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2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster

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  • Sophomore
    Class
  • Pereira, Colombia
    Hometown
  • Colegio Anglo Colombiano
    High School
  • Colegio Anglo Colombiano
    Previous School
Timothy Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos
Timothy Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos
Timothy Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos
Timothy Nwachukwu/NCAA Photos
Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos
Justin Tafoya/NCAA Photos
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Rick Parker
Rick Parker
Jose Carvajal
Jose Carvajal
Sophomore
Class
Pereira, Colombia
Hometown

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Summary

Biography

Single-Season Records: T-First – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (48 – 2017-18); T-50th – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (27 – 2018-19); T-14th – Dual Match Singles Wins (15 – 2018-19); T-Fifth – Total Singles Wins (24 – 2017-18); T-12th – Dual Match Doubles Wins (14 – 2018); T-First – Total Doubles Wins (24 – 2017-18); Second – Fall Tournament Singles Wins (13 – 2017); First – Fall Tournament Doubles Wins (10 – 2017).

Career Records: 17th – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (75); T-11th – Total Singles Wins (41); T-26th – Dual Match Singles Wins (26); T-17th – Total Doubles Wins (34); T-10th – Fall Tournament Singles Wins (15); T-7th – Fall Tournament Doubles Wins (12).

Honors: All-Mountain West: Doubles (2018, 2019); Mountain West Player of the Week (1/24/18); Academic All-Mountain West (2018); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2018).

2019 (So.): Earned all-Mountain West honors in doubles with freshman Rithvik Bollipalli after the duo posted a 6-3 record, including 4-2 in dual match play at the No. 1 spot... Posted an overall 17-8 singles mark, including 15-5 in dual match play at the Nos. 2 through 5 spots... Posted a team-tying-high 5-0 singles record against Mountain West opponents... Opened the dual match season winning nine of his first ten matches, including winning a season-high seven-straight matches from Jan. 2 to March 15... Provided the match-clinching point against Idaho State (1/13) and vs. Washington at the ITA Kick-Off Weekend in Austin, Texas (1/26)... Recorded a 10-10 doubles record, including 8-9 in dual match play at the No. 1 spot... Competed with Bollipalli (6-3) and freshman Isaac Arevalo Gómez (4-7).

2018 (Fr.): Earned all-Mountain West honors in doubles with senior Jaime Barajas after the duo posted a 15-8 record, including 11-8 in dual match play at the No. 1 spot... Tied for the No. 1 spot in USU's single-season record book in combined singles and doubles wins with 48, as well as total doubles wins with 24... Posted an overall 24-11 singles mark, including 11-7 in dual match play at the Nos. 2 through 6 spots... Posted a 2-1 singles record against Mountain West opponents... Provided the match-clinching point against Nevada (4/6/18) when the match was tied at 3-3... Recorded a 24-12 doubles record, including 14-9 in dual match play at all three positions in the lineup... Finished the season with Barajas as the ITA’s No. 9-ranked tandem in the Mountain Region… Competed with Barajas (15-8), freshman Valdemar Holm (5-2), junior Samuel Serrano (3-2) and sophomore Sergiu Bucur (1-0)... Was named the Mountain West Player of the Week on Jan. 24 after posting victories in his singles and doubles matches against Utah... Earned academic all-Mountain West honors and was a Joe E. and Elma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete. 

High School: Had a Universal Tennis Ranking of 13.35… Ranked as high as No. 1,200 in the Association of Tennis Professionals and No. 134 in the International Tennis Federation… Was the top-ranked junior player in Colombia in the U-12, U-14, U-16 and U-18 ranks… Had individual titles at the Condor de Plata Cup and the Uruguay Bowl Cup… Has earned titles at ITF events, including the Diana Cup (Salvador) and the Mundo Maya Cup… Was a finalist at the Chuquiago Junior Open.

Personal: Son of Jose and Josefina Fernando... Has one older brother and one younger sister... Majoring in exploratory studies... Last name is pronounced Carve-a-hall.

CAREER STATS
Singles
Year    1    2    3    4    5    6    Dual    Fall    Overall
2017-18 (Fr.)   ---   1-0   1-0   5-2   3-3   1-2    11-7    13-4     24-11
2018-19 (So.)   ---   6-4   2-0   2-0   5-1   ---    15-5     2-3     17-8
TOTAL   ---   7-4   3-0   7-2   8-4   1-2    26-12    15-7     41-19

Doubles
Year     1    2    3    Dual    Fall     Overall
2017-18 (Fr.)   11-8   2-1   1-0    14-9    10-3      24-12
2018-19 (So.)    8-9   ---   ---     8-9     2-1      10-10
TOTAL   19-17   2-1   1-0    22-19    12-4      34-22
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