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2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster

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  • Junior
    Class
  • Cartegena, Colombia
    Hometown
  • Colegio Cristiano de Cartagena
    High School
Samuel Serrano
Samuel Serrano
Junior
Class
Cartegena, Colombia
Hometown

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Career Stats

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Summary

Biography

Single-Season Records: T-10th – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (41 – 2016-17); T-46th – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (27 – 2015-16); T-62nd – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (24 – 2017-18); T-14th – Total Singles Wins (21 – 2016-17); T-18th – Total Singles Wins (20 – 2015-16); T-22nd – Total Singles Wins (19 – 2017-18); T-Third – Dual Match Singles Wins (17 – 2016); T-12th – Dual Match Single Season (15 – 2017); T-Fifth – Fall Tournament Singles Wins (11 – 2017); T-10th – Total Doubles Wins (20 – 2016-17); T-23rd – Dual Match Doubles Wins (13 – 2017); T-12th – Fall Tournament Doubles Wins (7 – 2016).

Career Records: Seventh – Combined Singles and Doubles Wins (92); T-Fifth – Total Singles Wins (60); Fifth – Dual Match Singles Wins (40); T-Fifth – Fall Tournament Singles Wins (20); T-19th – Total Doubles Wins (32); T-10th – Fall Tournament Doubles Wins (10).

Honors: All-Mountain West: Singles (2017); All-Mountain West: Doubles (2017); Mountain West Player of the Week (2/1/17, 2/15/17); USU Student-Athlete of the Week (1/30/17); USU Whitesides Scholar-Athlete (2016).

2018 (Jr.): Recorded a 19-13 mark in singles, including 8-9 in dual match play at the Nos. 1 through 4 spots... Posted a 3-1 singles record against Mountain West opponents... Provided the match-clinching point in three matches, including Southern Utah (1/13/18), No. 26 Old Dominion when the match was tied up at 3-3 (3/9/18) and New Mexico (4/13/18)... Posted an overall 5-11 doubles record, including 2-7 in dual match play... Competed with freshman Jose Carvajal (3-2), freshman Valdemar Holm (2-2) and sophomore Sergiu Bucur (0-7).

2017 (So.): Earned all-Mountain West honors in both singles and doubles… In singles, posted a 21-10 overall record, including a 15-6 dual match record, while going 3-1 against MW foes and playing at the Nos. 3-6 spots in the lineup… One of four players to win 20-plus singles matches… Posted the match-clinching points against then-No. 12 TCU (1/29/17), which earned USU its first-ever berth into the ITA National Indoor Championship, Idaho (3/19/17) and Saint Mary’s (4/6/17)… Notched a seven-match winning streak between March 3 and April 9… Ended the year as the No. 14-ranked singles player in the Mountain Region… Recorded a 20-14 overall mark in doubles, including a 13-11 record in dual matches, while going 3-2 against MW opponents playing in the top two spots in the lineup… One of four players to win 20-plus doubles matches… Competed with junior Kai Wehnelt (20-12) and junior Andrew Nakajima (0-2)… Posted a five-match winning streak with Wehnelt to begin fall tournament play, including a doubles title at the Boise State-hosted Dar Walters Fall Classic… Named MW Player of the Week and USU Student-Athlete of the Week on Feb. 1 after clinching the TCU match, and again earned Mountain West honors on Feb. 15 after posting a 6-0 mark in singles and doubles vs. Arizona (2/10/17), vs. Marquette (2/11/17) and vs. Grand Canyon (2/11/17).

2016 (Fr): Posted a 20-8 overall record in singles, including a 17-7 record in dual matches and a 5-1 record against Mountain West foes… Played between the Nos. 3 and 5 spots in the lineup… Won a season-high five consecutive matches in singles between Jan. 31 and Feb. 14… Posted a 1-0 record against regionally-ranked opponents, defeating Idaho’s Mark Kovacs (16)... Recorded three match-clinching points against Nevada (4/8/16), Idaho (3/26/16) and Grand View (1/16/16)... Recorded a 7-5 overall record, including a 7-3 mark in dual matches in doubles… Competed with freshman Dylan Ihmels (0-2) and sophomore Jaime Barajas (7-3)... Won a season-high five consecutive matches in doubles between Jan. 24 and Feb. 5 with Barajas… Was a USU Joe E. and Emma Whitesides Scholar-Athlete award recipient.

High School: Held an International Tennis Federation Junior ranking of 787... Rated as the sixth-best player in Colombia... Had a universal tennis ranking of 13.31 when he joined the Aggies.

Personal: Son of Samuel Serrano and Zulma Moreno... Has two older brothers, both of whom played collegiate tennis at East Tennessee State... Majoring in art.

CAREER STATS
Singles
Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Fall Overall
2015-16 (Fr.) --- --- 4-0 4-5 9-2 --- 17-7 3-1 20-8
2016-17 (So.) --- --- 3-2 3-0 7-3 2-1 15-6 6-4 21-10
2017-18 (Jr.) 2-0 0-3 4-6 2-0 --- --- 8-9 11-4 19-13
TOTAL 2-0 0-3 11-8 9-5 16-5 2-1 40-22 20-9 60-31


Doubles
Year 1 2 3 Total Fall Overall
2015-16 (Fr.) --- 1-1 6-2 7-3 0-2 7-5
2016-17 (So.) 12-10 1-1 --- 13-11 7-3 20-14
2017-18 (Jr.) --- 2-3 0-4 2-7 3-4 5-11
TOTAL 12-10 4-5 6-6 22-21 10-9 32-30
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