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LSU INTRO THIS IS LSU PREVIEW COACHES TIGERS REVIEW HISTORY Tiger Profiles LSU Player Profiles INTRO Kevin Dessauer THIS IS LSU PREVIEW COACHES Height: 6-2 Class: Senior TIGERS Experience: 3L REVIEW Last School: Archbishop Rummel HS HISTORY Hometown: New Orleans, La. 2007 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year 2007 Second-Team All-SEC 2007 First-Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American 2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete 2006 ITA Scholar-Athlete 2005 ITA Scholar-Athlete Coach Brown on Dessauer “Kevin is a great story to see where he has come from. As a redshirt freshman, he wasn’t anywhere near the lineup. Through his hard work and dedication he put himself in a position last year to make a huge jump, and he did. Guys look to him as a leader. He is a consistent guy at practice. You know what you are going to get out of Kevin. He is a great example in the classroom. The way he carries himself on and off the court makes him a great leader for the other guys.” Fall 2007 Named team captain … Achieved a No. 53-ranking in the Fila Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings … Posted a 5-5 record in singles and 4-4 record in doubles. Junior Season (2006-07) Redshirt Freshman Season (2004-05) Named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year … Received second-team All-SEC Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Went 14-7 in singles and 3-6 in doubles ... Had honors … Compiled a 23-10 record in singles and 23-13 record in doubles … Received most singles wins of any Tiger in the 2004 fall season, going 9-5 ... Played his way first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors … Named an ITA into main draw of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships ... Went 3-2 in doubles Scholar-Athlete for the third-straight year ... The former walk-on started the season with Paul White ... Received first varsity letter. 8-0 and only lost one set during that streak … Biggest win of his career came against the No. 35-ranked Devin Mullings of Ohio State on Feb. 24 … Clinched LSU’s 4-3 Freshman Season (2003-04) victory against No. 30 Tennessee … He and partner Jan Zelezny defeated Georgia’s Walked on to the team in the fall and received a redshirt. Jamie Hunt and Nate Schnugg in the SEC Tournament, the team that won the U.S. Open Junior Doubles Championship … In the fall, reached the Round of 16 of the Prior to LSU Wilson/ITA Region III Indoor tournament … Teamed up with Eric DeRoche to win the Was a four-sport star at Archbishop Rummel HS, lettering in tennis, baseball, doubles bracket at the Ragin’ Cajun Classic ... earned third varsity letter. basketball and golf ... Named all-district and academic all-state and reached the state finals in tennis ... Averaged 20 points per game in basketball and was named to Sophomore Season (2005-06) the all-district team twice ... Led his tennis team to a district championship and was Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete … Compiled a 5-8 record in singles and 3-1 in on district and state championship baseball teams. doubles … Helped the Tigers to a 7-4 conference record that included the clinching win against Tennessee’s Adam Hubble in LSU’s SEC regular-season opener (3/3/06) Personal … Saw limited action in the fall ... Played in only the Ragin' Cajun Invitational ... Split Born May 31, 1984 ... Parents are Stephen and Brenda Dessauer ... Brothers 1-1 in singles matches … Earned second varsity letter Mikey and Stephen attended LSU ... Majoring in kinesiology. Dessauer’s Career Statistics: Singles Doubles YEAR OVERALL VS. TOP 125 SEC DUAL YEAR OVERALL VS. TOP 60 SEC DUAL W L PCT. W L PCT. W L PCT W L PCT. W L PCT. W L PCT 2004-05 14 7 .667 0 1 .000 0 1 .000 2004-05 3 6 .333 - - -- - - -- 2005-06 5 8 .385 0 1 .000 1 4 .200 2005-06 3 1 .750 0 1 .000 - - -- 2006-07 23 10 .697 3 4 .429 7 3 .700 2006-07 23 13 .639 0 2 .000 7 4 .636 Fall 2007 5 5 .500 0 1 .000 - - -- Fall 2007 4 4 .500 - - -- - - -- Totals 47 30 .610 3 7 .300 8 8 .500 Totals 33 24 .579 0 3 .000 7 4 .636 28 2008 LSU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE Player Profiles LSU Colt Gaston INTRO THIS IS LSU PREVIEW Height: 6-5 COACHES Class: Senior Experience: 3L TIGERS Last School: Rome HS REVIEW Hometown: Rome, Ga. HISTORY 2007 ITA All-American 2007 SEC Indoor Doubles Champion 2006 Second-Team All-SEC Coach Brown on Gaston “Colt has done a great job over the last few years, particularly last year with the ITA All-American selection. He has become one of our big time players. Physically, he has really put himself together to make a run on the pro tour after college. He is an exciting player to watch. He has great hands and quickness.” Fall 2007 Listed at No. 9, with partner James Cluskey, in the Fila Intercollegiate Tennis Association preseason rankings … defeated No. 79-ranked Pedro Campos of South Carolina in straights sets, 6-4, 6-4, at the Auburn Invitational … Compiled a 3-3 record in singles and 2-2 doubles mark. Redshirt Freshman Season (2004-05) Junior Season (2006-07) Was dominant in doubles play, finishing the season with a spotless 12-0 record in Named an ITA Doubles All-American … Won the SEC Indoor Doubles dual matches, with partner Danny Bryan ... Was a solid sixth singles seed with a 9-5 Championship with Danny Bryan … Compiled a 11-11 record in singles and 24-4 record record in dual matches ... Ended the season with overall records of 27-6 in doubles in doubles … Captured one of the biggest wins of his career against Tennessee in the and 14-12 in singles ... Saw significant action in the 2004 fall season, going 4-6 in SEC Tournament by defeating No. 40-ranked Bobby Cameron of Tennessee, 7-5, 6-3 singles and 10-4 in doubles ... Picked up the first top-50 doubles win of his career … Ranked No. 25 in the ITA Southeast Regional Rankings … Clinched LSU’s 4-3 win with partner Danny Bryan defeating SMU's No. 41 ranked team of Oredsson and over Rice on Feb. 20 … Sat out most of the fall with a back injury … Ranked No. 86 in Soderberg ... Earned first varsity letter. the preseason ITA rankings … received third varsity letter. Freshman Season (2003-04) Sophomore Season (2005-06) Saw action early in the dual season ...Was 10-3 in singles and 7-3 in doubles ... Earned second-team All-SEC honors … Finished the season ranked No. 43 in Won his last four singles matches ... Reached the finals of his bracket in the Rice doubles with partner Danny Bryan as the duo won their last 11 matches of the Crowne Plaza Invitational, his first college tournament … Received medical redshirt. season… His biggest singles victory came on March 31 when he defeated Eric Claesson of Ole Miss in straight sets, 7-5, 6-4, to clinch the victory for the Tigers Prior To LSU over the then eight-ranked Rebels (3/31/06) … Competed in four tournaments Lettered in tennis and basketball at Rome HS ... Was team captain on both squads during the fall season ... Won the doubles title in the Rice Crown Plaza Invitational ... Won three regional team tennis championships and made two team Final Four with Bryan ... Made the finals of the ITA Southeast Regional ... Lost to teammate Ken appearances. Skupski in the finals of the Wells Fargo Hurricane Katrina Relief Tournament … Earned second varsity letter. Personal Born Jan. 19, 1985 ... Full name is Colt Lewis Gaston ... Parents are Ollie and Kathy Gaston ... Has one brother, Ryan. Gaston’s Career Statistics: Singles Doubles YEAR OVERALL VS. TOP 125 SEC DUAL YEAR OVERALL VS. TOP 60 SEC DUAL W L PCT. W L PCT. W L PCT W L PCT. W L PCT. W L PCT 2003-04 10 3 .769 - - -- - - - 2003-04 7 3 .700 - - -- - - -- 2004-05 14 12 .538 - - -- 4 3 .571 2004-05 27 11 .711 2 1 .667 6 0 1.000 2005-06 17 16 .515 4 5 .444 4 6 .400 2005-06 27 7 .794 2 4 .333 8 1 .889 2006-07 11 11 .500 1 6 .143 5 5 .500 2006-07 24 4 .857 8 4 .667 9 2 .818 Fall 2007 3 3 .500 1 2 .333 - - -- Fall 2007 2 2 .500 - - -- - - -- Totals 55 45 .550 6 13 .316 13 14 .481 Totals 87 27 .763 12 9 .571 23 3 .885 2008 LSU MEN’S TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE 29 LSU Player Profiles INTRO Jan Zelezny THIS IS LSU PREVIEW Height: 6-0 COACHES Weight: 180 TIGERS Class: Senior Experience: 1L REVIEW Last School (s): Gymnazium Oriska/University of HISTORY Colorado Hometown: Prague, The Czech Republic 2007 ITA Scholar-Athlete 2007 Louisiana Newcomer of the Year 2007 First-Team All-Louisiana Coach Brown on Zelezny “He is a very physical tennis player. Whenever someone goes against Jan they know they are in for a difficult match. He can run all day. He has added some pace to his ground strokes. His serve has gotten bigger. He continues to develop. He is an unbelievable student. He has already graduated and is someone that is maximizing his time here. He was one of the most valuable parts of our team last year and will be again this year.” Fall 2007 Finished the fall season tied, along with Sebastian Carlsson, with a team-best 10 wins … Picked up one of the biggest wins of his career in the round of 64 at the ITA Southeast Regional where he breezed past No.