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Ohio State Career Honors
- ITA Singles All-American (2020, 2022)
- ITA National Rookie of the Year (2020)
- ITA Midwest Region Rookie of the Year (2020)
- Big Ten Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Year (2021-unanimous, 2022)
- Big Ten Freshman of the Year (2020)
- First Team All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)
- National Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2020)
- Big Ten Player of the Week (Feb. 11, 2020, Feb. 23, 2021, Feb. 8, 2022, April 19, 2022)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2021, 2022)
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022)
- OSU Scholar-Athlete (2020, 2021, 2022)
2021-22 (Junior)
- Spent the entire spring ranked in the Top 16 of the singles rankings, topping out at No. 8
- Earned All-America status by virtue of his Top-8 seeding in the NCAA Singles Championship
- Held a record 22-7 singles record and 12 of his 22 wins came against ranked opponents
- Was 15-4 at the No. 1 spot and 4-1 at the No. 2 spot
- Had a 23-2 doubles record on the season and was ranked as high as No. 11
- Recorded five wins over Top-15 ranked players
- Was 3-0 vs. ranked doubles opponents, including a pair of Top 20 victories
- Went 5-1 in doubles in the Buckeyes’ five NCAA Tournament matches and 3-1 in singles
- Had a great fall outside of collegiate matches as he reached the semi-finals in four different pro tournaments and finished runner-up at the ITF M15 in Ithaca, N.Y. and the ITF M15 in Lubbock, Texas
2020-21 (Sophomore)
- Was one of the top singles players in the country, reaching as high as No. 5 in the ITA rankings
- Did not lose a singles match until the NCAA Tournament, going 27-0 through the regular season and the Big Ten Tournament
- Was 9-2 vs. ranked singles players
- Went 9-0 at the No. 1 singles spot and 12-1 at the No. 2 spot
- Had a 16-6 record in doubles, including a 9-0 mark with partner JJ Tracy
- His 43 combined victories were the most on the team
- Was forced to a third set just four times during the regular season
- Beat No. 14 Andrew Fenty of Michigan three different times during the season
- His third win over Fenty came in the final regular season match of the season which helped spur the Buckeyes’ comeback and solidify a share of the Big Ten East Division title
2019-20 (Freshman)
- Had tremendous freshman season, going 19-3 in singles and 10-1 in doubles
- Was ranked in the top-25 of the singles rankings all season and had a season-high rank of 12 for three weeks
- Was 9-2 against ranked singles opponents
- Won the consolation bracket in his first collegiate tournament, the ITA All-American Championship, knocking-off five ranked opponents along the way
- Was 12-1 in dual singles matches with his only loss coming in a three-set match with No. 22 Trent Bryde at Georgia
- Defeated No. 1 ranked Daniel Cukierman 6-4, 6-2 in the Buckeyes’ 4-2 win over No. 1 USC
- Was the UTR National Player of the Week as well as the Big Ten Player of the Week following that win
- Beat No. 7 Alexandre Rotsaert of Stanford 7-5, 6-4 in Palo Alto
- Was undefeated in dual doubles matches, going 10-0
- Had a nice run with partner Kyle Seelig, winning four consecutive doubles matches in the Buckeyes’ wins over No. 1 Texas, Arizona State, No. 1 USC and No. 7 Texas A&M
Prior to Ohio State
- 1 player in the USTA Junior rankings
- The No. 2 recruit in the class of 2019
- Ranked as high as No. 10 in the world junior rankings
- Had a career-high ATP singles ranking of 593 prior to enrolling
- Top player in the state of New York.
- Won the 2017 USTA Boys’ 18s National Indoor Championship and the ITF G1 event in Italy.
- He competed in three of four ITF Grand Slams in 2018 and all four in 2019.
- Reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 US Open juniors and 2019 Australian Open juniors as well as the round of 16 at the 2018 Wimbledon juniors
- Also reached the finals of the finals of the doubles draw at the 2019 Australian Open juniors
- Advanced to the quarterfinals of the ATP Challenger in Champaign, Ill., this summer
- Finished fourth in the Boys 18 doubles at the 2019 National Championship
- Coached by Christian De Los Rios, Anthony Morais and his father Harry