Ohio State Career Honors – 2014 and 2015 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … 2013 Second Team All-Big Ten … Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten in 2015 … three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2013-15) … Four-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete (2012-15) … CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree in 2015 … 2014 and 2015 ITA Scholar-Athlete.
2014-15 (Redshirt-Junior) – Singles: 25-11 (Dual: 17-8), Doubles: 23-10 (Dual: 19-8) … Highest ranking: Singles: No. 21 … Was a unanimous first team All-Big Ten selection … Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for the third-straight season … Was a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree … Was a perfect 10-0 in Big Ten singles matches and 8-2 in Big Ten doubles matches … Played 1 or 2 singles and was ranked in the top-50 all season … Selected for the NCAA Singles Championship and advanced to the round of 32 before losing to eventual NCAA runner-up Noah Rubin … Had a great start to the year at the ITA All-American Championships … Beat three ranked opponents on his run to the consolation finals, including No. 33 Roberto Quiroz (USC) … Made it to the third round of doubles qualifying at the ITA All-American Championships with partner Hunter Callahan … Defeated No. 23 Harrison Adams and Shane Vinsant in the first round … Advanced to the round of 16 in both singles and doubles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships … Played No. 1 singles and doubles for the first time in his career and won both matches against NKU and YSU … Helped win the doubles point in a tie-breaker against USF … Picked up his first win in over a month with a 6-2, 6-4 win over No. 121 Leonard Stakhovsky of Penn State … Defeated #78 Maxx Lipman of Florida 6-3, 6-1 … Had a 4-0 weekend with singles and doubles victories against Michigan and Michigan State … Rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 win over No. 124 Strong Kirchheimer of Northwestern … Finished the year 12-2 in singles matches singles from March 20 … Defeated Andreas Bjerrehus of Virginia Tech 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6) in the opening round of the NCAA Singles Championship in Waco, Texas … Fell in the round of 32 to Noah Rubin of Wake Forest.
2013-14 (Redshirt Sophomore) – Singles: 15-19 (Dual: 11-17), Doubles: 20-11 (Dual: 17-10) … highest ranking: Singles: No. 69 … played second, third and fourth singles positions, highlighted by a 4-4 record at No. 2 singles … … lone ranked singles win was over No. 87 Ben Wagland of Georgia on March 12 … two ranked wins in doubles … won first five doubles matches of the season … quarterfinalist in singles and doubles at ITA/USTA Midwest Regionals … won qualifying consolation match at ITA All-Americans … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2012-13 (Redshirt Freshman) – Second Team All-Big Ten honoree … 32 wins served as third best on the team … 13-match win streak in singles; 17-3 at No. 5 singles … one of four Buckeyes with nine or more Big Ten wins (9-0) … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
2011-12 (Freshman Season) – Did not see action for the Buckeyes … Ohio State Scholar-Athlete.
Prior to Ohio State – Four-year starter on Bishop Watterson’s varsity tennis team … won two Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships (2008, 2011) … as a freshman, captured Division II doubles championship with brother Philip … duo followed with runner-up finish in 2009 … went undefeated during final two seasons … named All-CCL (Central Catholic League) and team MVP … No. 1 player from Ohio in his class according to TennisRecruiting.net … compiled 32-6 record in USTA matches, including 15-0 mark vs. four and five-star opponents.
Personal – Son of Phil and Donna … has three siblings Philip, Elizabeth and Stephanie … father, Phil played tennis at Brown University … lists greatest sports thrill as winning state championship with his brother …enjoys playing all sports … plans to become a doctor after graduation.
Chris Diaz’s Career Records
| Singles | ||||||||
| Year | Tournament | Dual | Big Ten | Overall | ||||
| 2014-15 | 9-4 | 17-8 | 10-0 | 26-12 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 4-2 | 11-17 | 5-6 | 15-19 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 8-1 | 24-5 | 9-0 | 32-6 | ||||
| Total | 21-7 | 52-30 | 24-6 | 73-37 |
| Doubles | ||||||||
| Year | Tournament | Dual | Big Ten | Overall | ||||
| 2014-15 | 4-2 | 19-8 | 8-2 | 23-10 | ||||
| 2013-14 | 3-1 | 17-10 | 5-2 | 20-11 | ||||
| 2012-13 | 0-1 | 2-0 | 0-0 | 2-1 | ||||
| Total | 7-4 | 38-18 | 13-4 | 45-22 |
