Biography
2025-26 (Junior): Spring Season: Played in 16 matches and earned a 3-2 singles record in SLC play, primarily at No. 5 … Defeated Alcorn State’s Tomas Grime 6-2, 6-0 … Downed Mount St. Mary’s Luke Papyoanou 6-1, 6-0 … In SLC play, downed Lamar’s Louis Drapeau 6-2, 6-4 … Battled to comeback win against UIW’s Ian Uraga 5-7, 6-4, 6-2 … Defeated Mitchell Spence from Nicholls 6-4, 6-3. Went 7-9 in doubles play … With Sam Whitehead, defeated Arkansas’ Kopilevich/Smillie 6-2 in season opener … Defeated Oklahoma State’s Bracks/Gadecki 6-3 … Earned ranked win over #70 Bezzaz/Ruy of Saint Joseph’s, 6-4 … Defeated Garvik/Townsend of Saint Louis, 6-4 ... Fall Season: Went 3-3 in singles … Defeated UIW’s Santiago Flyckt 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10-8) … Downed UIW’s Mateo Galvez 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-4) … Beat Our Lady of the Lake’s Corentin Fusaro 6-4, 6-2 … Went 4-5 in doubles … With Paolo Bonaguro, defeated TCU’s Julian Alonso/Filip Apltauer 8-7 (7-4) in the consolation draw at ITA Texas Regional … beat Nicholls’ Arthur Oliani/Felipe Spagnuolo to advance to the Semifinals of the SLC Fall Championships … Defeated Our Lady of the Lake’s Jarsolav Majsajdr/Matis Nuziere 6-2.
2025 (Sophomore): Named SLC Men’s Tennis Player of the Week (3/18)… Went 9-9 in singles action with a 3-1 mark in SLC play… Was 5-4 in fifth flight… Defeated Aidan Watt of Saint Mary’s College 3-6, 6-3, 6-3… Won three matches in a row to help UTRGV’s eight-match winning streak with three-set victories over UC Riverside’s Ryan Huynh and UT Permian Basin’s Lucas Nitzschke and a 6-4, 6-1 win over Prairie View A&M’s Xavier Peter-Gooding at No. 3… Clinched back-to-back conference victories for UTRGV over Lamar and UIW with a 6-7 (1:7), 6-3, 6-3 win over LU’s Stefano Chappuis and a 6-4, 6-1 win over UIW’s Alexandre Chauvel… Beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Harry Fouzas, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 5 in regular season title match… Picked up two doubles wins with Paolo Bonaguro over Lubbock Christian’s Giese/Georgiev (6-2) and PVAMU’s Flores/Gans (7-5)…
2024 (Freshman): Joined the team in January... Singles – Went 7-15 and was 2-2 in WAC play… Picked up his first collegiate win in a big way, defeating #17 Baylor’s Justin Braverman 6-2, 5-7, 1-0 (10:5) to kick-start a four-match winning streak which included wins over Prairie View A&M’s Ryan Boone, New Mexico State’s Henrik Lynum and Morgan State’s Ameer Muhammad… Started conference play with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 win over Grand Canyon’s Wyatt Anderson and a 6-2, 7-6 (7:5) win over Seattle U’s Yu-Han Hsieh… Clinched UTRGV’s WAC Tournament quarterfinals win over #4 Seattle U with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Dario Ristovski. Doubles – Was 6-13 playing most matches with Paolo Bonaguro (6-10)… Earned first doubles win, 6-4, against Graidyn Bowe/Alvaro Soler from St. Mary’s (TX)… Picked up a big win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Nicolas Trebuchet/Iannis Fernandes, 6-1, with Bonaguro to help UTRGV earn first win over the rival since 2010… Defeated Seattle U’s Dario Ristovski/Yu-Han Hsieh, 6-2, with Bonaguro in WAC play.
