2016-17 Florida State Men's Tennis
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE 2016-17 FLORIDA STATE MEN’S TENNIS Program Information This is FSU Tennis.....................................................................................2 Facilities - Scott Speicher Tennis Center ........................................... 4 Facilities - Indoor Tennis Facility ..........................................................5 University and Athletic Administration .............................................. 6 Quick Facts................................................................................................7 Tallahassee Futures ...............................................................................8 4 2017 Team Roster ....................................................................................................... 9 Jake Albo ................................................................................................. 10 Jack Haffey ..............................................................................................11 Jose Gracia ..............................................................................................12 Lucas Poullain ........................................................................................13 Guy Iradukunda ......................................................................................14 Terrance Whitehurst .............................................................................15 Terrell Whitehurst................................................................................. 16 Aziz Dougaz .............................................................................................17 Alex Knaff ............................................................................................... 18 Rana-Roop Singh Bhullar ..................................................................... 19 Head Coach Dwayne Hultquist ...........................................................20 Associate Head Coach Ryler DeHeart ............................................... 23 Vol. Coach Tassilo Schmid/Dir. of Ops Scott Mottice ..................... 25 Support Staff .........................................................................................26 2015-16 Team Match-by-Match Results ......................................................................27 Statistics................................................................................................ 32 Program Information 20 All-Time vs. Opponent ...........................................................................33 All-Time Match-by-Match Results ......................................................34 Season Records ....................................................................................45 Postseason History ..............................................................................46 Conference Tournament Results ........................................................47 Top Seminoles .......................................................................................48 FSU Honors & Awards ...........................................................................50 All-Time Letterwinners ......................................................................... 52 School Records .....................................................................................53 Media Information ...............................................................................54 48 CREDITS The 2016-17 Florida State Men’s Tennis Guide is a publication of the FSU Sports Information Office. Written and edited by Billy Clark, with assistance from Blake VonCannon and Tyler Morrell. Cover page is designed by Billy Clark. Page layout by Billy Clark. Featured photograghers: Manuela Davies, Perrone Ford, Bill Kallenberg, Ryals Lee, Steve Musco, Maury Neipris, Brigitte Urban, and Ross Obley. 1 2017 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE THIS IS FSU TENNIS leadership prestige When head coach Dwayne Hultquist took over the Florida State men’s tennis program in 2000, the Seminoles were seventh out of nine teams in the ACC and barely ranked in the top 60 nationally. Under his leadership, Hultquist morphed the Seminoles into a winning sensation, coaching the team as high as No. 7 in the country in 2008, the highest in program history. Hultquist’s coaching expertise led the men’s ten- nis team to be recognized as a top contender in the conference and across the nation, revamping the perception of the program. As the winningest coach in program history, Hultquist has brought Florida State men’s tennis a sense of confidence and success that had not been seen before. Hultquist and the ‘Noles have played in the NCAA Tournament a school-record 14 consecutive years, including a trip to the quarterfinals in 2005 and two round of 16 appearances in 2008 and 2009. Since 2004, the ‘Noles have made the NCAA Tourna- ment every season and ranked no lower than 47th in the country. In 17 seasons under Benjmain Lock became an All-American in 2016 and was honored as the ITA Most Improved Player in the nation. Hultquist, FSU has had three ACC Player of the Year recipients, six All-American honors, the ITA Most Improved Player and two national ITA Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sports- manship Award winners. Hultquist has won a career-high 21 matches in a season three times, and finished Florida State is known for developing elite talent and its reputation was with a winning record in 14 of his 17 seasons as leader of the ‘Noles. Overall, Hultquist further sustained when the men’s tennis team was invited to compete in the NCAA has a record of 276-182. Tournament for the 14th consecutive season in 2016. Throughout the history of the Florida State men’s tennis program, many notable players and coaches have passed through the courts in Tallahassee, including Don Loucks, the first tennis coach in program history who led the team to a 9-4 record in his inaugural season with the ‘Noles. Other notable Seminoles include Ray Bellamy, a team captain in 1960 and 1961 who lost only three times during his time with FSU and later went on to join the Navy as a flight surgeon and win the state’s 35-and-over singles and doubles championship in the 1970s; Marco Abilhoa, a three-time Metro Conference MVP in the early 1980s; Joey Rive, a five-time Metro Conference champion (three singles, two doubles) who was named the 1987 Tennis Magazine Sportsman of the Year and went on to rank as high as No. 57 on the ATP Tour; and Jean-Yves Aubone, the Seminoles first two-time singles All-American and 2009 ACC Player of the Year who ranked as high as No. 8 in the country in 2009, the highest ranking for a Seminole in school history. In the 68-year history of the program, Florida State has won seven conference titles, made 21 NCAA Tournament appearances, and finished the season ranked 30 One of the longest-tenured coaches in college tennis, Hultquist has taken the times, including 23 consecutive years. Seminoles to new heights. 2 THIS IS FSU TENNIS 2017 MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE academics accolades In the history of the Seminole men’s tennis program, Florida State has had seven All-Ameri- cans play for the ‘Noles, including Benjamin Lock in 2016, Vahid Mirzadeh and Connor Smith as a doubles tandem in 2011 and Brian Stanton and Ken McKenzie as a doubles pair in 1995; Mat Cloer in singles in 2005; and the only two-time winner in school history, Jean-Yves Aubone, in 2008 and 2009 in singles play. In 2016, Benjamin Lock also won the ITA Most Improved Player in the nation and ITA Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship and Leadership Award for the Southeast region after rising to No. 9 in the ITA rankings finishing as runner-up for the ACC Player of the Year. Other honors for the Seminoles include the Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award, won by Mirzadeh (2011) and Cloer (2005); the ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year for Dwayne Hultquist (2013); ITA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year, won in 2003 by Ty Braswell, 2010 by Cloer, and 2006, 2013, and 2015 by Nick Crowell; and ITA Regional Player of the Year, won by Aubone in 2010. Additionally, two Seminoles have won at the prestigious Bedford Cup, an annual tournament that Benjamin Lock accepts the Golden Torch Award, alongside atheltic director Stan features players from around the state of Florida. In 2012, Benjamin Lock paired with Andres Bucaro to Wilcox (left), director of operations Scott Mottice, and Dr. Kacy King. win the doubles draw, and in 2013, Cristian Gonzalez Mendez won the singles draw. Multiple Seminoles have played in the Davis Cup for their countries, including Ricardo Bernd for Brazil (1971-72), Rejean Genois for Canada (1973-74), Enrique Andrade (1975-76) for Ecuador, Joey Rive for A key part to maintaining Florida State’s reputation as an elite col- the U.S. (1989) and Puerto Rico (1992-94), Marco Nunez for Mexico (2011), Andres Bucaro for Guatemala legiate team is having ambitious athletes that continue to ace the competition on and (2013-14) and Benjamin Lock for Zimbabwe (2011-15). Sophomore Aziz Dougaz has played Davis Cup for off the court. Tunisia each of the last two seasons. In 2016, Marco Nunez and senior Michael Rinaldi were named ACC Postgraduate Scholarship winners, the third and fourth players in the past four seasons to be so hon- ored. The Seminoles also were the 2015 Golden Torch winners for best GPA on campus, continuing to show that success on the court and in the classroom is not mutually exclusive. In 2015, Florida State had three players make the All-ACC Academic Team, Benja- min Lock and Marco Nunez,