2010 STANFORD TENNIS 2010 STANFORD TENNIS Buck/Cardinal Club: Stanford Scholarship Funding n June of 1934, the “Tiny Buck These new budgets will be funded in large part Iof the Month Club” was formed by a more robust Buck/Cardinal Club, enabling our to raise the necessary funds from head coaches and their staffs to focus their time and Stanford alumni and friends to pay energy on coaching and recruiting instead of fund- the tuition costs for capable, worthy raising for basic operating budgets. Our donors will and needy student-athletes. As the Club’s name receive Buck/Cardinal Club benefits commensurate implied, membership dues were one dollar per month with their generosity. and the word “tiny” was added to emphasize the Under the new Stanford Athletics annual giv- modest amount and to honor head football coach, ing program, the Buck/Cardinal Club will not only Claude “Tiny” Thornhill. The Club later shortened its include its great scholarship tradition, but also assist name to the “Stanford Buck Club” and revised its the department’s coaches and staff in providing the initial membership dues requirement. resources needed to compete at the highest level of Until the mid-1970’s, there were no athletic schol- NCAA Division I athletics. arships for women, nor was there any fundraising Instead of receiving solicitations from individual organization devoted to this purpose. To accomplish sports, donors and friends of Stanford Athletics will the task of raising scholarship funds for women, the now receive a single solicitation from the Buck/ Cardinal Club was formed in 1977-78. Cardinal Club. By giving a gift to the Buck/Cardinal Under the guidance of the Buck and Cardinal Club Club, the donor is giving both their favorite sport, and leadership, a merged Buck/Cardinal Club was formed all of Stanford’s varsity sports, the budget resources in 1987 to raise funds for both men’s and women’s they need. Donors will also have the opportunity to let athletic scholarships. The new volunteer organization us know which sports are their favorites at the time was built on the fine Buck and Cardinal Club tradi- of the donation, and sports will keep in touch with tions that served both organizations well. donors who specify interest in that specific program. In 2007, the Stanford Athletic Department pro- For more information on the Buck/Cardinal Club vided full operating budgets to all 35 varsity sports. and giving to Stanford Athletics, please call (650) These budgets include all of the components neces- 721-9081 or visit www.gostanford.com/giving. sary for our programs to compete at the Division I level. Because of this, none of our varsity sports will be required to fundraise for their basic operating budgets effective fiscal year 2008 (September 1, 2007). 2009-10 Buck/Cardinal Club Board of Directors Executive Committee Ex-Officio Regional Chairs Directors Staff Chair: Sarah Gaeta Ann Baskins* Frederick R. Blume Wendell Birkhofer Patrick Schultheis Heather Kauer Vice-Chair: Paige Mazzoni Samuel ‘Duker’ Dapper* Robert H. Collins III* Haley Champion Kent Seymour Director of Annual Giving, Secretary: Kirt Thomson Gregory Ennis* J. Jeffrey Hagan Steven Frost Dr. Christopher Shinkman Donor Outreach, Treasurer: Kit Rodgers Charles A. Evans II* Charles Ince Russell Goodman Martin Smith (650) 723-5361 At Large: Charley Dean Molly O’Conor Hauser* Jake Jacobson* Steven Hoyem Roger Smith Heather Owen Kevin Richardson* Lawrence McGovern Tracy Hughes Fred Stahl Director of Annual Giving, Jed Solomon* Frederick Muhs* Jerry Ireland Angela Taylor Leadership Gifts Daniel E. Stone* Terry Johnson Gary Taylor (650) 721-2582 Garry Tyran W. Thomas Lockard Dana Thomas Thomas A. Wong Christopher J. Martin Randy Vosti Kellie Nunokawa *Former Chair Julia Stamps-Mallon Alyce Werdel Assistant Director of Annual Sharon Meresman Kevin Wernick Giving, Jeffrey Morris Doug Yarris (650) 723-1008 Kristine Paaso 2009-10 TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE www.gostanford.com • 1 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2010 STANFORD TENNIS Table of Contents 2008-09 Results 20-6; 3-3; 10 Buck/Cardinal Club 1 NCAA History 26-27 Overall Record: Pac-10 Record: Final ITA Team Ranking: Date Opponent Result Score 2010 Schedule/2009 Statistics 2 NCAA Champions 28 Jan. 27 Sacramento State W 7-0 Roster/Team Information 3 Letterwinners 29 Jan. 31 at No. 26 Boise State (1) W 6-1 Dick Gould 4-5 Results and Records 30-31 Feb. 1 No. 31 Auburn (1) W 5-2 Coaching Staff 6-7 In The Pros 32 Feb. 13 No. 7 Florida (2) W 4-3 Player Profiles 8-19 Honors and Awards 33 Feb. 14 No. 2 Texas (2) W 4-3 2009 Results 20-22 Community Support 34-35 Feb. 15 No. 3 Georgia (2) L 4-2 National Indoor Champions 23 History 36-37 Feb. 20 No. 15 Pepperdine W 5-2 All-Pac-10 Selections 24 Men’s Tennis Professionals 38-39 Feb. 21 * at No. 23 California W 5-2 All-Americans 25 Feb. 24 Saint Mary’s W 7-0 Feb. 27 * at No. 4 USC W 4-3 Feb. 28 * at No. 7 UCLA W 4-3 Mar. 2 No. 60 BYU W 6-0 Mar. 4 Santa Clara W 7-0 Mar. 24 at No. 10 Baylor L 4-3 Mar. 27 * No. 11 UCLA L 4-3 Mar. 28 * No. 8 USC L 4-3 Mar. 31 Cal Poly W 6-1 Apr. 3 * at No. 20 Arizona L 4-3 Apr. 8 No. 39 Fresno State W 5-2 Apr. 10 * at Oregon W 7-0 Apr. 11 * at No. 21 Washington W 6-1 Apr. 15 San Francisco W 7-0 Apr. 18 * No. 39 California W 6-1 May 8 Sacramento State (3) W 4-0 May 9 No. 17 Pepperdine (3) W 4-1 May 14 No. 8 USC (4) L 4-2 (1) ITA National Team Indoor Qualifying at Stanford, CA (2) ITA National Team Indoor Championships at Chicago, IL (3) NCAA Championships First and Second Rounds at Stanford, CA (4) NCAA Championships at College Station, TX 2008-09 Statistics 2009-10 Schedule Singles Date Opponent/Tournament Location Time Name Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dual Tour. Total Oct. 5-11 ITA All-American Champs. Tulsa, OK – Matt Bruch – – 3-2 6-3 – – 9-5 0-1 9-6 Oct. 23-27 Wilson/ITA Regional Champs. Berkeley, CA – Alex Clayton (18) 12-6 1-0 – – – – 13-6 18-6 31-12 Oct. 30- Battle of the Bay Invitational San Francisco, CA – Greg Hirshman – – – – 6-2 4-2 10-4 6-3 16-7 Nov. 1 Jamie Hutter – – – – – – – 1-1 1-1 Nov. 5-8 ITA National Indoor Champs. New Haven, CT – Kevin Kaiser – – – – – – – – – Nov. 24 at Hawai’i Kona, HI W, 7-0 Ted Kelly – – – – 1-0 3-3 4-3 0-3 4-6 Jan. 15-17 Sherwood Cup Thousand Oaks, CA – Bradley Klahn (32) 7-1 13-4 – – – – 20-5 15-4 35-9 Jan. 23 Sacramento State Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Paul Morrissey – – – – – – – – – Jan. 29 UNC Wilmington (1) Stanford, CA 2 p.m. Blake Muller – – – 8-0 3-0 5-7 16-7 3-3 19-10 Jan. 30 TBA (1) Stanford, CA – Ryan Thacher – 7-2 9-4 3-1 – – 19-7 1-2 20-9 Feb. 6 Hawai’i Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Richard Wire – – 5-2 3-1 11-2 – 19-5 7-5 26-10 Feb. 12-15 National Team Indoor Champs. Charlottesville, VA – Jeff Zeller – – – – – 3-0 3-0 2-2 5-2 Feb. 19 Boise State Stanford, CA 1:30 p.m. Feb. 20 * California Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Doubles Feb. 26 * UCLA Stanford, CA 1:30 p.m. Name (Rank) 1 2 3 Dual Tour. Total Feb. 27 * USC Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Bruch/Clayton – – 1-1 1-1 – 1-1 Mar. 3 Utah Stanford, CA 1:30 p.m. Bruch/Kelly – – 3-0 3-0 – 3-0 Mar. 5-7 Pacific Coast Doubles La Jolla, CA – Bruch/Muller 1-2 – – 1-2 – 1-2 Mar. 23 at Illinois Champaign, IL 3 p.m. Bruch/Thacher (88) 1-1 5-2 – 6-3 1-1 7-4 Mar. 25 at Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 3 p.m. Clayton/Hirshman – – 0-1 0-1 – 0-1 Mar. 27 * Arizona Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Clayton/Kelly – – 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-1 Mar. 30 Baylor Stanford, CA 4 p.m. Clayton/Klahn 1-0 – 2-3 3-3 3-3 6-6 Apr. 2 * at USC Los Angeles, CA 1:30 p.m. Clayton/Thacher – 1-0 – 1-0 – 1-0 Apr. 3 * at UCLA Los Angeles, CA 1 p.m. Hirshman/Kelly – – 4-0 4-0 1-1 5-1 Apr. 6 UC Irvine Stanford, CA 1:30 p.m. Hirshman/Muller – – – – 1-1 1-1 Apr. 9 * Washington Stanford, CA 1:30 p.m. Hirshman/Thacher – – 1-0 1-0 – 1-0 Apr. 10 * Oregon Stanford, CA 1 p.m. Hirshman/Zeller – – – – 4-1 4-1 Apr. 17 * at California Berkeley, CA 1 p.m. Kaiser/Morrissey – – 1-0 1-0 – 1-0 Apr. 22-25 Pac-10 Championships Ojai, CA – Kelly/Klahn – 1-0 2-2 3-2 3-1 6-3 Kelly/Wire – – 0-3 0-3 0-1 0-4 Matches in BOLD played at Taube Family Tennis Stadium Klahn/Thacher (28) 6-2 1-2 – 7-4 4-0 11-4 (1) National Team Indoor Champs. First & Second Rounds Klahn/Wire – – – – 0-1 0-1 * indicates Pac-10 match • all times Pacific • schedule subject to change Muller/Thacher – – – – 1-1 1-1 Muller/Wire (42) 2-6 10-2 – 12-8 5-1 17-9 Muller/Zeller – 0-1 – 0-1 – 0-1 2 • www.gostanford.com 2009-10 TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE ROSTER/TEAM INFORMATION 2010 STANFORD TENNIS What To Watch For In 2009-10 Doubles Dominance Stanford boasts the nation’s top-ranked doubles team in sophomores Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher.