2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Seniors Gage BRYMER Senior • 6-0 • Right-Handed Irvine, Calif. University HS
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2013-14 18-3 9-3 27-6 2013-14 9-6 1-2 10-8 2014-15 3-4 7-4 10-8 2014-15 2-1 3-1 5-2 2015-16 14-6 6-2 20-8 2015-16 10-6 2-3 12-9 Totals 35-13 22-9 57-22 Totals 21-13 6-6 27-19
2015-16 two seasons of high school tennis ... Become the first player in 59 years to win three consecutive CIF-Southern Section titles ... Was also the first Ended the season with a 20-8 overall singles record ... Played primarily in player in 77 years (Bobby Riggs) to win three-straight singles titles at The the No. 3 spot, compiling an 8-2 mark ... Brymer was 7-6 against ranked Ojai ... Participated in the men's qualifying draw at the 2013 U.S. Open ... opponents ... Brymer ended the season ranked No. 63 in the country, but Three-time High School All-American. climbed as high as No. 41 (Mar. 22) ... Brymer was the singles runner up at the 2016 Sherwood Collegiate Cup after falling to Baylor's Julien Lenz Personal in the final ... In doubles play, Brymer teamed mostly with Austin Rapp for Full name is Gage Remington Brymer ... Parents are Charles and Mary an 8-2 dual match record and 9-4 overall record ... The duo most notably Brymer ... Father is the Director of Tennis at the Woodbridge Tennis Club took down then-No. 45 Wayne Montgomery and Emil Reinberg of Georgia in Irvine, Calif. ... Lists playing in the men's qualifying draw at the 2013 (Jan. 30) during the Pac-12/SEC Challenge ... Brymer and Rapp won U.S. Open as his greatest athletic thrill ... Has been featured in Sports the consolation doubles final at the 2016 Sherwood Collegiate Cup ... Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section. ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Second Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic selection.S 2014-15 Ended the season with a with a 10-8 overall singles record and a 5-2 doubles record … Ranked as high as No. 43 in the ITA Singles Rankings during the fall campaign. 2013-14 Ended the season with a 27-6 overall singles record … Tied fellow freshman Mackenzie McDonald for the team lead in dual-match victories with 18 … Played mostly at the No. 4 position, going 16-3 … Also posted a pair of wins at court Nos. 2 and 3 … Listed as high as No. 26 in the ITA Singles Rankings (Feb. 11) … Ended the season ranked No. 69 nationally … Won one of the biggest matches of the season for the Bruins in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Team Championships, downing Ohio State's Chris Diaz, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 to clinch a 4-2 win for the Bruins in Atlanta, Ga. … Posted a total of six wins of the season over ranked opponents … Also owned a 10-8 overall record in doubles play, teaming mostly with McDonald at court No. 3 … Singles semifinalist at both the Southern California Intercollegiates and the Sherwood Collegiate Cup … Listed as the No. 4 incoming player according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's (ITA) 2013 Preseason Newcomer/Freshman Rankings. High School / Juniors Listed as high as No. 1 in the nation in the USTA's Boys' 18s rankings ... Blue Chip recruit (No. 1 overall) by TennisRecruiting.net ... Was the top- seeded player at the 2013 USTA Boys' 18s & 16s National Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. where he reached the semifinals ... Two-time singles champion at the prestigious Easter Bowl, claiming the 18s title in 2013 and the 16s title in 2011 ... Claremeont ITF finalist (2013) ... Participated in the 2013 U.S. Open Junior Championships, reaching the round of 16 ... 2013 Orange County Athlete of the Year ... Helped University High School to four-straight CIF Team Championships ... Three-time CIF Singles Cham- pion ... Three time Ojai Singles Champion ... Went undefeated in his final 5 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Seniors Joseph DI GIULIO Senior • 5-11 • Right-Handed Newport Beach, Calif. K12 Online HS
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2013-14 9-3 9-6 18-9 2013-14 14-11 5-5 19-16 2014-15 8-9 5-5 13-14 2014-15 14-7 11-5 25-12 2015-16 17-6 9-6 26-12 2015-16 13-9 11-3 24-12 Totals 34-18 23-17 57-35 Totals 41-27 27-13 68-40
2015-16 Costa Mesa Pro Classic. Ended the season with a 26-12 overall singles record and a 24-12 doubles Personal mark ... Playing primarily at No. 6 singles, Di Giulio was 14-6 ... Teamed Full name is Joseph Paul Di Giulio ... Born on June 16, 1995 in Orange, with Karue Sell in doubles for a 12-9 dual match record and an 11-3 Calif. ... Parents are Paul and April ... Father played college tennis ... En- tournament record ... Captured the doubles title with Sell at the 2016 joys traveling the world playing tennis ... Admires Roger Federer ... Lists Sherwood Collegiate Cup ... Di Giulio/Sell advanced to the 2015 USTA/ representing the United States in the 14 and under Davis Cup in the Czech ITA Southwest Regional Championships doubles semifinals, where they Republic as his greatest athletic thrill ... Featured in the junior tennis movie fell to Pedro Iamachkine/Lautaro Pane (Pepperdine), 7-6 (5), 6-0. "50,000 Balls" as a 12-year old. 2014-15 Posted a 13-14 overall singles record and a 25-12 doubles mark … Played primarily at the No. 2 position in doubles, posting a 12-6 record in that spot with partner Karue Sell ... Ranked as high as No. 50 in the ITA Doubles Rankings during the fall campaign ... Di Giulio and Sell took down the No. 49 pair (Fawcett/Romanowicz - Stanford) and the No. 50 pair (de Vroome/Johnson - USC) in the spring ... Ranked as high as No. 84 (w/Sell) in the ITA Doubles Rankings in April ... Took down No. 124 Eric Johnson of USC in straight sets in October ... Took home the singles title in Laguna Niguel, Southern California's first stop on the ITA Summer Circuit. 2013-14 Posted an 18-9 overall singles record during his freshman season … Played primarily at the No. 6 position where he went 6-3 … Also had a win at court No. 3 and was 2-0 at court No. 5 … Singles finalist at the Aztec Invitational during the fall … Significant contributor in the doubles lineup … Played primarily with Clay Thompson at court No. 2 … The duo finished the year with a 14-11 record … Played one match (w/Thompson) at the No. 1 position, downing UC Irvine's Ryan Cheung and Jonathan Hammel, 6-2 … Doubles finalist (w/Ryoto Tachi) at the Southern California Inter- collegiates … Finished the season with a 19-16 overall doubles record, playing with four different partners. High School / Juniors Blue Chip recruit (No. 7 overall) in the class of 2013 according to Tennis- Recruiting.net ... Ranked as high as No. 1 in the nation in the 14s and 16s age divisions ... 2012 Southern California Sectional Doubles Champion in the Boys 18s (w/Robbie Bellamy) ... 2012 USTA Regional Champion (18s) in Las Vegas, Nev. ... 2012 J.P. Yamasaki Open Boys' 18s Singles Champion (2012) ... Former member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup Team ... Easter Bowl Singles Champion in the 16s ... Finalist in the 16s doubles (w/ Gregory Garcia) at the USTA Boys' 18s and 16s National Championships (2011) ... Semifinalist at the Eddie Herr International Junior Championships (14s) ... Semifinalist at the USTA National Clay Courts (14s) ... Orange Bowl Champion in the Boys' 12s division ... Picked up his first ATP point with a first-round victory over Mexico's Alan Nunez Aguilera at the Claremont Futures ... Semifinalist in doubles (w/Deighton Baughman) at the 2013
6 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Seniors Michael GUZMAN Senior • 5-8 • Right-Handed Napa Valley, Calif. Justin-Siena HS
2015-16 Justin-Siena High School in Napa, Calif. ... Compiled a 1-4 record in tournament play ... Three-year team MVP ... 2013 North Coast Posted a 1-2 mark in doubles play ... His lone Sectioin (NCS) Div. II Singles Champion doubles win was with Austin Rapp over UCSB's ... Two-time Marin County Athletic League Chase Masciorini/Oliver Sec in October. (MCAL) singles champion ... Earned multiple first-team all-league honors ... Also helped 2014-15 Justin-Siena to a NCS team championship as Saw most of his action during the fall season a freshman ... 2010 MCAL Player of the Year. … Posted a 3-7 mark in doubles play ... won two matches with Nikolas Ramadan and a Personal match with Austin Rapp. Full name is Michael David Guzman ... Par- ents are David and Mary ... Younger sister 2013-14 is named Grace ... Comes from an athletic Saw most of his action during the fall season family ... Father played tennis at Creighton … Posted a 4-4 mark in singles play … Also ... Mother was a world-class figure skater ... played singles in two dual matches, seeing Admires Rafael Nadal ... Enjoys snowboard- action against Loyola Marymount and UCSD ing, wakeboarding and mountain biking. … Teamed with Joseph Di Giulio at court No. 2 against UCSD, downing Alexandre Miaule and Horea Porutiu, 8-3. High School / Juniors Four-star recruit according to TennisRecruit- ing.net ... Four-year varsity letterwinner at Travis MARTIN Senior • 5-9 • Right-Handed Los Angeles, Calif. Loyola HS
2015-16 High School / Juniors Posted an 0-1 record in singles and an 0-1 Four-year varsity letter winner at Loyola High record in doubles in the fall ... Did not see any School in Los Angeles ... Team captain ... action in the spring. Represented Loyola in the CIF singles draw 2014-15 in Ojai ... Also participated in the CIF Tennis Tournament. Edged UC Riverside's Robles/Ruffin, 8-7, with partner Nikolas Ramadan in Ocotber Personal ... Played two singles matches in the fall ... Full name is Travis McKinley Martin ... Son Did not see any action in the spring. of current UCLA men's tennis coach Billy 2013-14 Martin ... Mother's name is Justine ... Older brother, Will, played tennis from St. Mary's Did not see any action. ... Enjoys hockey, surfing and playing golf ... Member of the California Heat Hockey Club.
7 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Seniors Nishanth YAMANI Redshirt Senior • 6-2 • Right-Handed Calabasas, Calif. Viewpoint HS
2015-16 High School/Juniors Went 0-2 in tournament play in the fall ... Did Played three seasons of varsity tennis for not see any action in the spring. the Viewpoint School in Calabasas, Calif. 2014-15 ... Helped Viewpoint to a CIF Division-IV Played in three events in the fall, going title ... Played singles as a sophomore 0-3 in singles ... Did not see any action in and doubles his junior year ... Trained at the spring. the world renowned Saddlebrook Tennis Academy for one year. 2013-14 Personal Posted a 1-3 overall singles record … Participated at both the UCSB Classic Born on Dec. 15, 1993 in Seattle, Wash. ... and Southern California Intercollegiates … Parents are Kumar and Suzette ... Brother's Ended the year 0-3 in doubles play. name is Roshon ... Enjoys playing basketball in his spare time ... Admires Kobe Bryant.
Seniors (L to R): Joseph Di Giulio, Nishanth Yamani, Gage Brymer, Travis Martin, Michael Guzman
8 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Juniors Austin RAPP Junior • 6-4 • Right-Handed Rancho Mirage, Calif. Palm Desert HS
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2014-15 8-8 7-4 15-1 2014-15 15-6 7-4 22-10 2015-16 3-3 4-6 7-9 2015-16 12-4 2-3 14-7 Totals 11-11 11-10 22-10 Totals 27-10 9-7 36-17
2015-16 Games, winning an opening-round match Posted a 7-9 overall singles record and a over Brazil's Thiago Bitencourt and Cruz 14-7 doubles mark ... Was 3-0 playing in Morales, 6-1, 6-2. the No. 5 spot ... Played mostly with Gage Brymer in doubles, compiling an 8-2 dual High School / Juniors match record ... The duo most notably took High School All-American … Five-star recruit down then-No. 45 Wayne Montgomery and (No. 14 nationally) in the class of 2014 ac- Emil Reinberg of Georgia (Jan. 30) during cording to TennisRecruiting.net … Ranked the Pac-12/SEC Challenge ... Teamed with as high as No. 10 in the USTA National Maxime Cressy toward the end of the sea- Junior Rankings … Also ranked as high as son in the No. 3 spot for a 4-2 record ... In No. 1 in Southern California … Three-time the NCAA quarterfinals, Rapp and Cressy Team MVP at Palm Desert High School dominated Oklahoma's Andre Biro and … Led Palm Desert to a pair of CIF team Austin Siegel, 6-1, to register the Bruins' championships in 2011 and 2012 … Also only doubles win of the match ... Rapp claimed a CIF title in doubles in 2012 … and Brymer won the consolation doubles CIF singles finalist in 2014 … Captured the final at the 2016 Sherwood Collegiate Cup CIF singles draw at the Ojai Valley Tennis ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Received Pac-12 Tournament in 2014 … Reached the final at Ojai in 2013 (16s division) … Captured All-Academic honorable mention honors. a pair of National Segment tournaments in 2014-15 Las Vegas and Palm Desert ... Finalist it the Posted a 15-12 singles mark and a 22-10 USTA National Open in Lakewood. record in doubles ... In singles play, Rapp was ranked as high as No. 90 in the spring Personal ... Rallied to beat No. 75 David Hsu of Full names is Austin James Rapp … Born Stanford after dropping the first set, 3-6 ... on Aug. 20, 1996 in Davenport, Iowa … Defeated Texas Tech's Francisco Zambon in Parents are David and Tiffany Rapp … straight sets in the NCAA Second Round in Younger siblings are Connor and Katie … May ... Playing primarily in the No. 3 posi- Admires tennis player Roger Federer and tion in doubles, he went 12-6 with Dennis quarterback Russell Wilson … Would like to Mkrtchian ... Paired with fellow Bruin Martin pursue a career as a sports agent. Redlicki in doubles at the World University
9 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Juniors Martin REDLICKI Junior • 6-5 • Left-Handed Boca Raton, Fla. Lake Zurich HS
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2014-15 17-3 9-4 26-7 2014-15 13-5 11-3 24-8 2015-16 19-3 11-6 30-9 2015-16 17-6 5-2 22-8 Totals 36-6 20-10 56-16 Totals 30-11 16-5 46-16
2015-16 79 in the ATP World Rankings, in the Round of Court Championships in 2013 (w/Paul Ooster- Doubles All-American ... 2016 NCAA Doubles Cham- 16 ... Also paired with fellow Bruin Austin Rapp in baan) … Spent the better part of his senior pion with partner Mackenzie McDonald, downing doubles at the WUG, winning an opening-round year playing a number of Futures events as an No. 8 Arthur Rinderknech/Jackson Withrow in match over Brazil's Thiago Bitencourt and Cruz amateur on the ITF Pro Circuit, reaching the straights ... Tabbed as the Pac-12 Doubles Team Morales, 6-1, 6-2. doubles final in Palm Coast, Fla. (w/Taylor Fritz), and the semifinals at tournaments in Tampa, Fla. of the Year with McDonald ... Ranked No. 1 (with High School / Juniors and Orange Park, Fla. (both w/Catalin Gard) … McDonald) in the final ITA doubles rankings and Blue Chip recruit by the website TennisRecruiting. Trained with USTA Player Development in Boca checked in at No. 35 in the final ITA singles rankings net … Listed as high as No. 2 nationally in the Raton, Fla. … Was ranked No. 12 in the 2013 (June 1) ... Finished the season with a 30-9 overall class of 2014 … He has represented the United Final USTA Combined Rankings and achieved record in singles and 22-8 record in doubles ... States in all four of the junior Grand Slams … a career-high junior ITF Ranking of No. 41 in Was 10-5 against ranked opponents, most notably Best result was at the 2013 U.S. Open where he July of 2013. pulling off straight-set upsets of then-No. 17 Andre reached the round of 16 in singles and won the Goransson of Cal (April 2) and No. 25 Axel Alvarez of doubles title with partner Kamil Majchrzak of Personal Oklahoma (May 22) ... Clinched the Pac-12 regular Poland …Was a semifinalist in both singles and Full name is Martin Redlicki … Goes by Marty season title for UCLA when he downed USC’s No. 43 doubles (w/Luca Corinteli) at the 2013 Easter … Born on Aug. 24, 1995 in Chicago … Parents Nick Crystal in three sets ... Defeated USC’s Logan Bowl, also reaching the semifinals in doubles are Marek and Beata Redlicki … Older brother Smith to capture the singles title at the 2015 USTA/ with Corinteli at the USTA International Spring Michael is also a collegiate tennis player … Was ITA Southwest Regional Championship in October Championships that same year … Captured the enrolled in an online high school for three years ... In doubles, teamed with McDonald to go 11-5 doubles title at the USTA Boys' 18 National Clay in order to travel the world and play tournaments. against ranked opponents, most notably downing then-No. 3 Brett Clark/Robert Kelly of UNC in the ITA National Men's Team Indoors semifinals (Feb. 14) ... Captured the doubles title at the Costa Mesa Pro Classic in September with McDonald ... Was the Pac-12 Player of the Week (April 18) ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... First Team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Academic selection. 2014-15 Named ITA Rookie of the Year ... Second-Team All-Pac-12 selection ... Earned ITA Scholar-Athlete honors ... Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 9; April 6) ... Posted an impressive 26-7 singles mark in his debut season ... Played primarily in the Nos. 2 and 3 positions, notching 6-1 and 8-1 records, respectively ... In doubles play, the freshman tal- lied a 24-8 record overall ... Redlicki and partner Mackenzie McDonald were 19-8 on the season and 12-5 in dual-match play at the No. 1 position ... They were ranked in the top 10 nationally for much of the year, climbing as high as No. 5 in the country in February ... Played in the World University Games ... Received a bye in the first round and downed Brazil's Victor Cruz Morales, 6-4, 6-3, in the second round ... Fell to top-seeded Hyeon Chung of South Korea, then ranked No.
10 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Juniors Logan STAGGS Junior • 5-9 • Left-Handed Tracy, Calif. Kimball HS
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2014-15 18-11 7-2 25-13 2014-15 0-1 1-2 1-3 2015-16 14-7 6-3 20-10 2015-16 0-0 2-3 2-3 Totals 32-18 13-5 45-23 Totals 0-1 3-5 3-6
2015-16 the weekend of 2/6-8, the first such award ... Quarter-finalist of Kalamazoo National Ended the season with a 20-10 overall singles of his career ... Bested No. 86 Sebastian Hard Court Championships in 2012 and record, which included a 14-7 mark in dual Beltrame of Harvard 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) playing 2013... Recipient of Sportsmanship Award matches ... was undefeated (4-0) playing at at No. 3 (2/8) ... Defeated No. 77 Rhys at Winter Nationals 2012 ... Has represented singles Nos. 3 and 4 ... Downed then-No. 114 Johnson of Vanderbilt 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 his section at Pacific Cup, Maze Cup, Zon- Maciek Romanowicz of Stanford in straight (1/18) ... Went 7-2 in fall singles play. als and Team Championships ... Achieved sets (Feb.27) ... In doubles, teamed with Ryoto High School / Juniors 44 consecutive singles wins in the NorCal Tachi for a 2-3 record in tournament play. Rated as blue chip recruit and ranked as Section in 2012 ... Lettered three years in tennis. 2014-15 (Northwestern) high as No. 5 in the nation by TennisRecruit- Co-led the team with 25 singles wins, finishing ing.net and has a national RPI of No. 3 in the Personal 25-13 on the season ... Split time between No. nation ... Was ranked No. 3 in the nation in Full name is Logan Michael Staggs ... Son 3 and 4 in singles ... Achieved three straight Boys 16s ... Top-ranked player in California of Michael and Morgan Staggs ... Has a singles victories 4/11-17 and 3/29-4/3 ... in both singles and doubles ... Named high younger sister, Morgan ... Admires pro tennis Won four straight singles matches 3/8-3/25 school All-American ... Won Winter Nation- player Rafael Nadal because he is humble ... Named Big Ten Athlete of the Week on 2/10 als in December of 2013 which is one of 4 on and off the court. after winning all three of his singles matches major national championships in the U.S.
Juniors (L to R): Martin Redlicki, Logan Staggs, Austin Rapp 11 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Sophomores Maxime CRESSY Sophomore • 6-7 • Right-Handed Hermosa Beach, Calif. CNED
Career Singles Record Career Doubles Record Year Duals Tournaments Overall Year Duals Tournaments Overall 2015-16 1-0 1-4 2-4 2015-16 11-6 1-3 12-9
2015-16 Personal Played mostly in tournaments, compiling Full name is Maxime Andre Charles Cressy a 1-4 mark ... Won his lone dual match of … Born on May 8, 1997 in Paris, France … the season over UCSD's Riku Hashiyada Parents are Gerard and Leslie Cressy … Has playing at singles No. 6 ... Teamed with two brothers … Admires tennis players Pete Gage Brymer, Martin Redlicki, and Austin Sampras and Novak Djokovic … His mother Rapp in doubles throughout the season ... Leslie played volleyball at USC and helped Advanced to the quarterfinals of the 127th the team win two NCAA championships. Annual Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Cham- pionships with Redlicki, where they fell to top-seeded Julian Cash and Arjun Kadhe of Oklahoma State ... Played with Rapp toward the end of the season in the No. 3 spot for a 4-2 record ... In the NCAA quarterfinals, Cressy and Rapp dominated Oklahoma's Andre Biro and Austin Siegel, 6-1, to register the Bruins' only doubles win of the match. High School / Juniors Attended CREPS de Boulouris, one of the most prominent training centers for tennis players in France from 2009-13 ... Reached the semifinals in both singles and doubles (w/ Alberto Reyes) at the ITA/USTA National Summer Championships at Cal State Los An- geles during his junior year ... Also reached the semifinals in doubles at the ITA/USTA National Summer Championships at Azusa Pacific (w/ Reyes) ... Won the 18s title at the Los Caballeros Tournament and reached the semifinals in singles at Northridge (18s) his senior year ... Also reached the finals in singles and semifinals in doubles (w/ Riley Smith) at the JP Yamasaki Tournament (18s) ... Won the 18s title at Fullerton in doubles with fellow Bruin freshman Daniel Gealer.
12 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Sophomores Daniel GEALER Sophomore • 5-9 • Right-Handed Los Angeles, Calif. San Marino HS
2015-16 USTA Boys' National Championships and Did not see any action. won the USTA National Open in 2013 ... Also won the 2013 16s USTA International High School / Juniors Spring Championships in doubles (w/ Taylor Gealer lettered in tennis all four years at San Fritz) and was a finalist at the 2013 Boys' Marino High School under coach Melwin National Clay Court Championships. Pereira ... An All-American and four-time Rio Honda League selection ... Four-time Personal league champion (twice in doubles, twice in Full name is Daniel Howard Joseph Gealer … singles) ... Helped guide San Marino to two Born on May 6, 1997 in Los Angeles, Calif. CIF Division II championship titles ... A Ten- … Parents are Micheal Gealer and Karen nisrecruiting.net 5-Star recruit ... Achieved Kajihara … Has an older sister Sarah, who a national ranking of No. 42 and California plays tennis for Hawai'i … Says he chose ranking of No. 10 on Tennisrecruiting.net UCLA because, "UCLA has been my dream ... Ranked No. 16 nationally in Boys 16s school and has a great balance of top ath- singles and No. 1 nationall in Boys 16s letics and academics." doubles ... Reached the round of 16 in the
Reid SHUMWAY Sophomore • 6-3 • Right-Handed Pacific Palisades, Calif. Loyola HS
2015-16 Personal Did not see any action. Full name is Reid Jeffrey Shumway … Born High School / Juniors on April 22, 1997 in Los Angeles, Calif. … Competed on the ITF Junior Circuit in the Parents are Jeffrey and Rosalind Shumway Fall of 2015 before coming to UCLA ... All- … Has a younger brother, Charlie … Admires League 2012 and 2013 ... Represented tennis player Roger Federer …Says he chose Loyola HS in the Ojai and CIF Draws ... UCLA because, "I’m a life-long Bruin fan Earned Most Improved Player honors in and the combination of the coaching staff, 2012 ... Was the Most Valuable Player in tennis program, and academics at UCLA are 2013 and 2013 ... Was a League Doubles unparalleled." Semifinalist ... Helped lead Loyola to CIF D1 Playoffs alongside current Bruin Travis Martin ... Was the Long Beach Open Boy’s 16’s Champion.
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Sophomores (L to R): Reid Shumway, Daniel Gealer, Maxime Cressy
14 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Freshmen Ben GOLDBERG Freshman • 6-0 • Right-Handed Pacific Palisades, Calif. Palisades HS
High School / Juniors Personal Lettered all four years at Palisades Charter Full name is Benjamin Donald Goldberg ... High School ... Played No. 1 singles all four Parents are Dan and Vicky Goldberg ... Has years ... Member of the four-time LA City a younger sister, Caroline ... Father is an Championship team ... Five-star recruit per Assistant Athletic Director in Compliance Tennisrecruiting.net ... Four-time First Team at UCLA ... Favorite professional athlete is All-City Selection ... 2016 ITA National Colle- tennis player Gael Monfils ... Says he chose giate Summer Championships semifinalist UCLA because "UCLA combines the best of ... 2015 LA City/CIF Singles Champion ... athletics and academics, and it has always Won the clinching point for both the 2016 been my home away from home." LA City team title and the 2016 California Classic title ... USTA Las Vegas Regional Boys 18s singles champion (2015) ... Quali- fied and competed in US Junior National Championships each of the last four years.
Connor RAPP Freshman • 6-2 • Right-Handed Rancho Mirage, Calif. Palm Desert HS
High School / Juniors Personal Played tennis at Palm Desert High School Full name is Connor Michael Rapp ... Born ... Four-time All-Desert Valley League selec- on July 2, 1998 in Palm Springs, Calif. ... tion ... 2016 CIF State Team Semifinalist Parents are David and Tiffany Rapp ... Has ... 2015 CIF Southern Section Individuals an older brother, Austin, who is a junior Semifinalist ... 2015 Ojai Junior Finalist ... on the UCLA men's tennis team ... Has a Two-time CIF Team Finalist (2013, 2014) younger sister Katie ... Favorite pro sports ... 2014 CIF Southern Section Individuals. team is the St. Louis Cardinals ... Decided to attend UCLA because it was the best fit and because of the combination of athletic and academic excellence.
15 2017 UCLA MEN’S TENNIS Player Biographies - Freshmen Evan Zhu Freshman • 6-0 • Right-Handed Irvine, Calif. K12 Online
High School / Juniors Personal Has trained under Taylor Dent at the Dent Right-handed … His parents are Zhu Xiao Hui Tennis Academy since 2014 … Reached and Yongdong Zhu … His father is a chemist finals of the Claremont USTA Pro Classic in … His older sister, Amy Zhu, played tennis at 2016 … Won the boys’ doubles title, with the University of Michigan from 2012-2014 Jason Legall, at the 2015 Copa Tampico … Says he chose to attend UCLA because tournament in Mexico … Checked in at it offered “one of the best combinations of career-high junior world ranking of 278 on athletics and academics” … Lists winning June 4, 2015 … In 2014, ranked No. 1 na- the 14s National Clay Court Championship tionally among Boys 16s … Trained at JTCC in 2012 as one of the biggest thrills so far (Junior Tennis Training Center) in College in his athletic career … Lists professional Park, Md. from 2010-2014 … Won ITF China tennis player Roger Federer as the athlete he Junior 7 singles event in Beijing in 2014 … most admires … Lists basketball as a hobby. Helped Team USA secure a first-place finish at the under-16 Junior Challenge Worldwide Finals at Wimbledon … Was crowned Easter Bowl 16s doubles champion, with Caleb Chakravarthi, in 2014 … In 2012, ranked No. 1 nationally among Boys 14s … Won the 14s National Clay Court Championship in 2012 … Reached finals of the Eddie Herr 14s in 2012.
Freshmen (L to R): Evan Zhu, Connor Rapp, Ben Goldberg 16