mansfield, Texas … Also made the quarter-finals in a Futures event in Mazatlan, Mexico … Was ranked in the top 5 nationally in every age division in the U.S. junior rankings … Held the No. 1 doubles rank-ing for an entire year … Ranked No. 1 in the state of Florida … Ranked as high as No. 32 in the world junior rankings … Also competed in singles and doubles at Wimbledon … A 2007 graduate of the Laurel Springs School.

PERSONALAustin Robert Krajicek … Son of Rob and Sherry Kra-jicek … Born June 16, 1990 in Tampa, Fla … Only child … Father played college basketball at Capital Universi-ty in Columbus, Ohio, and mother was a professional water skier … Is a distant relative of former Wimble-

don champion Richard Krajicek … Looking to major in sport management or communications at Texas A&M … Trained at the prestigious IMG/Bollettieri Tennis Academy … Enjoys playing golf, basketball and reading … Would like to play professional tennis in the future … Was the youngest player and lone col-legian to compete in the 2008 U.S. Open men’s singles main draw … Captured the USTA Boys 18’s National Championships title in Kalamazoo, Mich., to earn a wild-card entry into the 2008 U.S. Open … Selected by Patrick McEnroe to serve as a practice player for the 2008 U.S. Davis Cup Team in Madrid, Spain.

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Austin Krajicek KRAJICEK’S 2007-08 SINGLES RESULTS (7-17)

W Derek DiFrazio (Clemson) ............................. 6-3, 6-1 #5 W Piotr Dilaj (Boise State) ................................ 6-4, 6-0 #5 W Tobi Obenaus (Washington) ......................... 6-2, 6-2 #4 W Alberto Sottocorno (Tulsa) ........................... 6-4, 6-3 #4 W Colt Gaston (LSU) .................................. 2-6, 6-1, 6-4 #4 W Kiril Dimitrov (Duke) ..................................... 6-1, 6-3 #2 L Clint Bowles (Florida State) ..................... 7-6 (5), 6-3 #2 W Eidy Igarashi (Old Dominion) ........................ 6-4, 6-3 #2 L Emanu Brighiu (TCU) ............................. 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 #2 L (#73) Steve Forman (Wake Forest) ....6-7 (0), 6-4, 6-4 #2 W Phillip Eilers (Indiana) ................................... 6-3, 6-4 #3 L (#25) Bassam Beidas (Pepperdine) ............... 6-4, 6-2 #2 W Viktor Makscuk (Louisville) .......................... 6-4, 6-3 #3 W Lenoir Ramos (Texas Tech) ........................... 6-4, 6-4 #3 W Vlad Marinescu (Oklahoma) ........................ 6-2, 6-0 #3 W (#115) Dmytro Petrov (Oklahoma State) ...... 6-4, 6-4 #3 L (#104) David Galic (Baylor) ...............2-6, 7-5, 7-6 (7) #3 W Ralph Knupfer (Rice) ............................... 6-1, 7-6 (1) #3 W Hendrik Stahmer (Nebraska) ........................ 6-2, 6-0 #3 L Ed Corrie (Texas) ........................................... 6-4, 6-4 #2 W Lenoir Ramos (Texas Tech) ........................... 6-1, 7-5 #3 W Alex Skrypko (SMU) ...................................... 6-3, 6-0 #2 L (#9) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) ............................ 6-1, 6-3 #2

KRAJICEK’S CAREER STATISTICS


2007-08 16-7 16-7 — 4-2 — 3-6 8-1 3-0 2-0 —

Totals 16-7 16-7 — 4-2 — 3-6 8-1 3-0 2-0 —


2007-08 18-8 15-7 3-1 4-2 13-7 2-0 —

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“Just to have the experience of playing on that kind of stage is incredible for a young player like Austin. I did not get the opportunity to play in the U.S. Open until I was 22 or 23 years old. Austin is about four or five years ahead of schedule. It has given him a lot of confidence and makes him hungry to get better and come back to taste it again in the future.”

– Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton on Austin Krajicek earning a wild-card entry into the 2008 U.S. Open main draw in singles

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If you were to name the one thing you have the most compassion for,

what would it be?


what would it be?




What is one thing you never leave your house without?





What did you dream you’d be when you were growing up?


12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT MARCUS LUNT

my family

curling

Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Owen Wilson

Fredriko’s for the enchiladas

pray

goals

getting off the plane from my mission

Taco Cabana

Rachel McAdams

my forehand

a father

“You Will Have A Happy Life.”

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“Marcus is the X-Factor. After serving a Mormon mission for the past two years, he returns to Aggie-land with a very mature attitude that will contribute greatly to the success of our team. He is a very good athlete with proven doubles skills. As he eases back into competitive tennis, we know Marcus will give it everything he has to make a positive impact for the Aggies.” – Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton

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LUNT’S FALL 2008 SINGLES RESULTS (11-5) W Jason Lateko (UT Arlington) ......................... 6-2, 7-5 W Cody Hall (Air Force) .................................... 6-2, 6-0 L Arlen Domoney (Louisiana-Lafayette) ... 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 L Ivan Lopez (Loyola Marymount) .................. 6-3, 6-2 W Blane Shields (Boise State) ........................... 7-5, 6-3 L Michael Breler (Texas Tech) .......................... 6-3, 6-4 W Sam Garfoth-Bles (Rice) ...................4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (6) L (#46) Oliver Sajous (Texas) ........................... 6-4, 6-3 W Gonzalo Bienzobas (UT Arlington) ............... 7-5, 6-2 W Piotr Olecowski (Louisiana-Lafayette) .......... 6-2, 6-2 W Joe Hattrup (Texas Tech) ....................... 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 L Javier Pulgar-Garcia (Louisiana-Lafayette).... 6-2, 7-6 W Jon Wiegand (Texas) ..................................... 7-6, 6-3 W Marcos Verdasco (Oregon) .................... 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 W Andre Moreira (UTSA) ....................walkover (injury) L Ashwin Vijayaragavan (UT-Pan American) .... 6-3, 6-4

Junior, 6-2, 1L San Antonio, Texas (Marshall HS)

SOPHOMORE (2005-06)Went 3-0 in dual match play with victories at the No. 6 line against players from Wichita State, Abilene Christian and Prairie View A&M … Posted a 9-5 record at No. 2 and 3 doubles with partner Conor Pollock … Compiled a 15-8 overall doubles record teaming up with Matt Bain (3-0), Bryan Wooten (2-1), John Nal-lon (1-1) and Jerry Makowski (0-1) … Advanced to the semifinals in singles at the Rice Indoors … Reached the semifinals in singles and captured the doubles title with Matt Bain at the UTSA Invitational … Saw action at the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate, ITA South Central Regional and the Wells Fargo Hurri-cane Katrina Fundraiser Tournament.

TYLER JUNIOR COLLEGE CAREER (2004-05)Earned ITA All-America honors in singles and dou-bles at Tyler Junior College … Named ITA Junior Col-lege Rookie of the Year … Finished the year ranked as the top American singles player in the nation … Was No. 4 in the final ITA junior college singles rankings and was ranked as high as No. 3 during the season … Also finished No. 2 in the ITA junior college doubles rankings … Reached the finals in doubles and the semifinals in singles at the NJCAA Division I Men’s National Tennis Tournament … Compiled a 20-11 overall record in singles and a 22-15 overall record in doubles … Won the ITA/Fall Doubles Championship in the Southwest Region in the fall.

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LUNT’S CAREER STATISTICS


2005-06 11-6 3-0 8-6 — — — — — — 3-0

Totals 11-6 3-0 8-6 — — — — — — 3-0


2005-06 15-8 11-6 4-2 4-2 — 4-1 7-5

Totals 15-8 11-6 4-2 4-2 — 4-1 7-5

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HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERA 2004 graduate of Marshall High School in San Antonio, Texas … Texas UIL Class 5A State Champion putting together an undefeated 67-0 singles record as a senior … Named district MVP and 2004 Male Athlete of the Year.

PERSONALMarcus D. Lunt … Son of Ned and Judy Lunt … Born July 28, 1986 in San Antonio, Texas … Has four siblings, Ashley (23), Natalie (26), Aimee (28) and Scott (30) … Leadership major at Texas A&M … Returns to the team after serving a

two-year Mormon mission in Utah … His career aspiration is to become a dentist.

What do you want to know about the future?


what would it be?


What makes you unique?






Guitar Hero or Rock Band?




CONOR POLLOCK

nothing, I like uncertainty

track and field

Jennifer Love Hewitt

I can play the piano and was in the orchestra growing up.

Australia

Chipotle for the burrito (double meat and guacamole)

snakes

Everyday someone tells me I look like the guy from One Tree Hill (Chad Michael Murray),

even though I don’t see it!

definitely my drop volley (just ask Steve or Bob)

Guitar Hero

make the Sweet 16

going to the beach Conor

Pollock

“Conor has been the epitome of what a stu-dent-athlete here at Texas A&M is all about. He is an All-American who has done a great job of leading our men’s tennis team and is also a good

student majoring in finance in the Mays Busi- ness School. His work ethic, leadership and

attitude is an example for all of his team-mates to follow. Serving as team captain for the second year in a row, look for Conor to be one of the top players in col-lege tennis in singles and doubles during his senior campaign.”


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Conor PollockSenior, 6-0, 3L San Antonio, Texas (MacArthur HS)

CAREER NOTESTwo-time team captain and All-American … One of the nation’s top returning singles and doubles players … Has been ranked as high as No. 15 nationally in singles and No. 9 nationally in doubles … He and doubles part-ner Austin Krajicek became the first Aggies in school history to reach the NCAA Doubles semifinals in 2008 … A member of three consecutive NCAA Team Cham-pionship appearances by the Aggies … Two-time All-Big 12 Conference singles selection in 2007 and 2008 … Selected all-conference in doubles in 2008 … One of only 12 players in school history to garner All-Big 12 honors in singles since the league’s inception in 1997 … Has recorded 64 career singles victories in which 46 are wins in dual matches … Crowned Big 12 No. 2 singles champion as a sophomore … Has compiled 61 career doubles victories including 45 in dual matches … Needs four more dual wins to join the Career 50-Win Club in singles and is five shy of doing the same in doubles at A&M … Named Big 12 Freshman of the Year and ITA South Central Region Rookie of the Year during the 2005-06 campaign … Two-time Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection majoring in finance with an impressive 3.653 grade-point average in the Mays Business School at Texas A&M … One of the top Ameri-cans that entered the collegiate ranks … Was ranked as high as No. 1 in the USTA Boys 18’s in 2005 … Member of the 2004 USTA Junior Davis Cup team.

JUNIOR (2007-08)Named All-Big 12 in singles for the second time of his A&M career … Led the Aggies to a top 25 national ranking throughout the season … Served as team captain … Com-piled a team-leading 22-15 overall record at No. 1 singles including 14 dual match victories … Defeated 12 nation-ally-ranked opponents during the season including two in the top 10 … Finished ranked No. 25 nationally in singles …

Was ranked as high as No. 15 on April 1, which marked a career best … Clinched the Washing-ton, Duke and Old Dominion matches … Earned his first trip as an at-large selection to the 2008 NCAA Singles Championships … Posted the high-est doubles record on the team with a 26-8 overall mark (.765) … Combined with teammate Austin Krajicek to record an impressive 10-1 mark at No. 1 doubles … Earned All-America honors after he and Krajicek reached the NCAA Doubles Championship semifinals for the first time in school history … The duo finished the season ranked No. 9 nationally … They became the first A&M doubles team to earn a berth in the 32-team NCAA doubles field since 2005 … Their biggest match victories of the season in-cluded upsets of top-ranked Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey of Virginia, 6-3, 6-4, in the NCAA Round of 16 on May 23 and sixth-ranked Ed Cor-rie and Kellen Damico of Texas, 8-4, on April 19 … Also earned all-conference honors in doubles … Ranked second regionally in singles in the fall rankings … Upset the nation’s second-ranked player in Ohio State’s Steven Moneke in the opening round of the ITA National Intercollegiate Indoor Championships on Nov. 1 … Qualified for the 32-player singles main draw as a Wilson/ITA South Central Region finalist after defeating 2006 Wimbledon Junior Doubles Champion Kel-len Damico of Texas in the semifinals of the ITA South Central Regional Championships on Oct. 22 in Austin, Texas … An Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection for the second-straight year.

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SOPHOMORE (2006-07)One of five men’s tennis players to be selected unanimous-ly to the All-Big 12 Conference Team in singles … Ranked as high as No. 68 nationally in the ITA Rankings … Posted a team-leading 16-6 record in dual match play including a conference-tying 4-2 record at No. 2 singles … Was crowned the No. 2 singles champion along with Oklahoma State’s Ivan Puchkarov … Became the first Aggie to claim an individual conference title at the No. 2 line since former A&M stand-out Ante Matijevic did so in 2004 … Compiled a 23-10 overall record in singles with a 4-5 mark against nationally-ranked opponents including wins over No. 80 Chris Surapol of UCLA, No. 64 Brian Hung of Michigan and No. 13 Lars Poerschke of Baylor … Recipient of the team’s Aggie Heart Award … Made his collegiate debut in the national rankings on March 20 … Clinched the Texas-Arlington and Michigan matches for the Aggies … Academic All-Big 12 First Team selection … Posted the third-best overall doubles record on the team at 22-12 … Combined with teammate Matt Bain (20-10) and posted a 3-3 record against league foes to earn a share of the Big 12 No. 2 doubles title with Oklahoma’s Rob McKen-zie and Vaclav Kucera … Also teamed up with Luka Ocvirk (1-0), Jerry Makowski (1-1) and Bryan Wooten (0-1) … Cap-tured the doubles title at the University of Texas Invitational with Bain in fall tournament play … One of three players to compete at the ITA All-American Championships in October 2006.

FRESHMAN (2005-06)Honored as Big 12 Freshman of the Year … Went 19-14 overall and posted a 6-1 record in Big 12 play … Played every singles position except No. 1 … Held the team’s longest winning streak at 10 matches in the heart of season … Was the last match standing in 4-3 win at Texas Tech … Won his match in Lubbock in three sets to clinch victory … Posted a doubles record of 13-11 with five team-

mates … Went 9-5 with Marcus Lunt and 2-2 with Matt Bain … Was 4-2 in Big 12 doubles competition … Clinched the Notre Dame and Texas Tech matches … Named a Verizon/Texas A&M Scholar Athlete … In the fall, registered a 4-4 mark in singles and 1-2 mark in doubles … Played in the qualify-ing rounds of the ITA All-American in singles … Saw action at the Midland Racquet Club Collegiate … Reached the Round of 16 in singles and doubles at the ITA South Central Regional.

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERTrained at the TNT Elite Academy at April Sound in Mont-gomery, Texas … Was ranked as high as No. 1 in the USTA Boys 18’s … Was ranked as high as No. 9 nationally in the 16’s … In 2004, reached the consolation finals of the Tex-as Summer Grand Slam in Wichita Falls … Won the Boys 16 doubles title and finished runner-up in singles at the Easter Bowl, USTA National Spring Championships … Fin-ished third in singles at the Boys 18 USTA National Winter Championships … Reached the doubles quarterfinals at the Boys 18 USTA National Hard Court Championships … Has international experience … In ITF tournament play, he won the doubles title and advanced to the singles semi-finals at the Chanda Rubin American ITF Jr Circuit, Texas … Reached the doubles final and the singles semifinals at the St. Maarten Junior Open 2004 … Reached the singles and doubles semifinals at the 11th Aruba ITF Junior Open and advanced to the doubles semifinals at the Chanda Ru-bin ITF Junior Classic, South Carolina … Reached the Boys 18 doubles quarterfinals at the USTA International Grass Court Championships … Recipient of the John McFarlin Award as the top junior player in the United States Tennis Association Texas Section during ceremonies prior to the Texas Summer Grand Slam in 2005 … Reached the semi-finals in doubles at the 2005 USTA Boys 18’s National Clay

Court Championships … Took third in doubles at the 2005 USTA Boys 18’s National Championships … Coached by Joey Blake who was a former All-American tennis player at Arkansas … Graduated in the top 10 percent of his high school class.

PERSONALConor D. Pollock … Son of Gary and Julie Pollock of San Antonio, Texas … Born July 13, 1987 in Austin, Texas … Finance major in the Mays Business School at Tex-as A&M … Would like to pursue a career in professional tennis … Began playing tennis at the age of 7 … Hobbies include playing the piano and watching movies.

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POLLOCK’S 2007-08 SINGLES RESULTS (22-15) W Josh Zavala (Texas) ....................................... 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 L David Galic (Baylor) ............................................. 7-6, 7-5 W (#24) Marek Sramek (South Alabama) .....6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3 L (#8) Andre Begemann (Pepperdine) .................... 7-5, 6-3 W Nicolas Bateman (Prairie View A&M) ................. 6-1, 6-3 W David Kuczer (SMU) ............................................. 6-1, 6-2 W Kriegler Brink (TCU) ...................................... 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 W (#96) Kellen Damico (Texas) .......................... 7-6, 3-6, 6-0 L (#78) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) ................................. 6-4, 6-4 W (#2) Steven Moneke (Ohio State) ......................... 6-3, 6-3 L (#94) Dalibor Pavic (Drake) ......................6-3, 6-7 (1), 6-1 W Ike Belk (Clemson) ............................................... 6-1, 6-2 #1 W (#47) Luke Shields (Boise State) .................... 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 #1 W Patrik Fischer (Washington) ................................ 6-2, 6-3 #1 L (#53) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas) .................... 5-7, 7-5, 6-4 #1 W Arnau Brugues (Tulsa) .................................. 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 #1 L (#70) Michael Venus (LSU) .......................6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-4 #1 W (#33) David Goulet (Duke) .......................6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 #1 L (#35) Jean-Yves Aubone (Florida State) ...6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (4) #1 W Aleksandr Selznev (Old Dominion) ............... 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 #1 W (#21) Cosmin Cotet (TCU) .................................... 6-2, 6-3 #1 W (#53) Cory Parr (Wake Forest) .............................. 6-3, 6-4 #1 W Thomas Richter (Indiana) ........................4-6, 7-6 (8), 7-5 #1 L (#19) Andre Begemann (Pepperdine) .................. 6-3, 7-5 #1 W (#41) Austen Childs (Louisville) ............................ 7-6, 6-4 #1 W (#33) Bojan Szumanski (Texas Tech) ..................... 6-1, 6-2 #1 L (#39) Andrei Daescu (Oklahoma) ......................... 6-4, 6-4 #1 L (#11)Oleksandr Nedovyesov (Oklahoma State) ... 6-4, 6-4 #1 L (#20) Lars Poerschke (Baylor) ........................ 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 #1 L (#27) Bruno Rosa (Rice) ....................................... 6-3, 6-2 #1 L David Bendheim (Nebraska)....................7-6 (10), 7-6 (3) #1 W (#17) Dimitar Kutrovsky (Texas) ...............5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-4 #1 L (#39) Bojan Szumanski (Texas Tech) ..................... 6-3, 6-2 #1 W David Kuczer (SMU) ............................................. 7-5, 6-2 #1 W (#8) Lars Poerschke (Baylor) ............................ 6-1, 7-6 (5) #1 L (#7) Daniel Vallverdu (Miami) ....................... 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

POLLOCK’S CAREER STATISTICS


2005-06 19-14 15-10 4- 4 6-1 — 2-4 7-2 4-3 1-1 1-02006-07 23-10 17- 6 6- 4 4-2 4- 0 11-5 2-1 — — —2007-08 22-15 14-10 8- 5 2-4 14-10 — — — — —

Totals 64-39 46-26 18-13 12-7 18-10 13-9 9-3 4-3 1-1 1-0


2005-06 13-11 11- 8 2- 3 4-2 — — 4-22006-07 22-12 16- 8 6- 4 3-3 1-1 11-7 4-02007-08 26- 8 18- 4 8- 4 5-1 10-3 8-1 —

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What is one thing you never leave your dorm without?











12 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT WIL SPENCER

Friends In Low Places by Garth Brooks

a positive attitude

Kate Beckinsale

Freebirds for the super monster burrito

Survivor

George Strait, Toby Keith, Hank Williams, Jr.

sunny side up

Airplane “Have You Ever Been In A Turkish Prison?”

my last Mario Tennis match against Conor Pollock

I would like to learn how to surf.

my drop shot

“You’re going to beat Nadal in the French Open finals in straight sets.”

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Wil Spencer

“This talented Floridian is one of the best ath-letes in all of college tennis. With a year in Ag-gieland under his belt, we look for Wil to make a big splash on the national scene. He is the con-summate team player, a fierce competitor, and more importantly, a joy to coach.”


Sophomore, 5-11, 1L Ponce de Leon, Fla.

FRESHMAN (2007-08)Joined the team in January 2008 … Compiled a 13-11 overall record in singles playing primarily at the No. 2 and No. 3 lines … Defeated three nationally-ranked opponents during the season … Went 2-4 against Big 12 competition including an upset of No. 34-ranked Ivan Puchkarov of Oklahoma State on March 30 … Was ranked as high as No. 90 nationally in singles and No. 55 nationally in doubles with teammate Austin Kra-jicek … Clinched the Oklahoma match for the Aggies … Posted the fourth-highest doubles record on the team with a 11-13 overall mark … Combined with teammate Mike Beatty for the third-best doubles record on the team with a 5-2 mark at No. 2 doubles in dual match play … The duo went an undefeated 3-0 against Big 12 competition … They upset the No. 35-ranked doubles team of Miguel Reyes Varela and Luis Diaz Barriga of Texas in the regular season on April 19 and the No. 60-ranked combination of Michael Breler and Sinisa Markovic of Texas Tech in the Big 12 Quarterfinals on April 25 … Also teamed up with Austin Krajicek (5-6), Matt Bain (1-3) and Chris Chirico (0-2) … Made his col-legiate debut against Clemson in the spring season opener on Jan. 25.

HIGH SCHOOL and JUNIOR CAREERThe second-highest rated player in the class of 2008 by the Tennis Recruit-ing Network … Played for the 2005 USTA Junior Davis Cup Team in Barcelona

Spain … Won MVP honors for the U.S … Received a wild-card berth into the main draw of the Junior U.S. Open and advanced to the second round in Flushing Meadows, N.Y … Won ITF Grade 5 Cham-pionships in Mexico City … Also defeated some of the top juniors in the world to win the Pan Ameri-can ITF Grade 1 Championships in Tulsa, Okla … Was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally in 12’s, No. 1 in 14’s, No. 8 in 16’s and No. 5 in 18’s … Ranked as high as No. 60 in the ITF Rankings … Sports-manship Award recipient … Qualified for the USTA National Clay Courts Boy’s 18’s at the age of 15 … Named Amateur Athlete of the Year by the All Sports Association … Placed third at the Super Na-tional Hard Court Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. … A 2007 graduate of the Florida Virtual School … Member of the Spanish National Honor Society.

PERSONALWilliam Raymond Spencer III … Son of William R. Spencer Jr. and Colleen Spencer … Born Sept. 8, 1989 in Santa Rosa Beach, Fla … Has one older sister Blakeley Edgerton (22) who graduated from Bryan College with a degree in political communi-cations … Business major at Texas A&M … Enjoys reading, playing basketball and hanging out with

friends … Would like to play professional tennis and start and own a company in the future.

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Wil Spencer SPENCER’S 2007-08 SINGLES RESULTS (7-17)

W Carlos Alverez (Clemson) ............................. 6-1, 7-5 #3 W Steve Robertson (Boise State) ...................... 6-3, 6-1 #3 W Andy Kuharszky (Washington)...................... 6-2, 6-2 #2 L (#24) Kellen Damico (Texas) .......................... 6-3, 6-3 #2 L (#44) Ricardo Soriano (Tulsa) ........................ 6-4, 6-4 #2 W Jan Zelezny (LSU) ..............................6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-2 #2 L (#85) Reid Carleton (Duke) ....................... 7-6 (5), 6-1 #3 L Sam Chang (Florida State) ............................ 6-4, 6-2 #3 W Tobias Fanselow (Old Dominion) ........... 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 #3 W (#115) Adrian Simon (TCU) ........................... 7-5, 6-3 #3 W Mariusz Adamski (Wake Forest) ......4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2 #3 W Dave McLoughlin (Indiana) .......................... 7-5, 6-2 #2 W (#97) Omar Altmann (Pepperdine) ............... 6-3, 6-2 #3 W David Simon (Louisville) ............................... 6-3, 6-2 #2 L Sinisa Markovic (Texas Tech) ........................ 6-3, 6-3 #2 W Sergey Avdeyev (Oklahoma) ................... 6-3, 7-6 (5) #2 W (#34) Ivan Puchkarov (Oklahoma State) ........ 6-3, 7-5 #2 L (#10) Denes Lukacs (Baylor) .......................... 6-4, 6-3 #2 L (#49) Christoph Muller (Rice) ................... 6-1, 7-6 (1) #2 L Calin Paar (Nebraska) ................................... 6-4, 6-4 #2 L (#115) Luis Diaz Barriga (Texas) .............. 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 #3 L (#107) Sinisa Markovic (Texas Tech) ....7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) #2 L (#38) Kellen Damico (Texas) .......................... 6-1, 6-3 #2 W David Galic (Baylor) ...................................... 6-3, 6-2 #3

SPENCER’S CAREER STATISTICS


2007-08 13-11 13-11 — 2-4 — 6-8 7-3 — — —

Totals 13-11 13-11 — 2-4 — 6-8 7-3 — — —


2007-08 11-13 11-13 — 4-2 3-6 7-4 1-3

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SteveDenton

“Coach Denton is an excellent

coach who is extremely knowledge-

able about the game. Besides

being a great coach, he has

an enormous heart.”

– Senior All-American Conor Pollock

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A U.S. Open Doubles Champion and for-

mer All-American, Steve Denton was

named the head men’s tennis coach at

Texas A&M University on August 8, 2006.

Known nationally and internationally

throughout the tennis world, Denton won

20 professional doubles titles and was

ranked as high as No. 11 in the world in

singles and No. 2 in the world in doubles

in 1982. A four-year collegiate stand-

out at the University of Texas, he helped

the Longhorns to an impressive 78-27

(.743) team record from 1976-79. Denton

amassed an 85-22 singles record and a

72-18 doubles record, while also earning

All-American honors in 1978.

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Steve Denton

“Steve is

arguably

the best ten-

nis player to ever come

out of the state of Texas

all-time … We are very

impressed with the plan

he has in place to build

champions here.”

— Athletics Director Bill Byrne

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He was inducted into the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1997, the inaugural Blue-Gray Tennis

Classic Hall of Fame in 2006 and the ITA Hall of Fame in 2008.

“Steve is arguably the best tennis player to ever come out of the state of Texas all-time,” Byrne said. “We are very fortunate to hire a head coach with such strong ties to the state and with such a solid tennis background as both a player and a coach.

“I have admired him from a distance and what he has accomplished with limited resources at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi over the last couple of years. He did a phenomenal job there as a coach, a fundraiser and a facilities manager all in one. We are very impressed with the plan he has in place to build champions here. We are confi-dent that he will bring home national champion-ships in men’s tennis to Texas A&M.”

Enjoying nine successful years on the professional circuit, Denton reached the singles finals of the Australian Open twice in 1981 and 1982. During his career, he advanced to seven singles finals and defeated the likes of Boris Becker, John McEnroe and Stan Smith. Denton also represent-ed the U.S. as a member of the Davis Cup Team in 1982 and 1983, playing alongside tennis greats in Arthur Ashe, McEnroe, Peter Fleming and Eliot Teltscher. Denton teamed with his former college teammate Kevin Curren and captured the U.S. Open doubles title in 1982. In all, he totaled win-nings more than $1 million as a pro on the ATP Tour.

“I’m elated to have this opportunity,” Denton said. “It’s a dream come true to come to a school with such a fine reputation in men’s tennis as Texas A&M. I have very high expectations for this team and I know the university has the same as well. I’ve worked really hard the last couple of years for an opportunity like this and I look for-ward to continuing the winning tradition here.”

Among his professional accomplishments, Denton has been named the recipient of the 1981 Most Improved Player Award by Tennis Magazine, the 1981 Wilmer Allison Sportsman-ship, Excellence of Character Award and the 1982 Sportsmanship Award by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Most notably, he broke the world record for fastest serve of 138 miles per

hour in 1984, a record that stood in the Guinness Book of World Records for 13 years.

Prior to his professional tennis career, Den- ton served a one-year stint with the Björn Borg Sports Management Corporation in the late 1980s.

While at TAMUCC, Denton compiled a 64-48 overall record and garnered back-to-back Southland Conference Coach of the Year hon-ors in 2004 and 2005. Not only did he guide the Islanders to three SLC championship titles, but also to their first NCAA Championship ap-pearance in school history and a top 20 na-tional ranking in 2005. During their NCAA run, the Islanders reached the second round be-fore falling 4-2 to then second-ranked and eventual quarterfinalists Virginia.

Three of his players gained national rank-ings during his appointment, including two-time Southland Conference Player of the Year Raul Morant-Rivas. One of eight all-time all-conference first team selections under Denton, Morant-Rivas was the first player in school history to receive an NCAA at-large bid in singles in 2006.

Denton previously served as the Director of the HEB Tennis Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, a position he held for seven years. His association with the center began in 1990, where he helped

coach several state and national junior champi-ons, organized several exhibition matches with touring professionals and successfully fundraised over $1 million for renovations and improve-ments to the tennis center.

He has been instrumental in the develop-ment of many of the state’s top junior players, while serving as the captain of the USTA Texas Section’s Junior Davis Cup Team the past three summers. Denton has led the training for the state’s top seven boys and coached them in Ju-nior Davis Cup matches. He coached current A&M senior Conor Pollock on the Junior Davis Cup team in 2004.

“Coaching our Junior Davis Cup Team is one of the contributions to Texas tennis that I feel very strong about,” Denton said. “I’ve had the privilege to coach the top boys in our state and give them a taste of what the team tennis format is all about.”

In the UT record books, his .794 winning percentage in singles still ranks third all-time for players accounting at least 30 victories and his .800 winning percentage ranks tied for sixth all-time in doubles competition. During his freshman season, Denton compiled a 21-1 doubles mark, a record that still stands today for best winning percentage in a single season.

the denton Filetexas a&M — 2006-Present year record Final ranking Postseason

2007-08 13-12 No. 23 NCAA Second Round

2006-07 15-12 No. 31 NCAA Second Round

texas a&M – corPus christi — 2001-2006 — Five Seasons year record Final ranking Postseason

2005-06 10-12 No. 67 NCAA At-Large Singles Bid (Raul Morant-Rivas) Southland Conference Regular Season Champions

2004-05 19- 8 No. 26 NCAA Championship Second Round (Lost to No. 2 Virginia) Southland Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions

2003-04 14- 7 No. 69 Southland Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions

2002-03 13- 9 No. 68 —

2001-02 8-12 — —

totals 92-72 (.560)

Born in Kingsville, Texas, Denton attended Bishop High School, where he captured four consecutive 3A state singles titles as a prep. His parents, Claude and Twig, currently reside in Driscoll, Texas. Denton also has two sisters, Caro-lyn and Cheryl.

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2 0 0 8 i ta t e n n i s h a l l o F F a M e i n d u c t e e s

“ It ’s definitely an honor

to be inducted into the

ITA Tennis Hall of Fame.

Just to have your name

considered is an accom-

plishment. I think it ’s a

team effort and a lot of

the credit goes to my col-

legiate teammates, my

coaches and family. They

gave me the opportu-

nity to be successful. My

name was chosen, but

many people played a

major role in the success

I’ve had as a player and

as a coach.”

— Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton

T exas A&M men’s tennis head coach Steve Denton was selected as one of nine members of the 2008 ITA Men’s

Tennis Hall of Fame class along with David DiLucia of Notre Dame, Donald Johnson of North Carolina, Patrick

McEnroe of Stanford, Jim Pugh of UCLA, Robbie Weiss of Pepperdine, Chris Woodruff of Tennessee, Coach Jerry

Noyce of Minnesota and longtime contributor Tom Jacobs of the NCAA. Already a member of the Texas Tennis Hall

of Fame, the Blue-Gray Tennis Class Hall of Fame and the Longhorn Hall of Honor, Denton was an All-American at

the University of Texas in 1978 and helped the Longhorns to a 78-27 record and one Southwest Conference team

championship in his four collegiate seasons.

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BobMcKinley

“Coach McKinley is one of the most respected names in the tennis community. He is a living legend and is very well known in the state of Texas and across the country. I couldn’t think of a better fit.”

— Texas A&M Head Coach Steve Denton

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Bob McKinleya s s i s ta n t c o a c h • t h i r d y e a r • t r i n i t y ’ 7 2

ITA Hall of Famer Bob McKinley is

in his third season as an assistant

coach for the Texas A&M men’s

tennis team.

McKinley served as the Director of the John Newcombe Tennis Academy in New Braunfels,

Texas since 1995. He served as director of tennis at Dominion

Country Club and the McFarlin Tennis Center, both in San Antonio. McKinley served as the head coach at Trinity University from 1974-84. He compiled a record of 219 wins and 57 losses at Trinity reaching the NCAA Finals in 1977 and 1979. He coached one NCAA singles champion as well as an NCAA doubles championship tandem.

McKinley has served as the Director of the John Newcombe Tennis Academy in New Braunfels, Texas since 1995. He served as director of tennis at Dominion Country Club and the McFarlin Tennis Center, both in San Antonio. McKinley served as the head coach at Trinity University from 1974-84. He compiled a record of 219 wins and 57 losses at Trin-ity reaching the NCAA Finals in 1977 and 1979. He coached one NCAA singles champion as well as an NCAA doubles championship tandem.

“I am so excited about joining the team at Texas A&M,” McKinley said. “I know that the play-ers, the facilities, and the support make it one of the top tennis programs in the United States. Working under a coach like Steve Denton will be a real privilege, and I am confident that together we can give the players one of the best coaching tandems in the nation. Having won an NCAA title as a player and being in two NCAA Championship finals as a coach, I feel that I can help our players understand what it takes to get to the very top of collegiate tennis.”

Among his coaching honors he was named NCAA Coach of the Year in 1977 and produced 12 All-Americans at Trinity. He has served as the U.S. Coach for the World University Games and was named the Developmental Coach of the Year by the USA Olympic Committee for 2000. He was Coach of the Year for World Team Tennis in 1991 and coached two Orange Bowl champions in 1999 and 2000. He has coached players at Grand Slams from 1996-

2001 and was the coach of the Texas Intersectional Team for three years. In 2005, he was named the Touring Coach of the Year by the USPTA.

A St. Louis native, McKinley is a member of three Hall of Fames including the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame, the St. Louis Tennis Hall of Fame and the Intercollegiate Tennis Hall of Fame, he is currently a member of the USTA Youth Competition Com-mittee and a member of the High Performance Coaches Commission in the state of Texas. McKin-ley is the only current Division I men’s tennis coach who is a member of the ITA Tennis Hall of Fame in Athens, Ga.

A 1972 cum laude graduate from Trinity Uni-versity, McKinley was a four-time All-American and was a team captain for the 1972 NCAA Champion-ship squad. He was the No. 1-ranked Junior Tennis Player in the United States at one time. He reached the Round of 16 at Wimbledon in 1973, reached the doubles semifinals at the U.S. Open in 1972 and was part of the No. 2-ranked men’s doubles in the USA in 1972. At the time of his retirement, McKinley was ranked No. 50 in singles on the ATP Tour.

McKinley resides in College Station with his wife of 36 years, Elaine. They are the proud par-ents of four grown children — Sean, Shannon, Seth and Stephanie.

the McKinley Filetexas a&M — 2006-Present

director oF the John newcoMbe tennis acadeMy — 1995-2006 — 12 Years

trinity university — 1975-1984 — 10 Years (219-57 Record)

highlights as a coach

• ITA Tennis Hall of Fame

• Texas Tennis Hall of Fame

• St. Louis Tennis Hall of Fame

• Chairman of USTA Collegiate Tennis Committee

• 2005 USPTA Touring Coach of the Year

• 2000 USA Developmental Coach of the Year

• 1991 World Team Tennis Coach of the Year

• U.S. World University Games Coach

• Three-Time Texas Intersectional Team Coach

• 1977 NCAA Coach of the Year

• Produced 12 All-Americans at Trinity

highlights as a Player

• Four-Time All-American at Trinity

• Team Captain 1972 NCAA Championship Team

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Kevin O’Shead i r e c t o r o F t e n n i s o P e r at i o n st h i r d y e a r • s t. e d w a r d ’ s ’ 9 6

O’Shea oversees summer

camps and the construction

of the indoor tennis facility on

campus. He is also responsible

for the day-to-day operations for

both programs including fund-

raising, travel, purchasing, public

relations and programming for

future events to be held at the

George P. Mitchell Tennis Center.

“Kevin is very talented and has worked ex-tensively with the USTA,” Texas A&M head

men’s tennis coach Steve Denton said. “He brings a vast knowledge about the tennis industry to our program and we are fortunate to have a person of his caliber on our staff. He is a real people person and will help us tremendously when our indoor facility is completed. His presence will make our job easier as coaches to focus on the things we need to

focus on and he will ensure our facility remains the premier tennis facility in the country.”

Texas A&M’s indoor tennis facility is projected to begin construction in the near future. A&M will play host to the NCAA Division I Men’s and Wom-en’s Tennis Championships in 2009.

“Kevin is a valuable asset to A&M with his ex-tensive background and experience working for the USTA Texas Section,” Texas A&M head women’s tennis coach Bobby Kleinecke said. “His knowl-

edge of the sport and his network of people in the tennis industry will aid in the continued growth of Texas A&M Tennis for years to come.”

Prior to his appointment at A&M, O’Shea spent the last nine and a half years with the USTA in Austin, Texas. He most recently served as direc-tor of competitive tennis in which he helped to-tal participation in the state grow from 88,779 to 119,057. Under his direction, the number of tour-naments also increased from 150 to 300.

He first joined the USTA Texas Section as the multicultural participation and national junior tennis league coordinator in 1997. O’Shea was later promoted to USA Team tennis coordinator from 1998-2002, where he grew team tennis par-ticipation from 7,400 players to over 20,000.

“Kevin’s focus, dedication, advice, innovative ideas and perseverance have made a difference in the tennis landscape of Texas,” said Ken McAllis-ter, executive director of the USTA Texas Section.

O’Shea is a certified USTA High Performance Coach and a United States Professional Tennis As-sociation (USPTA) Certified Professional 1 Coach. He was named Capital Area Tennis Association (CATA) and Austin Chronicle Junior Coach of the Year in 1996. O’Shea was also selected as an AAU Junior Olympics Gold Medal Coach in 1995.

A former student-athlete, O’Shea was a four-year men’s tennis standout at St. Edward’s Universi-ty in Austin. There, he was a two-time Heart of Tex-as Academic All-Conference selection and Dean’s List student. O’Shea graduated from his alma mat-er in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology. He and his wife, Lisa, are the proud parents of three sons, Sullivan (9), Desmond (7) and Paxton (3).

the o’shea Family:(l-r top) Kevin and lisa

(bottom) Paxton, desmond

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MontyGibsonst r e n g t h &

co n d i t i o n i n g coac h

n i n t h y ea r

a n g e lo stat e ’93

Monty Gibson is in his ninth

year as a member of the

Texas A&M strength and condition-

ing staff, having been promoted to

assistant strength and conditioning

coach in 2003.

In addition to working with the wom-en’s tennis team, Gibson is respon-

sible for the strength and conditioning program for the men’s tennis team and serves as the camp director of the Texas A&M Summer Strength and Condition-ing Camp. He also has worked with the men’s and women’s track and field teams and assisted with football.

Gibson served as a graduate assis-tant strength and conditioning coach from 2002-03 after serving as a volunteer strength and conditioning coach from 2000-02.

Prior to joining the A&M staff, Gibson was an elementary physical education teacher

at Crockett Elementary in Bryan, Texas, from 2000-02. He served as the athletic coordinator at Stephen F. Austin Middle School in Bryan from 1999-2000, where he coached football, basketball and track and supervised off-season training.

From 1994-99, Gibson worked for the Ft. Stockton ISD, where he was a varsity football defensive line coach, a head swimming and diving coach, an assistant track coach and a freshman

football coach.Gibson is certified by the Col-

legiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association and also is certi-fied as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. In addi-tion, he is a member of the Texas High School Coaches Association.

A graduate of Angelo State Uni-versity with a bachelor of science de-gree in biology and life-earth sciences

in 1993, Gibson earned a master’s degree in exer-cise physiology from Texas A&M in 2003.

Gibson and his wife, Leah, have three sons: Garrison (13), Chase (9) and Kyle (7).

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Danny Kniffin enters his 20th

season as Texas A&M’s reha-

bilitation coordinator and athletic

trainer for the men’s tennis team.

Kniffin plays a significant role in

helping to keep Aggie athletes

healthy and getting them back into

competition.

Kniffin earned a bachelor’s degree in educa-tion from the University of Texas in 1985 and

a master’s degree in health education in 1987.

He served as a student trainer for the Longhorns from 1981-85.

A nationally-certified and state licensed athletic trainer, Kniffin worked at a physical therapy clinic in Austin from 1985-88. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, Southwest Athletic Trainers Association and Brazos Valley Athletics Trainers Society. In addition to working with the athletic department, Kniffin teaches “Athletic Inju-ries” and “Advanced Athletic Injuries” in the de-partment of health and kinesiology department.

A 1979 graduate of Killeen High School, Kniffin is married to the former Pam Siptak (A&M Class of ’88) of Navasota. The couple has two daughters, Abbey (14) and Sydney (10).

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ingrid villar-woodsAssociate Athletic Director

for Academics

MosesVakalahis c h o l a st i c s u P e rv i s o r

s eco n d y ea r

t e x a s a&M ’06

Moses Vakalahi is in his second

year with the Texas A&M

athletic department’s Center for

Academic Services. After serving

as an athletic assistant, he now

serves as the academic center co-

ordinator and scholastic supervisor

for the women’s soccer team and

men’s and women’s tennis teams.

Before receiving his bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing in

2006 from Texas A&M University, Vakalahi took a few years off to serve a full-time LDS humanitarian

aid church mission in Zimbabwe, Africa.Prior to his mission, Vakalahi was an offensive

lineman for the Aggies from 1997-00 under former football coach R.C. Slocum and was a member of the memorable 1998 Big 12 Championship Team. He is a member of the National Association of Aca-demic Advisors for Athletics.

Born Nov. 8, 1978 in San Mateo, Calif., Vaka-lahi graduated from Euless Trinity High School where he earned All-American and all-state honors in football and track & field. native of the “friend-ly islands” of Tonga, he is married to the former Mata Tukuafu, who was an all-conference basket-ball player at Weber State University. The couple has two children, Moses (3) and Meleya (2).

dr. John thorntonSenior Associate AD

For Student Development

Kevin hurleyAssociate Athletic Director

For Internal Operations

Mona osborneAssociate Athletic Director/

Student-Athlete Services

dr. J. P. bramhallDirector of Sports Medicine

dr. richard smithTeam Physician

amy braggDirector of Performance Nutrition

glen JohnsonChief Photographer

Matt KeePhysical Therapist

Patrick horneVolunteer Assistant Coach

robbie warehamStudent Athletic Trainer

chris bayerTeam Manager

Marlene navorAssistant Media Relations Director

Kristen MerrifieldMedia Relations Student Assistant

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Dr. Elsa A. Muranou n i v e rs i t y P r es i d e n t

Dr. Elsa A. Murano is the 23rd

President of Texas A&M Uni-

versity. Taking

office on Jan.

3, 2008, at age

48, she is the

first woman

and first Hispanic-American to

lead the oldest public institution

of higher learning in Texas — now

one of the largest teaching and re-

search universities in the nation.

Dr. Murano worked her way up the academic ranks-teaching and research-and into administration

from an unconventional beginning. At the age of 2, her family departed from Havana, Cuba, when Fidel Castro came into power. After living in several Latin American countries, she and her family settled in Mi-ami when she was 14 years old. At that time, she only

knew Spanish, a language in which she is still fluent, but quickly mastered English and launched an educational ca-reer that carried her through the doctoral ranks.

“Someday in the fu-ture, if I write a book, it will be called Only in America, because this great country has provided me so many opportunities, including the great honor of serving as President of Texas A&M Uni-versity,” she is often quoted as saying.

Her association with the university dates back to 1995, when she joined the Texas A&M faculty as an Associate Professor in the Department of Ani-mal Science and Associate Director of the Center for Food Safety within the Institute for Food Science and Engineering. Dr. Murano was named Director of the Center in 1997 and served in that position until 2001. Also, she rose to the rank of Professor and was named holder of the Sadie Hatfield Professorship in Agriculture.

Dr. Murano interrupted her Texas A&M service in 2001 when President George W. Bush asked her to serve as Under Secretary for Food Safety for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, making her the highest-ranking food safety official in the U.S. government. In leading the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service,

she was responsible for an agency with a budget of approximately $1 billion and about 10,000 employ-ees, with the mission of working to improve public health through the application of science in policy decisions.

She returned to Aggieland in January 2005 as Vice Chancellor and Dean of Agriculture and Life Sci-ences, joint positions in which she served until being appointed President of Texas A&M. As Vice Chancel-lor and former Director of Texas AgriLife Research (formerly the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station), she led a transformation of agricultural programs and four state agencies within The Texas A&M Uni-versity System to the benefit of students, peers and the agricultural community represented in 254 coun-ties across Texas.

While serving as Dean, the College of Ag-riculture and Life Sciences experienced signifi-cant growth in enrollment and enhancement of its teaching, research and service endeav-ors. In conjunction with her deanship, Dr. Mu-rano chaired a blue-ribbon task force to study ways for enhancing the undergraduate expe-rience at the University, which has ultimately become known as “The Murano Report.”

A noted expert on food safety, Dr. Murano was principal investigator or co-principal inves-tigator in research projects totaling more than $8.7 million during her professorial career, ini-tially at Iowa State University and continuing at Texas A&M. She has been widely published, as author or co-author of seven books, book chapters or monographs, and scores of schol-arly papers, abstracts and related materials.

Dr. Murano began her professorial career in 1990 as an Assistant Professor in the De-partment of Microbiology, Immunology and Preventative Medicine at Iowa State, the posi-tion she held prior to joining the Texas A&M faculty. She received a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Florida International University, and earned both a master’s degree in anaerobic microbiology and a doctorate in food science and technology from Virginia Tech.

She is married to Dr. Peter S. Murano, Associate Professor of Nutrition and Food Sci-ence and Director of Texas A&M’s Institute for Obesity Research and Program Development.

at h l e t i c c o u n c i l

tom adair ....................PhysicsFaculty Representative to the NCAA

and Big 12 Conference

thomas e. wehrly .......Statistics

richard l. carlson .......Geology & Geosciences

anne Mcgowan ..........Accounting

elena castell-Perez ......Biological and Agricultural Engineering

robert strawser ..........Accounting

christine townsend ....Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences

List as of June 19, 2008

b o a r d o F r e g e n t s

bill Jones, chairman ............................ Austin

John d. white, vice-chairman ...........Houston

ida clement steen .....................San Antonio

Morris e. Foster ...............................Houston

lupe Fraga .......................................Houston

dr. richard box .................................. Austin

erle nye ..............................................Dallas

gene stallings .............................. Powderly

James P. wilson ...........................Sugar Land

anthony cullins ..................... Student Regent

List as of January 14, 2009

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BillByrned i r ec to r o F at h l e t i c s

Bill Byrne is in his sixth year of

Building Champions as Dir-

ector of Athletics at Texas A&M

University.

With more than 25 years experience as a Division I athletic director, Byrne has impressive credentials

and a track record for producing champions on and off the field.

Since arriving in Aggieland in December of 2002, the Aggies have won 23 Big 12 Conference Cham-pionships in 10 different sports and captured four team national championships in equestrian. The 23 championships won by the Aggies from January 2003 through the end of the 2008 season rank second in the league. In fact, no Big 12 member school surpassed the 15 conference championships won by the Aggies during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons combined.

In the prestigious Director’s Cup all-sport rankings, Byrne has guided A&M to its three highest finishes in school history. The Aggies best finish was 12th in 2007-08.

Under Byrne’s leadership, the department has made significant upgrades in facilities and increased revenue opportunities, while remaining focused on winning on the playing field and in the classroom.

Byrne manages an athletic budget in excess of $70 million for the 2008-09 year. During his tenure at A&M, he has overseen the construction or renova-tion of approximately $60 million in athletic facilities. Byrne teamed with the 12th Man Foundation, the insti-tution’s primary fundraising organization for athletics, to develop a comprehensive master plan for A&M’s athletic facilities. Together, they secured several major

gifts for the second phase of A&M’s Cham-pionship Vision Capital Campaign.

Citing the need for an indoor football facility and an indoor track and field stadium, Byrne ensured the multi-purpose $36 million McFerrin Athletic Center became a reality in 2007 and 2008, respectively. The complex boasts two full sized football fields, a state-of-the-art hydraulic track capable of hosting national championships, a Magic Carpet system, and seating for 5,000 spectators.

At the same time, Byrne recognized the need for a basketball practice facility which would allow the basketball teams to each have their own prac-tice courts, locker rooms, a weight room, an athletic training room, and offices under the same roof. In the fall of 2008, the $23 million Cox-McFerrin Center for Aggie Basketball opened its doors as part of an expansion to Reed Arena.

Known as one of the most innovative and influ-ential leaders in terms of marketing, Byrne has made an impressive impact in marketing Aggie Athletics. In

January of 2006, A&M awarded the school’s athletic multimedia marketing rights for 10 years to a joint venture of Learfield Communications, ISP Sports, and FSN Southwest – known collectively as Texas A&M Sports Properties. The agreement is one of the top multimedia rights contracts in the country and pro-vides significant income for A&M athletics through-out the length of the agreement.

The forward-thinking Byrne tabbed the guar-anteed revenue from the Learfield agreement to finance the department’s ambitious video screen and ribbon board expansion project which included Kyle Field, Reed Arena, and a portable video screen mounted on a 53-foot 18-wheeler. He also expanded the department’s nationally recognized television production operation, 12th Man Productions.

Success on the field, coupled with a focus on the school’s in-game mar-keting, helped boost at-tendance across the board resulting in increased sea-son ticket revenue. Under Byrne’s leadership, season ticket sales in football have increased 13 percent since 2003. Season ticket sales for men’s and women’s basketball have more than doubled since 2003 – men’s basketball has grown by 107 percent and women’s basketball by an impressive 199 percent.

Increased attendance at home contests has also been aided by the creation of a fan rewards program for frequent attendance. The 12th Man Team Rewards Program is a fan-loyalty pro-gram which allows A&M’s Athletic Department to thank their most dedicated fans’ continued support and attendance at the school’s home athletic events. Upon its inception six years ago, attendance records at A&M were immedi-ately shattered. To date, each sport offered at A&M has set at least one new school attendance record.

While at A&M, Byrne has hired nine head coaches in eight sports. Eight of his hires have achieved post-season competition within their first two seasons.

Student-athletes at A&M have continued to excel in the classroom during Byrne’s tenure. In

the 2007 spring commencement ceremonies, a record number of 116 student-athletes earned their degrees. Academics continues to be a prior-ity within the Athletic Department. In the 2007 cal-endar year, 225 student-athletes completed their degrees and another 240 earned diplomas in 2008.

Byrne came to A&M after serving as the Ath-letic Director at the University of Nebraska from 1992-2002. Under his watch, the Cornhuskers won an impressive 83 Big 12 and Big Eight Conference championships. Byrne’s 48 Big 12 titles ranked sec-ond in the league during his tenure at Nebraska. The Huskers also won 10 national championships, including three in football and two in women’s vol-leyball. Together, Byrne’s teams compiled an ex-tremely impressive string of nine straight top 25 finishes in the Director’s Cup Division I-A standings.

Nine of the 15 head coaches hired by Byrne reached NCAA postseason play during their first three years.

At the same time, Byrne succeeded in putting the Huskers’ finances in the black while increasing the annual athletic budget threefold. A noted fund-raiser, he led a $36 million football improvement proj-ect for Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium. He also completed an agreement to share a $30 million baseball and softball complex with the city of Lin-coln. In total, he oversaw numerous facility upgrades valued at more than $100 million.

In 1993, the innovative Byrne added big screens to

Memorial Stadium, the first college stadium to un-dertake such a project. HuskerVision quickly became the model for all collegiate programs for big screen and in-house television production. A primary tool to promote and market all of the Nebraska athletic programs, HuskerVision generated significant spon-sorship revenue for the department as well as im-proving fan enjoyment and atmosphere at games.

Meanwhile, Husker student-athletes excelled in the classroom, and 109 were named CoSIDA Aca-demic All-Americans.

byrne’s roadto aggieland

2002-pres. ....Texas A&M (athletic director)1992-2002 ....Nebraska (athletic director)1984-92 ........Oregon (athletic director)1983-84 ........Oregon (associate athletic director)1980-82 ........San Diego State (assistant athletic director)1976-79 ........New Mexico (executive director of Lobo Club)1971-76 ........Idaho State (director of alumni relations)

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979-846-8892 • 12thmanfoundat ion.com • 888-taM12th

2008-09board oFtrustees

Jack little ’60Chair

Jim wilson .’81Chair Elect

randy cain ’82Past Chair

Miles Marks ’79President

Ex-Officio Board Member

bill byrneDirector of Athletics

Ex-Officio Board Member

neal adams ’68Board Member

Fred caldwell ’82Board Member

bob McclarenBoard Member

Jerry McFarland ’64Board Member

artie McFerrin ’65Board Member

george nelson ’64Board Member

britt riceBoard Member

rick rickman ’70Board Member

daniel sparks ’89Board Member

scott taylor ’69Board Member

Jeff toole ’80Board Member

MiltonOvertona s s o c i at e

at h l e t i c

d i r ec to r

Milton Overton is in his seventh

year at Texas A&M and his sixth

year as an associate athletic director.

I n addition to managing all technologicaI aspects of the athletic department, Overton also serves as

the athletic administrator responsible for overseeing the women’s and men’s tennis, softball, and soccer programs. He also manages the athletic department’s computerized mail and inventory systems.

Overton, who came to A&M in May 2002, served as the assistant athletic director for academics and associate director for the Center for Athletic Aca-demic Services prior to his promotion to his current position in September 2003.

Overton earned master’s degrees in both hu-man relations and education and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Oklahoma, where he also was a four-year starting offensive lineman for the Sooner football team from 1991-1995. He is currently pursuing a doctorate in higher education/administration from Oklahoma.

A native of Fort Worth, Overton and his wife, Eunice, have two sons, Micaiah Alexander (7) and Lebbeus Thomas (3).

then served as executive director of the New Mexico Lobo Club from 1976-79. He was the assistant athlet-ic director for external operations at San Diego State from 1980-82.

Throughout his career, Byrne has been recog-nized with the highest awards an athletics admin-istrator can receive. Among his many accolades, honors include the U.S. Sports Academy 2007 Carl Maddox Sports Management Award; the 2002 win-ner of the National Football Foundation John L. Toner Award; the 1999 Central Region National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Director of the Year; president of NACDA in 1991-92; and the

In 1996, the Big Eight and Southwest Conferenc-es combined forces to form the Big 12. Byrne played a pivotal role in the formation of what has become one of the nation’s powerhouse conferences.

Byrne’s first role as athletic director was at the University of Oregon from 1984-1992. Byrne arrived in Eugene, Oregon in late 1982, where he served 18 months as an associate athletic director, before being appointed one of the youngest athletic directors in the country in May of 1984.

Under his watch, the Ducks captured 16 Pac 10 Conference championships and four national championships in track and field and cross country.

It was at Oregon where Byrne first earned the rep-utation for outstanding hiring practices. He also made major changes to the landscape of Oregon’s athletic facilities and earned the nickname “Bill the Builder.”

Byrne established a full-time marketing and promotions operation which formed the Oregon Sports Network for statewide, in-house production of Ducks games on television and radio. He also spearheaded the formation of Oregon’s first Hall of Champions and Hall of Fame, which was later dedi-cated in his honor.

Byrne began his collegiate career as the director of alumni relations at his alma mater Idaho State and

National Athletic Fundraisers Association Fundraiser of the Year in 1985.

Byrne is a 1967 graduate of Idaho State Univer-sity, where he also served as student body president. He earned an MBA in 1971.

Byrne’s wife of more than 40 years is Dr. Mari-lyn Kent Byrne, who has expertise in leadership development, team building, and executive coach-ing. The Byrnes have two sons – Bill III and Greg. Bill is a vice president of Visa USA in San Francisco, and Greg is the director of athletics at Mississippi State University. Greg and his wife Regina live in Starkville, Miss., with their sons Nicholas and Davis.

the 12th Man Foundation

In 1922, E. King Gill exchanged his street clothes for a uniform to help found one of the most extraordinary traditions in college athletics –

Texas A&M’s 12th Man.More than 80 years later, the organization that proudly bears the

name of this storied tradition continues to stand tall in its support of all of Texas A&M’s athletic programs.

The 12th Man Foundation is the sole fundraising organization for Texas A&M athletics, which are completely self-supporting and can-not receive state funds or public tax dollars. The 12th Man Foundation provides the funds for athletic scholarships A&M offers in 21 men’s and women’s sports. The Foundation also raises money for athletic facilities, academic tutoring for student-athletes and more.

If you believe athletics are important at Texas A&M, it’s important for you to be a part of the 12th Man Foundation, which has become one of the most successful and well-respected fundraising organizations in all of college athletics.

Donations over the last five decades have helped to propel A&M’s athletic programs from a regional existence into national prominence. And the 12th Man Foundation is committed to helping Texas A&M reach an elite status among the country’s college athletic programs.

To do that, the continued growth of the 12th Man Foundation is essential. In the 1990s, the 12th Man Foundation’s donor base grew from 5,000 at the beginning of the decade to more than 23,000 by the end. And with Texas A&M now sporting one of the nation’s largest enroll-ments, the future has never been brighter for Texas A&M’s athletic department and the 12th Man Foundation.

The number of former students and prospective donors to the Foundation is growing at a rate never before imaginable. In today’s highly competitive environment, it takes tremendous revenues to produce a top-flight athletic department.

For as little as $150 annually, you can join fellow 12th Man donors to become the founda-tion of Texas A&M’s athletic success. The 12th Man Foundation also offers its donors a variety of benefits, including priority ticket options for football and basketball games, one of the finest sports magazines in the country, 12th Man Magazine, road-game travel arrangements, sports e-mail updates, bowl activities and more.

Just as E. King Gill, the original 12th Man, once came out of the stands to stand ready to help his team, our fans can still help our performances on the field by supporting the 12th Man Foundation. You won’t be asked to sweat it out on the fields or courts, but your tax-deductible financial support will propel the Aggies to greater heights.

Funding Scholarships, Programs and Facilities in Support of Championship Athletics

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ncaa Fyi For ProsPective student-athletes

dear ProsPective student-athlete

As a prospective student-athlete, you may have the athletic ability to play at the Division I level. If so, you may be exposed to a large amount of recruitment from various universities across the nation. Throughout the recruitment

process, coaches may reference various NCAA rules and regulations. The rules are designed for various reasons, but the two primary reasons are to ease the pressures on the prospective student-athlete and to level the playing field from one university to another.

During the recruiting process you may have some of the following questions: When and how often may I visit a university’s campus? How many times may a coach observe me in practice or a competition? When, where and how often may a coach telephone me? What academic credentials do I need to be eligible to play collegiate sports?

All of these answers and more may be obtained from Texas A&M University or the NCAA by requesting the NCAA Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete. This guide may be provided to a prospective student-athlete at any time. The guide will discuss issues related to Division I, II and III, academic eligibility, financial aid, recruitment and many more. To receive the guide, simply request it from the Texas A&M coach who is recruiting you or call the NCAA Hotline at 1-800-638-3731 or go online at www.ncaa.org. Select the Academics and Athletes link, and then select the Eligibility and Recruiting link and then click on the Guide for the College-Bound Student-Athlete.

Violations of NCAA rules during your recruitment may jeopardize your collegiate eligibility; therefore, you and your parents need to learn as much as possible about the recruitment process.

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Matt Callaway Administrative Assistant

Brad Barnes Education Coordinator

Susan Tatum Monitoring Coordinator

David Batson Director of Compliance

b e s t o F l u c K t o y o u a n d d o n ’ t F o r g e t, g i g ’ e M a g g i e s

Texas A&M University Intercollegiate Athletic Compliance Office

when do you become a prospective student-athlete?

When you start classes for the 9th grade. Before the 9th grade, you become a prospective student-athlete if the university provides you (or your relatives or friends) any financial aid or other benefits that the university does not provide to prospective students generally.

when do you become a recruited prospective student-athlete?

There are four ways:

1. A university provides you with an official (i.e., expense-paid) visit;

2. A university coach or booster* has an in-person, off-campus encounter with you or your parent(s) or legal guardian;

3. A university coach telephones you, your family or guardian for the purpose of recruitment on more than one occasion; or

4. A university issues you a National Letter of Intent or written offer of athletically related financial aid.

*NOTE: At the Division I level, a representative of athletic interests (booster) may not solicit your enrollment in any manner (e.g., no phone calls, letters or in-person encounters).

does the ncaa require you to achieve certain aca-demic minimum standards to be initially eligible?

Yes, it does. To be immediately eligible at a Division I univer-sity, you must be a qualifier. To be a qualifier means that you graduated from high school with at least 16 core courses

(i.e., college preparatory courses that your high school will maintain on a form called a 48-H), and a minimum GPA in those core courses as well as a corresponding ACT or SAT score on a national testing date. You must register with the NCAA Clearinghouse to learn if you are a qualifier. You will find information on the Clearinghouse if you visit the internet website described above.

does the ncaa require you to have your amateur status certified by the ncaa clearinghouse?

For students initially enrolling on or after Aug. 1, 2008, yes, the NCAA will require you to have your amateur status certified.

would you violate ncaa amateur rules if you enter into an agreement with an agent or a person who calls him/herself something other than an agent (e.g., advisor) who is marketing your athletic ability?

Yes, you would. It’s not permissible for a student-athlete to agree (orally or in writing) to be represented by or take benefits from an agent without jeopardizing NCAA eligibility. Please note that it does not matter what this person calls him/herself; if he or she is marketing your athletic ability, he or she is an agent.

when may university coaches begin corresponding (including text messaging) with you? telephoning you? Personally contacting you? Provide you with an official visit to the university?

The answers to these questions vary from sport to sport, but you may find them all in the NCAA’s Guide for the College

Bound Student at www.ncaa.org or by calling the NCAA at 1-800-638-3731.

when may you telephone a university coach or visit a university campus at your own expense?

You may telephone a university coach at your own expense or visit a university at your own expense (i.e., unofficial visit) at any age and as often as you choose.

May you and your family accept benefits from a university or its boosters?

Unless the university staffer or booster is a member of your family or has a “pre-existing relationship” (call us to find out what this means) with you or your family, no, you may not accept such benefits. NCAA member institutions have decided that prospective student-athletes should be able to choose the university they attend without being influenced by gifts or other perks given by a university or its boosters. You (or your family) may not receive any benefit, inducement or ar-rangement such as cash, clothing, cars, improper expenses, transportation, gifts or loans to encourage you to sign a National Letter of Intent or to attend an NCAA school.

May a booster contact you, telephone you or write you?

Unless the university staffer or booster is a member of your family, no, athletic representatives (boosters) may not contact, telephone you or write you for the purpose of recruiting.

NCAA Compliance

May you ask texas a&M former students about texas a&M athletics? about non-athletic aspects of texas a&M?

You should not ask Texas A&M former students about Texas A&M athletics because NCAA rules prohibit former students or A&M boosters from discussing Texas A&M athletics with you or your parents/relatives. However, if you telephone or write former students about non-athletics aspects of Texas A&M (e.g., the business college), they may answer your questions.

May you attend an a&M club luncheon or meeting?

Yes, but only under certain conditions. If the luncheon/meeting is open to the general public, you may attend. Furthermore, you must pay for your own meal and transportation unless the A&M Club provides complimentary meals and transportation to all other guests on a basis unrelated to athletics (e.g., all high school seniors from the local community). An A&M Club may even invite you to attend a function, but the invitation may not be limited only to athletes; the invitation must be made available for non-athletic reasons (e.g., senior night, incoming A&M freshmen night, etc.) and must be sent in the same manner as for all other participating students. This same restriction will continue to apply after you sign a National Letter of Intent with Texas A&M. A Texas A&M signee must be treated the same as any other high school student. For example, you or any other prospects in attendance may not be singled out to be introduced, as this would be a violation of NCAA publicity legislation related to prospects.

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POLLOCK / KRAJICEKREACH NCAA SEMIS

T he Aggies’ doubles tandem of Conor Pollock and Austin Krajicek advanced further

than any other pair in school history when they reached the semifinals of the

NCAA Championships in 2008. Pollock and Krajicek knocked off Omar Altmann and

Andre Begemann of Pepperdine (6-4, 3-6, 6-3), top-seeded Somdev Devvarman and

Treat Huey of Virginia (6-3, 6-4) and Drew Eberly and Justin

Kronauge of Ohio State before falling to Mississippi’s duo

of Jonas Berg and Erling Tveit, 6-4, 6-4. The run by the first-

year doubles tandem earned them All-America status, and

they finished No. 9 in the final 2008 ITA rankings.

DENTON INDUCTED INTO ITA HALL OF FAME

T exas A&M head tennis coach Steve Denton joined as-

sistant coach Bob McKinley as a member the ITA Hall of

Fame when he was one of six former standout collegiate

inducted on May 21, 2008 at the NCAA Championships

in Tulsa, Okla. Joining Denton, a former All-American

at Texas from 1976-79, were Jim Pugh of UCLA, Donald

Johnson of North Carolina, Patrick McEnroe of Stanford,

Robbie Weiss of Pepperdine, Chris Woodruff of Tennessee

and David DiLucia of Notre Dame. Also being inducted

were Coach Jerry Noyce of Minnesota and Tom Jacobs

for his contributions while at the NCAA. “It’s definitely

an honor to be inducted into the College Tennis Hall of Fame,” Denton said. “Just

to have your name considered is an accomplishment. I think it’s a team effort and

a lot of the credit goes to my collegiate teammates, my coaches and family. They

gave me the opportunity to be successful. My name was chosen, but many people

played a major role in the success I’ve had as a player and coach.” McKinley was

inducted as a player and coach in 2003 for his accomplishments at Trinity University.

DAVID KENT COURTYARD

T he David Kent Courtyard at the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center was unveiled during

a dedication ceremony on April 25, 2008 . Kent enjoyed a successful coaching career

in Aggieland from 1979-96 and remains the all-time winningest coach in school history

as he posted an impressive 316-161 record at Texas A&M in 18 seasons. He coached 21

Southwest Conference individual champions, 18 NCAA qualifiers, three All-Americans

and a SWC Championship team in 1994. Kent garnered SWC

and Southwest Region Coach of the Year honors in 1994. His

1985 squad and 1994 squad, tabbed as the “Wonder Team”

reached the NCAA Team Championships and Sweet 16.

“Coach Kent has been a longtime ambassador for Texas A&M

Tennis,” said current Texas A&M men’s tennis coach Steve

Denton who played against Kent’s Aggies as an All-American

at rival Texas. “This is such a great tribute to a coach that

many of us have admired in the tennis world. Coach Kent

loves A&M and continues to come out to support us. I know

he is very excited to have his name associated with the facility

for years to come. He has made such a major contribution to

the success of A&M Tennis and we are forever grateful.”

AGGIES IN THENCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS

T exas A&M has now made 16 all-time appearances in the

NCAA Team Championships including the last 15 seasons

and in 1985. The Aggies have advanced to the Round of 16 on eight occasions (1985,

1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005) and to the Elite Eight once in 2001. They

are 23-16 all-time in postseason play and have advanced past the first round 13 times.

BRAINS AND BRAWN

F or the second-straight year, the Texas A&M men’s tennis team earned the High-

est Team GPA Award for the spring 2007 semester along with the women’s golf

team. In addition, the Aggies had two players selected to the Academic All-Big 12

First Team including senior Matt Bain who is among 106 student-athlete graduates

during the University’s May Commencement ceremonies. Bain completed course-

work toward degrees in marketing and finance from the prestigious Mays Business

School at A&M.

PLAYING THE NATION’S BEST

All but five opponents on the Aggies’ 2008 schedule made the NCAA field of 64

including five of the top 16 seeds in the tournament in seventh-seeded Texas,

ninth-seeded Baylor, 11th-seeded Tulsa, 13th-seeded Pepperdine and 14th-seeded

Florida State. Ten of the A&M’s 11 losses of the season were against opponents

ranked in the top 25. With one of the nation’s strongest schedules, the Aggies had

quality wins over NCAA participants Boise State, Washington, Duke, TCU, Wake Forest,

Indiana and Texas Tech.

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

T he George P. Mitchell Tennis Center at Texas A&M has become one of the toughest

venues in the nation as the Aggies boast a 123-29 (.809) home record since 1999.

Providing one of the top atmospheres in all of college tennis are the fans at Texas A&M.

During 13 home dates last season, the Aggies attracted 6,781 fans for matches with an

average of 522 fans per match. The Mitchell Tennis Center played host to the 2008 Big

12 Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships and is the site of the 2009 NCAA Men’s

and Women’s Tennis Championships.

A C A D E M I C A L L - B I G 1 2Matt Bain ............................................ First TeamConor Pollock ..................................... First Team

A L L - B I G 1 2Conor Pollock ..................................... SinglesAustin Krajicek .................................... SinglesPollock / Krajicek ................................Doubles

B I G 1 2 C O - N E W C O M E RO F T H E Y E A R

Austin Krajicek

B I G 1 2 C O - R O O K I EO F T H E Y E A R

Austin Krajicek

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Overall: 13-12 Big 12: 2-4 Home: 10-3 Away: 2-8 Neutral: 1-1 Indoors: 3-2

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J A N U A R Y 25 cLEMSON W 6-1 1- 0 0-0 W W W W W W W L L 25/30 207 27 boiSe State W 4-3 2- 0 0-0 W L W L W W W L L 25/22 630

F E B R U A R Y 3 WaSHington W 5-2 3- 0 0-0 W W W W L L W L W 22/37 498 8 vs. Texas L 0-4 3- 1 0-0 L L — — L — — L L 22/ 7 — 10 at Tulsa L 2-5 3- 2 0-0 W L L W L L W L L 22/25 — 23 at LSU L 2-5 3- 3 0-0 L W L W L L W L L 25/18 — 29 at Duke W 4-3 4- 3 0-0 W W L W L L W W W 25/10 —

M A R C H 2 at Florida State L 1-6 4- 4 0-0 L L L W L L L W L 25/16 — 6 oLD DoMinion W 4-0 5- 4 0-0 W W W — — — W W L 19/63 419 8 TcU W 4-3 6- 4 0-0 W L W L W W L W L 19/29 552 11 WAKE FOrEST W 4-3 7- 4 0-0 W L W W W L L L L 20/22 356 12 inDiana W 5-2 8- 4 0-0 W W W W W L L W L 20/38 401 15 at Pepperdine L 2-5 8- 5 0-0 L L W L L L L W W 20/31 — 20 LouiSViLLe W 5-2 9- 5 0-0 W W W W W L L W L 19/39 370 23 * at Texas Tech L 3-4 9- 6 0-1 W L W L W L W L L 19/21 — 28 * okLaHoMa W 4-3 10- 6 1-1 L W W L W W L W L 21/61 766 30 * okLaHoMa State L 3-4 10- 7 1-2 L W W W L L L W L 21/23 517

A P R I L 2 * BAYLOr L 1-6 10- 8 1-3 L L L L L L W W W 20/15 789 9 at Rice L 3-4 10- 9 1-3 L L W L W L W W L 21/24 — 11 * at Nebraska W 5-2 11- 9 2-3 L L W W W W W W W 21/NR — 19 * at Texas L 3-4 11-10 2-4 W L L W L L W W L 23/ 7 — 25 ! vs. Texas Tech W 4-3 12-10 2-4 L L W W W W L W L 27/16 646 26 ! vs. Texas L 0-4 12-11 2-4 — L — L — L — L L 27/ 6 630

M AY 10 $ vs. SMU W 4-1 13-11 2-4 W W — — W L W — W 25/40 — 11 $ at Baylor L 2-4 13-12 2-4 W L W — L L — L L 25/10 —

Home Matches in BOLD cAPS and played at the george P. Mitchell Tennis center

* Big 12 Conference Match ! Big 12 Championship (College Station, Texas) $ NCAA First and Second Rounds (Waco, Texas)

rANKiNg TEAM (iTA) SiNgLES DOUBLES

Final (Spring 2007) 31 (#58) Jerry Makowski, (#63) Conor Pollock —

Preseason (Individual Only) — (#34) Jerry Makowski, (#37) Conor Pollock (#57) Mike Beatty-Matt Bain

Spring #1 (Jan. 8) 25 (#23) Conor Pollock, (#90) Chris Chirico —

Spring #2 (Team Only - Jan. 29) 22 — —

Spring #3 (Team Only - Feb. 5) 22 — —

Spring #4 (Feb. 20) 25 (#27) Conor Pollock (#22) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek

Spring #5 (Feb. 26) 25 — —

Spring #6 (March 4) 19 (#31) Conor Pollock (#40) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek

Spring #7 (March 11) 20 — —

Spring #8 (March 18) 19 (#23) Conor Pollock (#41) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek

Spring #9 (March 25) 21 — —

Spring #10 (April 1) 20 (#15) Conor Pollock, (#T90) Wil Spencer (#48) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek

Spring #11 (April 8) 21 — —

Spring #12 (April 13) 23 (#28) Conor Pollock (#22) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek, (#T55) Austin Krajicek-Wil Spencer

Spring #13 (April 22) 27 (#21) Conor Pollock (#15) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek (#55) Austin Krajicek-Wil Spencer

Spring #14 (April 28) 25 (#25) Conor Pollock (#20) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek (#58) Austin Krajicek-Wil Spencer

Final (Spring 2008) 23 (#25) Conor Pollock (#9) Conor Pollock-Austin Krajicek

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KrAjicEK-POLLOcK 13- 2 10- 1 3- 1 10-1 — — 3-0 L1

cHiricO-POLLOcK 13- 6 8- 3 5- 3 0-2 8-1 — 2-1 W2

BEATTY-SPENcEr 5- 2 5- 2 — — 5-2 — 3-0 L2

KrAjicEK-SPENcEr 5- 6 5- 6 — 3-6 2-0 — 1-2 L2

BAiN-WiLLiAMS 3- 2 — 3- 2 — — — — L1

BAiN-cHiricO 3- 5 3- 5 — — — 3- 5 2-1 L1

KAriMi-MAKOWSKi 1- 1 — 1- 1 — — — — L1

BAiN-KAriMi 1- 3 1- 3 — — — 1- 3 — L3

BAiN-BEATTY 1- 5 1- 5 — — — 1- 5 0-3 L4

BAiN-SPENcEr 1- 3 1- 3 — — — 1- 3 — L3

cHiricO-MAKOWSKi 0- 1 — 0- 1 — — — — L1

KAriMi-WiLLiAMS 0- 1 — 0- 1 — — — — L1

BEATTY-KAriMi 0- 1 0- 1 — — — 0- 1 — L1

cHiricO-SPENcEr 0- 2 0- 2 — — 0-2 — — L2

BEATTY-cHiricO 0- 4 0- 4 — — 0-4 — — L4

BAiN-MAKOWSKi 0- 4 0- 2 0- 2 — — 0- 2 — L4

totaLS 46-48 34-37 12-11 13-9 15-9 6-19 11-7 PcT. .489 .479 .522 .591 .625 .240 .611

OVErALL DOUBLES – Conor Pollock (26-8), Austin Krajicek (18-8), Chris Chirico (16-18), Wil Spencer (11-13), Matt Bain (9-22), Mike Beatty (6-12), Brad Williams (3-3), Kayvon Karimi (2-6), Jerry Makowski (1-6) and Stephen Shields (0-0).

SINGLESPlayer Overall Dual Tourn. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Big 12 Streak

Matt bain 20-16 12-10 8- 6 — — — — 10- 7 2- 3 3-3 L1 Senior • 3L • Georgetown, Texas (St. Stephen’s Episcopal School)

Mike beatty 0-2 0- 2 — — — — — — 0- 2 — L2Senior • 1L • Cincinnati, Ohio (Texas Tech University HS/Arizona State)

cHriS cHiricO 17-17 10-12 7- 5 — — — 10-8 0- 4 — 3-3 L1Sophomore • TR • Philadelphia, Pa. (Saint Joseph’s University)

KAYVON KAriMi 7-17 2-11 5- 6 — — — — — 2-11 2-4 L1Freshman • HS • Dallas, Texas (Texas Tech University HS)

AUSTiN KrAjicEK 16- 7 16- 7 — — 3-6 8-1 3-0 2- 0 — 4-2 L1Freshman • HS • Brandon, Fla. (Laurel Springs School)NTA

jErrY MAKOWSKi 5-10 2- 3 3- 7 — 1-1 1-2 — — — — L2Senior • 3L • Bradenton, Fla. (Foundation Academy)

cONOr POLLOcK 22-15 14-10 8- 5 14-10 — — — — — 2-4 L1Junior • 2L • San Antonio, Texas (MacArthur HS)

StePHen SHieLDS 1- 1 1- 1 — — — — — — 1- 1 — L1Sophomore • 1L • Austin, Texas (Westlake HS)

WiL SPENcEr 13-11 13-11 — — 6-8 7-3 — — — 2-4 W1Freshman • HS • Ponce de Leon, Fla. (Florida Virtual School)NTA

BrAD WiLLiAMS 4- 7 — 4- 7 — — — — — — — L1Sophomore • 1L • Cape Town, South Africa (Intec)

totaLS 105-103 70-67 35-36 14-10 10-15 16-6 13-8 12-11 5-17 16-20 PcT. .504 .517 .493 .583 .400 .727 .619 .522 .227 .444

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Sunday, April 27

2008Big 12 TournamentChampion

#5 Texas A&M

#4 Texas Tech

#2 Baylor

#7 Nebraska

#3 Oklahoma State

#6 Oklahoma

#1 Texas

#5 Texas A&M, 4-3

#2 Baylor, 4-0

#3 OSU, 4-1

#1 Texas, 4-0

#3 Baylor, 4-1

#1 Baylor, 4-2

2008ALL-BIG 12

CONFERENCE

S I N G L E S

Denes Lukacs ............................BU

Lars Poerschke ..........................BU

Andrei Daescu ..........................OU

Oleksandr Nedovyesov ............OSU

Luis Diaz Barriga .......................TEX

Ed Corrie...................................TEX

Kellen Damico ..........................TEX

Dimitar Kutrovsky .....................TEX

Austin Krajicek ............................taMu

conor Pollock .............................taMu

Sinisa Markovic ........................TTU

Bojan Szumanski ......................TTU

D O U B L E S

David Galic/ ............................BU Denis Lukacs

Andrei Daescu/.......................OU Fedrico Chavarria

Nathan Byrnes/ ......................OSU** Oleksandr Nedovyesov

Ed Corrie/ ...............................TEX** Kellen Damico

Austin Krajicek/ ......................TAMU Conor Pollock

Christian Rojmar/ ...................TTU** Bojan Szumanski

** - Unanimous Selection

P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R

Oleksandr Nedovyesov ..........OSU

F R E S H M A N O F T H E Y E A R

Austin Krajicek ........................taMu

Ed Corrie.................................TEX

N E W C O M E R O F T H E Y E A R

Austin Krajicek ........................taMu

Ed Corrie.................................TEX

C O A C H O F T H E Y E A R

Tim Siegel ...............................TTU

2008 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPSApril 24-27 • George P. Mitchell Tennis Center Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas

2008 FINALREGULAR-SEASON

STANDINGS

Pl. Team Big 12 Pct. All Pct.

1T. Texas 5-1 .833 25-6 .800

1T. Baylor 5-1 .833 25- 9 .735

3T. Oklahoma State 4-2 .667 17-10 .630

3T. Texas Tech 4-2 .667 20-6 .769

5. Texas A&M 2-4 .333 13-12 .520

6. Oklahoma 1-5 .167 11-13 .458

7. Nebraska 0-6 .000 10-16 .385

SINGLESChampions

N O . 1 Oleksander Nedovyesov ....OSU

N O . 2

Denes Lukacs .......................BU

N O . 3

Ed Corrie ............................TEX

N O . 4

Luiz Diaz Barriga ................TEX

N O . 5

Milan Mihailovic ................TEX

N O . 6

Michael Breler ...................TTU

DOUBLESChampions

N O . 1 Nedoyesov / Byrnes ..........OSU

N O . 2

Poerschke / Bucko ............BU

N O . 3

Kutrovsky / Zavala .............TEX

Most Outstanding PerformerDenes Lukacs, Sophomore, Baylor

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2008 ITA/FILA MEN’S TEAM RANKINGS

1. Georgia

2. Virginia

3. Ohio State

4. Texas

5. UCLA

6. Mississippi

7. USC

8. Baylor

9. Tennessee

10. Florida

11. Tulsa

12. Pepperdine

13. North Carolina

14. Florida State

15. Illinois

16. Michigan

17. Oklahoma State

18. LSU

19. Miami (Fla.)

20. Texas Tech

21. Stanford

22. Rice

23. texas a&M

24. Alabama

25. Arizona State

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Aggie Pro CoAChes

A G G i e s i n t h e P r o s

Codyhubbell

rafael de Mesa

Grant Connell

Lester Cook

KeithFrom

shuonMadden

tres Davis

Brent haygarth

ryannewport

DeanGoldfine

Greghill

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Career Highlights

• Two-timeAll-American atA&M

• 10yearveteranof DavisCup

• Two-timeOlympian (’92&’96)

• 22ATPdoublestitles

• Three-timeWimbledon doublesfinalist

• InductedtoCanadian TennisHallofFame(’98)

• InductedtoB.C.Sports HallofFame(’99)

• FormerCanadian DavisCupCaptain

BryanWooten

Brett Joelson

MarcelVos

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Doubles1. Top eight seed in NCAA Doubles Championships, or2. Reach quarterfinals of NCAA Doubles Championship, or3. Finish in Top 10 of final ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings

Singles1. Top 16 seed in NCAA Singles Championships, or2. Reach round of 16 in NCAA Singles Championships, or3. Finish in the Top 20 of the final ITA Collegiate Tennis Rankings.

A G G i e A l l - A m e r i c A n S

iTA All-AmeriCAseleCTion CriTeriA

Dumitru CaradimaConstanta,RomaniaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

1998 19-11 .633 18- 7 .7201999 11- 7 .611 *22- 2 .9172000 20-13 .606 *24-10 .7062001 20- 8 .714 19- 8 .681

Career 70-39 .642 83-27 .754* —Denotes All-America seasons

Grant Connell NorthVancouver,B.C.,CanadaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

1984 26- 7 .788 *18- 9 .6671985 *25- 6 .806 *18-11 .621

Career 51-13 .797 36-20 .643* —Denotes All-America seasonsNote: Career totals are from dual matches only

Lester CookShermanOaks,CaliforniaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2002 20-12 .625 25- 7 .7812003 31-10 .756 *28-14 .6672004 *34-10 .773 *24-10 .706Career 85-32 .726 77-31 .713* —Denotes All-America seasons

Greg hillHenderson,KentuckyYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

1982 21- 8 .724 13-10 .5651983 21- 8 .724 14- 9 .6091984 21-13 .618 *17-10 .6301985 21-11 .656 16-13 .552

Career 85-40 .680 60-42 .588* —Denotes All-America seasonNote: Career totals are from dual matches only

Austin KrajicekBrandon,FloridaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2008 16-7 .696 *15-8 .652

Career 16-7 .696 15-8 .652* —Denotes All-America season

shuon MaddenMiami,FloridaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

1998 17- 5 .773 14- 6 .7001999 *24- 8 .750 *27- 5 .8432000 *36- 9 .800 *26- 9 .7432001 21- 7 .750 17- 8 .680


Jerry MakowskiBradenton,FloridaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2005 *24-12 .667 20-11 .6452006 *21-11 .656 12-10 .5452007 13-17 .433 9- 9 .500


Ante matijevicSplit,CroatiaYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2002 24- 6 .800 21-12 .6362003 30-11 .731 *31-14 .6892004 27- 8 .771 *24- 8 .750


ryan newportHouston,TexasYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2000 20- 6 .769 14-10 .5832001 26-12 .684 28- 6 .8232002 *20-11 .645 22- 7 .7592003 *20- 6 .769 22- 5 .814


Conor PollockSanAntonio,TexasYear singles Pct. Doubles Pct.

2006 19-14 .576 13-11 .5422007 23-10 .697 22-12 .6472008 22-15 .594 *26- 8 .765

Career 64-39 .621 61-31 .663* —Denotes All-America season

ITA All-America Selection Criteria

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Austin Krajicek ....................................................2008Conor Pollock ............................................ 2007, 2008Jerry Makowski .......................................... 2005, 2006Mohamed Dakki ..................................................2004Lester Cook ................................................ 2003, 2004Ante Matijevic ................................. 2003, 2004, 2005Ryan Newport.................................. 2001, 2002, 2003Shuon Madden ...................... 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Cody Hubbell ............................................. 2000, 2001Dumtiru Caradima ...............................................2000Rafael de Mesa ....................................................1998Robbie Krause ......................................................1997

Doublesconor Pollock/Austin Krajicek ............................2008Brett Joelson / Ante Matijevic .............................2005Lester Cook / Ante Matijevic ..................... 2003, 2004Lester Cook / Ryan Newport ...............................2002Dumitru Caradima / ........................ 1999, 2000, 2001 Shuon MaddenTres Davis / Ryan Newport ..................................2001Cody Hubbell / Jarin Skube..................................2001Shuon Madden / Carlos Tori ................................1998

ACAdemiC All-Big 12FirstTeam

Conor Pollock ............................................ 2007, 2008Matt Bain ................................................... 2007, 2008Jerry Makowski .......................................... 2006, 2007Mohamed Dakki ........................................ 2005, 2006Ante Matijevic ................................. 2003, 2004, 2005Jarin Skube ...................................... 1999, 2000, 2001Cory Hubbard ......................................................1999Tony Young ..........................................................1999Brent Horan .........................................................1998

SecondTeamMatt Bain .................................................. 2005, 2006Dumitru Caradima ...............................................2001

HonorableMentionShuon Madden ....................................................1999Carlos Tori ............................................................ 1998

CosidA ACAdemiCAll-disTriCTSecondTeam

Jarin Skube ..........................................................2000

iTA sCholAr-AThleTeAnte Matijevic .....................................................2004

ArThur AshesPorTs sCholAr

Jerry Makowski ......................................... 2006, 2007

iTA regionAl AwArdsConor Pollock .....................rookie of the Year (2006)Ryan Newport........... Senior Player of the Year (2003)Tim Cass .............................. Coach of the Year (2001)Shuon Madden ....................... Player to Watch (2000)Scott Treibly ....................... Asst. Coach of Year (2000)Tim Cass .....................................Coach of Year (2000)Carlos Tori ............................ Senior of the Year (1998)

A G G i e t e n n i s h o n o r s

Conor Pollock

iTA nATionAl PlAyerof The monTh

Shuon Madden ........................................March, 2000Dumitru Caradima / Shuon Madden .......March, 2000Dumitru Caradima / Shuon Madden ...February, 1999Dumitru Caradima / Shuon Madden ......... April, 1999

nCAA QuAlifiers2008 TEAM ........................................... round of 32 Conor Pollock ......................................singles Conor Pollock / ................................doubles Austin Krajicek

2007 TEAM ........................................... round of 32

2006 TEAM ........................................... round of 32 Jerry Makowski ................................... singles

2005 TEAM ........................................... round of 16 Jerry Makowski ................................... singles Ante Matijevic ..................................... singles Brett Joelson / Ante Matijevic ........... doubles

2004 TEAM ........................................... round of 16 Lester Cook ......................................... singles Ante Matijevic ..................................... singles Lester Cook / Ante Matijevic ............. doubles

2003 TEAM ........................................... round of 16 Ryan Newport ..................................... singles Lester Cook ......................................... singles Ante Matijevic ..................................... singles Lester Cook / Ante Matijevic ............. doubles

2002 TEAM ........................................... round of 16 Ryan Newport ..................................... singles Lester Cook / Ryan Newport ............. doubles

2001 TEAM ............................................. round of 8 Shuon Madden .................................... singles Shuon Madden / Dumitru Caradima . doubles

2000 TEAM ........................................... round of 16 Shuon Madden .................................... singles Shuon Madden / Dumtiru Caradima . doubles

nOTe: Beginning in 1999, the ncAA initiateda true 64-team field.

1999 TEAM ........................................... round of 32 Shuon Madden .................................... singles Shuon Madden / Dumtiru Caradima . doubles

1998 TEAM ....................................... regional finals Rafael de Mesa .................................... singles Shuon Madden / Carlos Tori .............. doubles

1996 Blake Arrant ........................................ singles

nOTe: in 1994, the ncAA initiated a regionaltournament system to determine 8 of the final 16 teams.

1994 TEAM .................................... first round of 16 Mark Weaver ...................................... singles Mark Weaver / Bernardo Martinez .. doubles

1993 Mark Weaver ..................................... singles Mark Weaver / Bernardo Martinez ... doubles

1990 Shaun O’Donovan ............................. singles

1986 Kimmo Alkio ...................................... singles

1985 TEAM .................................... first round of 16 Grant Connell ....................................... singles Greg Hill ............................................. singles Kimmo Alkio / Grant Connell............. doubles

1984 Grant Connell ..................................... singles Greg Hill ............................................. singles Grant Connell / Greg Hill ................... doubles

1982 Brian Joelson ...................................... singles Tom Judson / Brian Joelson ............... doubles

Big 12 AwArdsAustin Krajicek .................Freshman of the Year (‘08)Conor Pollock ...................Freshman of the Year (’06)Jerry Makowski ................. Freshman of the Year (’05)Ante Matijevic .................Newcomer of the Year (’02)Shuon Madden ....................... Player of the Year (’01)Tres Davis.........................Newcomer of the Year (’01)Tim Cass ..................................Coach of the Year (’01)Shuon Madden ....................... Player of the Year (’00)Ryan Newport..................Newcomer of the Year (’00)Tim Cass ..................................Coach of the Year (’00)Rafael de Mesa ................. Freshman of the Year (’98)Tim Cass ..................................Coach of the Year (’98)

Big 12 PlAyerof The week

Matt Bain ...............................................April 16, 2006 Brett Joelson ............................................April 3, 2005Jerry Makowski ......................................April 25, 2005Mohamed Dakki .............................February 22, 2004Lester Cook ............................................April 11, 2004Lester Cook ............................................April 25, 2004Ryan Newport.......................................March 3, 2003Lester Cook .........................................March 17, 2003Ante Matijevic ....................................March 24, 2003Ante Matijevic ....................................March 31, 2003Lester Cook ..............................................April 8, 2003Ryan Newport.....................................March 13, 2002Keith From (co) ...................................March 18, 2001Ryan Newport (co)..............................March 18, 2001Cody Hubbell ...........................................April 1, 2001Shuon Madden ...................................March 12, 2000Shuon Madden ...................................March 26, 2000Shuon Madden ......................................April 16, 2000Shuon Madden ......................................April 11, 1999Shuon Madden ......................................April 18, 1999Shuon Madden ........................................April 7, 1998Shuon Madden ...................................March 31, 1999

Aggie heArT AwArdConor Pollock ............................................ 2007, 2008Matt Bain ................................................... 2005, 2006Khaled El Dorry ....................................................2004Ryan Newport......................................................2003Jarin Skube .......................................................... 2002Cody Hubbell .......................................................2001Cory Hubbard ......................................................2000

TexAs A&m mAleAThleTe of The yeAr

Ryan Newport......................................................2003

bold highlight indicates currrent player

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AAdams, A. Kemp ’39, ’40Aldrich, A. Albert ’64, ’65Alkio, Kimmo T. ’82, ’83, ’85, ’86Allen, H.C. ’43Anderson, Gonzalo ’97, ’98,

’99, ’00Anderson, W.E. “Andy” ’25Aramburo, Juan ’97, ’98, ’99, ’00Arrant, Blake ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96Ashburn, William L., III ’54, ’56

BBain, Matt ’05, ’06, ’07, ’08Barker, Richard B. ’64, ’66Barker, M. “Mitch” ’72Barnard, Robert F. ’72Barragan, Alex ’02Barry, Ivan D., Jr. ’82, ’83Barsalou, David Blake ’89, ’90,

’91, ’92Barse, B.C. ’25Bauer, Derrick ’02Beatty, Mike ’07, ’08Beleck, Marcos M. ’67, ’68Bennett, William M. ’43, ’47, ’48Bessellieu, Jack W., Jr. ’53, ’55Black, R.S. “Sig”, Jr. ’35, ’36, ’37Blazek, Miroslav F. ’59Box, Richard A., ’58, ’59Brown, Stephen Douglas

’89, ’90, ’91, ’92

CCampbell, Paschal E. ’44Campbell, Lee ’69, ’71Caradima, Dumitru ’98, ’99,

’00, ’01Carter, Jeffrey E. ’71Castillo, Michael ’90Chambers, Mike ’88Chastain, David L. ’69, ’70, ’71Chirico, Chris ’08Connell, Dash ’04, ’05Connell, Grant ’84, ’85Connell, Thomas V. ’70, ’71, ’72Contreras, Raul ’64Cook, Lester ’02, ’03, ’04Courson, Daniel C. ’72, ’73, ’74Courson, Thomas A. ’75, ’76, ’77Creath, Jonathon ’95Crichton, Jack A. ’35, ’36, ’37Crowder, Jeral L. ’44Crumley, Bruce L. ’68, ’70Cunningham, Jordan L.C. ’31, ’32Curlee, Jesse W. ’65Currie, Jenks (manager) ’97

dDean, Patrick (manager) ’08Dixon, Don P. ’55, ’56Donato, Clay ’07Duncan, Robert F. ’50Dyer, Edward Dean, ’64, ’65, ’66Dyer, Greg ’89

eEads, Ralph, Jr. ’41Early, Robert G. ’35, ’36, ’37Edmundson, J.S. ’25El Dorry, Khaled ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04Elek, Eric ’96, ’97Elizondo, Guillermo A. ’46Emery, Arthur M. ’31Emley, Charles E., Jr. ’75, ’76, ’77Emmott, Hunter ’02Espinosa, Gustavo A. ’89

fFaust, Robert J. ’66, ’67, ’69Fenner, Cameron ’03Fernandez, Xavier H. ’41, ’42Fikes, Richard C. ’70, ’71, ’72Finke, Nathan O. ’68Flores, Richard ’91, ’92Forker, Jake ’04Foster, Jerry ’59, ’60, ’61Freeman, Reid L. ’79, ’80, ’81From, Keith ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02

gGarlington, Raymond E., Jr.

’43, ’44Garza, Esteban (manager) ’01, ’02Gilbert, William A. ’45, ’46Giles, James P., Jr. ’40, ’41Gill, Lester O. ’27Gillette, R.B. ’41Given, Sherman B. ’39, ’40Goldfine, Dean ’85, ’86, ’87Gowens, Geoff (trainer) ’03Grandstaff, D.E. ’44Gray, James D. ’52Green, Wayne ’88Grubert, Jim ’79, ’80, ’81Gwin, George H. ’41

hHalter, Richard F. ’59, ’60, ’61Hardin, Alfred R. ’50, ’51Haygarth, Brent ’87Hickey, Michael F. ’69, ’70, ’71Hill, Greg ’83, ’84, ’85Holbrook, Frank A. ’54Holland, Bradlee ’94Hoover, William L., Jr. ’73, ’74, ’75Horan, Brent ’96, ’97, ’98, ’99Horan, Eric ’93, ’94, ’95, ’96Hubbard, Cory ’97, ’99, ’00Hubbell, Cody ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01Hyland, Joseph A. ’27, ’29

JJacobson, Jack M. ’53Jaedicke, Carl F. ’70Jamison, William C. ’59Jimenez, Alberto ’79, ’80Joelson, Brett ’04, ’05, ’06, ’07Joelson, Brian C. ’81, ’82, ’83Johnson, Clayton ’91Johnson, Dean ’87, ’88Jones, Robert A. ’58, ’59, ’60Judson, Thomas C. ’81, ’82, ’83

kKapchinski, Kris ’02Karimi, Kayvon ’08Kell, James C. ’61Kennedy, Steve ’87, ’88, ’90, ’91Kerr, Robert G. ’54, ’55Kelley, J.W. ’29Kettencacker, Arnold H. ’83, ’84Killebrew, James B. ’45Kinard, Gene T. ’55King, Byron M. ’79, ’80, ’81Kirwan, John M. ’74, ’75, ’76, ’77Knox, James D. ’59, ’60Koch, William J. ’60Koehler, Cody ’04Kowal, Ronald J. ’81, ’82, ’83Krajicek, Austin ’08Krezdorn, Alfred H. ’40, ’41, ’42Krause, Robbie ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97Kroll, Charles “Lindsey” ’69, ’70

lLetsos, Eugene J. ’51, ’52, ’53Levine, Sam W. ’38Lomax, Carter O., Jr. ’73Lothrop, Paul B. ’69, ’71Loucks, Matt ’03, ’04Lubin, Brian ’98Lunt, Marcus ’06

mMadden, Shuon ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01Makowski, Jerry ’05, ’06, ’07Malmgren, Zack ’04, ’05Marshall, William R. ’42, ’43Martinez, Bernardo ’92, ’93,

’94, ’95Martinez, Eduardo ’93, ’94,

’95, ’96Matijevic, Ante ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05McCarter, F.C. ’44McMeans, G.E. “Scooter”, Jr. ’74

Medlin, John “Milton” ’56, ’57, ’58

Metcalfe, T. Pryse, Jr. ’46, ’49Mills, Michael D. ’71, ’72, ’73Mills, Jere R. ’72, ’73Mitchell, George P. ’38, ’39, ’40Moore, David T. ’77Morris, Thomas C., III ’59, ’60Moss, Michael J. ’77, ’78, ’79

nNallon, John ’03, ’04, ’06, ’07Neal, Robert M. ’64, ’65Newport, Ryan ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03Noto, Jeff (trainer) ’08Novosad, Steve (trainer) ’97

oO’Bannon, F.B. ’29, ’30, ’31O’Bryant, Melvin W. ’64, ’65Ocvirk, Luke ’07O’Donovan, Shaun ’87, ’88,

’89, ’90Oliver, Jerry N. ’68, ’69

PPark, Lawton L. ’71, ’72, ’73Patterson, E.B. ’42Penn, Tom W. ’45Phillips, Scott H. ’90, ’91, ’92, ’93Pollock, Conor ’06, ’07, ’08

rRagland, Jon L. ’68, ’69, ’71Rao, Robert ’92Raymond, Chad ’94Reed, X.B., Jr. ’56, ’57, ’58Robertson, John E. ’32Rodarte, Ricardo ’92, ’93, 94, ’95Rogers, A.C. ’23Rojas, Luis E. ’64, ’65, ’66Rolle, Marvin ’04Roller, Hendrick ’79Ross, R. Stevens ’27Rutherford, J.A. ’29

sSalazar, Ray, Jr. ’61, ’62, ’63, ’65Sassman, Clifford D. ’61, ’65Schubert, Carroll W. ’67Schutz, C.B. “Trey”, III ’79, ’80, ’81Sellars, Rodney, Jr. ’47, ’48, ’49

Shields, Stephen ’07, ’08Silberman, Mark E. ’75, ’76, ’77Simmons, Russell F. ’84, ’85, ’86Simmons, Joe T. ’57, ’58Skube, Jarin ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02Smith, Leonard ’81Smith, Mark ’84, ’85, ’86Smith, Kermit U. ’72, ’73, ’74Smith, Terry Omar ’67Sorrells, W.D. ’35spencer, Wil ’08Spiegel, Andrew ’99Staley, Jim ’92Stanich, Chris ’86Stanford, Bennie T. ’46, ’47, ’48Stanley, Duffy B. ’47, ’48Stevens, Ben ’92Storev, A.L. ’29, ’30Strom, Alex ’04

TTate, Royce D. ’50, ’51, ’52Thomson, John T. ’42, ’43Tori, Carlos ’95, ’96, ’97, ’98Tillerson, Joe R. ’66, ’67, ’68

uUndewood, C.M. ’25

VVarnell, E.H. ’21Vela, W.O. ’34Vos, Marcel ’84, ’85, ’86, ’87

wWagner, Chris (trainer) ’01Wallis, James C. ’49Walls, Lloyd M. ’36, ’37, ’38Wanstrath, George R. ’61Weaver, Mark ’91, ’92, ’93, ’94West, Thomas S., Jr. ’51, ’52, ’53White, A.I. ’35, ’36Whitteker, Craig ’88, ’89Williams, Brad ’07Williams G.S. ’32Williams Fred F. ’64, ’66Wilson, J.R. ’21Wolff, Ronald D. ’53, ’54Wooten, Bryan ’04, ’05, ’06Wray, Beswick ’38Wright, William R. ’73, ’74, ’75

yYoung, John W. ’56, ’57Young, Tony ’97, ’98, ’99

ZZisette, Matthew G. ’89, ’90, ’91

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Singles 1. Kimmo Alkio, 1982-83, 85-86 ........ 85-34 .714 Greg Hill, 1982-85 ......................... 85-40 .680 3. Ante Matijevic, 2002-05 ................ 75-23 .765 4. Brian Joelson, 1980-83 .................. 73-38 .658 5. Tom Judson, 1980-83 .................... 72-25 .750 6. Dean Goldfine, 1984-87 ................ 69-37 .651 7. Ryan Newport, 2000-03 ................ 68-27 .716 8. Marcel Vos, 1984-87 ..................... 68-39 .636 9. Scott Phillips, 1990-93 ................... 66-30 .688 10. Shuon Madden, 1998-2001 .......... 65-18 .783 Khaled El Dorry, 2000-04............... 65-21 .756 Doug Brown, 1989-92 ................... 65-29 .692 Mark Weaver, 1991-94 .................. 65-31 .677 14. Lester Cook, 2002-04 .................... 64-19 .771 Cody Hubbell, 1998-2001 ............. 64-25 .719 16. Robbie Krause, 1994-97 ................ 62-30 .674 Steve Kennedy, 1987-91 ................ 62-36 .632 18. Ron Kowal, 1980-83 ...................... 57-32 .640 19. Eric Horan, 1993-96 ...................... 56-39 .589 20. Ricardo Rodarte, 1992-95 ............. 55-31 .640 21. Shaun O’Donovan, 1987-90 .......... 54-40 .575 22. Brett Joelson, 2004-07 .................. 53-29 .646

23. Blake Arrant, 1993-96 ................... 53-40 .570 24. Reid Freeman, 1978-81 ................. 52-45 .536 25. Grant Connell, 1984-85 ................. 51-13 .797 Matt Bain, 2005-08 ....................... 51-27 .654

Doubles 1. Ryan Newport, 2000-03 ................ 77-23 .770 2. Ante Matijevic, 2002-05 ................ 72-28 .720 3. Cody Hubbell, 1998-2001 ............. 68-20 .772 4. Mark Weaver, 1991-94 .................. 66-16 .805 Bernardo Martinez, 1992-95 ......... 66-27 .710 Ron Kowal, 1980-83 ...................... 66-30 .688 Brian Joelson, 1980-83 .................. 66-37 .641 8. Kimmo Alkio, 1982-83, 85-86 ........ 65-30 .684 9. Shuon Madden, 1998-2001 .......... 64-20 .762 10. Blake Arrant, 1993-96 ................... 61-37 .622 11. Tom Judson, 1980-83 .................... 60-30 .667 Greg Hill, 1982-85 ......................... 60-42 .588 13. Brett Joelson, 2004-07 .................. 59-37 .615 14. Jarin Skube, 1999-2002 ................. 58-30 .660 15. Lester Cook, 2002-04 .................... 56-21 .727 16. Dean Johnson, 1985-88 ................ 55-34 .618 17. Marcel Vos, 1984-87 ..................... 54-27 .667 18. Reid Freeman, 1978-81 ................. 52-41 .559 Carlos Tori, 1995-98 ...................... 52-30 .634 20. Eric Horan, 1993-96 ...................... 50-33 .602

1. Shuon Madden, 2000 ...... .870 2. Grant Connell, 1985 ........ .865 3. Lester Cook, 2004 ............ .800 Ryan Newport, 2003 ......... .800 5. Shuon Madden, 2001 ...... .750 6. Kimmo Alkio, 1986 ........... .719 7. Shaun O’Donovan, 1990 ... .708 8. Shuon Madden, 1999 ...... .705 9. Mark Weaver, 1993 ......... .700 10. Marcel Vos, 1987 .............. .692 11. Jerry Makowski, 2006 ......... .682

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1. Ryan Newport, 2001 .........24-3 Mark Weaver, 1994 ...........24-4 Bernardo Martinez, 1994 ..24-4 4. Tres Davis, 2001 ................23-4 5. Ryan Newport, 2003 .........22-5 Mark Smith, 1984..............22-8 Shuon Madden, 2000 ........21-4

8. Lester Cook, 2002 .............20-5 Jarin Skube, 2001 ..............20-6 Tom Judson, 1981 .............20-7 Ron Kowal, 1981 ...............20-7 Russ Simmons, 1984 .........20-8 Kimmo Alkio, 1985 ............20-9 Khaled El Dorry, 2003 ........20-3

Singles 1. Grant Connell, 1984 .......26- 7 2. Kimmo Alkio, 1983 .........25- 5 Grant Connell, 85 ...........25- 6 4. Scott Phillips, 1991 .........24- 4 Lester Cook, 2003 ..........24- 5 6. Lester Cook, 2004 ..........23- 5 Khaled El Dorry, 2003 .....23- 7 Tom Judson, 1982 ..........23- 7 Kimmo Alkio, 1985 .........23- 9 Dean Goldfine, 1984 ......23-10 11. Ante Matijevic, 2003 ......22- 6 Tom Judson, 1981 ..........22- 6 Marcel Vos, 1985 ...........22- 8 Greg Hill, 1985 ...............22-11 15. Mohamed Dakki, 2004 ...21- 7 Khaled El Dorry, 2004 .....21- 7 Ante Matijevic, 2002 ......21- 4 Mark Weaver, 1991 ........21- 7 Greg Hill, 1982 ...............21- 8 Greg Hill, 1983 ...............21- 8 Greg Hill, 1984 ...............21-13 22. Robbie Krause, 1994 ......20- 3 Ricardo Rodarte, 1994 ...20- 4 Ryan Newport, 2003 ......20- 6 Brian Joelson, 1980 ........20- 5 Max King, 1981 ..............20- 7 Cody Hubbell, 2000 ........20- 7 Shuon Madden, 2000 .....20- 3 Ryan Newport, 2000 ......20- 6

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shuon mAdden: The liVing legend

Four-time All American

Four-time All-Big 12 singles

Four-time All-Big 12 Doubles

two-time Big 12 Player of the Year

two-time Big 12 no. 1 singles Champion

Highest national Singles ranking — no. 2

Highest national Doubles ranking — no. 1

Four nCAA Doubles Appearances

three nCAA singles Appearances

Career singles record of 98-29

Career Doubles record of 85-28

shuon Madden is the only men’s tennis player in thetexas A&M sports Museum Legends Gallery.

Singles 1978 Reid Freeman ..................11-10 Trey Schutz ...................... 1-10 1979 Trey Schutz ......................13- 9 1980 Brian Joelson ...................20- 5 1981 Tom Judson .....................22- 6 1982 Tom Judson .....................23- 7 1983 Kimmo Alkio ................... 25- 5 1984 Grant Connell ................. 26- 7 1985 Grant Connell ..................25- 6 1986 Kimmo Alkio ....................19- 9 1987 Marcel Vos ......................18- 6 1988 Mike Chambers ...............15-11 Craig Whitteker ...............15-12 Steve Kennedy .................15-12

1989 Doug Brown ....................15- 7 1990 Shaun O’Donovan ...........17- 7 Gustavo Espinosa ............17- 8 1991 Scott Phillips ....................24- 4 1992 Bernardo Martinez ..........16- 6 1993 Blake Arrant ....................14-10 Mark Weaver ...................14- 6 1994 Robbie Krause .................20- 3 Ricardo Rodarte ..............20- 4 1995 Eric Horan ........................17- 6 1996 Robbie Krause .................17- 8 1997 Brent Horan .....................14- 9 1998 Shuon Madden ................17- 5 1999 Shuon Madden ................13- 5

2000 Shuon Madden ................20- 3 2001 Dumitru Caradima ...........19- 7 Tres Davis ........................19- 6 2002 Ante Matijevic .................21- 4 2003 Lester Cook .....................24- 5 2004 Lester Cook .....................23- 5 2005 Ante Matijevic .................14- 8 2006 Matt Bain.........................16- 5 2007 Conor Pollock ..................17- 62008 Austin Krajicek ................16- 7

Doubles 1978 Reid Freeman . .................. 9-12 Max King .......................... 9-12 1979 Reid Freeman . ................ 14- 7 Alberto Jimenez ............. 14- 7 Mike Moss ...................... 14- 8 Trey Schutz . .................... 14- 8 1980 Brian Joelson . ................. 18- 6 1981 Tom Judson.................... 20- 7 Ron Kowal ...................... 20- 7 1982 Kimmo Alkio ................... 16- 6 1983 Ron Kowal ...................... 19- 9 1984 Mark Smith ..................... 22- 8 1985 Kimmo Alkio ................... 20- 9 1986 Dean Goldfine ................ 14- 8

Dean Johnson . ................ 14- 8 1987 Dean Goldfine ................ 14- 5 Dean Johnson . ................ 14- 6 Marcel Vos ..................... 14- 5 1988 Dean Johnson . ................ 15- 9 1989 Doug Brown ..................... 9- 4 Blake Barsalou . ................. 9- 4 1990 Doug Brown ................... 12- 5 Shaun O’Donovan .......... 12- 5 1991 Mark Weaver .................. 11- 5 1992 Bernardo Martinez ......... 11- 3 Mark Weaver .................. 11- 3 1993 Bernardo Martinez ......... 19- 4 Mark Weaver .................. 19- 4

1994 Bernardo Martinez ......... 24- 4 Mark Weaver .................. 24- 4 1995 Eric Horan . ...................... 14- 8 1996 Eric Horan . ...................... 16- 7 Eduardo Martinez ........... 16- 7 1997 Robbie Krause . ................. 9-10 Carlos Tori ........................ 9-12 1998 Rafael de Mesa . .............. 18- 1 1999 Cody Hubbell . ................. 16- 3 Shuon Madden............... 16- 3 2000 Shuon Madden............... 21- 4 2001 Ryan Newport .................24- 3 2002 Lester Cook .................... 20- 5 2003 Ryan Newport ................ 22- 5

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2004 Brett Joelson .. ................ 19-10 2005 Brett Joelson .. ................ 18- 5 2006 Matt Bain.........................15- 7 2007 Conor Pollock ..................16- 82008 Conor Pollock ..................18- 4

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2007Conor Pollock .......................No. 2 singles champion

Matt Bain/Conor Pollock .......................No. 2 doubles champion

Bryan Wooten/Luka Ocvirk ...........................No. 3 doubles champion

A & M C o n F e r e n C e C h A M P i o n sBig 12 ConferenCe — indiViduAl ChAmPions

Big 12TeAm ChAmPions

2001Big 12 Conference ChampionsBig 12 Tournament Champions

2000Big 12 Tournament Champions

1998Big 12 Tournament Champions

TheSteveDentonEra— 2007-present

souThwesT ConferenCe — indiViduAl ChAmPionsTheDavidKentEra—1979-1996

2003Ryan Newport .......................No. 1 singles champion

Lester Cook ...........................No. 2 singles champion

Ante Matijevic ......................No. 3 singles champion

(theBig12recognizedpositionrunners-upfrom1997-2002)

2002Derrick Bauer ........................No. 6 singles champion

2001Shuon Madden .....................No. 1 singles champion

Dumitru Caradima/Shuon Madden .....................No. 1 doubles runners-up

Tres Davis/Ryan Newport .......................No. 2 doubles champions

Cody Hubbell/Jarin Skube ...........................No. 3 doubles champions

2000Shuon Madden .....................No. 1 singles champion

Ryan Newport .......................No. 5 singles champion

1999Shuon Madden .....................No. 1 singles runner-up

Juan Aramburo .....................No. 6 singles champion

Brent Horan/Jarin Skube ...........................No. 2 doubles runners-up

1998

Carlos Tori .............................No. 2 singles champion

Rafael de Mesa/Cody Hubbell ........................No. 3 doubles champion

Dumitru Caradima ................No. 5 singles runner-up

1996Robbie Krause .......................No. 5 singles champion

Eric Horan /Eduardo Martinez .................No. 2 doubles champions

Eric Elek /Robbie Krause .......................No. 3 doubles champions

1995Eric Horan .............................No. 3 singles champion

Ricardo Rodarte ....................No. 6 singles champion

1994Mark Weaver /Bernardo Martinez ...............No. 1 doubles champions

Ricardo Rodarte /Chad Raymond .....................No. 3 doubles champions

1993Mark Weaver ........................No. 1 singles champion

Blake Arrant ..........................No. 6 singles champion

1992Scott Phillips .........................No. 3 singles champion

1991Scott Phillips .........................No. 5 singles champion

Scott Phillips /Mark Weaver ........................No. 3 doubles champions

1987Brent Haygarth .....................No. 4 singles champion

1986Kimmo Alkio .........................No. 1 singles champion

1985Kimmo Alkio .........................No. 3 singles champion

Greg Hill / Marcel Vos ............................No. 2 doubles champions

1983

Kimmo Alkio / Van Berry ..............................No. 3 doubles champions

1982Kimmo Alkio /Mike Pazourek ......................No. 3 doubles champions

1981Tom Judson / Ron Kowal.......No. 3 doubles champions

BeforetheDavidKentEra—No.1SeedsOnly

1969Jon Ragland / Pete Faust .............................No. 1 doubles champions

1964Richard Barker / Luis Rojas ..............................No. 1 doubles champions

1952R.G. DeBerry .........................No. 1 singles champion

swC TeAm ChAmPions1994

Southwest Conference Champions

2005Mohamed Dakki ...................No. 6 singles champion

Brett Joelson/Ante Matijevic ......................No. 1 doubles champion

Matt Bain/Jerry Makowski .....................No. 3 doubles champion

2004Lester Cook ...........................No. 1 singles champion

Ante Matijevic ......................No. 2 singles champion

Khaled El Dorry .....................No. 4 singles champion

TheTimCassEra— 1997-2007

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A l l - T i m e B i G 1 2 c H A m P i O n SYear team tournament Player of the Year Freshman of the Year newcomer of the Year Coach of the Year

2008 Texas/Baylor Oklahoma State Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Austin Krajicek, Texas A&m / Austin Krajicek, Texas A&m / Tim Siegel, Texas Tech Okla. State Ed Corrie, Texas Ed Corrie, Texas

2007 Baylor Baylor Lars Poerschike, Baylor Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Okla. State Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Okla. State Matt Knoll, Baylor James Wadley, Okla. State

2006 Baylor Texas Travis Helgeson, Texas Conor Pollock, texas A&M Ivan Puchkarov, Okla. State Sam Winterbotham, Colorado Michael Center, Texas

2005 Baylor Baylor Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor Makowski, texas A&M; Poerschke, Baylor Radek Nijaki, Texas Tech Tim Seigel, Texas Tech

2004 Baylor Baylor Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor Zgaga, Baylor; Byrnes, Okla. State Dakki, texas A&M; Paulsen, Texas Tech Matt Knoll, Baylor

2003 Baylor Baylor Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor Ivor Lovrak, Baylor Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor Matt Knoll, Baylor

2002 Baylor Baylor Jean Simon, Texas Benjamin Becker, Baylor Ante matijevic, Texas A&m Michael Center, Texas / Matt Knoll, Baylor

2001 texas A&M texas A&M shuon Madden, texas A&M Reiner Neurohr, Baylor tres Davis, texas A&M tim Cass, texas A&M

2000 Baylor texas A&M shuon Madden, texas A&M Zoltan Papp, Baylor ryan newport, texas A&M tim Cass, texas A&M Eleazar Magallan, Kansas

1999 Texas Texas Johann Jooste, Baylor Brandon Hawk, Texas Jorge Aldrete, Baylor Dave Snyder, Texas

1998 Texas texas A&M Pavel Kudrnac, Okla. State rafael de Mesa, texas A&M Pawel Gajdzik, Baylor tim Cass, texas A&M Matt Knoll, Baylor

1997 Texas Texas Pavel Kudrnac, Okla. State Nick Crowell, Texas Pavel Kudrnac, Okla. State Dave Snyder, Texas

no. 1 ChAmPionYear Player, school

2008 Oleksandr Nedovyesov, Okla. State

2007 Lars Poerschke, Baylor

2006 Eric Molnar, Colorado Daniel Byrnes, Okla. State

2005 Radek Nijaki, Texas Tech

2004 Lester Cook, texas A&M

2003 ryan newport, texas A&M

2002 Benjamin Becker, Baylor

2001 shuon Madden, texas A&M


1999 Johann Jooste, Baylor

1998 Pavel Kudrnac, Okla. State

1997 Pavel Kudrnac, Okla. State

Big 12 singles ChAmPions — By PosiTionno. 2 ChAmPion

Year Player, school

2008 Denes Lukacs, Baylor

2007 Conor Pollock, texas A&M Ivan Puchkarov, Okla. State

2006 Roger Gubser, Texas

2005 Benjamin Becker, Baylor

2004 Ante matijevic, Texas A&m

2003 Lester Cook, texas A&M

2002 Zoltan Papp, Baylor

2001 Rodrigo Echagaray, Kansas

2000 David Hodge, Baylor

1999 Brandon Hawk, Texas

1998 Carlos tori, texas A&M

1997 B.J. Stearns, Texas


2008 Ed Corrie, Texas

2007 Sinisa Markovic, Texas Tech

2006 Ivan Puchkarov, Okla. State

2005 Lars Poerschke, Baylor

2004 Pete Stroer, Texas

2003 Ante matijevic, Texas A&m

2002 Markus Horning, Baylor

2001 Quentin Blakeney, Kansas

2000 Michael Blue, Texas

1999 Jack Brasingon, Texas

1998 Pawel Gajdzik, Baylor

1997 Dony Papadia, Colorado


2008 Luiz Diaz Barriga, Texas

2007 Matija Zgaga, Baylor

2006 Milan Mihailovic, Texas

2005 Michal Kokta, Baylor

2004 Khaled el Dorry, texas A&M

2003 Matias Marin, Baylor

2002 Matias Marin, Baylor

2001 Fran Krepelka, Okla. State

2000 Zoltan Papp, Baylor

1999 Jorge Aldrete, Baylor

1998 Chris Bates, Okla. State

1997 Nick Crowell, Texas


2008 Milan Mihailovic, Texas

2007 Dominik Mueller, Baylor Artie Burmistrau, Okla. State

2006 Miguel Reyes Varela, Texas

2005 Artsem Burmistrau, Okla. State

2004 Daniel Byrnes, Okla. State

2003 Reiner Neurohr, Baylor

2002 Reiner Neurohr, Baylor

2001 Jezek, Okla. State; Marin, Baylor

2000 newport, texas A&M; Edmondson, Texas

1999 Joey Michalsky, Baylor

1998 Rob Howarth, Okla. State

1997 Rob Howarth, Okla. State


2008 Michael Breler, Texas Tech

2007 Denes Lukacs, Baylor

2006 Michael Venus, Texas

2005 Mohamed Dakki, texas A&M

2004 Juan Felipe Diaz, Okla. State

2003 Ivor Lovrak, Baylor

2002 Perez, TT; Gubser, Texas

2001 Ryan Haith, Nebraska

2000 Mark Williams, Baylor

1999 Juan Aramburo, texas A&M

1998 Daniel Russo, Okla. State

1997 Daniel Russo, Okla. State

no. 1 runner-uPYear Player, school

2002 Jean Simon, Texas

2001 Simon, Texas; Dilaj, Colorado

2000 Brandon Hawk, Texas


1998 Johann Jooste, Baylor

1997 Enrique Abaroa, Kanas


2002 Rodrigo Echagaray, Texas

2001 Craig Edmondson, Texas


1999 Pawel Gajdzik, Baylor


1997 Xavier Avila, Kansas


2002 Jose Zarhi, Texas

2001 Adnan Hadzialic, Nebraska

2000 Eru Lyndon, Okla. State


1998 Artur Rusiecki, Colorado

1997 Fernando Sierra, Kansas


2002 Fungai Tongoona, Nebraska

2001 Stroer, Kansas; Popp, Baylor

2000 Simon, Texas; Krepelka, Okla. State

1999 Gwenael Guiet, Texas

1998 Dusty Beard, Oklahoma

1997 Chris Bates, Okla. State


2002 Bucky Mink, Colorado

2001 Alex Barragan, Kansas

2000 Clay Estes, Texas Tech


1998 Dumitru Caradima, texas A&M

1997 Trent Tucker, Kansas


2002 Derrick Bauer, texas A&M

2001 Ross, Baylor; Metzler, Kansas

2000 Tobias Kronlein, Oklahoma

1999 Williams, Baylor; Wiess, Nebraska

1998 Kevin Grieve, Colorado

1997 Michael Blue, Texas

Big 12 douBles ChAmPions — By PosiTionno. 1 ChAmPion

Year Player, school

2008 Nedoyesov/Byrnes, Okla. State

2007 Kutrovsky/Zavala, Texas

2006 Ivanov / Velicka, Oklahoma

2005 Joelson / matijevic, Texas A&m

2004 Ruiz / Zarhi, Texas

2003 Simon / Zarhi, Texas

2002 Krepelka / Prentice, Okla. State

2001 Crabtree / Gudzelak, Texas Tech

2000 Hodge / Williams, Baylor

1999 Papadia / Sepesi, Colorado

1998 Kudrnac / Dvoracek, Okla. State

1997 Abaroa / Avila, Kansas


2002 Echagaray / Zarhi, Texas

2001 Caradima / Madden, texas A&M;

Williams / Nuerohr, Baylor

2000 Blue / Crowell, Texas

1999 Martin / Guiet, Texas

1998 Jooste / Hodge, Baylor

1997 Kudrnac / Dvoracek, Okla. State


2008 Poerschke/Bucko,

2007 Bain/Pollock, texas A&M McKenzie/Kucera, Oklahoma

2006 Chavarria / Garrison, Oklahoma, Burmistrau / Bohunicky, Okla. State

2005 Kokta / Poerschke, Baylor

2004 Byrnes / Van Elden, Okla. State

2003 Haney / Stroer, Texas

2002 Becker / Papp, Baylor

2001 Davis / newport, texas A&M

2000 Jooste / Gajdzik, Baylor

1999 Crowell / Hawk, Texas

1998 Bates / Chiller, Okla. State

1997 Brasington / Allen, Texas


2002 Mills / Rivera, Nebraska

2001 Simon / Kloppert, Texas

2000 Bates / Krepelka, Okla. State

1999 horan / skube, texas A&M

1998 Michalsky / Gajdzik, Baylor

1997 Bates / Chiller, Okla. State


2008 Kutrovsky/Zavala, Texas

2007 Wooten/ocvirk, texas A&M Puchkarov/Petrov, Okla.

State

2006 Hunter/Kovacic, Texas Tech

2005 Bain / Makowski, texas A&M

2004 Gregg / Velicka, Oklahoma

2003 Lovrak / Marin, Baylor

2002 Marin / Neurohr, Baylor

2001 hubbell / skube, texas A&M

2000 Michalsky / Papp, Baylor

1999 Blue / Brasington, Texas

1998 de Mesa / hubbell, texas A&M

1997 Erin / Tucker, Kansas


2002 Hood / Jovanovic, Colorado

2001 Magallan / Metzler, Kansas

2000 Stroer / Krepelka, Okla. State

1999 Blackeney / Echagaray, Kansas

1998 Howarth / Russo, Okla. State

1997 Stearns / Blue, Texas

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1T. Texas 5 - 1 24 - 6

1T. Baylor 5 - 1 25 - 9

3T. Oklahoma State 4 - 2 17 - 10

3T. Texas Tech 4 - 2 20 - 6

5. texas A&M 2 - 4 13 - 12

6. Oklahoma 1 - 5 11 - 13

7. Nebraska 0 - 6 10 - 16


1. Baylor 6 - 0 28 - 4


2T. Texas 4 - 2 20 - 9

4T. Nebraska 2 - 4 9 - 11

4T. Oklahoma 2 - 4 20 - 9

4T. Texas Tech 2 - 4 14 - 10

7. texas A&M 1 - 5 15 - 12


1. Baylor 6 - 1 25 - 7

2. Texas 6 - 1 26 - 4

3. Colorado 5 - 2 20 - 9


5t. texas A&M 4 - 3 16 - 11

6. Texas Tech 2 - 5 13 - 11

7. Oklahoma 1 - 6 14 - 12

8. Nebraska 0 - 7 10 - 13


1. Baylor* 7 - 0 33 - 1

2. texas A&M 5 - 2 17 - 9

3. Oklahoma State 5 - 2 22 - 7

4. Texas Tech 5 - 2 25 - 4

5. Texas 2 - 5 13 - 10

6. Oklahoma 2 - 5 17 - 7

7. Colorado 2 - 5 9 - 15

8. Nebraska 0 - 7 9 - 15


1. Baylor* 7 - 0 32 - 2

2. texas A&M 6 - 1 24 - 9

3. Texas 5 - 2 15 - 12


5. Oklahoma 3 - 4 16 - 7

6. Texas Tech 2 - 5 12 - 12

7. Colorado 1 - 6 7 - 16

8. Nebraska 0 - 7 9 - 13


1. Baylor* 7 - 0 28 - 2

2. Texas 6 - 1 19 - 7


4. texas A&M 4 - 3 23 - 10

5. Texas Tech 3 - 4 13 - 8

6. Colorado 1 - 6 6 - 16

7. Nebraska 1 - 6 10 - 11

8. Oklahoma 1 - 6 14 - 10


1. Baylor* 7 - 0 27 - 2

2. Texas 6 - 1 23 - 4

3. texas A&M 5 - 2 22 - 7


5. Texas Tech 3 - 4 14 - 11

6. Colorado 2 - 5 12 - 11

7. Nebraska 2 - 5 10 - 12

8. Oklahoma 0 - 7 10 - 12


1. texas A&M* 8 - 0 27 - 4

2. Baylor 6 - 2 12 - 12

3. Texas 6 - 2 18 - 6


5. Kansas 5 - 3 15 - 11

6. Nebraska 3 - 5 9 - 14

7. Colorado 2 - 6 12 - 11

8. Texas Tech 1 - 7 7 - 15

9. Oklahoma 0 - 8 1 - 12


1. Baylor 8 - 0 23 - 6

2. texas A&M* 7 - 1 24 - 6

3. Texas 6 - 2 20 - 7

4. Kansas 5 - 3 10 - 12


6. Texas Tech 3 - 5 9 - 12

7. Oklahoma 2 - 6 13 - 12

8. Colorado 1 - 7 9 - 10

9. Nebraska 0 - 8 5 - 11


1. Texas* 8 - 0 25 - 6

2. Baylor 7 - 1 25 - 4

3. texas A&M 6 - 2 15 - 7

4. Nebraska 4 - 4 10 - 12

5. Texas Tech 4 - 4 15 - 10

6. Kansas 3 - 5 12 - 9

7. Oklahoma 2 - 6 13 - 15

8. Colorado 1 - 7 10 - 12



1. Texas 8 - 1 24 - 5

2. texas A&M* 7 - 2 19 - 6


4. Baylor 7 - 2 15 - 9

5. Colorado 5 - 4 12 - 12

6. Kansas 4 - 5 10 - 15

7. Oklahoma 4 - 5 13 - 11

8. Texas Tech 2 - 7 11 - 15

9. Nebraska 1 - 8 13 - 12

10. Missouri 0 - 9 1 - 14


1. Texas* 9 - 0 19 - 5

2. Kansas 8 - 1 16 - 6

3. Colorado 7 - 2 18 - 6


5. Oklahoma 4 - 5 16 - 7

Texas Tech 4 - 5 11 - 12

7. texas A&M 3 - 6 8 - 13

8. Baylor 3 - 6 12 - 11

9. Nebraska 1 - 8 9 - 14

10. Missouri 0 - 9 2 - 16

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Big 12TournAmenTChAmPions2008..............Okla. State2007..............Baylor2006..............Baylor2005..............Baylor2004..............Baylor2003..............Baylor2002..............Baylor2001 .............texas A&M2000 .............texas A&M1999..............Texas1998 .............texas A&M1997..............Texas

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1996 TCU Paul Robinson, TCU Robinson/Roditi, TCU 1995 Texas Paul Robinson, TCU Robinson/Roditi, TCU 1994 texas A&M (tie) Paul Robinson, TCU martinez/Weaver, A&m Texas (tie) TCU (tie) 1993 Texas Mark Weaver, A&M Eriksson/Phillips, UT 1992 TCU Anders Eriksson, UT Bujan/Ruette, TCU 1991 TCU Luis Ruette, TCU Haygarth/Michulka, UT 1990 Texas Steve Bryan, UT Ruette/Stolle, TCU 1989 Arkansas (tie) Mike Brown, UA Pearl/Thome, Rice TCU (tie) 1988 Arkansas Mike Brown, UA Chandler/Horne, Baylor 1987 SMU Royce Deppe, UT Beckman/Deppe, Texas 1986 SMU Kimmo Alkio, A&M Melville/Taylor, Rice 1985 SMU Tom Mercer, TCU Beckman/Deppe, UT 1984 Arkansas Johnny Levine, UT Evernden/Serret, UA 1983 SMU Rodney Harmon, SMU Doohan/Serret, UA 1982 SMU Rodney Harmon, SMU Pate/Richter, TCU 1981 Arkansas Chip Hooper, UA Dowlen/Odizor, UH 1980 Arkansas Chip Hooper, UA Doohan/Hightower, UA 1979 SMU Jai DiLouie, SMU Curren/Denton, UT 1978 SMU Nduka Odizor, UH Curren/Plock, UT 1977 Texas Randy Crawford, TCU Curren/Plock, UT 1976 Houston Mark Vines, SMU Bartzen Jr./Crawford, TCU 1975 SMU Ross Walker, UH Ogden/Walker, UH 1974 Houston George Hardie, SMU Merry/Ogden, UH 1973 SMU George Hardie, SMU Merry/Ogden, UH 1972 Rice John Gardner, SMU Hardie/Vann, SMU 1971 Rice Harold Solomon, Rice Guerry/Solomon, Rice 1970 Rice Mike Estep, Rice Berman/Estep, Rice 1969 Rice Tico Carrero, Rice Faust/ragland, A&M 1968 Rice John Pickens, Rice Pickens/Seewagen, Rice 1967 Texas Butch Seewagen, Rice Hamilton/Seewagen, Rice 1966 Rice Ted Gorski, UT Seewagen/Travis, Rice 1965 Rice Jim Parker, Rice Parker/Pickens, Rice 1964 Rice Jerry Walters, UT Barker/rojas, A&m 1963 Texas Jim Parker, Rice Parker/Scunk, Rice 1962 Rice Tomy Howorth, SMU Allison/Sutherland, Tech 1961 Texas Paul Como, Rice Howorth/Wolff, SMU 1960 SMU Paul Como, Rice Howorth/Wright, SMU 1959 Rice Ronnie Fisher, Rice Fisher/Foust, Rice 1958 Rice Ronnie Fisher, Rice Fisher/Foust, Rice

1957 Texas Sammy Giammalva, UT Giammalva/Keeton, UT 1956 Texas Sammy Giammalva, UT Giammalva/Snyder, UT 1955 Texas Sammy Giammalva, UT Giammalva/Hernandez, UT 1954 Texas John Hernandez, UT Hernandez/Springer, UT 1953 Texas John Hernandez, UT Hernandez/Springer, UT 1952 Texas r.G. DeBerry, A&M Harris/Oates, UT 1951 Texas Ken Crawford, SMU Harris/Oates, UT 1950 Texas Ken Crawford, SMU Harris/Turpin, Rice 1949 Texas Chick Harris, Rice Goldfarb/Kelley, UT 1948 Texas Bobby Curtis, Rice Curtis/Harris, Rice 1947 — Sam Match, Rice Curtis/Match, Rice 1946 — Clarence Mabry, UT Chew/Mabry, UT 1945 — Ken Crawford, SMU Blanton/McCarter, UT 1944 — John Hickman, UT Hickman/Kelley, UT 1943 — John Hickman, UT Driver/Hickman, UT 1942 — John Hickman, UT Morris/Rodgers, Rice 1941 — Jack R. Rodgers, Rice Morris/Rodgers, Rice 1940 — Bobby Curtis, Rice Morris/Rodgers, Rice 1939 — Frank Guernsey, Rice Guernsey/Morris, Rice 1938 — Frank Guernsey, Rice Kamrath/Weller, UT 1937 — Bobby Kamrath, UT Franklin/Kamrath, UT 1936 — Lindsey Franklin, UT Franklin/Weller, UT 1935 — Wilbur Hess, Rice Pease/Weltens, UT 1934 — Martin Buxby, UT Buxby/Weltens, UT 1933 — Martin Buxby, UT Kamrath/Williams, UT 1932 — Jake Hess, Rice Kamrath/Williams, UT 1931 — Bruce Barnes, UT Barnes/Kamrath, UT 1930 — Bruce Barnes, UT Barnes/Taylor, UT 1929 — Bruce Barnes, UT Barnes/Bell, UT 1928 — Berkeley Bell, UT Bell/Key, UT 1927 — Wilmer Allison, UT Barr/Estep, SMU 1926 — Doc Barr, SMU Love/Mather, UT 1925 — Louis Thalheimer, UT Mather/Thalheimer, UT 1924 — Lewis White, UT Thalheimer/White, UT 1923 — Louis Thalheimer, UT Thalheimer/Chandler, UT 1922 — Lewis White, UT Gregory/White, UT 1921 — Charles Drumwright, UT Drumwright/Granger, UT 1920 — Lloyd Gregory, UT Gregory/White, UT 1919 — Charles Granger, UT Granger/Greer, UT 1918 — Charles Granger, UT Granger/Greer, UT 1917 — Jimie Greer, UT Greer/Jones, UT

1916 — Eugene Monnett, OU Bonham/Monnett, OU

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2002TexasA&MTennisCenter

TexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStation,Texas

#1 GeorGia 4 • #16 TexAs A&m 1sweeT 16

Singles1. (#1) Matias Boeker, UGA vs. (#44) Ryan Newport, A&M ....................................................DNF2. (#25) Brandon Wagner, UGA def. Keith From, A&M ...............................................6-4, 7-6 (3)3. Bo Hodge, UGA def. (#125) Lester Cook, A&M ............................................................ 6-4, 6-44. (#64) Lesley Joseph, UGA vs. Ante Matijevic, A&M ...........................................................DNF5. Adam Seri, UGA def. Jarin Skube, A&M ...................................................................... 6-3, 6-46. Khaled El Dorry, A&M def. Nicolas Boeker, UGA ......................................................... 6-2, 6-2

Doubles(Georgiawinsthepoint)1. (#18) M. Boeker/Hodge, UGA def. (#15) Cook/Newport, A&M .......................................... 8-22. Seri/Wagner, UGA vs. From/Skube, A&M .........................................................................DNF3. N. Boeker/Joseph, UGA def. Bauer/Matijevic, A&M ..................................................... 9-8 (4)

2001

DanMagillTennisCenterUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Ga.

#4 TCU 4 • #7 TexAs A&m 0 eliTe 8

Singles1. (#19) Shuon Madden, A&M vs. (#10) Esteban Carril, TCU .................................................DNF2. (#43) Trace Fielding, TCU def. (#100) Ryan Newport, A&M ................................... 2-6, 6-3, 6-43. Scott Eddins, TCU def. Keith From, A&M .................................................................... 6-3, 6-44. Dumitru Caradima, A&M vs. Toni Gordon, TCU ................................................................DNF5. Cody Hubbell, A&M vs. Daniel Wajnberg, TCU .................................................................DNF6. Jimmy Haney, TCU def. Tres Davis, A&M..................................................................... 6-3, 6-1

Doubles(TCUwinsthepoint)1. (#16) Fielding/Haney, TCU def. (#10) Caradima/Madden, A&M ......................................... 8-42. Carril/Gordon, TCU def. (#25) Davis/Newport, A&M ......................................................... 8-33. (#42) Hubbell/Jarin Skube, A&M vs. Eddins/Petr Koula, TCU ............................................DNF

#7 Texas a&M 4 • #15 lsu 1sweeT 16

Singles1. (#19) Shuon Madden, A&M vs. (#12) Ajay Ramaswami, LSU ............................................DNF2. (#48) Dan Kiernan, LSU def. (#100) Ryan Newport, A&M ............................................ 6-2, 6-43. Keith From, A&M def. Jesse Smatt, LSU .................................................................7-6 (4), 6-14. Dumitru Caradima, A&M vs. Sebastian Rutka, LSU.......................................................... DNF5. Cody Hubbell, A&M def. Sanjin Sadovich, LSU............................................................ 6-0, 6-26. Tres Davis, A&M def. John Gray Pou, LSU ................................................................... 6-4, 6-2

Doubles(A&Mwinsthepoint)1. (#10) Caradima/Madden, A&M vs. (#33) Kiernan/Rutka, LSU ...........................................DNF2. (#25) Davis/Newport, A&M def. Mateljan/Ramaswami, LSU ............................................. 8-53. (#42) Hubbell/Jarin Skube, A&M def. Sadovich/Smatt, LSU ............................................... 8-3

2005

GeorgeP.MitchellTennisCenterTexasA&MUniversity,CollegeStation,Texas

#1 Baylor 4 • #16 TexAs A&m 0sweeT 16

Singles1. (#2) Benedikt Dorsch, BU vs. (#14) Jerry Makowski, A&M .................................................DNF2. (#18) Benjamin Becker, BU def. (#78) Ante Matijevic, A&M....................................7-6 (5), 6-23. (#50) Lars Poerschke, BU vs. Bryan Wooten, A&M ............................................................DNF4. (#106) Michal Kokta, BU def. Brett Joelson, A&M ...................................................7-6 (5) 6-25. Matija Zgaga, BU def. Mohamed Dakki, A&M ............................................................ 6-1, 6-26. Greg Shearer, BU vs. Matt Bain, A&M...............................................................................DNF

Doubles(Baylorwinsthepoint)1. (#22) Joelson/Matijevic, A&M def. (#2) Dorsch / Zgaga, BU ............................................... 8-42. (#54) Kokta/Poerschke, BU def. Wooten / Zack Malmgren, A&M ...................................... 8-53. Becker/Jon Reckewey, BU def. Bain / Makowski, A&M ...................................................... 8-5

2004

MichaelD.CaseTennisCenterUniversityofTulsa,Tulsa,Okla.

#3 UCla 4 • #24 TexAs A&m 1sweeT 16

Singles1. (#13) Lester Cook, A&M def. (#7) Tobias Clemens, UCLA ............................................. 6-1, 6-22. (#32) Ante Matijevic, A&M vs. (#67) Luben Pampoulov, UCLA ..........................................DNF3. (#60) Chris Lam, UCLA def. Mohamed Dakki, A&M ..................................................... 6-4, 6-44. (#63) Alberto Francis, UCLA def. Khaled El Dorry, A&M .............................................. 6-4, 6-45. Brett Joelson, A&M vs. (#88) Kris Kwinta, UCLA ................................................................DNF6. (#107) Philipp Gruendler, UCLA def. Bryan Wooten, A&M ................................... 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Doubles(UCLAwinsthepoint)1. (#2) Cook/Matijevic, A&M def. (#7) Francis/Kwinta, UCLA.................................................. 8-52. (#27) Guendler/Pampoulov, UCLA def. Zack Malmgren/Marvin Rolle, A&M ..................... 8-43. Clemens/Chris Surapol, UCLA def. Joelson/Wooten, A&M ................................................ 8-6

2003

DanMagillTennisComplexUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Ga.

#6 VanderBilT 4 • #10 TexAs A&m 1sweeT 16

Singles1. (#1) Bobby Reynolds, Vandy def. (#13) Ryan Newport, A&M ....................................... 6-3, 6-42. (#31) Lester Cook, A&M vs. (#16) Chad Harris, Vandy .......................................................DNF3. (#66) Matt Lockin, Vandy def. (#50) Ante Matijevic, A&M ......................................7-6 (5), 6-24. Khaled El Dorry, A&M def. Scott Brown, Vandy .......................................................... 7-5, 6-45. Matt Loucks, A&M vs. Zach Dailey, Vandy ........................................................................DNF6. Lewis Smith, Vandy def. John Nallon, A&M ............................................................... 6-4, 6-4

Doubles(Vanderbiltwinsthepoint)1. Brown/Reynolds, Vandy def. (#25) Cook/Newport, A&M .................................................. 8-32. Harris/Lockin, Vandy def Loucks/Nallon, A&M .................................................................. 8-03. El Dorry/Matijevic, A&M vs. Dailey/Smith, Vandy ............................................................DNF

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2000

DanMagillTennisCenterUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Ga.

#9 Tennessee 4 • #7 TexAs A&m 3sweeT 16

Singles1. (#3) Shuon Madden, A&M def. (#24) Mark Parsons, UT .............................................. 6-4, 6-32. Dumitru Caradima, A&M def. (#60) Adam Carey, UT ........................................... 6-1, 2-6, 6-33. Keith From, A&M def. (#56) Peter Handoyo, UT .......................................................... 7-5, 6-34. Paul Padbury, UT def. (#100) Cody Hubbell, A&M ....................................................... 6-2, 6-15. Tate Roberts, UT def. Ryan Newport, A&M ......................................................... 7-5, 1-6, 6-26. Mark Fitzpatrick, UT def. Juan Aramburo, A&M ......................................................... 7-5, 6-1

Doubles(Tennesseewinsthepoint)1. (#6) Caradima/Madden, A&M def. (#52) Fitzpatrick/Podbury, UT ...................................... 8-52. Carey/Parsons, UT def. From/Skube, A&M ........................................................................ 8-43. Andy Crews/Handoyo, UT def. Hubbell/Newport, A&M .............................................. 9-8 (5)

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1994

CourtneyTennisCenterUniversityofNotreDame,SouthBend,Ind.

dUke 4 • Texas a&M 11sT round/sweeT 16

Singles1. Chris Pressley, Duke def. Mark Weaver, A&M ............................................................. 7-5, 6-42. Rob Chess, Duke def. Blake Arrant, A&M .................................................................... 6-3, 6-43. Peter Ayers, Duke def. Bernardo Martinez, A&M ....................................................... 6-3, 6-24. Adam Gusky, Duke def. Eric Horan, A&M ................................................................... 6-2, 6-25. Robbie Krause, A&M led Phillippe Moggio, Duke .................................... 1-6, 4-6, 4-4 (susp.)6. Ricardo Rodarte, A&M led Jordan Murray, Duke. ................................... 6-3, 4-6, 1-2 (susp.)

Doubles(A&Mwinspoint)1. Martinez/Weaver, A&M def. Ayers/Chess, Duke ...........................................................9-8(8)2. Arrant/Horan, A&M def. Sven Koehler/Pressley, Duke ...................................................... 8-63. Murray/Moggio, Duke def. Chad Raymond/Rodarte, A&M ............................................... 8-1

1985

HenryFeildStadiumUniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Ga.

PePPerdine 5 • Texas a&M 31sT round/sweeT 16

Singles1. Grant Connell, A&M def. Dani Leal, Pep. ................................................................... 6-4, 6-12. Kelly Jones, Pep. def. Greg Hill, A&M .......................................................................... 6-4, 6-23. Kimmo Alkio, A&M def. Carlos DiLaura, Pep. ...................................................... 6-3, 7-6, 6-44. Marcel Vos, A&M def. Ed Nagel, Pep. ................................................................. 3-6, 6-2, 6-45. Marty Laurendeau, Pep. def. Mark Smith, A&M......................................................... 6-1, 6-36. Robby Weiss, Pep. def. Dean Goldfine, A&M .............................................................. 6-1, 6-2

Doubles(Pepperdinewins2points)1. DiLaura/Jones, Pep def. Connell/Alkio, A&M .............................................................. 6-3, 6-42. Hill/Vos, A&M vs. Nagel/Craig Johnson, Pep. ..................................................................DNF3. Laurndeau/Weiss, Pep. def. Dean Johnson/Goldfine, A&M ...................................... 7-6, 6-4

2008BaylorUniversity,Waco,Texas

second round#9 Baylor 4 def. Texas A&M 2

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. SMU 1

2007BaylorUniversity,Waco,Texas

second round#3 Baylor 4 def. Texas A&M 0

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Rice 2

2006TexasA&MUniversity, CollegeStation,Texas

second roundNotre Dame 4 def. #16 Texas A&M 2

First round#16 Texas A&M 4 def. Texas-Arlington 0

2005BoiseStateUniversity,Boise,Idaho

second round#16 Texas A&M 4 def. Boise State 0

First round#16 Texas A&M 4 def. Montana State 0

2004VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,

Richmond,Va.

second roundTexas A&M 4 def. #12 Va. Commonwealth 0

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Alabama 0


second roundTexas A&M 4 def. South Florida 1

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Maryland-BC 0


second roundTexas A&M 4 def. LSU 0

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Southern 0


second roundTexas A&M 4 def. Vanderbilt 0

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Saint Bonaventure 0

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second roundTexas A&M 4 def. Louisiana-Lafayette 0

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Army 0

1999UniversityofTexas,Austin,Texas

second roundTexas 4 def. Texas A&M 1

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Texas Tech 3


FinalsSouthern Methodist 4 def. Texas A&M 3

SemifinalsTexas A&M 4 def. Arkansas 3

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Arkansas-Little Rock 0

1997TexasChristianUniversity,

FortWorth,Texas

First roundTexas 5 def. Texas A&M 0


SemifinalsTexas 4 def. Texas A&M 3



SemifinalsTexas 4 def. Texas A&M 3

First roundTexas A&M 4 def. Arkansas 1

1994RiceUniversity,Houston,Texas

FinalsTexas A&M 4 def. Arkansas 3


In 1994, the NCAA initiated a regional tourna-

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teams. Beginning in 1999, the NCAA started us-

ing a true 64-team field where first and second

round action is held at 16 regional sites. The 16

campus site winners advance to the final site for

the NCAA Championships.

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2003

UniversityofGeorgia,Athens,Ga.

r o u n d o f 6 4(#17) Daniel Klemetz, MTSU def. (#13) Ryan Newport, A&M ............................................... 6-3, 6-3(#31) Lester Cook, A&M def. (#84) Dustin Taylor, Tulsa ............................................6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2(#2) Benedikt Dorsch, Baylor def. (#31) Lester Cook, A&M ................................................... 7-5, 6-2(#7) Cook/Ante Matijevic, A&M def. (#23) Michael Duquette/Doug Stewart, Virginia ......... 6-2, 6-1

r o u n d o f 1 6(#29) Dorsch/Reiner Neurohr, Baylor def. (#7) Cook/Matijevic, A&M ......................6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (5)

(AnteMatijevicreceivedanat-largebidtothesinglesportion,butdidnotparticipate.)

2002


r o u n d o f 6 4(#44) Ryan Newport, A&M def. Peter Handoyo (2), Tennessee ........................................... 6-1, 6-2

r o u n d o f 3 2(#44) Ryan Newport, A&M def. Frantisek Krepelka, Okla. State ................................6-7(0), 6-3, 6-2(#15) Cook/Newport, A&M def. (#30) Ambert/Combette, Miss. State ................................. 6-4, 6-4

r o u n d o f 1 6(#25) Brandon Wagner, Georgia def. (#44) Ryan Newport, Texas ................................. 4-6, 6-3, 6-3

2001


r o u n d o f 6 4(#19) Shuon Madden, A&M def. (#35) James Shortall, Mississippi ................................ 3-6, 6-4, 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2(#12) Ajay Ramaswami, LSU def. (#19) Shuon Madden, A&M .............................................. 6-2, 6-4(#1) Montgomery/Vahaly, Virginia def. (#10) Caradima/Madden, A&M .............................. 6-4, 6-4

2000


r o u n d o f 6 4(#3) Shuon Madden, A&M def. Jason Marshall, Purdue ...................................................... 6-4, 6-1

r o u n d o f 3 2(#3) Shuon Madden, A&M def. (#36) Brandon Hawk, Texas .......................................... 4-6, 7-5, 6-4(#6) Madden/Caradima, A&M def. (#20) Huss/Kovacs, Auburn ......................... 4-6, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (7)

r o u n d o f 1 6(#3) Shuon Madden, A&M def. (#27) Jong-Min Lee, UCLA .......................................6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-3(#6) Madden/Caradima, A&M defaults to Boise State

r o u n d o f 8(#31) Carlos Drada, Kentucky def. (#3) Shuon Madden, A&M .............................................. 6-2, 6-4

2008

UniversityofTulsa,Tulsa,Okla.

r o u n d o f 6 4(#5) Daniel Vallverdu, Miami (Fla.) def. (#25) Conor Pollock, A&M................................ 5-7, 6-3, 6-1

r o u n d o f 3 2(#20) Pollock/Austin Krajicek def. (#24) Daniel Buikema/Mathieu Thibaudeau, Ala. ..... 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

r o u n d o f 1 6(#20) Pollock/Austin Krajicek def. (#1) Somdev Devvarman/Treat Huey, Virginia ................. 6-3, 6-4

r o u n d o f 8(#20) Pollock/Austin Krajicek def. (#14) Drew Eberly/Justin Kronauge, Ohio State ........ 4-6, 6-1, 6-3

r o u n d o f 4(#4) Jonas Berg/Erling Tveit, Mississippi def. (#20) Pollock/Austin Krajicek .......................... 6-4, 6-4

2006

StanfordUniversity,PaloAlto,Calif.

r o u n d o f 6 4(#42) Patrick Ysern, San Diego def. (#12) Jerry Makowski [9-16 seed], A&M ........................ 6-3, 6-3

2005


r o u n d o f 6 4(#14) Jerry Makowski, A&M def. (#40) Devin Mullings, Ohio State ...................................... 6-3, 7-5(#66) Travis Helgeson, Texas def. (#78) Ante Matijevic, A&M ..........................................7-6 (2), 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2(#14) Jerry Makowski, A&M def. (#50) Lars Poerschke, Baylor ........................................7-6 (3), 6-3(#6) Mark Growcott/Ken Skupski, LSU def. Brett Joelson/Matijevic, A&M.................... 6-1, 3-6, 7-5

r o u n d o f 1 6(#3) Jesse Witten, Kentucky def. (#14) Jerry Makowski, A&M ........................................7-6 (2), 6-1

2004

UniversityofTulsa,Tulsa,Okla.

r o u n d o f 6 4(#13) Lester Cook, A&M def. (#47) Claes Lindholm, Mississippi ........................................... 6-1, 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2(#31) Chad Harris, Vanderbilt def. (#13) Lester Cook, A&M .............................................7-6 (5), 7-5

(LesterCookandAnteMatijevicwereseededNo.2indoubles,butdidnotparticipate.)

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r o u n d o f 6 4Shuon Madden, A&M def. Matthieu Ballay, Miss. State .............................................. 6-3, 4-6, 6-2

r o u n d o f 3 2Hishan Hemeda, Georgia def. Shuon Madden, A&M .......................................................... 6-4, 6-4

(ShuonMaddenandDumitruCaradimareceivedanat-largebidtothedoublesportion, butdidnotparticipateduetoinjury.)

1998


r o u n d o f 6 4Gustavo Marcarcio, Arizona State def. Rafael de Mesa, A&M ...................................... 6-4, 4-6, 6-4

r o u n d o f 3 2Kelly Gullett/Robert Lindstedt, Pepperdine def.Shuon Madden/Carlos Tori, A&M................................................................................. 6-4, 2-6, 6-3

1996


r o u n d o f 6 4Ryan Wolters, Stanford def. Blake Arrant, A&M .................................................................. 6-0, 6-3

1994

UniversityofNotreDame,SouthBend,Ind.

r o u n d o f 6 4Jan Hermansson, South Alabama def. Mark Weaver, A&M ................................................. 6-2, 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2Weaver/Bernardo Martinez, A&M def. Ryan Juinio/Bryan Juinio, Fresno State .......... 6-3, 6-7, 6-3

r o u n d o f 1 6Wayne Black/Jon Leach, USC def. Weaver/Martinez, A&M ................................................. 6-3, 7-5

1993


r o u n d o f 6 4Mark Weaver, A&M def. Jon Leach, USC ............................................................................. 7-5, 6-3

r o u n d o f 3 2Michael Flanagan, Stanford def. Weaver, A&M ................................................................... 6-4, 6-3

r o u n d o f 1 6Juha Pesola/Mike Wesbrooks, LSU def. Weaver/Bernardo Martinez, A&M ................. 6-2, 5-7, 6-4

1990

UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,IndianWells,Calif.

r o u n d o f 6 4Shaun O’Donovan, A&M def. Bryan Jones, N. Carolina ................................................ 4-6, 6-4, 6-2

r o u n d o f 3 2Jared Palmer, Stanford def. Shaun O’Donovan, A&M .......................................................... 6-3, 6-4

1985


r o u n d o f 6 4Grant Connell, A&M def. Brenden Burke, Louisville ............................................................ 6-1, 6-4Greg Hill, A&M def. Paul Lobban, Utah ....................................................................6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (6)

r o u n d o f 3 2Grant Connell, A&M def. Shelby Cannon, Tennessee .......................................................... 6-3, 6-2Dan Goldie, Stanford def. Greg Hill, A&M ............................................................................ 6-1, 6-0Kimmo Alkio/Connell, A&M def. Baker/Meyers, TCU ................................................... 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

r o u n d o f 1 6Grant Connell, A&M def. Mark Styslinger, SMU .................................................................. 6-3, 6-4Jones/DiLaura, Pepperdine def. Alkio/Connell, A&M .......................................................... 6-0, 6-4

r o u n d o f 8Mikael Pernfors, Georgia def. Grant Connell, A&M ............................................................. 6-4, 6-0

1984


r o u n d o f 6 4Adam Abele, Purdue def. Grant Connell, A&M.................................................................... 6-4, 6-4Greg Logan, Utah def. Greg Hill, A&M .......................................................................... 2-6, 7-6, 6-2

r o u n d o f 3 2Kimmo Alkio/Grant Connell, A&M def. Matt Anger/Anthony Emerson, USC ...................... 6-2, 6-1

r o u n d o f 1 6Alkio/Connell, A&M def. Kelly Everden/Pat Serret, Ark. ..................................................... 6-3, 6-3

r o u n d o f 8Allen Miller/Michael Pernfors, Georgia def. Alkio/Connell, A&M ....................................... 6-0, 6-4

1982


r o u n d o f 6 4Mike DePalmer, Tennessee def. Brian Joelson, A&M .................................................... 6-2, 2-6, 6-2

r o u n d o f 3 2Jeff Arons/Scott Davis, Stanford def. Tom Judson/Joelson, A&M ........................................ 6-2, 6-1

A&M

TENNIS HISTORY

A&M

TENNIS HISTORY

106

A&M

TEN

NIS

HIS

TORY

non-ConferenCe oPPonenTs

A l l - T i m e O P P O n e n T S (Since1978)

Big 12 ConferenCe oPPonenTs

B Ay l o r23-15

1978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 .............................. L1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1997 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 .............................. L2000 .............................. L2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 .............................. L2002 .............................. L2003 .............................. L2003 .............................. L2004 .............................. L2004 .............................. L2005 .............................. L2005 .............................. L2006 ............................. W2007 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2008 .............................. L2008 .............................. L

C o l o r A d o11-4

1992 .............................. L1996 ............................. W1997 .............................. L1998 .............................. L1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 .............................. L

k A n s A s5-4

1996 .............................. L1997 .............................. L1997 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W1999 .............................. L2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W

m i s s o u r i3-0

1997 ............................. W1997 ............................. W1998 ............................. W

n e B r A s k A13-1

1990 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1997 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W

2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

o k l A h o m A20-2

1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1997 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

o k l A h o m As TAT e14-9

1980 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1987 .............................. L1987 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1997 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 .............................. L2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2005 .............................. L2006 .............................. L2006 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2008 .............................. L

T e x A s10-38

1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1986 .............................. L1987 .............................. L1988 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1990 .............................. L1990 .............................. L

1991 .............................. L1991 ............................. W1992 .............................. L1992 .............................. L1993 .............................. L1993 .............................. L1994 .............................. L1995 .............................. L1996 .............................. L1996 ............................. W1996 .............................. L1997 .............................. L1997 .............................. L1998 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1999 .............................. L1999 .............................. L2000 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 .............................. L2001 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 .............................. L2002 .............................. L2002 ............................. W2003 .............................. L2003 .............................. L2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2008 .............................. L2008 .............................. L2008 .............................. L

T e x A s T e C h37-5

1978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 .............................. L1990 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 .............................. L1992 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1997 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 .............................. L2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W2008 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

A B i l e n eC h r i s T i A n

9-01998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

A l A B A m A6-0

1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W

A r i Z o n A2-0

1981 ............................. W1993 ............................. W

A r i Z o n As TAT e0-1

1991 .............................. L

A r k A n s A s8-20

1978 .............................. L1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1986 .............................. L1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1988 .............................. L1988 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1990 .............................. L1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 .............................. L1994 .............................. L1994 ............................. W1995 .............................. L1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1998 ............................. W

A r k A n s A sl i T T l e r o C k

6-01981 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1998 ............................. W

A r m y1-0

2000 ............................. W

A u B u r n2-2

1982 ............................. W1983 .............................. L1991 .............................. L2002 ............................. W

A u s T i n P e Ay1-0

1981 ............................. W

B A l l s TAT e1-0

1994 ............................. W

B o i s e s TAT e3-1

2002 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

B r i g h A my o u n g1-0

1990 ............................. W

C A l i f o r n i A3-2

1985 ............................. W1986 .............................. L2004 ............................. W2004 .............................. L2005 ............................. W

u C i r V i n e2-1

1984 .............................. L1992 ............................. W2000 ............................. W

u C l A0-4

1985 .............................. L2001 .............................. L2004 .............................. L2007 .............................. L

u C s A n TAB A r B A r A

1-01994 ............................. W

C e n T e n A r y1-0

2000 ............................. W

C l e m s o n3-6

1978 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1992 .............................. L1993 ............................. W1995 ............................. W2008 ............................. W

C o l u m B i A1-0

2007 ............................. W

d u k e5-12

1982 .............................. L1984 ............................. W1987 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1994 .............................. L1998 .............................. L1999 .............................. L2000 .............................. L2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 .............................. L2004 .............................. L2005 .............................. L2006 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

e A s T T e x A ss TAT e1-0

1981 ............................. W

f l o r i d A i n T e r n AT i o n A l

1-01996 ............................. W

f l o r i d A3-1

2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 .............................. L

f l o r i d As TAT e6-2

1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 .............................. L2006 ............................. W2008 .............................. L

f u r m A n1-0

1979 ............................. W

g e o r g i A0-2

1986 .............................. L2002 .............................. L

g e o r g i A T e C h2-0

1990 ............................. W2006 ............................. W

h A r d i ns i m m o n s

4-01980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1985 ............................. W

h A r VA r d1-3

1986 .............................. L1987 ............................. W1990 .............................. L1995 .............................. L

h AwA i i2-0

1994 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

h o u s T o n5-8

1978 .............................. L1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1980 ............................. W1981 .............................. L1982 ............................. W1983 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 ............................. W

h o u s T o nB A P T i s T

4-01982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W

i l l i n o i s4-7

1988 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1997 .............................. L1999 .............................. L2000 .............................. L2001 .............................. L2003 .............................. L2004 .............................. L2006 ............................. W2007 .............................. L

i n d i A n A3-2

1988 .............................. L1989 ............................. W1990 .............................. L1991 ............................. W2008 ............................. W

k e n T u C k y2-0

1983 ............................. W1986 ............................. W

l A m A r8-0

1978 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W2004 ............................. W

l o u i s i A n A -l A fAy e T T e

16-31978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 .............................. L1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 .............................. L1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 .............................. L1997 ............................. W2000 ............................. W

l o u i s i A n As TAT e9-11

1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 .............................. L1988 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1998 .............................. L1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W

A&M

TEN

NIS

HIS

TORY

107

A&M

TENNIS HISTORY

2004 .............................. L2005 .............................. L2007 .............................. L2008 .............................. L

l o u i s i A n AT e C h4-0

1980 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W

l o u i s V i l l e1-0

2008 ............................. W

m A r y l A n d1-0

1987 ............................. W

m A r y l A n d -B A lT i m o r e C o .

1-02003 ............................. W

m c l e n n A n C C1-0

1982 ............................. W

m c n e e s es TAT e2-1

1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1988 .............................. L

m i A m i ( f l A . )7-3

1989 .............................. L1991 .............................. L1996 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 .............................. L2004 ............................. W

m i C h i g A n8-4

1979 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 ............................. W1986 .............................. L1986 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 .............................. L1996 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

m i C h i g A n s TAT e2-0

1986 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

m i n n e s o TA2-2

1994 ............................. W1995 .............................. L2005 ............................. W2006 .............................. L

m i s s i s s i P P i3-1

1982 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1991 .............................. L2003 ............................. W

m i s s i s s i P P is TAT e0-1

1998 .............................. L

m e m P h i s1-0

1980 ............................. W

m i d d l e T e n n .s TAT e1-1

1997 .............................. L1999 ............................. W

m o n TA n As TAT e2-0

1992 ............................. W2005 ............................. W

m u r r Ay s TAT e1-0

1990 ............................. W

u n lV2-0

1987 ............................. W1994 ............................. W

n e VA d A1-0

1992 ............................. W

n e w m e x i C o5-3

1982 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1993 .............................. L1993 .............................. L1995 .............................. L2007 ............................. W

n i C h o l l s s TAT e1-0

2006 ............................. W

n o r T hC A r o l i n A

8-11982 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W

n o r T hC A r o l i n A

s TAT e2-0

1982 ............................. W1997 ............................. W

n . e . l o u i s i A n A9-3

1982 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 .............................. L1988 .............................. L1989 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W

n o r T h T e x A s11-0

1978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W

n o r T h w e s T e r n1-0

1995 ............................. W

n o r T h e r nA r i Z o n A

1-02003 ............................. W

n o T r e d A m e3-2

1991 .............................. L1999 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2006 .............................. L

o h i o s TAT e2-0

1996 ............................. W1999 ............................. W

o k l A h o m A C i T y5-0

1978 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W

o l d d o m i n i o n1-0

2008 ............................. W

o r A l r o B e r T s1-0

1980 ............................. W

o r e g o n1-0

2003 ............................. W

P e P P e r d i n e3-8

1985 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1992 .............................. L1998 ............................. W1999 .............................. L2000 ............................. W2002 .............................. L2003 ............................. W2005 .............................. L2006 .............................. L2008 .............................. L

P r A i r i e V i e wA & m2-0

2005 ............................. W2006 ............................. W

r i C e28-4

1978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 .............................. L1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 .............................. L1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1997 ............................. W1998 ............................. W1999 ............................. W2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 .............................. L2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2007 ............................. W2008 .............................. L

s A i n Te d wA r d ’ s

3-01978 ............................. W1979 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

s A m h o u s T o n3-0

1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W

s A n d i e g o1-1

1988 ............................. W1989 .............................. L

s A n d i e g os TAT e1-0

1981 ............................. W

s o u T h A l A B A m A

3-11994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 .............................. L2000 ............................. W

s o u T hC A r o l i n A

1-31984 ............................. W1986 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1991 .............................. L

s . e . l o u i s i A n A3-0

1984 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W

s o u T h e r n1-0

2002 ............................. W

s o u T h e r nC A l i f o r n i A

1-41985 .............................. L1987 .............................. L2005 ............................. W2005 .............................. L2007 .............................. L

s o u T h e r ni l l i n o i s

1-01979 ............................. W

s m u14-15

1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 ............................. W1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1986 .............................. L1987 .............................. L1988 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1990 .............................. L1991 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1998 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

s o u T h f l o r i d A1-0

2003 ............................. W

s . w. T e x A s17-0

1979 ............................. W1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1998 ............................. W

s TA n f o r d0-2

1985 .............................. L2003 .............................. L

s A i n TB o n AV e n T u r e

1-02001 ............................. W

s T e P h e n f.A u s T i n

6-01978 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W

T e n n e s s e e1-2

1984 ............................. W1993 .............................. L2000 .............................. L

T e x A s -A r l i n g T o n

3-01989 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

T e x A s - e l PA s o5-0

1988 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1996 ............................. W

T e x A s - PA n A m12-2

1978 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1980 ............................. W1981 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

T e x A s -s A n A n T o n i o

10-01983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

T e x A s A & m - C C6-0

2000 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W

T C u10-31

1978 .............................. L1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1984 ............................. W1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1987 .............................. L1987 .............................. L1988 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1989 .............................. L1990 .............................. L1991 .............................. L1991 .............................. L1992 .............................. L1993 .............................. L1993 .............................. L1994 ............................. W1994 .............................. L1995 .............................. L1995 .............................. L1995 .............................. L1996 .............................. L1996 .............................. L1997 .............................. L1998 ............................. W2000 .............................. L2001 ............................. W2001 .............................. L2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 .............................. L2006 .............................. L2007 ............................. W2008 ............................. W

T e x A sw e s l e yA n

1-02001 ............................. W

T r i n i T y12-10

1978 .............................. L1979 .............................. L1980 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 .............................. L1983 .............................. L1984 .............................. L1985 .............................. L1985 ............................. W1986 ............................. W1986 .............................. L1987 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1988 ............................. W1989 .............................. L1990 ............................. W1991 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W

T u l A n e3-0

1995 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1997 ............................. W

T u l s A13-2

1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1987 ............................. W1994 ............................. W1996 ............................. W1996 ............................. W

1997 .............................. L2000 ............................. W2002 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2004 ............................. W2005 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W2008 .............................. L

T y l e r J C1-0

2004 ............................. W

u TA h1-0

1985 ............................. W

VA n d e r B i lT2-1

1993 ............................. W2001 ............................. W2003 .............................. L

V i r g i n i A0-2

2005 .............................. L2006 .............................. L

V i r g i n i AC o m m o n -w e A lT h

2-02000 ............................. W2004 ............................. W

V i r g i n i A T e C h1-1

1993 .............................. L1994 ............................. W

wA k e f o r e s T7-1

1982 ............................. W1989 ............................. W1991 ............................. W1992 ............................. W1993 ............................. W1995 ............................. W1997 .............................. L2008 ............................. W

wA s h i n g T o n2-0

1981 ............................. W2008 ............................. W

w e s T T e x A s A & m

2-01978 ............................. W1984 ............................. W

w i C h i TA s TAT e6-3

1981 .............................. L1981 .............................. L1982 ............................. W1983 ............................. W1984 ............................. W1987 .............................. L1988 ............................. W2003 ............................. W2006 ............................. W2007 ............................. W

w i s C o n s i n1-0

1993 ............................. W

w i s C o n s i n g r e e n B Ay

1-01994 ............................. W

yA l e1-0

1984 ............................. W

A&M

TENNIS HISTORY

108

A&M

TEN

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HIS

TORY

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w.m. dowell1947-57

Record ......133-173 (.435)

1948 16 - 20 .444 4th1949 11 - 19 .367 5th1950 13 - 17 .433 4th1951 18 - 12 .600 3rd1952 24 - 6 .800 2nd1953 17 - 13 .567 3rd1954 8 - 22 .267 4th1955 8 - 22 .267 4th1956 9 - 21 .300 5th1957 9 - 21 .300 5th

BeAu Bell1948-49

Record ..........14-56 (.200)

1958 8 - 28 .222 6th1959 6 - 28 .176 6th

1978Coach richard Barker

Record ............ 9-12 (SWC 3-5)

W Stephen F. Austin ....................9-0 L Houston ...................................1-8 W Lamar ......................................7-2 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-4 L Louisiana State .........................0-9 W St. Edwards ..............................9-0 W West Texas ...............................5-4 L Southern Methodist ................1-8 L Texas Christian .........................2-7 L Arkansas ..................................3-6 W North Texas .............................9-0 W Baylor ......................................8-1 W Rice .........................................7-2 W Texas Tech ...............................9-0 L Clemson ..................................4-5 L Arkansas ..................................0-9 L Trinity .......................................0-9 L Houston ...................................1-8 L Texas ........................................2-7 L Pan American ...........................0-9 L Texas Christian .........................1-8

SWCTournament-6thPlace

1979Coach David Kent

Record ......... 11-11 (SWC 3-5)

W North Texas .............................9-0 W Rice .........................................5-3 W St. Edwards ..............................9-0 L Trinity .......................................0-9 W Southwest Texas ......................6-3 W S.W. Louisiana .........................8-1 W Furman .....................................8-1 L Southern Methodist ................0-9 L Houston ...................................4-5 L Texas Christian .........................1-8 W Baylor ......................................8-1 W Rice .........................................5-4 L Louisiana State .........................3-6 W Southern Illinois .......................7-2 W North Texas .............................9-0 L Texas ........................................2-7 L Southern Methodist ................1-8 L Texas Christian .........................3-6 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 L Arkansas ..................................0-9 L Houston ...................................2-7 L Michigan .................................4-5



Record ............ 19-8 (SWC 4-4)

W Hardin-Simmons ......................9-0 W Southwest Texas ......................9-0 W Oral Roberts ............................8-1 W Oklahoma .................................6-0 L Pan American ...........................4-5 L Trinity .......................................1-8 W Lamar ......................................6-3 W Louisiana State .........................5-4 W S.W. Louisiana .........................9-0 W Louisiana Tech .........................7-2 W Oklahoma State .......................5-4 L Houston ...................................2-7 W Southern Methodist ................6-3 L Clemson ..................................3-6 W Oklahoma City..........................6-2 L Texas ........................................1-8 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 L Arkansas ..................................2-7 W Rice .........................................5-4 W Baylor ......................................7-2 W North Texas .............................8-1 L Southern Methodist ................4-5 W Memphis State ........................6-3

L Texas Christian .........................4-5 W Houston ...................................7-2 W Pan American ...........................8-1 W Lamar ......................................8-1



Record ............ 19-9 (SWC 3-5)

W Hardin-Simmons ......................9-0 W North Texas .............................8-1 W East Texas State .......................8-1 W Stephen F. Austin ....................8-1 W S.W. Louisiana .........................6-3 W Washington ..............................9-0 L Trinity .......................................0-9 W Austin Peay ..............................7-2 W Baylor ......................................9-0 W Southwest Texas ......................5-4 W Ark.-Little Rock .........................8-1 L Clemson ..................................3-6 W San Diego State .......................5-2 L Wichita State ...........................3-6 W Michigan .................................6-3 W Oklahoma .................................6-3

L Wichita State ...........................3-6 W Arizona ....................................5-4 W Oklahoma City..........................9-0 L Southern Methodist ................2-7 L Texas ........................................4-5 L Texas Christian .........................4-5 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 L Arkansas ..................................1-8 W Pan American ...........................8-1 W Lamar ......................................9-0 W Rice .........................................8-1 L Houston ...................................3-5



Record ........... 22-8 (SWC 4-4)

W McLennan C.C. ........................8-1 W Houston Baptist ......................8-1 W Sam Houston State ..................6-0 W Stephen F. Austin ....................9-0 W Southwest Texas ......................9-0 L Trinity .......................................2-7 L S.W. Louisiana .........................3-6 W Mississippi ...............................8-1

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Spot Thomas … 1921; 1923-32 1934 A.r. cahn … 1922 Dr. John P. Abbott … 1935-37 Dr. W.F. Weekes … 1938 manning Smith … 1939-46

omAr smiTh1960-74

Record ......275-302 (.477)

1960 12 - 24 .333 5th1961 4 - 32 .111 7th1962 10 - 26 .278 6th1963 14 - 22 .389 4th1964 29 - 7 .806 2nd1965 17 - 19 .472 4th1966 30 - 6 .833 2nd1967 12 - 24 .333 5th1968 11 - 25 .306 6th1969 21 - 15 .583 4th1970 14 - 22 .389 5th1971 23 - 19 .548 4th1972 27 - 15 .643 4th1973 27 - 22 .551 4th1974 24 - 24 .500 5th

dAVid kenT1979-96

Record ......316-161 (.662)

1979 11 - 11 .500 6th1980 19 - 8 .704 6th1981 17 - 9 .654 5th1982 22 - 8 .733 5th1983 22 - 9 .710 5th1984 24 - 10 .706 4th1985 21 - 10 .677 4th1986 17 - 12 .586 4th1987 16 - 8 .667 4th1988 15 - 8 .652 4th1989 9 - 14 .391 7th1990 18 - 7 .720 4th1991 17 - 10 .588 3rd1992 17 - 6 .738 T-2nd1993 14 - 10 .583 T-3rd1994 23 - 4 .852 T-1st1995 14 - 10 .583 3rd1996 20 - 7 .741 3rd

riChArd BArker1975-78

Record ..........45-49 (.470)

1975 13 - 7 .650 5th1976 13 - 13 .500 7th1977 10 - 15 .400 7th1978 9 - 14 .391 6th

Tim CAss1997-2006

Record ........196-84 (.700)

1997 9 - 15 .375 T-6th1998 19 - 6 .760 T-2nd1999 15 - 7 .682 3rd2000 24 - 6 .800 2nd2001 27 - 4 .871 1st2002 22 - 7 .759 3rd2003 23 - 10 .697 4th2004 24 - 9 .727 2nd2005 17 - 9 .653 T-2nd2006 16 - 11 .593 T-4th




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sTeVe denTon2007-Present

Record ...........28-24 (.539)

2007 15-12 .556 7th2008 13-12 .520 5th

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W Oklahoma State .......................6-1 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................9-0 W Baylor ......................................9-0 W Tulsa .........................................7-2 W Oklahoma .................................7-2 W Clemson ..................................1-8 W Michigan .................................5-4 W Wichita State ...........................5-3 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-2 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 W North Carolina .........................5-4 L Duke .........................................3-6 W North Carolina State ................6-3 W Wake Forest ............................6-3 W Houston ...................................8-1 L Texas Christian .........................2-7 W Auburn .....................................5-4 W New Mexico .............................9-0 L Southern Methodist ................3-6 L Arkansas ..................................2-7 W Rice .........................................7-2 L Texas ........................................4-5



Record ............ 22-9 (SWC 3-5)

W Hardin-Simmons ......................9-0 W Texas-San Antonio ...................9-0 W McNeese State .........................9-0 W Stephen F. Austin ....................9-0 W Lamar ......................................9-0 W S.W. Louisiana .........................6-3 L Trinity .......................................1-8 W Southwest Texas ......................9-0 W North Texas .............................5-1 W Louisiana State .........................6-3 W Sam Houston State ..................9-0 W Tulsa .........................................5-4 W Wichita State ...........................6-3 L Clemson ..................................1-5 W Louisiana State .........................5-2 L Texas Christian .........................2-5 L Auburn .....................................4-5 W Houston Baptist ......................7-2 W Oklahoma City..........................7-2 W Kentucky ..................................7-2 W Florida State ............................7-2 W Alabama ..................................6-3 L Southern Methodist ................1-8 W Louisiana Tech .........................7-2 W Baylor ......................................9-0 L Houston ...................................2-7 W Rice .........................................8-1 L Arkansas ..................................1-8 L Texas ........................................4-5 L Texas Christian .........................0-9 W Texas Tech ...............................7-1



Record .......... 24-10 (SWC 4-4)

W Sam Houston State ..................9-0 W Texas-San Antonio ...................9-0 L S.W. Louisiana .........................1-8 W Lamar ......................................9-0 W Southwest Texas ......................7-2 W Houston Baptist ......................5-0 W Florida State ............................7-2 L Louisiana State .........................2-7 W S.E. Louisiana ..........................9-0 W West Texas ...............................6-3 W Stephen F. Austin ....................7-2 W McNeese State .........................7-2 W Duke .........................................7-2 W Wichita State ...........................5-4 L Southern Methodist ................0-6 W Alabama ..................................7-2

L Arkansas ..................................1-6 W North Carolina .........................5-4 W Pan American ...........................9-0 W South Carolina..........................6-3 L California-Irvine ......................4-5 W Yale ..........................................7-2 W Tennessee ................................5-4 L Trinity .......................................4-5 W Oklahoma City..........................8-1 W Baylor ......................................8-1 W Texas Christian .........................7-2 W New Mexico .............................7-2 L Arkansas ..................................2-7 W Texas Tech ...............................9-0 L Texas ........................................2-7 W Rice .........................................9-0 L Houston ...................................4-5 L Southern Methodist ................2-7



Record .......... 21-10 (SWC 5-3)

W Houston Baptist ......................8-1 W Stephen F. Austin ....................7-1 L Stanford ...................................2-5 W Utah .........................................6-3 W Oklahoma State .......................6-3 W Lamar ......................................9-0 W S.W. Louisiana .........................7-2 W Texas-San Antonio ...................8-1 W Southwest Texas ......................9-0 L Trinity .......................................4-5 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................6-3 W Hardin-Simmons ......................9-0 W North Carolina .........................7-2 W Alabama ..................................5-4 W Trinity .......................................6-3 W California .................................5-4 L Southern Methodist ................4-5 L Southern California ..................1-8 L UCLA ........................................3-6 L Pepperdine ...............................0-9 W North Texas .............................9-0 W Louisiana Tech .........................8-1 W Houston ...................................9-0 W Baylor ......................................9-0 L Texas ........................................4-5 L Southern Methodist ................2-7 L Arkansas ..................................4-5 W Rice .........................................7-2 W Texas Christian .........................6-3 W Texas Tech ...............................6-3


NCAATournament L Pepperdine ...............................3-5


Record .......... 17-12 (SWC 4-4)

L Michigan .................................4-5 W Michigan State .........................8-1 W Pan American ...........................8-1 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-4 W Southwest Texas ......................6-0 W New Mexico .............................5-4 L Wichita State ...........................5-3 W Arizona ....................................5-0 W Louisiana Tech .........................5-2 W Texas Tech ...............................5-4

SWCRegularSeason-4thPlace

SWCTournament W Rice .........................................5-3 L Arkansas ..................................0-5

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Record ............ 9-14 (SWC 2-5)

L Trinity .......................................2-5 L Texas Christian .........................3-5 L Miami (Fla.) .............................1-6 L Duke .........................................2-7 W Texas-Arlington ........................9-0 W North Texas .............................7-2 W Oklahoma .................................5-1 L South Carolina..........................3-6 L Arkansas ..................................0-5 L San Diego .................................1-5 W Wake Forest ............................7-1 L Louisiana State .........................0-7 W Indiana .....................................5-4 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................5-2 W Ark.-Little Rock .........................5-2 L Texas ........................................3-6 L Rice .........................................3-6 L Texas Christian .........................0-9 L Texas Tech ...............................3-5 W Baylor ......................................8-1 L Arkansas ..................................3-6 W Southern Methodist ................5-4

SWCRegularSeason-T-6thPlace

SWCTournament L Arkansas ..................................0-5


Record ............ 18-7 (SWC 3-4)

W Texas-San Antonio ...................9-0 W Murray State ............................9-0 W Michigan .................................6-3 L Indiana .....................................2-7 W Southwest Texas ......................7-2 W Trinity .......................................5-3 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................5-4 L Harvard ....................................3-6 W Southern Methodist ................5-4 W Oklahoma .................................6-0 W Nebraska ..................................5-1 L Arkansas ..................................3-6 L Texas ........................................3-6 W Brigham Young .........................5-2 W Oklahoma .................................5-1 L Texas Christian .........................2-7 W Baylor ......................................6-0 W Georgia Tech ...........................6-3 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 W Rice .........................................6-3 W S.W. Louisiana .........................7-2 W North Texas .............................9-0 L Southern Methodist ................4-5

SWCRegularSeason-T-6thPlace

SWCTournament W Texas Tech ...............................5-1 L Texas ........................................1-5


Record .......... 17-10 (SWC 4-3)

L Miami (Fla.) .............................2-5 L Arizona State ............................2-5 W North Texas .............................5-2 W Texas-San Antonio ...................7-1 W S.W. Louisiana .........................8-0 L Auburn .....................................2-5 W Southwest Texas ......................8-0 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................9-0 W Baylor ......................................9-0 W Trinity .......................................5-3 W Florida State ............................5-1 L Mississippi ...............................4-5

L South Carolina..........................3-5 L Notre Dame .............................4-5 W Wake Forrest ............................7-1 W Indiana .....................................5-1 W New Mexico .............................5-4 W Texas-El Paso ...........................6-2 L Texas Christian .........................1-8 L Texas Tech ...............................4-5 W Rice .........................................6-3 L Texas ........................................2-6 W Arkansas ..................................5-3 W Southern Methodist ................6-1

SWCRegularSeason-T-3rdPlace

SWCTournament W Southern Methodist ................5-1 W Texas ........................................5-0 L Texas Christian .........................2-5


Record ............ 17-6 (SWC 5-2)

W Arkansas ..................................5-4 W Montana State ........................6-0 W Texas-El Paso ...........................5-0 W Nevada-Reno ...........................5-0 W Oklahoma State .......................5-4 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-4 W Southwest Texas ......................9-0 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................6-3 L Colorado ..................................3-5 W Florida State ............................5-4 L Clemson ..................................4-5 W Illinois ......................................5-1 W Wake Forrest ............................5-1 W Southern Methodist ................6-3 L Pepperdine ...............................1-5 W California-Irvine ......................5-3 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 W Baylor ......................................8-1 W Rice .........................................5-4 L Texas Christian .........................1-8 L Texas ........................................2-6

SWCRegularSeason-T-2ndPlace

SWCTournament W Texas Tech ...............................6-0 L Texas ........................................1-5


Record .......... 14-10 (SWC 3-3)

W Arizona ....................................5-2 L New Mexico .............................2-5 W Southwest Texas ......................7-0 L Arkansas ..................................1-6 W Vanderbilt ...............................5-2 W Ark.-Little Rock .........................5-4 L Baylor ......................................3-6 W Trinity .......................................6-3 W Kentucky ..................................5-4 L South Carolina..........................4-5 L California .................................2-5 L N.E. Louisiana ..........................2-5 W North Carolina .........................6-3 L Texas ........................................2-7 W Michigan .................................6-3 L Georgia ....................................0-6 W North Carolina .........................5-4 L Harvard ....................................4-5 L Trinity .......................................3-5 W Texas Tech ...............................7-2 W Texas Christian .........................6-3 L Southern Methodist ................1-8 L Arkansas ..................................1-8 W Rice .........................................5-4 W Houston ...................................7-2



Record ............ 16-8 (SWC 4-3)

W Pan American ...........................8-1 W Tulsa .........................................8-1 W Oklahoma .................................6-3 L Oklahoma State .......................4-5 W Trinity .......................................8-1 W Ark.-Little Rock .........................6-2 W Trinity .......................................7-2 W UNLV ........................................3-2 W Wichita State ...........................6-2 L Duke .........................................2-5 W Oklahoma State .......................5-1 W Maryland ..................................5-2 W Mississippi ...............................6-2 L North Carolina .........................2-5 L Southern Methodist ................0-9 W Baylor ......................................8-1 L Louisiana State .........................0-5 L Texas Christian .........................2-5 W Harvard ....................................6-2 L Texas Christian .........................3-6 W Texas Tech ...............................8-1 W Arkansas ..................................7-2 W Rice .........................................6-3 L Texas ........................................2-7 W Houston ...................................9-0



Record ............ 15-8 (SWC 4-3)

W North Texas .............................8-0 L Louisiana State .........................0-9 L Indiana .....................................3-5 W Ark.-Little Rock .........................5-4 W Oklahoma .................................5-4 W Texas-San Antonio ...................9-0 W Southwest Texas ......................7-2 W Trinity .......................................5-4 W San Diego .................................5-3 L N.E. Louisiana ..........................6-2 W Arkansas ..................................5-4 L McNeese State .........................5-4 W Texas-El Paso ...........................7-2 W Illinois ......................................7-2 L Texas ........................................3-6 L Texas Christian .........................3-6 W Rice .........................................5-3 W Southern Methodist ................6-3 L Arkansas ..................................0-9 W Baylor ......................................5-4

1994swC ChAmPions

Coach David KentRecord ............ 23-4 (SWC 5-1)

W Southwest Texas ......................7-0 W Tulsa .........................................7-0 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-2 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................6-1 W Tulane ......................................5-2 W Calif.-Santa Barbara ..................6-1 W Ball State .................................4-3 W South Alabama .........................4-3 W Minnesota ................................4-2 W Texas-El Paso ...........................6-1 W Hawaii ......................................7-0 W Wisconsin-Green Bay ...............7-0 W Nevada-Las Vegas ....................5-1 W Rice .........................................4-3 W N.E. Louisiana ..........................6-0 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-1 W Michigan .................................4-3 W Wisconsin ................................4-3

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David Kent coached the Aggies for 18 seasons, from 1979-96, and is the all-time �winningest coach in school history as he posted a 316-161 record at Texas A&M.

At the time of his retirement, Kent became only the ninth Division I-A head coach �to record 500 career victories. In his 27 seasons as a head coach, Kent compiled a 516-223 overall record.

While he was the A&M mentor, he coached 21 Southwest Conference individual �champions, 18 NCAA qualifiers, three All-Americans, and a SWC Championship team in 1994.

Kent earned many accolades during his tenure including being named the SWC �and Southwest Region Coach of the Year in 1994.

His 1985 and 1994 squads each advanced to the NCAA Team Championships. �

Since his retirement, Kent has been inducted into several Halls of Fame and been �very active in the Bryan-College Station community.

In 1998, Kent was inducted to the ITAHall of Fame, the Panhandle Sports Hall of �Fame, and the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame.

In 2002, he was inducted to the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame. �

Kent currently serves as the chairman of the Brazos County Republican Party. �

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W Clemson ..................................7-0 L Texas Christian .........................0-7 W Baylor ......................................7-0 W Illinois ......................................7-0 L Virginia Tech .............................2-5 L Tennessee ................................1-6 W Wake Forrest ............................6-0 L Texas ........................................2-5 L New Mexico .............................3-4 L Texas Christian .........................1-6 W Southern Methodist ................5-2 L Rice .........................................3-4 W Texas Tech ...............................4-3

SWCRegularSeason-1stPlace

SWCTournament W Southern Methodist ................4-0 L Texas ........................................1-5 L Texas ........................................1-6 W Florida State ............................6-1 L Arkansas ..................................2-4 W Baylor ......................................6-1 W Southern Methodist ................5-2 W Texas Tech ...............................6-1 W Texas Christian .........................4-3

SWCRegularSeasonChampions

SWCTournament W Texas Tech ...............................5-1 L Texas Christian .........................2-4

NCAARegionVIChampionships W Texas Tech ...............................4-0 W Arkansas ..................................4-3

NCAAChampionships L Duke .........................................1-4


Record .......... 14-10 (SWC 4-2)

W Southwest Texas ......................7-0 L Minnesota ................................1-6 L Michigan .................................3-4 W Tulane ......................................4-3 W Michigan .................................6-1 W S.W. Louisiana .........................5-2 L New Mexico .............................3-4 W Northwestern ..........................4-3 W South Alabama .........................4-3 L Harvard ....................................3-4 W Wake Forrest ............................5-2 W Clemson ..................................4-3 L Arkansas ..................................3-4 L Florida State ............................2-5 W Baylor ......................................7-0 L Texas ........................................3-4 W Southern Methodist ................5-2 W Rice .........................................5-2

L Texas Christian .........................0-7 W Texas Tech ...............................5-2

SWCRegularSeason-3rdPlace

SWCTournament W Texas Tech ...............................4-0 L Texas Christian .........................1-4 W Southern Methodist ................4-2

NCAARegionVIChampionships W Arkansas ..................................4-1 L Texas Christian .........................2-4


Record ........... 20-7 (SWC 4-2)

W Nebraska ..................................4-0 W Texas-El Paso ...........................4-3 L South Alabama .........................0-7 W Tulsa .........................................5-2 W Southwest Texas ......................7-0 L Southwest Louisiana ...............1-6 W Tulane ......................................5-2 W Colorado ..................................5-1 W Tulsa .........................................4-2 L Kansas .....................................2-4 W Michigan .................................4-2 W Northeast Louisiana ................7-0 W Arkansas ..................................6-1 W Ohio State ...............................6-1 W Miami .......................................5-2 W Florida International ................4-3 W Texas Tech ...............................4-3 L Texas ........................................2-5 W Southern Methodist ................4-3 L Texas Christian .........................1-6 W Rice .........................................4-3 W Baylor ......................................7-0

SWCRegularSeason-3rdPlace

SWCTournament W Rice .........................................4-1 W Texas ........................................4-2 L Texas Christian .........................2-4

NCAARegionVIChampionships W Texas Tech ...............................4-3 L Texas ........................................3-4

1997Coach tim Cass

Record ..........9-14 (Big 12 3-6)

L Northeast Louisiana ................3-4 L Tulsa .........................................3-4 L at Texas Christian .....................2-5 W Southwestern Louisiana ..........4-3 W Michigan State .........................6-1 W vs. North Carolina State ..........4-1 W vs. Tulane ................................4-2 L vs. Middle Tenn. State .............0-7 L vs. Illinois .................................2-5 L Wake Forest ............................3-4 L Colorado ..................................3-4 L Southern Methodist ................3-4 W Nebraska ..................................4-3 W at Missouri ..............................7-0 L at Kansas .................................3-4 W at Rice .....................................5-2 L at Oklahoma ............................3-4 L at Oklahoma State ...................2-5 W Baylor ......................................5-2 L Texas ........................................1-6 L Texas Tech ...............................2-4

Big12RegularSeason-T-6thPlace

Big12Tournament W vs. Missouri .............................4-0 L vs. Kansas .................................1-4

NCAARegionVIChampionships L vs. Texas ..................................0-5

1998Coach tim Cass

Record ..........19-6 (Big 12 7-2)

W Abilene Christian .....................7-0 W Rice .........................................7-0 L at Louisiana State .....................3-4 W Southwest Texas ......................7-0 W at Texas Tech ............................7-0 L at Texas ...................................3-4 W Pepperdine ...............................4-1 W Miami (Fla.) .............................6-1 W Oklahoma State .......................4-3 W Missouri ..................................7-0 W Oklahoma .................................6-1 W Texas Christian .........................5-2 W at North Carolina .....................4-3 L at Duke .....................................2-4 L at Colorado ..............................2-5 W at Nebraska ..............................4-3 W at Baylor ..................................6-1 W at Kansas .................................7-0 L at Mississippi State ..................2-5

Big12RegularSeason-T-2ndPlace

Big12Tournament W vs. Oklahoma ..........................4-0 W vs. Kansas .................................4-0 W vs. Texas ..................................4-0

NCAARegionVIChampionships W vs. Arkansas-Little Rock ............4-0 W vs. Arkansas .............................4-3 L vs. Southern Methodist ...........3-4

1999Coach tim Cass

Record ..........15-7 (Big 12 6-2)

W Nebraska ..................................6-1 W Rice .........................................5-2 W at Oklahoma State ...................6-1 W at Oklahoma ............................6-1 W at Miami ...................................5-2 W Louisiana State .........................6-1 W North Carolina .........................4-0 L Duke .........................................0-7 W vs. Middle Tennessee State 4-0 W vs. Notre Dame .......................5-1 L vs. Illinois .................................2-4 W Abilene Christian .....................6-1 W Ohio State ...............................7-0 W Texas Tech ...............................5-2 L at Pepperdine...........................2-5 W Colorado ..................................6-1 W at Kansas .................................5-2 L Texas ........................................2-5 L Baylor ......................................3-4

Big12RegularSeason-3rdPlace

Big12Tournament L Kansas .....................................3-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W vs. Texas Tech ...........................4-3 L at Texas ...................................1-4

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Record ......... 24-6 (Big 12 7-1)

W at Nebraska ..............................6-1 L at Illinois (#10) ..........................1-6 W at North Carolina .....................5-2 L at Duke (#3) .............................3-4 L at Texas Christian (#15) ............3-4 W Florida (#4) ...............................5-2 W South Alabama (#33) ...............5-2 L at Louisiana State (#6) .............2-5 W Oklahoma .................................4-3

W Abilene Christian .....................6-1 L at Baylor (#8) ............................3-4 W Centenary ................................7-0 W Alabama ..................................6-1 W Pepperdine (#2) .......................4-3 W Rice .........................................4-1 W at Texas Tech ............................6-1 W at Colorado ..............................5-2 W TAMU-CC ..................................6-0 W Tulsa .........................................6-1 W at Texas (#13) ............................6-1 W UC-Irvine .................................6-1 W Oklahoma State .......................5-2 W Kansas .....................................6-1

Big12RegularSeason-2ndPlace

Big12TournamentChampions W vs. Oklahoma ..........................4-0 W vs. Texas (#15) ...........................4-0 W vs. Baylor (#4) ..........................4-0

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W Army ........................................4-0 W Louisiana Lafayette ..................4-0

NCAASweetSixteen L vs. Tennessee (#9) .....................3-4

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Record ......... 27-4 (Big 12 8-0)

W Texas-Pan American ................7-0 W Texas Wesleyan .......................7-0 W TAMU-Corpus Christi ................4-2 W Trinity .......................................6-0 L vs. Texas (#17) ...........................2-4 W Louisiana State (#14) ...............4-3 W vs. Va. Commonwealth (#11) ...4-0 L vs. UCLA (#3) .............................3-4 W vs. Oklahoma State (#45) .........4-0 W at Florida (#11) .........................5-2 W at Miami (#22) .........................5-2 W at Kansas .................................4-3 W TCU (#4) ...................................5-2 W Abilene Christian .....................7-0 W Duke (#3) ..................................4-2 W Colorado ..................................7-0 W Rice (#38) ..................................4-3 W at Oklahoma ............................7-0 W at Oklahoma State (#37) ..........5-2 W Texas Tech ...............................7-0 L Illinois (#15) ..............................3-4 W Texas (#15) ...............................7-0 W at Baylor (#31) ..........................5-2 W Nebraska ..................................7-0

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Big12TournamentChampions W vs. Texas Tech ...........................5-0 W vs. Oklahoma State (#41) .........4-1 W vs. Texas (#21) ...........................4-1

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W St. Bonaventure .......................4-0 W Vanderbilt (#34) ........................4-0

NCAASweetSixteen W vs. Louisiana State (#15) ..........4-1

NCAAEliteEight L vs. Tennessee (#4) .....................0-4

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2002Coach tim Cass

Record ......... 22-7 (Big 12 5-2)

W Texas-Pan American ................7-0 W TAMU-Corpus Christi ................7-0 W Trinity .......................................7-0 W at Duke (#9) .............................4-3 L vs. Texas (#16) ...........................2-4 W Auburn (#21) ............................4-1 L Rice (#43) ..................................3-4 W Florida (#28) .............................4-3 W Abilene Christian .....................4-0 W Boise State ..............................5-1 W at LSU (#21) ..............................4-2 W Oklahoma .................................6-1 W Miami (Fla.) (#39) .....................4-1 W Texas-San Antonio ...................7-0 W Tulsa (#35) ................................5-2 W at TCU (#24) ..............................4-3 L Pepperdine (#11) ......................3-4 W at Texas Tech ............................4-3 W at Colorado ..............................6-1 L at Texas (#12) ............................3-4 W at Nebraska ..............................7-0 W Oklahoma State (#46) ..............5-2 L Baylor (#7) ................................3-4

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Big12TournamentFinalists W Colorado (#59) .........................4-0 W Texas (#15) ...............................4-3 L Baylor (#7) ................................3-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W Southern ..................................4-0 W LSU (#31)...................................4-0

NCAASweetSixteen L Georgia (#1) .............................1-4

2003Coach tim Cass

Record ........ 23-10 (Big 12 4-3)

W TAMU-Corpus Christi ................7-0 W Texas-Pan American ................6-0 W Trinity .......................................6-0 L at Texas (#11) ............................2-4 L at Florida (#6) ...........................1-6 L at Miami (#42) .........................3-4 W LSU (#23)...................................5-2 W Texas-San Antonio ...................6-1 W vs. Mississippi (#5) ....................4-3 L vs. Illinois (#2) ..........................0-4 L vs. Stanford (#7) ........................2-4 W at Pepperdine (#28) .................4-3 W S.E. Louisiana ..........................7-0 W Oregon (#65) .............................7-0 W Abilene Christian .....................7-0 W Duke (#7) ..................................5-2 W Colorado ..................................6-1 W Northern Arizona ....................6-0 W Wichita State ...........................7-0 W Alabama (#15) ..........................6-1 W at Rice (#24) ..............................4-3 W at Oklahoma ............................5-2 L at Oklahoma State (#68) ..........3-4 W Texas Tech (#64 ........................7-0 W TCU (#36) .................................5-2 W Nebraska ..................................7-0 L at Baylor (#6) ............................3-4 L Texas (#16) ...............................3-4

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Big12Tournament–Semifinals W Texas Tech (#58) ........................4-0 L Baylor (#5) ................................1-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W Maryland-Baltimore Co............4-0 W South Florida (#43) ..................4-1

NCAASweetSixteen L Vanderbilt (#6) ..........................1-4

2004Coach tim Cass

Record ......... 24-9 (Big 12 6-1)

W TAMU-Corpus Christi ................7-0 W Texas-Pan American ................6-1 W Trinity .......................................6-0 W at Notre Dame (#49) ................5-2 L at Illinois (#1) ............................3-4 L at Duke (#8) .............................3-4 L vs. Duke (#8) .............................2-4 W vs. Tulsa (#48) ...........................4-0 W vs. California (#12) ...................4-0 W Lamar ......................................7-0 L at TCU (#13) ..............................3-4 W at Nebraska (#75) .....................7-0 W at Colorado ..............................5-2 W Texas-San Antonio ...................7-0 W Southeastern Louisiana............7-0 L at Louisiana State (#17) ...........2-5 L California (#29) .........................3-4 W Abliene Christian .....................7-0 W Miami (Fla.) (#32) .....................6-1 W Oklahoma (#66) .......................6-1 W Tyler JC ....................................5-1 W at Tulsa (#49) ...........................4-3 L Baylor (#2) ................................2-5 W Rice (#11) ..................................4-3 W at Texas Tech (#72) ....................6-0 W at Texas (#30) ............................5-2 W Oklahoma State (#29) ..............6-1

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Big12TournamentFinalists W Colorado ..................................4-0 W Texas Tech (#72) ........................4-0 L Baylor (#2) ................................0-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W Alabama (#40) ..........................4-0 W Va. Commonwealth (#12) .........4-0

NCAASweetSixteen L UCLA (#3) .................................1-4

2005Coach tim Cass

Record ......... 17-9 (Big 12 5-2)

W Trinity .......................................6-1 W Texas A&MCorpus Christi (#70) .............................4-3 W Southern Cal (#8) ......................4-3 L Louisiana State (#10) ...............1-4 W Minnesota (#49) ......................5-2 W at California (#28) .....................5-2 L Virginia (#2) ..............................3-4 L Duke (#5) ..................................3-4 W Prairie View A&M.....................6-1 W Tulsa (#48) ................................7-0 L at Pepperdine (#13) .................1-6 L at Southern Cal (#12) ................3-4 W at Oklahoma (#59) ...................4-3 W at Oklahoma State (#11) ..........5-2 L Texas Tech (#10) ........................3-4 W Texas-Pan American ................5-0 W Texas-Pan American ................5-0 W Colorado (#59) .........................5-2 W Nebraska (#71) .........................5-2 L at Baylor (#1) ............................1-6 W Texas (#32) ...............................5-2

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Big12Tournament–Semifinals W vs. Colorado (#56) .....................4-1 L vs. Oklahoma State (#16) .........2-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W vs. Montana State (#68)............4-0 W at Boise State (#31) ..................4-0

NCAASweetSixteen L Baylor (#1) ................................0-4

2006Coach tim Cass

Record .........16-11 (Big 12 4-3)

L at Minnesota ............................3-4 L at Boise State ..........................3-4 L at Virginia (#6) ..........................1-6 L at Duke (#10) ...........................0-5 W vs. Wichita State ......................6-0 W at Tulsa .....................................4-3 W Florida State ............................4-3 W Michigan .................................5-2 W Illinois (#2) ................................4-1 W vs. Nicholls State ......................6-0 at LSU (#25) .......................... susp. W Abilene Christian .....................7-0 W Georgia Tech (#23) ....................5-2 W Prairie View A&M.....................6-0 L TCU...........................................3-4 W Notre Dame (#15) ....................5-1 L Oklahoma State .......................3-4 W Oklahoma ................................7-0 W Texas-San Antonio ...................7-0 L at Colorado .............................2-4 W at Nebraska .............................5-2 W Baylor (#4) ................................4-3 W at Texas Tech ...........................4-3 L Pepperdine (#2) .......................3-4 L at Texas (#4) .............................2-5

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Big12Tournament L vs. Oklahoma State (#16) .........2-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W Texas-Arlington ........................4-0 L Notre Dame (#18) ....................2-4

2007Coach steve Denton

Record .......15-12 (Big 12 1-5)

W Michigan State .........................7-0 W Texas-San Antonio ....................7-0 W UT-Pan American .....................7-0 W Texas-Arlington ........................6-1 L at Illinois (#6) ............................1-6 W St. Edward’s ..............................7-0 W Wichita State ............................7-0 L at USC (#13) ..............................1-6 L at UCLA (#6) ..............................2-5 W at Hawai’i (#75) .........................5-2 W vs. Michigan (#22) .....................4-3 L Duke (#16) ................................3-4 W Abilene Christian ......................6-1 W Columbia ..................................6-1 L LSU (#13)...................................3-4 W Tulsa (#22) ................................5-2 W New Mexico (#40) .....................5-2 W at TCU (#74) ..............................6-1 W Texas Tech (#34) ........................5-2 L at Baylor (#4) ............................2-5 L Texas (#15) ................................2-4 L at Oklahoma (#32) ....................1-6 L at Oklahoma State (#14) ...........3-4 L Nebraska (#67) ..........................3-4

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Big12Championship L vs. Oklahoma State (#12) ..........1-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W vs. Rice (#30) .............................4-2 L at Baylor (#4) ............................0-4

L at Pepperdine (#31) ..................2-5 W Louisville (#39) ..........................5-2 L at Texas Tech (#21) ....................3-4 W Oklahoma (#61) ........................4-3 L Oklahoma State (#23) ...............3-4 L Baylor (#15) ..............................1-6 L at Rice (#24) ..............................3-4 W at Nebraska ..............................5-2 L at Texas (#7) ..............................3-4

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Big12Championship W vs. Texas Tech (#16) ...................4-3 L vs. Texas (#6) .............................0-4

NCAAFirstandSecondRound W vs. SMU (#40) ............................4-1 L at Baylor (#10) ..........................2-4

2008Coach steve Denton

Record .......13-12 (Big 12 2-4)

W Clemson (#30) ...........................6-1 W Boise State (#22) .......................4-3 W Washington (#37) .....................5-2 L vs. Texas (#7) .............................0-4 L at Tulsa (#25) ............................2-5 L at LSU (#18) ..............................2-5 W at Duke (#10) ............................4-3 L at Florida State (#16) ................1-6 W Old Dominion (#63) ..................4-0 W TCU (#29) ..................................4-3 W Wake Forest (#22) .....................4-3 W Indiana (#38) .............................5-2

Tim Cass guided the Aggies to unprecedented success during his 10 seasons at the �helm from 1997-2006 and is the third all-time winningest coach in school history with a 196-84 record (.700) at Texas A&M.

The Aggies advanced to the NCAA Championships each season and advanced to �the Sweet 16 during six of his last seven seasons at A&M.

He led the Aggies to a Big 12 regular season championship title in 2000 and three �postseason league titles in 1998, 2000 and 2001.

Under Cass, A&M achieved top 10 national rankings and finished in the top 20 in �his last nine years at the school.

Cass helped develop the George P. Mitchell Tennis Center and continued the �facility’s enhancements which allowed the school to host the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championships in 2002 and 2005.

His A&M squads posted an impressive 98-21 record at the Mitchell Tennis Center �since opening in the Fall of 1998.

He coached six All-Americans at A&M who together earned 14 citations and numer- �ous NCAA singles and doubles qualifiers. Twenty student athletes earned All-Big 12 singles honors, while 10 doubles teams were named All-Big 12.

Six of his players were named Big 12 Freshman of the Year or Newcomer of the Year �and 28 captured Big 12 Individual Championships under his leadership.

Cass currently serves as senior associate athletics director at his alma mater, �New Mexico.

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The Texas A&M Tennis Camp has a 30-

year tradition of training champions for

tennis and for life. Through exposure to

top competition and keen tennis minds,

we hope to instill a burning desire to

become a successful player and person.

Campers stay at aresort-style dorm

which features:

Campsessions I ......May 31 - June 5

II ......June 7 - 12

III ......June 21 - 26

IV ......June 28 - July 3

V ......July 5 - 10

VI ......July 12 - 17

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