2014 GSU Men's Tennis Media Guide

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table of contents 2014 Preview

Roster and Schedule......................................4 Quick Facts and Team Information............6 2014 Season Preview.....................................8

Georgia State University

Georgia State University.............................10 GSU Campus................................................12 Atlanta...........................................................14 Campus Housing.........................................16 President Mark P. Becker............................18 Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick......19 Student-Athlete Development...................20 Panthers in the Community.......................22 Sports Medicine...........................................24 Staff Directory..............................................26 Sun Belt.........................................................27

Panther Staff

Head Coach Joerg Barthel..........................28 Assistant Coach Cesar Vargas....................29 Sports Communications.............................30

The Panthers

Thomas Cook...............................................32 Robert Schulze.............................................34 Sofiane Chevallier........................................36 Chinmay Handa..........................................38 Eric Baum.....................................................40 Christian Gochnauer..................................40 Valentin Horvat...........................................41 Jannis Koeke.................................................41 *Player bios listed in order by class

2012-13 Review

2012-13 Season Review..............................42 2012-13 Match Statistics.............................44

Men’s Tennis History

Program Highlights.....................................46 Season-by-Season Results..........................48 All-Conference............................................65 Yearly/Academic All-Conference..............48 All-Time Roster...........................................57 ITA Rankings...............................................58

Credits

The 2014 GSU Men’s Tennis media guide is a production of the Georgia Sports Communications office and was created using Adobe InDesign and Photoshop. The guide was written, designed and edited by Cassie Folck with assistance from Randy Lieberman and Jerry Trickie. Cover design

by Summit Media.

Photographs

Photos supplied by Bill Kallenberg and Georgia State Sports Communications files.

@GSUMTennis Nike is the official footwear and apparel supplier of the Georgia State University men’s tennis team.

roster

Left to Right: Assistant Coach Cesar Vargas, Christian Gochnauer, Valentin Horvat, Chinmay Handa, Jannis Koeke, Robert Schulze, Sofiane Chevallier, Thomas Cook, Felipe Jaworski, Eric Baum, Head Coach Joerg Barthel

NAME Eric Baum Sofiane Chevallier Thomas Cook Christian Gochnauer Chinmay Handa Valentin Horvat Felipe Jaworkski Jannis Koeke Robert Schulze COACHING STAFF Joerg Barthel Cesar Vargas

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POSITION Head Coach Assistant Coach

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Joerg Barthel..................YURG, BARR-thull Sofiane Chevallier.......SO-fee-ahn, shev-all-LEE Gochnauer................................GOCK-now-er Chinmay Handa....CHINN-may, HAHN-dah Valentin Horvat....VAL-en-TIN Horr-vaht Jannis Koeke.....................YAN-nis Coke-ee Robert Schulze...........................SHULL-zuh

YR. Freshman Junior Senior Freshman Sophomore Freshman Freshman Freshman Senior

HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL or LAST SCHOOL) Heiligenhaus, Germany (Helmholtz Gymnasium) Paris, France (CNED) Lilburn, Ga. (Parkview HS) Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwood) Delhi, India (D.A.V. Model School) Ljubljana, Slovenia (Gimnazija Siska) Buenos Aires, Argentina (St. Gregory’s College) Villmar, Germany (Tilemannschule Limburg) Frankfurt, Germany (Nebraska) EXPERIENCE Second Season Second Season

BY COUNTRY/STATE Germany........................................................3 Brazil..............................................................2 USA/Georgia.................................................2 France.............................................................1 India...............................................................1 Argentina.......................................................1 Slovenia..........................................................1

ALMA MATER Nebraska, ‘06 Nebraska, ‘04

BY CLASS Seniors............................................................2 Juniors............................................................1 Sophomores...................................................1 Freshmen.......................................................5

schedule DAY

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Thursday-Sunday

April 17-20

Saturday Monday Saturday Sunday Friday Sunday Friday Saturday Sunday Saturday Saturday Friday Sunday Friday Saturday Tuesday Friday Saturday Monday Saturday Friday Sunday Sunday Wednesday

Jan. 18 Jan. 20 Jan. 25 Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 8 Feb. 9 Feb. 15 Feb. 15 Feb. 21 Feb. 23 Feb. 28 Mar. 1 March 4 March 7 March 15 March 17 March 22 April 4 April 6 April 6 April 9

OPPONENT (Rank) Florida Atlantic USC Upstate Wichita State USC/Santa Clara Columbia Cornell Wichita State ETSU Oklahoma State UNC-Greensboro Tennessee Tech UAB Nebraska Stetson Central Florida UNCW Georgia Tech New Mexico Drake Bradley DePaul College of Charleston South Carolina State Georgia Southern

LOCATION

Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club Los Angeles, Calif.

Los Angeles, Calif.

New York, N.Y. Ithaca, N.Y. Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club Atlanta Athletic Club Dunwoody Country Club Blackburn Tennis Center DeLand, Fla. Orlando, Fla. Piedmont Park Atlanta, Ga. Blackburn Tennis Center Piedmont Park Blackburn Tennis Center Piedmont Park Blackburn Tennis Center Blackburn Tennis Center Statesboro, Ga.

SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP TBA

New Orleans, La.

NCAA MEN’S TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP

Thursda May 15-26 Dan Magill Tennis Complex home match | All times are listed as Eastern and are subject to change | *Sun Belt match

Athens, Ga.

TIME

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NCAA Principle of Sporting Behavior and Ethical Conduct: For intercollegiate athletics to promote the character development of participants, to enhance the integrity of higher education and to promote civility in society, student-athletes, coaches, and all others associated with these athletics programs and events should adhere to such fundamental values as respect, fairness, civility, honesty and responsibility. These values should be manifest not only in athletics participation, but also in the broad spectrum of activities affecting the athletics program.

quick facts GENERAL INFORMATION

MEN’S TENNIS HISTORY

School............................................................. Georgia State University Location...............................................................................Atlanta, GA Founded........................................................................................... 1913 Enrollment................................................................................... 33,000 Nickname..................................................................................Panthers Colors.........................................................Blue (PMS 286) and White Affiliation................................................................... NCAA Division I Conference........................................................... Sun Belt Conference President.........................................................Mark P. Becker/5th Year Athletics Director....................................... Cheryl L. Levick/5th Year Athletics Dept. Phone.................................................. (404) 413-4000

First Year of Competition....................................... 1963-64 (50th yr.)

Overall Record............................................................... 429-348 (.552) Conference Championships.................................................................7 NCAA Singles Appearances.................................................................2 (Martin Steigwardt, NCAA Singles Championship) (Victor Valente, NCAA Singles Championship, 2013) NCAA Doubles Appearances..............................................................1 (Victor Valente/Lucas Santa Ana, 2013)

MEN’S TENNIS STAFF Head Coach........................................... Joerg Barthel (Nebraska, ‘06) Career Record................................................................................15-11 Office Phone.................................................................. (404) 413-4073 Fax.................................................................................. (404) 413-4001 E-mail..........................................................................jbarthel@gsu.edu Assistant Coach................................................................ Cesar Vargas E-mail.......................................................................... cvargas@gsu.edu Strength & Conditioning............................................ Jacob Lonowski Athletic Trainer............................................................... Charles Kister

TEAM INFORMATION 2012-13 Overall Record................................................................15-11 Splits................................................Home 7-2, Away 2-6, Neutral 6-3 2013 Sun Belt Record/Finish.....................................................6-2/1st SBC Splits.......................................Home 2-1, Away 1-1, Neutral 3-0 SBC Tournament...........................................................W, 4-0 vs. Troy ......................................................................W, 4-0 vs. South Alabama ............................................W, 4-3 vs. No. 49 Middle Tennessee State Letterwinners Returning/Lost......................................................... 3/3 Starters Returning/Lost.................................................................... 3/3 Newcomers.............................................................................................4

quick facts 2012-13 STATISTICS

SINGLES PLAYER OVERALL SBC Lucas Santa Ana 24-12 5-3 Sofiane Chevallier 14-13 2-3 Thomas Cook 12-16 3-4 Chinmay Handa 0-1 0-0 Paul Schuette 4-13 2-3 Robert Schulze 20-9 16-7 Victor Valente 28-9 8-0 Andrew Zedde 1-5 0-1

2012-13 HONORS DOUBLES OVERALL SBC 23-5 4-1 13-8 2-1 11-13 3-3 0-0 0-0 4-14 2-4 16-9 3-1 20-5 4-1 1-6 0-1

2014 NEWCOMERS PLAYER

Eric Baum Gymnasium) Felipe Jaworski College) Christian Gochnauer Valentin Horvat Jannis Koeke Limburg)

YR. Fr. Fr.

HOMETOWN (HIGH SCHOOL) Heiligenhaus, Germany (Helmholtz

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Saint Gregory’s

Fr. Lawrenceville, Ga. (Brookwood) Fr. Ljubljana, Slovenia (Gimanzija Siska) Fr. Villmar, Germany (Tilemannschule

-Final ITA Ranking: No. 61 -Final ITA Ranking - Victor Valente: No. 66 -Final ITA Ranking - Valente/Santa Ana: No. 41 -Won Sun Belt Conference Championship first season in the conference -Team, singles player and doubles team went to NCAA Championship - first time in school history this was accomplished Joerg Barthel -Named Sun Belt Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year Lucas Santa Ana -GSU All-Academic Team Victor Valente -All-SBC First Team Singles -All-SBC First Team Doubles Robert Schulze -All-SBC Second Team Singles

season preview

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he No. 62 Georgia State men’s tennis team is no longer the new kid on the block as it enters the 2014 spring season and its second year in the Sun Belt Conference.

Last year, the Panthers flew under the radar before taking the conference by storm, winning the Sun Belt Conference Championship and earning a bid to the NCAA tournament. Joerg Barthel, in his first year at the helm of the team, was also named the conference’s coach of the year.

A different lineup will be in place when the Panthers hit the court in 2014. Gone are two senior leaders who anchored last season’s championship squad, Victor Valente and Lucas Santa Ana. Stepping into the senior leadership role are Thomas Cook and Robert Schulze, two of Georgia State’s three upperclassmen. In addition, Georgia State added five freshmen from around the world – two from Germany, one from Slovenia, one from Argentina and one from nearby Lawrenceville, Ga. The Panthers used their four tournaments in the fall season to try different lineups and figure out the best pairings for the spring season.

“We’re excited to start our season,” head coach Joerg Barthel said.

“We’ve been eager to get going.

We lost some leadership from last year and added four freshmen.

We’re going to be a young team and we, as coaches, are looking to see this team grow.

“We have an opportunity to win another Sun Belt Conference title.

It was a great experience last year and we are excited for our second season in the Sun Belt. We’re going to take this season match by match.

Schedule Barthel is excited to see what this new team can do. The test starts early and does not let up.

“The highlight is the ITA kickoff, which we qualified for a second season in a row,” Barthel said. “We went 1-1 last year and I want to do the same this year. We are just excited to get this season going.”

Georgia State will begin its season by hosting two matches – Florida Atlantic on Jan. 18 and USC Upstate on Jan. 20. The Panthers will then head west to Los Angeles to face Wichita State and either USC or Santa Clara. They will then head across the country to New York to face Columbia and Cornell.

After its cross country trip, GSU will return home for seven matches and host Big 12 opponent Oklahoma State and Big Ten foe Nebraska, among others. The Panthers make a quick jaunt down to Florida for a Feb. 28 date with Stetson and a March 1 matchup with Central Florida before returning to Georgia to finish up the regular season.

Of its last 10 matches of the regular season, Georgia State will play at eight at home. The other two matches will be played at nearby Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern. On April 17, the Sun Belt Conference Championship will begin in New Orleans, La. “It’s a challenging schedule. We are going to be facing some big names and highly ranked teams,” Barthel said. “We’ve got some big teams coming here, which shows respect for our program. Throughout the season, our goal is to play our best tennis at the end of the season.

FAU is first and we will be ready.”

season preview Doubles

Singles

With the departure of Victor Valente and Lucas Santa Ana, who were selected to compete in the NCAA Doubles Championship, there are certainly changes to GSU’s doubles lineup. Doubles teams were constantly changed in the fall season and may continue to shift as the spring season moves along.

Valente will also be missed on the singles side, as he competed in the NCAA Singles Championship.

Instead, multiple Panthers will have a chance to compete for the No. 1 singles spot. In the fall, no player consistently won. However, senior Thomas Cook won two finals, one regular and one consolation, in the fall season.

“Our doubles play will certainly need improvement,” Barthel said.

“Where we were in the fall is not where we want to be. Doubles will help us close matches. It is an important point.”

Each Panther had successes but also struggled at various times. Barthel hopes to see more consistent play come spring.

“I think we will be good at singles,” Barthel said. “We are an even team with a lot of talent.

There is no clear No. 1.

“As a team, we will need to overcome adversity at times. We look forward to improving.”

The Georgia State men’s tennis team will begin its spring season on Jan. 18 with a matchup against Florida Atlantic. The match will take place at the Atlanta Athletic Club and will begin at 2 p.m. ET.

GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY

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eorgia State University is a leading urban research university, educating Georgia’s most diverse student population.

With an enrollment of more than 32,000 students, it is the second largest institution in the University System of Georgia. Students arrive from every county in Georgia, every state in the nation and more than 150 countries.

Georgia State offers educational opportunities for traditional and nontraditional students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels by blending the best of theoretical and applied inquiry, scholarly and professional pursuits, and scientific and artistic expression.

With strong disciplinary-based departments and a wide array of problem-oriented interdisciplinary programs, the goal of the university is to develop, transmit, and utilize knowledge in order to provide access to quality education for diverse groups of students, to educate leaders for the State of Georgia and the nation, and to prepare citizens for lifelong learning in a global society.

Georgia State was founded in 1913 and celebrates its Centennial in 2013. The university offers 250 degree programs in 100 fields of study at the bachelor’s, master’s, specialist and doctoral levels through eight colleges: the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Education, the College of Law, the Honors College, the Institute of Public Health, and the J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

Georgia State has over 50 nationally and internationally ranked programs, including these top U.S. programs: • No. 1 Best Value Law School • No. 2 Best Health Law Program • No. 2 Best JD/MA in Philosophy • No. 4 Best Program in Public Finance and Budgeting • No. 4 Best Risk Management and Insurance Program • No. 8 Best Computer Information Systems Program • No. 10 Best Real Estate Program • No. 12 Best Program in City Management and Urban Policy • No. 12 Best Program in Nonprofit Management • No. 13 Best Hospitality Program

One of the most diverse universities in America, Georgia State is first in the nation among non-profit institutions in graduating African-American students.

GSU CAMPUS

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ocated in the heart of one of America’s great cities, the Georgia State University campus has a profound influence on the changing landscape of downtown Atlanta.

While the building blocks of the university will always be high-achieving students, world-class faculty and groundbreaking research, Georgia State boasts an ever-expanding and improving campus to accommodate that foundation.

In the last decade, the Rialto Theater restoration, Student Center, Student Recreation Center, University Lofts, University Commons, Helen M. Aderhold classroom building, Parker H. Petit Science Teaching and Research Center and many other buildings have transformed the downtown cityscape at Atlanta’s core.

Georgia State is where city life meets campus life for a unique and exciting student experience.

• Five residence halls housing over 4,000 students • More than 300 student organizations • Six campus dining locations • State-of-the-art Student Recreation Center • Six student media outlets

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tlanta is integral to Georgia State’s educational experience. Students and faculty are part of a living laboratory where they study and create solutions for the challenges of the 21st century.

The metropolitan Atlanta area is home to more than five million people and the world’s busiest airport.

GSU students benefit from resources for research, access to prominent leaders and thinkers, and proximity to internships, jobs and service related to their field of study. Students intern at Fortune 500 companies, national non-profits, government agencies and federal and state courts.

More Georgia executives hold advanced degrees from the Robinson College of Business than from any other school in the Southeast.

Some of the many attractions within minutes of the Georgia State campus: • Georgia Aquarium • Centennial Olympic Park • Georgia Dome • Philips Arena • Martin Luther King Jr. Center • CNN Center • State Capitol • Turner Field • World of Coca Cola • Carter Presidential Library • College Football Hall of Fame (open in 2014)

CAMPUS HOUSING

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he Georgia State University campus features some of the finest housing facilities in the nation.

On-campus housing continues to grow, and more than 4,000 GSU students now live on campus.

The University Commons, opened in 2007, is a 4.2-acre complex of four buildings surrounding a landscaped courtyard. All units come with fully-equipped kitchens, furnished bedrooms and spacious living areas.

During the fall of 2009, Patton Hall opened to provide suite-style living for 325 residents and includes an on-site dining facility.

In 2010, GSU opened its first Greek housing, which consists of nine fraternities and sororities housed in three-story townhomes.

Opened in 2011, the Piedmont North Complex houses approximately 1,100 residents and offers a traditional residence hall lifestyle with all the amenities one would expect from a premier housing program, including a dining facility.

The University Lofts, opened in 2002, contain fullyfurnished, loft-style apartments that blend urban style with modern features.

All residence halls feature a full range of amenities including study and community lounge areas, laundry facilities, 24/7 security patrols, on-site or nearby parking and more.

UNIVERSITY COMMONS

NO. 1 IN THE NATION Georgia State University’s residence halls have been ranked No. 1 in the nation by Dormsplash.com.

UNIVERSITY LOFTS

PIEDMONT NORTH

PATTON HALL

GREEK HOUSING

MARK P. BECKER GSU PRESIDENT

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ince beginning his tenure as Georgia State University’s seventh president in January 2009, President Mark P. Becker has provided a vision for the future of Georgia State University and led the institution into a period of marked growth and advancement.

Reflecting his vision of the urban public research university for the 21st century, the university adopted a dynamic 10-year strategic plan that has Georgia State well on its way to becoming one of the nation’s premier urban research universities.

As a first generation college student who began his educational career at a community college, Becker is personally and professionally committed to ensuring that students of all economic backgrounds succeed and are given opportunities to compete on a level playing field. Under his leadership, Georgia State’s graduation rate has already increased by 10 percent, and the university is becoming a national model for undergraduate education.

It leads the nation in eliminating disparities in graduation rates based on race or ethnicity, and, as one of the most diverse universities in America, is first in the nation among non-profit institutions in graduating AfricanAmerican students.

By promoting the achievements of the university, making it more visible locally and nationally, and demonstrating the value of a Georgia State degree, the university under Becker’s leadership has set a series of university records for enrollment, graduation rates and total graduates. Becker has also placed high priority on ensuring financial support for students, and as a result need- and meritbased scholarship funds distributed by the university have tripled since his arrival.

Becker’s passion for student success has been matched by his commitment to increasing multidisciplinary research and economic development as facilitated by the creation of new research centers, the Second Century Initiative—an ambitious program to hire one-hundred senior faculty members to serve in interdisciplinary research clusters, and an enhanced emphasis on the translation of faculty research into products and companies. This commitment has brought the university to new heights of research accomplishment, as reflected, for example, in new university records for sponsored research funding and federal research funding.

Being globally connected and engaged is another important component of Becker’s

vision for the modern research university.

Seeking to position Georgia State faculty and students to thrive in an increasingly complex and global landscape, Becker has worked with faculty leaders and international partners to enhance Georgia State’s global profile.

In 2010 the university partnered with Beijing Language and Culture University to establish a Confucius Institute with an emphasis on business and commerce. In 2012 the institute was named a “2012 Confucius Institute of the Year.”

Becker is particularly committed to developing strong partnerships with universities in rapidly growing economies.

As a result, the university is working to strengthen relationships with counterparts in Brazil, China, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey. These partners are the basis for the development of new student and faculty exchanges, study abroad programs, research collaborations, executive training initiatives, government and private sector networks, and dual-degree programs.

Becker has aggressively advanced the campus’ physical development and revitalization of downtown Atlanta. This has included major additions to campus housing and dining, research and academic facilities, as well as intramural and athletics facilities.

In 2010 the university added football to its athletics program, and in 2013 added sand volleyball and moved to the Sun Belt Conference to advance into the Division I – FBS level of NCAA competition.

Throughout his career Becker has served on boards and committees of civic, government and professional bodies. He serves, for example, on the boards of the Coalition of Urban Serving Universities, World Affairs Council of Atlanta, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Aquarium, Georgia Research Alliance, Woodruff Arts Center, and the Atlanta Committee for Progress. He also serves on the executive committees of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Regional Council for Higher Education (Chair) and Central Atlanta Progress.

Trained as a statistician, Becker has had a distinguished career in biostatistics and public

health sciences. For most of his professorial career he was a member of the faculty in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan, where he also held appointments in the Institute for Social Research, and the Department of Statistics. He was made a Fellow of the American Statistical Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Becker has been principal investigator on research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. He has published extensively in leading journals, and his doctoral students have gone on to successful careers in leading higher education institutions and with multinational companies. Becker served on multiple editorial boards, was co-editor of Sociological Methodology, and was a guest editor for Sociological Methods and Research and for the Journal of the American Statistical Association.

Prior to his appointment as president of Georgia State, Becker was executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina and dean of the School of Public Health and assistant vice president of Public Health Preparedness and Emergency Response at the University of Minnesota. From 1989 to 2000, Becker was a professor in the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, where he also was associate dean for academic affairs. He has held academic appointments at the University of Washington, the University of Florida and Cornell University.

Becker attended Harford (Md.) Community College, earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Towson State University in 1980 and his Ph.D. degree in statistics from the Pennsylvania State University in 1985.

Becker grew up in Havre de Grace, Md., near Baltimore. He and his wife, Laura Voisinet, have two adult children, Matthew and Julia.

CHERYL L. LEVICK D I R E C TO R O F AT H L E T I C S

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highly respected administrator with over two decades of experience guiding programs to the highest level of NCAA play, Cheryl L. Levick has successfully combined athletic and educational opportunities for students since the start of her career in collegiate athletics.

As Georgia State’s Director of Athletics, Levick has helped boost the Panthers’ visibility on the national stage in multiple sports while adhering to the athletic department’s mission statement of shaping champions for today and leaders for tomorrow.

The transformation of the Panther Athletics Department has been remarkable under Levick. Each program has been enhanced or in the case of football, built from scratch – the program had one player, two helmets and seven coaches when she arrived in 2009. Now it is set to compete at the FBS level in just its fourth season. To make that jump in schedule and talent, Levick hired Trent Miles away from his alma mater in December 2012 after he constructed an impressive – if not totally improbable – turnaround at Indiana State.

Miles was not the first high-level coaching hire Levick successfully maneuvered for the Panthers as she also plucked Ron Hunter out of the state of Indiana in 2011. He quickly revitalized Georgia State basketball with its first postseason berth in a decade in his first year, and now has Panther fans eagerly awaiting the 2013-14 campaign.

The significant imprint Levick has created at GSU can be seen across the entire athletic department. She has put Georgia State in position to compete for league titles right off the bat as it fully moves into the Sun Belt Conference in 2013-14. Last year, GSU squads won two SBC team crowns to put the conference on notice that the Panthers are not just

moving up, but they are ready to win from the start.

Levick’s tenure in sport-crazy Atlanta has been marked by significant upgrades in facilities and fundraising. Annual giving to the Panther Athletic Club (PAC) has steadily increased by more than tenfold, and the three largest gifts in the history of GSU athletics have been secured. Construction projects have included the GSU Football Practice Complex, new facilities for strength and conditioning and sports medicine, and upgrades to every venue used by the Panthers.

Arguably the most impressive project to date is the state-of-the-art facility for sand volleyball, the Panthers’ most recent sport addition. It was finished in time for the inaugural season in 2013, and is part of the ambitious Athletics Master Facilities Plan that Levick developed to address needs for every sport.

Continuous success has been seen in the classroom as Georgia State student-athletes have excelled in recent years. Together, Panther student-athletes have recorded a cumulative grade-point average above 3.0 for 10 consecutive semesters while completing more than 5,000 hours of community service annually.

Levick has been a significant proponent of providing opportunities for women in college sports. She started the Women, Sports and Power Luncheon to raise money for women’s sports by female donors, an event that has been successful at each of her previous stops as athletic director. The event helped raise $50,000 for GSU women’s teams in 2013.

THE LEVICK FAMILY: (from left) Michael Klass, Heather, Melissa, Jason Lake, Cheryl.

In 2011, Levick was named a “Game Changer” among women in sports business by the SportsBusiness Journal, and she was twice (1998 and 1999) named one of the nation’s Top 25 Female Sports Executives by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal. The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletic Administrators (NACWAA) also named her Division I Athletic Administrator of the Year in 2001.

Levick came to Georgia State from Maryland, where she served as chief of staff/ executive senior athletic director while overseeing the day-to-day management of the 27-sport program. That came after serving three years (2004-07) as director of athletics at Saint Louis, where she led the Billikens’ transition to the Atlantic 10 Conference and was the lead fundraiser for an $80 million on-campus arena and practice complex.

In four years (2000-04) as director of athletics and recreation at Santa Clara, Levick oversaw a major renovation of the school’s basketball arena and saw the Broncos’ women’s soccer team capture the 2001 national championship. It is still the only NCAA team title in school history.

Levick spent 12 years at Stanford as senior associate athletic director and senior woman administrator. She was the primary administrator for 33 varsity programs that won 44 national championships and helped Stanford to six straight Sears Cup titles. She also served as assistant commissioner of the Pac-10 Conference, assistant director of communications and women’s programs at the NCAA, women’s gymnastics coach and associate athletic director at Slippery Rock, and assistant gymnastics coach and synchronized swim coach at Indiana. Levick began her career at Pattonville Senior High School in St. Louis, Mo., coaching gymnastics and women’s track.

Levick is a 1974 graduate of Missouri, and holds a master’s degree in athletic administration from Indiana. She has two daughters: Heather and husband Michael Klass with grandson Brady born in July 2013; and Melissa and husband Jason Lake.

ATHLETICS STAFF GEORGE PIERCE Faculty Athletics Representative

JOHN PORTLAND Senior Associate AD Internal Operations

JAMIE BOGGS

Exec. Senior Associate AD COO / SWA

BOB MURPHY

Associate AD Sports Medicine & Nutrition

ALLISON GEORGE Assistant AD Communications

TODD REESER

Assistant AD Human Resources

Senior Associate AD External Affairs

JERRY TRICKIE

KEVIN WHITE

Associate AD - Strategic Communications & P.R.

MATT NEWHOUSE Assistant AD Marketing

AWILDA RAGLAND

ISAAC FULLARD

Exec. Senior Associate AD Development & Sport Services

CHARLIE TAYLOR Assistant AD Communications

Associate AD Business

ERIC PAZ

Assistant AD Compliance

ROB CLARK

Senior Associate AD Development

MISTY BROWN

Assistant AD Development & Special Events

BEN POLLARD

Assistant AD - Speed, Strength & Conditioning

STEVE WOJCIKOWSKI Assistant AD Facilities & Operations

SUN BELT CONFERENCE

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fter more than a year’s worth of anticipation, the wait finally ended.

On July 1, 2013, the Georgia State Athletic Department officially became a full member of the Sun Belt Conference and now competes for championships in 14 league-sponsored sports.

“We look forward to playing a leadership role in the Sun Belt Conference and our teams competing for Sun Belt titles and postseason berths,” Director of Athletics Cheryl L. Levick said.

“It really is a tremendous day in Georgia State sports history.”

GSU’s move onto a national stage in all sports officially began on April 9, 2012. At a press conference inside the Georgia Dome, Sun Belt Conference officials joined Georgia State President Mark Becker and Levick at the public announcement of the Panthers’ impending conference move.

A feasibility study begun in the fall of 2011 concluded the Panthers were well positioned to make the jump to the FBS level and that the Sun Belt would be an ideal fit. The rest has been history. The move allows GSU to build on regional rivalries with several schools within driving distance, while also showcasing its talented teams to the country.

It is a return home of sorts for Georgia State, which was a founding member of the Sun Belt Conference in 1976. At that time, the league consisted of six universities playing across four men’s sports – basketball, soccer, tennis and golf.

Today, the Sun Belt Conference sponsors 18 sports, including 14 that the Panthers will vie for conference titles. On the men’s side, GSU will compete in baseball, basketball, football, golf and tennis, while women’s sports include basketball, golf, cross country, soccer, softball, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and court volleyball. GSU has also announced plans to add women’s swimming and diving.

The Panthers already own two Sun Belt Conference titles in the past year. Ten individual sports were accepted into the league for 2012-13, giving the women’s cross country and men’s tennis teams a leg up on collecting hardware. Each squad won the Sun Belt title and helped Georgia State finish ahead of two SBC schools in the 2012-13 Vic Bubas Cup standings (an all sports trophy) despite competing in only half of the league’s sports.

SUN BELT PRESS CONFERENCE, APRIL 9, 2012

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oerg Barthel (pronounced YURG BARR-thul), enters his second year at the helm of the Georgia State men’s tennis team after a fantastic first year.

He was formerly the associate head coach at Nebraska, was named the head coach of the Georgia State men’s tennis program on July 19, 2012.

In his first year leading the Panthers, the No. 61-ranked team captured a Sun Belt championship and Barthel was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year. The team then competed in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship.

Barthel had two players advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship. Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente teamed together to earn Georgia State’s first win of any kind in an NCAA championship setting against the No. 9-ranked doubles team from Kentucky. Valente also advanced to the first round of the NCAA Singles Championship.

Under Barthel’s leadership in the first year, the team beat four nationallyranked opponents, including an upset of No. 49-ranked Middle Tennessee State in the Sun Belt Championship final. The team came back from a 3-0 deficit to win the match, and the title, 4-3. Robert Schulze earned the Sun Belt Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player award for his efforts.

Santa Ana and Valente were both named to the Sun Belt Championship AllTournament team. Those three also earned All-Sun Belt honors prior to the matches, with Valente taking home First Team Singles and Doubles laurels, Santa Ana earning First Team Doubles and Schulze taking home Second Team Singles.

Barthel helped build Nebraska into a nationally-ranked program over his last three seasons. He served as the Cornhuskers’ recruiting coordinator and was involved in all day-to-day operations within the program. Under Barthel and head coach Kerry McDermott, Nebraska earned the first two NCAA berths in school history in 2010 and 2011 and then made its first appearances in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association National Men’s Team Indoor Championship in 2011 and 2012. The 2010 team attained the highest national ranking in program history at No. 25 in the ITA rankings.

Barthel recruited seven nationally-ranked players who helped form the backbone of the Nebraska roster the last three years of his tenure, including the doubles team of Christopher Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim, who were ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation in doubles and earned a berth in the NCAA Doubles Championship.

A four-year letterwinner at Nebraska (2002-06), Barthel led the team in singles and doubles victories as a sophomore before battling injuries his junior and senior seasons. He received his undergraduate degree in international studies from Nebraska in 2006 and was named graduate assistant coach following his graduation.

A native of Friedrichsdorf, Germany, Barthel attended high school at PhillipReis-Schule and earned a German national ranking as high as No. 239.

The Barthel File Coaching Accomplishments Hometown: Friedrichsdorf, Germany Alma Mater: Nebraska, 2006 • 2013 Sun Belt Coach of the Year • First two NCAA berths in Nebraska history • First two ITA National Men’s Team Indoor Championship appearances in school history • 2011 NCAA Tournament team berth • 2011 ITA Men’s Indoor Championship berth • Nationally-ranked doubles team (No. 5, Christopher Aumueller and Benedikt Lindheim) • NCAA Doubles Championship participant • 2010 NCAA Tournament team berth (first in school history) • 2010 ITA Men’s Indoor Championship berth (first in school history) • Highest ranking in Nebraska school history No. 25 (2010) • 2008 Herman Men’s Team GPA Award (3.1+ GPA)

Coaching History • 2009-12 Nebraska Associate Head Coach • 2007-09 Nebraska Grad. Assistant Coach

Playing Accomplishments • Team leader in singles and doubles wins (2003)

Education • Nebraska - M.S. Sports Administration (2008) • Nebraska - B.S. International Studies (2006)

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esar Vargas enters his second year as the assistant coach to second-year head coach Joerg Barthel.

In his first year assisting the Panthers, the No. 61-ranked team captured a Sun Belt championship and competed in the first round of the NCAA Team Championship. Barthel and Vargas also had two players advance to the NCAA Doubles Championship. Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente teamed together to earn Georgia State’s first win of any kind in an NCAA championship setting against the No. 9-ranked doubles team from Kentucky. In the NCAA Singles Championship, Valente fell in his first round match in three sets against a junior from Tulsa, who eventually made it to the national semifinals.

Vargas played collegiately at Nebraska. He started in the No. 2 singles and doubles position during his senior season and was the team co-captain his senior year. He was an Academic All-Big 12 selection across various semesters while at Nebraska.

After his playing career, Vargas was a graduate assistant coach with the men’s tennis program at Nebraska for one season. He graduated from Nebraska in 2004 after double majoring in international business and marketing.

Vargas owns more than six years of full-time tennis coaching experience. He is a certified teaching professional by both the United State Professional Tennis Association and the Professional Tennis Registry.

Vargas hails from Mazatlan, Mexico. He achieved a high ranking of No. 9 on the junior circuit in Mexico. He grew up playing prep school at Edina High School in Minnesota and won the Minnesota State High School Class AA State Championship as an individual and a team.

Vargas was also a four-time state champion in Sinaloa, Mexico.

The Vargas File Hometown: Mazatlan, Mexico Alma Mater: Nebraska, 2004

Coaching Accomplishments • USPTA Certified Teaching Professional • Professional Tennis Registry Certified Teaching Professional

Coaching History • 2005-06 Nebraska Graduate Assistant Coach

Playing Accomplishments • Four-year Academic All-Big 12 selection • Co-captain senior season • Starter at the No. 2 singles position

Education

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• Nebraska - B.S. International Business and Marketing (2004)

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the panthers Thomas COOK Senior Lilburn, Ga. Parkview HS Honors & Awards: -Sun Belt Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2013) -All-CAA Second Team Singles (2012) -All-CAA Second Team Doubles (2012) -CAA Player of the Week (March 7, 2012) -All-CAA Second Team Singles (2011) -All-CAA Third Team Doubles (2011) -CAA Doubles Team of the Week (Feb. 15, 2011) Fall 2013: Went 8-4 in singles play ... Won seven of last eight matches to finish fall season ... At Elon Invitational, was A1 Singles Draw champion ... Won consolation draw at Charleston Challenge .... Went 3-6 in doubles, winning the A1 doubles consolation draw at Elon with Sofiane Chevallier.

Spring 2013: Recorded 10-14 singles record and 8-13 doubles record ... Played at both the second and third singles spot ...

Picked up three wins against ranked teams in singles play and two in doubles ... Won decisive doubles point with Robert Schulze for 4-3 victory over College of Charleston ... Won Sun Belt Player of the Week on Feb. 6.

Fall 2012: Paired with Lucas Santa Ana to win the Division II doubles title at the Winthrop Invitational in November ...

Advanced to the consolation final of the Division I singles draw at the Winthrop Invitational ... Notched two victories in the tournament, a 6-2, 6-2 win vs. Gardner-Webb’s Nikita Zverkov and a 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 win against Winthrop’s Yuta Hirokawa.

Spring 2012: Named All-CAA Second Team Singles after he finished the season with a 17-7 record ... Also was an All-CAA Second Team Doubles honoree with Matias Hatem after the two earned a 6-5 record playing in the No. 1 position ... Named the CAA Player of the Week on March 7 after fighting off three match points to clinch a 4-3 win at S.C. State ... Won 13 straight singles matches from Feb. 19 to March 31 ... Clinched a 7-0 victory vs.

Georgia Southwestern State on March 4 ... Posted a 10-1 mark when playing in the No. 3 singles spot.

Fall 2011: Notched a 5-6 singles record during the fall season ... Teamed with Victor Valente to knock off the No. 22-ranked doubles team in the nation at the Southern Intercollegiate on Sept. 23 ... Cook and Valente beat Minnesota’s Rok Bonin and Julian Dehn 9-8(11) in the second round of the Division I doubles bracket ... It was the highest-ranked doubles opponent GSU had beaten in school history ... Earned two singles victories at the

Bulldog Scramble from Nov. 4-6 over opponents from Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt ... Posted a 4-5 doubles mark with Valente in the fall.

Spring 2011: Posted a 16-8 record in singles and was named All-CAA Second Team in singles and All-CAA Third Team in doubles...Started the season by winning his first four matches, including two third-set super tiebreakers against Mercer and Georgia Southern...Won four straight matches again from Feb. 12-19...He went 10-4 in the month of February...Earned a win against All-CAA First Team member Michael Pereira, 7-5, 6-3, at No. 2 singles in the CAA Championships...Cook partnered with Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Gabe Townes, Vincent Verpeaux and Victor Valente to earn a 12-14 mark in doubles...Cook and Valente were named CAA doubles team of the week after winning seven straight matches from Feb. 12-23...Earned a win against Delaware’s Troy Beneck and Andre Vorobyov, 8-3, in the quarterfinals of the CAA championships.

Fall 2010: Recorded a 7-7 mark during his fall campaign ...

Defeated Alberto Rojas (Elon), 7-5, 6-3 and Michael Thompson (Alabama), 6-3, 6-2 at the Southern Intercollegiates ... Defeated Henry Walker (USC), 6-3, 6-2 at the UNCW College Tennis Invitational ... Earned victories against Garrett Brasseaux (Georgia), 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-3 and Will Reynolds (Georgia), 6-4, 6-1 at Bulldog Scramble ... Defeated James Morrell (Lipscomb), 6-1, 6-0 and Joe McArdle (Lipscomb), 6-3, 6-2 at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Played doubles with Juan Pablo Gutierrez, Victor Valente, Trenton Spinks ... Cook and Spinks defeated David Masciorini/Mario Martinez (ECU), 8-4 at the UNCW Collegiate Tennis Invitational.

Prep: Cook, from the David Mathews Tennis Academy, was a four-star recruit according to Tennis Recruiting.net ... Was honored by being named the No. 1-ranked player in Georgia and No. 14 in the Southeast ... Played in 12 tournaments earning a 28-12 overall record ... Earned an impressive 11-1 record over number-four star-recruits ... Includes straight-set wins over the No. 2 and No. 3-ranked players in Louisiana.

Personal: Thomas Allen Cook II was born on July 2, 1991 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Son of Thomas and Stacy Cook ... Has two brothers Travis, Sean Cotter and two sisters Taryn, Tenise ... Majoring in exercise science.

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the panthers Robert SCHULZE Senior Frankfurt, Germany Nebraska Fall 2013: Went 3-4 in singles matches with wins over Georgia Southern, Kennesaw State and College of Charleston ... Went 4-3 in doubles ... Won three straight doubles matches over Nebraska, South Florida and Kennesaw State.

Spring 2013: Fall 2012: Went 4-2 in singles matches and 5-1 in doubles play in his first semester at GSU ... Advanced to the final of the singles blue draw at the Georgia Southern Championships ... Won the doubles main draw with teammate Sofiane Chevallier ... Defeated UCF’s Jorge Blasco 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the ITA Southeast Regional Championships ... Earned a doubles victory with Chevallier over Miami’s Victor Mauz and Jack Murphy at the ITA Regionals.

Spring 2012 (Nebraska): Finished his sophomore season with a 9-19 singles record ... Played in the middle portion of the Husker lineup, producing a 4-1 record in the No. 3 spot ... Excelled on the doubles court with a 20-12 record ... Paired primarily with Andre Stenger ... Earned an 11-6 record in the spring, including six straight victories to open the spring ... Primarily played in the No. 2 spot in doubles ... One of those six wins came against Oklahoma’s No. 38 doubles team of Tsveton Mihov and Peerakit Siributwong, 8-4.

Spring 2011 (Nebraska): Went 5-5 in singles play and 13-8 in doubles action ... Started in the 5th and 6th slots in singles ....

Went 2-2 at the No. 5 spot and 2-3 at the No. 6 position ... Played one match at the No. 3 spot, where he defeated Creighton’s Kyle Obermeier, 6-3, 6-2 ... Saw action at all three spots in the doubles lineup ... Partnered with Calin Paar to earn an 8-6 record ... Posted a 3-3 doubles record in Big 12 play ... Paired with Taylor Boney at No. 3 to win big matches against Oklahoma (9-7 [3]) and Texas Tech (8-4).

Prep: Schulze was a runner-up at the German Championship in 2006.

Personal: Robert Schulze was born on May 7, 1990, in Frankfurt, Germany ... Son of Klaus and Marleu Schulze ... Schulze is pronounced “SHULL-zuh” ... Majoring in business administration.

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the panthers Sofiane CHEVALLIER Junior Paris, France CNED Fall 2013: Went 3-6 in singles play, with wins over Nebraska, Georgia Southern and UNC-Asheville ... Had ITA preseason doubles ranking of No. 58 with Robert Schulze ... Went 3-2 with Schulze in doubles play ... Won three straight matches ...

Advanced to quarterfinals as the No. 7 seed at USTA/ITA Regional Championships, with wins over South Florida and Kennesaw State.

Spring 2013: Went 8-11 in singles play ... Ranked 17th in the region for most of the spring play ... Contributed to Georgia State’s 4-2 win over No. 72 Elon ... Was ranked eighth in the region with partner Robert Schulze in doubles play ... Posted 8-4 record in doubles with Schulze ... Won both doubles matches en route to Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Fall 2012: Won four matches at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships from Oct. 19-22 ... Entered the competition in the singles qualifying draw where he won three matches to enter the main draw ... Defeated UCF’s Juan Bolona 7-5, 6-3 and Miami’s Henrique Tsukamoto 7-6 (2), 6-1 on Thursday before winning a 6-4, 6-3 match vs. FAU’s Sean Bacha on Friday ... Defeated USF’s Luke Johnson 7-5, 6-0 the next day ... Teamed with Robert Schulze to win the Main Draw doubles title at the Georgia Southern Championships in October ... The pair won four matches in the tournament to take the title ... Also took third place in the singles White Draw at the Georgia Southern Championships.

Spring 2012: Posted a 9-4 record in singles play ... Began the season with eight straight singles victories ... Clinched two GSU victories with singles wins ... Clinched a 7-0 win vs. Austin Peay with his first career victory, a 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 win at No. 4 singles ... Also clinched GSU’s 7-0 win vs. UNC Asheville with a 6-1, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles ... Went 6-6 in doubles play this season, including a 6-3 record with classmate Ismael Lahlou.

Prep: Chevallier competed on the Open International Juniors circuit in France in spring of 2011 ... Attended CNED Institution in Paris, France.

Personal: Sofiane Chevallier was born on June 15, 1992 in Paris, France ... Son of Azzedine and Liliane ... Has one older sister ...

Majoring in business ... Name is pronounced “SO-fee-ahn SHEV-allLEE.”

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the panthers Chinmay HANDA Sophomore Delhi, India D.A.V. Model School Fall 2013: Went 1-4 in singles play ... Picked up a win over Georgia Southern’s Daniel Rush 7-6, 4-6, 10-2 ... Also went 1-4 in doubles with Christian Gochnauer ... Defeated a pair from Tennessee Tech 8-2.

Spring 2013: Played one singles match at Chattanooga on Jan. 18 ...

Lost the match at No. 6 singles 0-6, 2-6.

Fall 2012: Enrolled at Georgia State but did not compete.

Prep: Attended D.L. D.A.V. Model School in the Shalimar Bagh district of New Delhi, India ... Graduated in 2012.

Personal: Chinmay Handa (pronounced CHINN-may HAHN-dah) was born on Aug. 25, 1994 in New Delhi, India ... Son of Anil and Manisha Handa ... Has one brother, Durvish ... Intends to major in Managerial Science.

the panthers Eric BAUM Freshman Heiligenhaus, Germany Helmholtz Gymnasium Fall 2013: Went 2-4 in singles play ... Picked up wins over Georgia Southern and Florida Gulf Coast ... Went 3-3 in doubles with Jannis Koeke.

Prep: Attended Helmholtz Gymnasium in Essen, Germany.

Personal: Eric Baum was born on Aug. 1, 1994 in Velbert, Germany ... Son of Thomas and Ingrid Baum ... Undecided major.

Christian GOCHNAUER Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga. Brookwood HS Fall 2013: Went 2-2 in singles play ... Picked up wins over Bluefield and James Madison ... Went 1-4 in doubles with Chinmay Handa ... Defeated a pair from Tennessee Tech 8-2.

Prep: Three year varsity member ... 33-5 record despite injuries for two years ... Captain of 2013 6A state champions ... Team won state championship in 2011 (5A) and 2013 (6A) ... Scholarathlete ... Beat top 200 player in SE Bullfrog Tournament ...

Coached by Bill Shields.

Personal: Christian Francis Gochnauer (pronounced “GOCKnow-er�) was born on Feb. 20, 1995 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Son of Larry and Jan Gochnauer ... Has one older brother, Nicholas ...

Majoring in economics.

the panthers Valentin HORVAT Freshman Ljubljana, Slovenia Gimnazija Siska Fall 2013: Went 2-5 in singles play ... Picked up wins over South Alabama and Mercer ... Went 1-5 in doubles.

Prep: Winner of a men’s open event in Las Vegas in 2012 ...

Runner up in national championship in Slovenia in doubles in 16s ... Winner of a tennis Europe event in doubles in 14s in Otocec, Slovenia ... Three-time national team champion in 12s and 14s ... Hails from the capital city of the Republic of Slovenia - Ljubljana’s 300,000 residents make it the largest city in the country of 2 million.

Personal: Valentin Horvat (pronounced “VAL-en-tin”) was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Jan. 13, 1995 ... Son of Boris and Vesna Horvat ... Has one brother, Sebastian ... Undecided major.

Jannis KOEKE Freshman Villmar, Germany Tilemannschule Limburg Fall 2013: Went 5-4 in singles play ... Picked up first Georgia State win with a straight-set victory over Georgia Southern’s Oliver Webb at No. 2 singles ... Went 4-4 in doubles.

Prep: Took third place in German Championship with team ... Defeated the No. 300 ATP player in juniors ... Attended Tilemannschule Limburg in Limburg, Germany.

Personal: Jannis Koeke (pronounced “YAN-nis COKE-ee”) was born in Limburg, Germany on Feb. 17, 1994 ... Son of Henning and Nikola Koeke ... Has two brothers, Linus and Niklas ...

Major is finance.

season recap

Led by the stellar effort of its two seniors, Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente, the Georgia State men’s tennis team wrapped up a historic 2012-13 season in which it made appearances in the NCAA Team, Singles and Doubles Championships for the first time in school history.

Georgia State participated in all three of the postseason tournaments in NCAA men’s tennis, one of only three programs outside of the six power conferences in the 64-team NCAA tournament to do so. The Panthers (15-11) won the Sun Belt Conference Championship in dramatic fashion in their inaugural year in the league.

The conference title was GSU’s first in men’s tennis since 2007. Valente became just the second student-athlete in school history to earn a NCAA Singles Championship bid. He joined his classmate, Santa Ana, to become the first doubles team in program history to earn a bid, and a win, in the NCAA Doubles Championship.

In his first year, head coach Joerg Barthel was named the Sun Belt Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year and led the

program through many firsts and 2012-13 Season Review prominent achievements in the 2012-13 season.

• Overall Record: 15-11 “This has been a great year for our program and we are moving toward our goal of becoming a dominant force in the Sun Belt Conference and a top 45 team in the country,” Barthel said. “We are very proud of how our guys handled the adversity throughout the year and worked hard on getting better throughout the course of the long season. All of our hard work paid off at the Sun Belt tournament and we played our best tennis when it mattered.”

The Panthers were on prominent display on the national stage in 2012-13. It began in the fall when Valente was the singles runner-up at the ITA Southeast Regional Championship. The secondplace finish earned Valente a bid to the prestigious USTA/ITA National Indoor

• Sun Belt Record: 6-2 • Final ITA Ranking: No. 61 • Highest 2013 ITA Ranking: No. 59, Jan. 30 • SBC Championship Finish: W, 4-3 in Sun Belt Championship finals vs. No. 49 MTSU • Sun Belt Coach of the Year: Joerg Barthel • All-Sun Belt First Team Singles: Victor Valente (19-5 Singles Record) • All-Sun Belt First Team Doubles: Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente (14-2 Singles Record) • All-Sun Belt Second Team Singles: Robert Schulze (167 Singles Record) • NCAA Championship Regional Appearance: L, 4-0 vs.

No. 29 Illinois • NCAA Singles Championship Appearance: Victor Valente, first round • NCAA Doubles Championship Appearance: Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente, round of 16 • USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Participant: Victor Valente • NCAA Elite 89 Award: Victor Valente • GSU Men’s Student-Athlete of the Year: Victor Valente • GSU All-Academic Team: Lucas Santa Ana • Sun Belt Championship Most Astounding Player: Robert Schulze • Sun Belt Championship All-Tournament Team: Lucas Santa Ana and Victor Valente

season recap Intercollegiate in Flushing, N.Y., in November. It was the first bid for any GSU men’s tennis student-athlete in school history.

The national attention carried over to the spring when Georgia State won the Sun Belt Conference Championship, earning an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Championship. The team learned it was travelling to Nashville, Tenn., and host Vanderbilt for its regional site during the selection show on April. 29. GSU was competitive in all matches, including owning a 7-5 lead in the No. 1 doubles match, but ultimately fell in the first round to No. 26-ranked Illinois.

Santa Ana and Valente earned Georgia State’s first win of any kind in a NCAA Championship setting by upsetting the No. 9-ranked doubles team from Kentucky 6-4, 7-6 (6) in the first round of the NCAA Doubles Championship.

The two trailed by a 5-0 margin in the second set before rallying to win the set in a tiebreaker and claim the match.

Valente grabbed an early one-set advantage in his first-round matchup of the NCAA Singles Championship, but couldn’t close out the match and fell 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3. His opponent, junior Japie de Klerk (Tulsa), eventually advanced to the national semifinals.

“To make the NCAA tournament in all three categories was a great achievement for our team this year,” Barthel said. “It is a special moment when you get to experience play on the national stage. It was our goal to play tennis in May and we reached it. To have our two seniors compete in the individual tournaments meant a lot to us as coaches as they have been such impact players for us this year and we wanted to work hard for them.”

The highlight of the season came in the Sun Belt Conference Championship against No. 49 Middle Tennessee State.

GSU rolled into the final following back-to-back 4-0 victories in the quarterfinal and semifinal matches, but quickly fell behind MTSU 3-0 in the

final match with a team NCAA bid on the line. Santa Ana and Valente began the rally with two singles wins to set up the deciding contests on courts No. 4 and 6 between junior Robert Schulze and freshman Paul Schuette respectively. Schuette fought off six match points to win his match in a third-set tiebreaker. Schulze faced two match points while down 5-6 in the third set, but fought them both off and also won a third-set tiebreaker to win his match. The win clinched a victory for Georgia State and its first Sun Belt championship in school history.

Schulze earned the Sun Belt Conference Championship Most Outstanding Player award for his efforts. Santa Ana and Valente were both named to the Sun Belt Championship All-Tournament team.

Those three also earned All-Sun Belt honors prior to the matches, with Valente taking home first team singles and doubles laurels, Santa Ana earning first team doubles and Schulze taking home second team singles.

“That moment will stay with this team forever, the adversity we handled throughout the year and resilience we showed when it mattered stands out for me,” Barthel said. “To save match points on two different courts and come out on top after everything we had been through meant a lot to the guys. To go into the Sun Belt Conference as the No. 3 seed and not lose a point until the final was very

special. We played extremely well in all areas and came together as a group. We as coaches could not have been more proud of the efforts of our studentathletes.”

For the season, Valente finished with a 28-9 singles record including all ITA-certified fall tournaments and the NCAA Singles Championship.

He owned a 7-4 record vs. nationallyranked singles opponents. The 201213 season will go down as one of the finest in program history to cap a stellar career in which he earned a 79-25 singles record and a 60-30 doubles record. Both records are tops among GSU men’s tennis studentathletes since stats were kept beginning in 2007. Santa Ana is right behind Valente, ranking second all-time with a 67-24 singles mark and a 56-19 doubles record. The Brasilia, Brazil native went 24-12 overall in singles play and 20-5 with Valente in doubles in his final season.

Schulze impressed in his first year with the Georgia State program. He went 16-7 in singles play, occupying anywhere from the No. 3-6 slots.

Schulze also teamed with a variety of teammates to go 11-8 in doubles play. Junior Thomas Cook earned 10 singles wins and also earned 11 doubles victories. Sophomore Sofiane Chevallier finished the year 14-13 in singles play and 13-8 in doubles play.

2012-13 results Georgia State Tennis Georgia State Season Statistics ( FINAL) Overall record: 15-11 • Conference: 4-1 • Region: 3-1 • Home: 8-2 • Away: 5-6 • Neutral: 2-3 vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0 SINGLES Lucas Santa Ana Sofiane Chevallier Thomas Cook Chinmay Handa Paul Schuette Robert Schulze Victor Valente Andrew Zedde Totals Percentage

Overall 23-12 14-13 12-16 0-1 4-13 20-9 28-9 1-5 102-78 .567

DOUBLES TEAMS Lucas Santa Ana/Thomas Cook Sofiane Chevallier/Robert Schulze Lucas Santa Ana/Victor Valente Thomas Cook/Paul Schuette Paul Schuette/Robert Schulze Thomas Cook/Andrew Zedde Thomas Cook/Robert Schulze Sofiane Chevallier/Andrew Zedde Paul Schuette/Andrew Zedde Sofiane Chevallier/Paul Schuette Totals Percentage

Dual 14-11 8-11 10-14 0-1 4-13 16-7 19-5 1-5 72-67 .518

Tour 9-1 6-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 4-2 9-4 0-0 30-11 .732

Conf 3-2 2-1 2-2 0-0 1-2 3-2 5-0 0-1 16-10 .615

Overall 3-0 13-5 20-6 4-8 0-1 1-2 3-3 0-1 0-3 0-2 44-31 .587

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2012-13 results Georgia State Tennis Georgia State Season Results ( FINAL) Overall record: 15-11 • Conference: 4-1 • Region: 3-1 • Home: 8-2 • Away: 5-6 • Neutral: 2-3 vs National ranked: 0-0 • vs Regional ranked: 0-0 Date Nov 2-4, 2012 Oct 5-7, 2012 Jan 18, 2013 Jan 21, 2013 Jan 25, 2013 1% Jan 26, 2013 Feb 3, 2013 % Feb 09, 2013 Feb 15, 2013 Feb 16, 2013 * Feb 24, 2013 Feb 23, 2013 Feb 24, 2013 % Feb 28, 2013 * Mar 9, 2013 March 13, 2013 %* Mar 20, 2013 Mar 22, 2013 Mar 30, 2013 Mar 30, 2013 Mar 30, 2013 Apr 07, 2013 * Apr 13, 2013 * Apr 18, 2013 Apr 19, 2013 Apr 20, 2013 May 10, 2013 Oct 19-22, 2012 6 May 24-25, 2013 6 May 22, 2013 Nov 8-12, 2012 Feb 10, 2013

Opponent Carolinas Invitational (Winthrop) Georgia Southern Championships at Chattanooga TENNESSEE TECH vs Arkansas vs #62 North Florida SAMFORD GEORGIA SOUTHERN at #74 East Tennessee State vs Nebraska #61 SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON GEORGE WASHINGTON at #67 Georgia Tech LOUISIANA at UAB at Florida Atlantic at #65 Miami ILLINOIS STATE at #72 Elon at #42 Middle Tennessee at #57 UNCW TROY vs Troy at South Alabama at #49 Middle Tennessee vs Illinois ITA Southeast Regional Championships 2013 NCAA Doubles Championship 2013 NCAA Men's Singles Championsh USTA/ITA National Indoor Intercollegiat NICHOLLS

Score Overall Conf All Day (Rock Hill, S.C.) All Day (Statesboro, Ga.) W 5-2 1-0 0-0 W 6-1 2-0 0-0 L 2-4 2-1 0-0 W 4-3 3-1 0-0 W 5-2 4-1 0-0 W 5-2 5-1 0-0 L 0-4 5-2 0-0 L 3-4 5-3 0-0 L 2-4 5-4 0-1 W 4-3 6-4 0-1 L 2-4 6-5 0-1 L 3-4 6-6 0-1 W 4-3 7-6 1-1 L 1-4 7-7 1-1 W 4-2 8-7 2-1 L 1-6 8-8 2-1 W 4-1 9-8 2-1 W 4-2 10-8 2-1 L 2-4 10-9 2-1 L 2-5 10-10 2-1 W 5-2 11-10 3-1 W 4-0 12-10 4-1 W 4-0 13-10 4-1 W 4-3 14-10 4-1 L 0-4 14-11 4-1 All Day (Tallahassee, Fla.) 4:00 PM (Urbana, Ill.) 9:00 AM (Urbana, Ill.) All Day (Flushing, N.Y.) W 5-2 15-11 4-1

Nation Region #63 #63 #63 #59 #60 #60 #60 #60 #60 #60 #61 #75

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History Program Highlights 2012-13 • Sun Belt Conference Champions • No. 61 ITA ranking • NCAA bid vs. No. 26 Illinois • Valente earns bid to NCAA Singles • Valente/Santa Ana advance to Round of 16 in NCAA Doubles Tournament

2011-12

Individual Season Best Results

Team NCAA Appearances

1998 1999.........................L, 2-4 vs. Georgia 2000.......................L, 1-4 vs. Michigan 2002...........................L, 0-4 vs. Florida 2007.............L, 0-4 vs. No. 29 Auburn 2013...............L, 0-4 vs. No. 26 Illinois

2013

Victor Valente 28-9, No. 1 (.756)

2012

Matias Hatem 21-3, No.’s 1,2,3,4 (.875)

2011

Vincent Verpeaux 24-3, No.’s 4,5,6 (.889)

2010

Henri Mangin 16-3, No.’s 3,4,5 (.842)

• 20-5 School-record 11-match win streak • No. 60 ITA ranking • Advanced to CAA semifinal

2009

Henri Mangin 6-15, No.’s 1,2,3 (.286)

2008

2010-11

• 21-6 School-record 24 wins in season • No. 65 ITA Ranking • Advanced to conference semifinal

Nejc Podkrajsek 9-6, No. 1 (.600)

• 15-6 Advanced to conference semifinal • Biggest turnaround in NCAA (+14 wins) • Won 8 of last 9 matches

Nejc Podkrajsek 16-5, No. 2 (.762)

2007

Andres Arango 18-5, No. 4 (.783)

2006

2009-10

2006-07

• 19-4 Won conference championship • NCAA bid vs. No. 29 Auburn • School-record 19-win season • Won 5 straight and 12 of last 13 matches

2005

2007 CAA Champions

Individual NCAA Appearances

Anze Cevka 15-3, No.’s 2,3,4,5 (.833)

2004

Nicolas Lupica 9-5, No.’s 4,5 (.643)

2003

Miha Lisac 15-3, No.’s 2,3 (.833)

2002

2005-06

Luka Bernard 19-4, No. 4 (.826)

• 13-9 Advanced to conference semifinal

2001

2001-02

• 15-9 Won conference championship • NCAA bid vs. No. 12 Florida • Lost in Gainesville, Fla., 0-4

Albano Franco 14-9, No. 4 (.609)

• 14-12 Advanced to conference semifinal

Daniel Wajnberg 16-2, No.’s 2,3,4 (.888)

• 14-5 Won conference championship • NCAA bid vs. No. 22 Michigan • Lost in Ft. Worth, 4-1

Marius Swart 14-6, No.’s 1,2,3 (.700)

2000

Frank Huot 15-3, No.’s 4,5 (.833)

1999

2000-01

1998

1999-00

1998-99

1997

Victor Valente

• 17-5 Won conference championship • NCAA bid vs. No. 1 Georgia • Lost in Athens, 4-2

Martin Stiegwardt (2007 singles) Victor Valente (2013 singles)

• 15-6 Won conference championship • Ended season with 8 straight wins

2013, 2007, 2002, 2000, 1999, 1998, 1989

• 15-6 Advanced to conference semifinal • School-record 11 straight wins • Ranked No. 73 for first ever national ranking

2003, 1993, 1990

1997-98 1996-97

Conference Allegiance

Georgia State joined the Sun Belt Conference July 1, 2013. Prior to switching to the Sun Belt, GSU was a member of the Colonial Athletic Association from 200512. GSU won five men’s tennis Atlantic Sun and Trans-America Athletic conference championships (four in a five-year span).

In 2007, the Panthers won their first CAA league title.

Conference Championships Conference Runner-Up:

Nicolas Brochu 7-4, No.’s 4,5,6 (.636)

1995

Karl Lindberg 11-4, No.’s 1,2 (.733)

1992

Scott Patterson 9-6, No.’s 3,4,5 (.600) Christian Dietrich 9-6, No.’s 4,5,6 (.600)

1991

Mirko Bjelica 9-5 (.643)

1987

John Zeppa 17-4 (.810)

1983

Brett Harte 17-6 (.739)

year-by-year results 1957 Head Coach: Francis Bridges

1969 (10-11) Head Coach: Francis Bridges

1959 (10-3) Head Coach: Francis Bridges Mercer W Samford Alabama W Emory W Jacksonville W Oglethorpe W Erskine W Furman W Emory W Erskine W Howard College L Georgia L

1970 (10-11) Head Coach: Francis Bridges *Records from 1960-1967 taken from school yearbooks; individual match records not available.

7-2 5-2 9-0 7-2 9-0 9-0 8-1 7-2 9-0 1-8 1-8

1960 Head Coach: Francis Bridges 1961 Head Coach: Francis Bridges 1962 Head Coach: Francis Bridges 1967 Head Coach: Francis Bridges 1968 (6-7) Head Coach: Francis Bridges Erskine L Mercer L Florida Southern L William & Mary L Shorter W Chattanooga L Mercer W Oglethorpe W Shorter W Berry W Erskine L Oglethorpe L Berry W

1971 (5-12) Head Coach: Francis Bridges Shorter W Florida Southern L West Georgia W Florida Southern L Mercer L Shorter W Mercer L Tennessee W LaGrange L Erskine L Emory L Maryville W Erskine L LaGrange L West Georgia L Chattanooga L Emory L

7-2 2-7 8-1 0-9 4-5 9-0 4-5 5-4 3-6 3-6 9-0 7-2 4-5 3-6 2-7 4-5 2-7

1972 Head Coach: Francis Bridges 0-9 1-8 2-7 2-7 5-4 1-8 5-4 7-2 7-2 9-0 0-9 1-8 9-0

1973 n/a 1974 n/a

Southern Miss New Orleans Southeastern Louisiana Citadel Eastern Michigan Shorter Emory Georgia Southern Georgia Tech West Georgia Erskine Emory Jacksonville

L W L W W L W L L W W W W

1-8 8-1 4-5 7-2 5-4 3-6 6-3 1-8 4-5 5-4 8-1 6-3 6-3

L L L L L L L L L L L W L L W

0-9 7-2 1-8 6-3 2-7 2-7 6-3 1-8 2-7 2-7 1-8 5-4 3-6 3-6 5-4

1977 Head Coach: Francis Bridges n/a 1978 (2-13) Clemson Shorter Emory Erskine Mississippi State Millsaps New Orleans Tulane Samford Emory Georgia Southern Southern Poly Mercer Erskine Mercer

1975 (11-11)

1979 (16-8, Sun Belt Conference) Head Coach: Dr. Francis Bridges

1976 (11-9) Head Coach: Francis Bridges Erskine W Chicago State L Richmond L Emory W Mercer W Mercer L South Alabama L

1980 (3-17) Morehouse Mercer Erskine St. Francis College Tulane New Orleans South Alabama Emory

5-4 1-8 0-9 6-3 8-1 2-7 4-5

W L L W L L L L

7-2 3-6 2-7 7-2 0-9 0-9 4-5 2-7

year-by-year results Shorter Birmingham-Southern Hope Erskine UAB Columbus State Mercer Emory Shorter Morehouse West Georgia Georgia Tech 1981 (15-9) Head Coach: Rick Bodin Morehouse Morehouse Erskine Shorter Lynchburg Samford West Georgia Morehead State Jacksonville Columbus Erskine Hope Georgia Tech Howard Emory Mercer UAB West Georgia Charlotte Emory Shorter Georgia Southern Armstrong State New Orleans

L L W L L L L L L L L L

3-6 0-9 5-4 2-7 3-6 2-7 4-5 4-5 2-7 4-5 3-6 1-8

W 9-0 W 8-1 W 8-1 W 8-1 L 4-5 L 3-6 W 9-0 L 4-5 L 3-6 W 8-1 W 9-0 W 9-0 L 0-9 W 7-2 W 5-4 W 9-0 L 3-6 W 9-0 L 4-5 W 7-2 W Def. L 2-7 W 7-2 L 4-5

1982 (15-10) Head Coach: Francis Bridges Emory W Shorter W St. Francis W South Alabama L VCU W

8-1 5-4 5-4 9-0 8-1

West Georgia George Washington Erskine Howard Hope Auburn South Alabama New Orleans Tulane Georgia Tech Mercer UAB Morehouse Morehouse Georgia Southern Birmingham-Southern Emory West Georgia Mercer Shorter Georgia Southern Birmingham-Southern Emory West Georgia Mercer Shorter

W W W W W L L L L L W L W W L W L W W W L W L W W L

8-1 9-0 9-0 9-0 7-2 1-8 1-8 1-8 1-8 3-6 9-0 2-7 7-2 8-1 0-9 5-4 3-6 8-1 8-1 9-0 0-9 5-4 3-6 8-1 8-1 3-6

1983 (13-9) Head Coach: Tom Bridges Furman Erskine Columbus St. Francis Johnson C. Smith Edinboro State Shorter Hope Samford Tulane New Orleans Emory West Georgia Georgia Tech Erskine Jacksonville Morehouse Auburn

L W W W W W W W L L L W W L W L W L

1-8 6-3 6-3 7-2 9-0 2-7 6-3 9-0 4-5 4-5 0-9 6-3 7-2 0-9 9-0 2-7 8-1 1-8

West Georgia Shorter Morehouse Charlotte

L W W W

1-8 6-3 7-2 6-3

1984 (6-11) 1985 n/a 1986 n/a 1987 n/a Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1988 (12-11, 3-1 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/31 Georgia College W 2/8 Georgia Tech L 2/13 Samford W

Morehouse W 2/10 Auburn L 2/21 Hunnington L 2/21 North Florida L 3/1 Richmond W 3/2 Berry W 3/4 Stetson W 3/5 Samford W 3/21 UCF W 3/23 Bowling Green W 3/24 Florida International W

Flagler L

Georgia Southern L

Morehouse W

UAB L

Chattanooga L

Florida State L

Emory W

TAAC Tournament

vs. Arkansas Little Rock L

vs. Georgia Southern L 1989 (16-5, 4-0 TAAC) TAAC Champions Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 2/15 Mercer W 2/20 at Berry W 2/22 at Morehouse W

8-1 0-9 6-3 5-4 0-5 4-5 1-5 8-1 9-0 6-2 7-2 5-1 9-0 5-4 3-6 3-6 7-2 2-5 1-5 1-5 5-4 3-6 4-5

9-0 7-1 6-0

year-by-year results 2/27 3/1 3/4

at Georgia Tech L at Emory W at Florida International L vs. Virginia Tech W at Florida State L vs. Louisville W vs. Auburn L at Stetson W vs. Middle Tennessee W vs. Costal Carolina W at Flagler L Colgate W Georgia Southern W at Samford W at Clemson W Jacksonville State W TAAC Tournament vs. Houston Baptist W vs. Arkansas Little Rock W

1990 (11-5, 5-2 TAAC) Head Coach Chuck McCuen

Florida State L

Auburn-Montgomery L

Armstrong State W

Valdosta State W

Shorter College L

Jacksonville W

Georgia College W

UAB L

Samford L

Florida L

Mississippi L

UNLV L

North Florida L

Flagler W

South Florida L

Florida Atlantic W

South Alabama L

Samford W

Tennessee Tech L

Middle Tennessee L

Louisville L

Georgia Southern W

Samford W

Hardin-Simmons W

Georgia Southern W

TAAC Tournament

vs. Arkansas Little Rock L

1-8 5-4 4-5 6-3 4-5 6-0 3-6 8-1 7-2 6-3 4-5 9-0 5-4 8-1 8-1 6-0 6-3 5-4

0-6 4-5 5-4 5-1 4-5 5-2 5-3 2-5 1-8 1-8 1-7 2-7 0-6 5-4 2-7 6-3 4-5 5-3 4-5 3-6 3-5 5-4 5-4 6-0 5-1 3-6

1991 (7-12, 3-4 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 2/24 at UAB L 3/1 vs. Armstrong Atlantic L 3/1 vs. Valdosta State W 3/6 at Samford L 3/10 at Mercer W 3/18 at Stetson W 3/19 at UCF L 3/20 vs. Rutgers W 3/20 at Flagler L 3/21 vs. Concordia W 3/22 vs. Georgia College W 3/23 at Georgia Southern L

at South Alabama L

vs. Mississippi State L

vs. West Florida L 4/1 Berry L 4/2 at Shorter L

TAAC Tournament

at Samford L

vs. Stetson W

vs. Florida International L

0-6 4-5 6-0 0-9 9-0 5-1 4-5 5-3 4-5 6-0 5-1 2-7 0-6 4-5 0-6 3-1 6-1 0-6 5-1 0-6

1992 (7-7, 2-2 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 2/19 Mercer W 9-0 2/28 Florida Atlantic L 2-5 2/28 Valdosta W 5-2 2/29 ABAC L 1-5 2/29 Jacksonville W 5-2 3/3 Emory W 6-3 3/14 Chattanooga W 6-3 3/20 at Florida State L 1-8 3/21 vs. Wake Forest L 1-5 3/21 at Florida A&M W 7-2

Sinclair W Def. 4/1 Hampton L 2-7 4/5 Jacksonville L 4-5 4/11 South Alabama L 0-9 1993 (15-3, 8-1 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 2/18 vs. Florida A&M W 2/19 vs. Georgia Southern L 2/20 at Florida State L 3/1 at Emory W 3/5 at Samford W 3/8 West Georgia W

5-1 2-6 1-7 7-2 5-4 5-1

3/10

3/12 3/22

3/24 3/26 3/27 3/31

4/8 4/9 4/10

at Mercer W Morehead State W at Duquesne W UCF W at Stetson W Jacksonville W vs. Centenary W vs. SE Louisiana W at West Georgia W TAAC Tournament at Stetson W vs. Southeastern Louisiana W vs. Florida International L

1994 (11-9, 9-3 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen

Florida A&M W

Florida State L 2/11 at Georgia Tech L 2/22 at Mercer W 2/25 at Auburn L 3/4 vs. Southeastern Louisiana W 3/9 at Samford L

Hampton L 3/20 at Flagler L 3/22 vs. Florida Atlantic W 3/23 vs. UCF L 3/25 Campbell W 3/29 at Emory W

Chattanooga L 4/8 at Charleston Southern W 4/9 at College of Charleston W

Georgia College W

TAAC Tournament 4/13 vs. College of Charleston L 4/14 vs. Florida Atlantic W 4/15 Southeastern LA W

6-0 5-0 5-1 5-4 5-0 4-3 6-0 5-4 5-0 5-1 5-3 0-6

5-4 0-7 1-8 6-2 2-5 5-1 2-5 1-6 1-5 6-1 1-6 4-3 7-2 2-5 6-1 4-3 7-0 1-4 4-0 5-1

*1995 Results Incomplete 1996 (3-12, 1-2 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/20 at Alabama L 2/3 at Florida State L 2/10 at Auburn L 2/11 at Georgia Tech L 2/21 Mercer L 2/24 at Jacksonville State L

0-1 1-5 0-5 0-4 3-4 2-5

year-by-year results 2/25 3/1 3/23 3/26 4/2 4/3 4/7 4/9

4/12

Eastern Michigan Hampton at Campbell Georgia College at Chattanooga Samford at College of Charleston Emory TAAC Tournament vs. SE Louisiana

W L W L L L L W

6-1 2-5 6-1 3-4 1-6 1-6 1-6 4-3

L

3-4

1997 (15-6, 8-2 TAAC) Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/14 Mercer W 1/18 at Alabama L 2/2 at Auburn L 2/7 Georgia Southern W 2/8 at Florida State L 2/9 at Georgia Tech L 2/17 Mercer W 2/18 at Georgia College W 3/3 Florida Atlantic L 3/5 Hampton W 3/8 College of Charleston W 3/22 at Central Florida W 3/24 at Flagler W 3/28 Campbell W 3/29 at Troy State W 4/2 Chattanooga W 4/4 at Samford W 4/7 at Emory W 4/8 Jacksonville W

TAAC Tournament 4/10 vs. Stetson W 4/11 vs. UCF L 1998 (15-6, 10-1 TAAC) TAAC Champions Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/15 Jacksonville State W 1/17 at Alabama L 2/4 at Georgia Tech L 2/6 Georgia Southern W 2/7 at Florida State L 2/14 at Auburn L 2/24 at Jacksonville State W 2/27 Troy State W 2/28 Charleston Southern W

7-0 2-5 3-4 7-0 0-6 1-6 6-1 5-0 3-4 5-2 5-2 4-3 7-0 5-1 4-3 5-2 4-3 6-1 7-0 4-1 2-4

7-0 1-6 3-4 7-0 2-5 1-6 7-0 5-2 5-2

3/5 3/6 3/20 3/21 3/25 3/28 4/2 4/5 4/10

at Georgia Hampton at UCF at Florida Atlantic Chattanooga at Campbell Mercer at College of Charleston Samford TAAC Tournament vs. Samford vs. Florida International vs. Florida Atlantic

L W W L W W W W W

0-7 6-1 4-1 3-4 6-1 6-1 5-2 6-1 6-1

W W W

4-0 4-1 4-2

1999 (17-5, 6-0 TAAC) TAAC Champions NCAA Regional Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/12 Mercer W 1/13 Jacksonville State W 1/16 at Alabama L 1/18 Georgia Southern W 2/24 at Georgia Tech L 3/2 Campbell W 3/4 at Georgia L 3/6 Hampton W 3/8 at Flagler W 3/9 at Marquette W 3/10 at Jacksonville W 3/17 at Samford W 3/19 UCF DNP 3/20 Vanderbilt W 3/24 at Middle Tennessee W 3/28 at Troy W 4/ 8 Chattanooga W 4/10 at Florida Atlantic W 4/11 at Florida State L

TAAC Tournament

Jacksonville W

Troy State W

UCF W

NCAA Regional 5/15 Georgia L

7-0 7-0 0-7 6-1 2-5 7-0 2-5 5-2 5-2 7-0 5-2 4-3 4-3 6-1 6-1 6-1 4-3 3-4 4-0 4-0 4-1 2-4

2000 (14-5, 4-1 TAAC) TAAC Champions NCAA Regional Head Coach: Chuck McCuen 1/22 Charlotte W 1/23 Georgia Southern W 2/8 at No. 5 Florida L 2/19 vs. No. 69 NC State W 2/23 at No. 63 Georgia Tech W 2/15 Jacksonville State W 2/26 at No. 43 Alabama L 3/6 at UCF W 3/8 Florida Atlantic L 3/15 Troy W 3/23 vs. Portland W 3/24 vs. No. 29 Boise State L 3/25 vs. Nebraska W 4/2 at Middle Tennessee W 4/8 Samford W

TAAC Tournament 4/14 vs. Jacksonville W 4/15 vs. Stetson W 4/16 vs. Florida Atlantic W

6-1 7-0 0-7 4-3 5-2 5-2 3-4 6-1 1-6 4-3 7-0 3-4 5-2 4-2 5-1 4-0 4-2 4-2

NCAA Regional 5/13 vs. Michigan State

L

1-4

2001 (14-12, 3-3 TAAC) Head Coach: Saad Ashraf 1/27 Jacksonville State 1/27 Bethune-Cookman 2/4 Mercer 2/4 South Carolina 2/9 at Georgia 2/11 at South Alabama 1/12 at Troy 2/16 vs. Furman 2/16 vs. Tennessee Tech 2/17 vs. UCF 2/22 Georgia Tech 2/25 Florida Atlantic 3/2 Chattanooga 3/3 Central Florida 3/8 Memphis 3/10 UC Irvine 3/11 ETSU 3/15 Hampton 3/16 NC State

W W W W L L L W W W L L W L L L L W W

7-0 7-0 7-0 6-1 0-7 0-7 2-5 4-3 4-0 4-3 2-5 0-7 5-1 3-4 1-6 3-4 0-7 5-2 5-2

year-by-year results 3/17 3/21 3/24 4/7 4/14

4/19 4/20

Samford at Florida Middle Tennessee Florida A&M Louisville TAAC Tournament vs. Jacksonville vs. UCF

W L W W L

7-0 1-6 4-3 6-1 1-6

W L

4-2 2-4

2002 (15-9, 6-1 A-Sun) Atlantic Sun Champions NCAA Regional Head Coach: Sten Van Beurden 2/9 Mercer W 2/10 Wofford W 2/17 Tennessee Tech W 2/18 at Clark Atlanta W 2/20 at No. 44 Georgia Tech L 2/23 at No. 26 Wake Forest L 2/24 at NC State W 3/1 Troy W 3/2 Chattanooga W 3/5 No. 52 William & Mary W 3/10 UT Martin W 3/13 No. 51 Memphis L 3/15 at Samford W 3/16 No. 68 ETSU L 3/22 No. 53 Florida Atlantic L 3/23 No. 36 Miami L 3/25 No. 12 Florida (Fla.) L 3/28 DePaul W 4/1 Hampton W 4/3 No. 1 Georgia L

Atlantic Sun Tournament 4/19 Campbell W 4/20 No. 53 Florida Atlantic W 4/21 No. 62 UCF W

NCAA Regional 5/11 at Florida L

7-0 5-2 4-3 5-2 1-6 2-5 4-3 6-1 6-1 4-3 7-0 3-4 7-0 3-4 3-4 3-4 3-4 5-2 5-2 1-6 4-0 4-3 4-0 0-4

2003 (12-11, 6-1 A-Sun) Head Coach: Nick Brochu 2/1 Florida Atlantic W 2/4 Chattanooga W 2/8 vs. Jacksonville State W 2/9 No. 18 Alabama L 2/15 at Tennessee Tech W 2/21 UCF L 2/22 Georgia Southern W 2/26 No. 35 Georgia Tech L 3/2 at Florida State L 3/3 at Jacksonville W 3/5 at South Florida L 3/8 UT Martin W 3/10 No. 21 Vanderbilt L 3/14 Hampton L 3/16 Samford W 3/21 No. 61 Middle Tennessee L 3/22 at Memphis L 3/28 Mercer W 4/6 Louisville L 4/12 at Troy W

Atlantic Sun Tournament 4/17 vs. Jacksonville State W 4/17 vs. Troy W 4/17 vs. UCF L 2004 (9-11, 3-2 A-Sun) Head Coach: Nick Brochu 2/1 Georgia Southern W 2/5 at Chattanooga L 2/12 at No. 41 Georgia Tech L 2/20 Mercer W 2/22 Jacksonville State W 2/28 at Georgia L 2/29 Hampton W 3/7 at UCF L 3/8 at South Florida L 3/10 at Florida Atlantic L 3/14 UT Martin W 3/19 Belmont W 3/22 DePaul L 3/26 Tennessee Tech W 3/28 Memphis L 4/3 at No. 53 William & Mary L 4/4 at No. 8 VCU L

5-2 5-2 4-3 1-6 6-1 2-5 4-3 1-6 1-6 6-1 3-4 6-1 2-4 1-5 6-1 3-4 2-5 5-2 1-6 4-3 4-1 4-0 1-4

4-3 3-4 0-7 6-1 5-2 0-7 4-3 2-5 0-7 1-4 7-0 6-1 3-4 5-2 2-4 1-5 0-6

4/9

4/13 4/14

Troy W Atlantic Sun Tournament vs. Stetson W vs. UCF L

4-2 4-1 3-4

2005 (13-7, 3-1 A-Sun) Head Coach: Nick Brochu 1/27 Princeton L 1/28 Wofford W 2/4 at Georgia Southern W 2/12 Campbell W 2/13 Gardner-Webb W 2/15 at Mercer W 2/18 at Georgia Tech L 2/24 at No. 35 Clemson L 2/26 Georgia Perimeter W 3/4 Sacramento State W 3/7 No. 57 South Florida W 3/10 at Bethune-Cookman W 3/19 UT Martin W 3/20 at Tennessee Tech W 3/26 at No. 21 Middle Tennessee L 3/27 at No. 66 Memphis L 4/2 at Troy L 4/3 Hampton W

2-5 4-0 5-2 4-3 6-0 4-3 1-6 2-5 6-3 5-2 4-3 7-0 6-1 5-2 2-5 2-4 3-4 6-0

Atlantic Sun Tournament 4/14 vs. Mercer W 4/15 vs. UCF L

5-0 3-4

2006 (13-9, 0-2 CAA) Head Coach: Nick Brochu 2/4 Mercer W 2/5 Jacksonville State W 2/10 at Georgia Southern W 2/15 at No. 32 Georgia Tech L 2/18 at Jacksonville W 2/19 at South Florida L 2/28 at No. 1 Georgia L 3/3 at No. 15 Clemson L 3/5 at UC Santa Barbara W 3/6 at Loyola Marymount L 3/8 at UC Irvine W 3/23 vs. UCF L 3/24 vs. Lewis & Clark W 3/25 vs. Idaho State W 4/1 vs. Wichita State W

7-0 5-2 6-1 1-6 7-0 2-5 0-7 1-6 5-2 3-4 5-2 2-4 6-0 6-1 4-2

year-by-year results 4/4 4/8 4/9 4/14

4/21 4/22

Troy W Florida Atlantic W at No. 49 Old Dominion L at No. 67 William & Mary L CAA Tournament vs. UNCW W vs. No. 38 VCU L

2007 (19-5, 5-0 CAA) CAA Champions NCAA Regional Head Coach: Nick Brochu 1/25 South Carolina State W 1/27 vs. No. 71 Furman W 1/28 at No. 15 Florida State L 1/29 vs. Florida Atlantic W 2/3 Florida A&M W 2/8 at Emory W 2/10 at No. 1 Georgia L 2/11 Tennessee Tech W 2/17 at South Florida W 2/21 at No. 37 Georgia Tech L 2/24 vs. Charleston Southern W 3/6 at UC Santa Barbara W 3/8 at No. 75 UC Irvine W 3/24 at UNCW W 3/26 UC Riverside W 3/29 vs. Cal Poly W 3/30 vs. Ball State W 3/31 at No. 19 Boise State L 4/7 at No. 23 Old Dominion W 4/8 at Hampton W

CAA Tournament 4/20 vs. UNCW W 4/21 vs. No. 24 VCU W 4/22 vs. No. 32 Old Dominion W

NCAA Regional 5/11 vs. No. 29 Auburn L

5-2 5-1 2-5 3-4 4-2 1-4

7-0 4-2 1-4 4-2 6-1 6-1 0-7 6-1 4-3 3-4 5-2 6-1 4-3 4-3 7-0 5-0 7-0 3-4 4-3 6-1 4-0 4-0 0-4

2008 (1-15, 1-3 CAA) Head Coach: Jarod Camerota 1/25 Mercer W 2/1 Tennessee Tech L 2/3 at No. 12 Alabama L 2/8 at No. 2 Georgia L 2/15 at No. 43 William & Mary L 2/16 at No. 20 VCU L 2/23 at No. 53 Miss. State L 2/26 at No. 36 Georgia Tech L 3/2 Princeton L 3/5 at UCF L 3/8 at No. 55 USF L 3/21 vs. Portland L 3/22 vs. Nevada L 3/30 at No. 35 Boise State L 4/5 at No. 37 Old Dominion L 4/6 vs. Radford L

CAA Tournament 4/18 vs. UNCW L 2009 (1-20, 1-2) Head Coach: Jarod Camerota 1/24 at Jacksonville L 1/25 at North Florida L 1/30 vs. Belmont L 1/31 vs. No. 69 Radford L 2/7 at No. 57 Indiana L 2/8 vs. No. 73 Nebraska L 2/15 at No. 37 South Florida L 2/19 at No.56 Georgia Tech L 2/21 vs. Memphis L 2/22 at No. 50 Mississippi State L 2/25 at No. 2 Georgia L 3/7 at No. 59 Florida Atlantic L 0-7 3/8 at UCF L 3/12 at No. 44 San Diego State L 3/13 at No. 71 San Diego L 3/21 at Elon L 3/22 at Winthrop L 4/4 at Old Dominion L 4/12 vs. DePaul L

CAA Tournament 4/16 vs. George Mason W 4/17 vs. VCU L

6-1 2-5 1-6 0-7 2-5 2-5 1-6 1-6 1-6 1-6 0-5 1-4 0-7 0-4 1-6 0-4 1-4

3-4 3-4 3-4 0-7 0-7 2-5 0-7 0-7 3-4 1-6 0-7 2-5 0-7 1-6 0-7 1-6 1-6 1-6 4-1 1-4

2010 (15-6, 4-1 CAA) Best turnaround in NCAA (+14 wins) Head Coach: Chase Hodges 1/30 vs. North Florida W 4-0 2/2 vs. Kennesaw State W 7-0 2/5 at UAB L 1-4 2/6 at Samford W 7-0 2/7 vs. North Georgia W 7-0 2/11 at Oglethorpe W 8-1 2/13 at Tennessee Tech L 2-5 2/14 at Chattanooga W 5-2 2/19 vs. Florida A&M W 6-1 2/21 at No. 64 Clemson L 2-5 2/27 at No. 30 Georgia Tech L 0-7 3/8 Winthrop L 3-4 3/10 at Jacksonville W 5-2 3/16 Lipscomb W 7-0 3/24 at Georgia Southern W 5-2 3/26 vs. Drexel W 4-0 3/27 vs. Delaware W 6-1 3/28 vs. James Madison W 4-3 4/10 vs. UNC Asheville W 5-2

CAA Tournament 4/16 vs. Old Dominion W 4-1 4/17 vs. William & Mary L 3-4

year-by-year results 2011 (21-6, 2-1 CAA) Head Coach: Chase Hodges 1/22 at North Florida 1/22 at UCF 1/28 at Lipscomb 1/30 at Austin Peay 2/2 Mercer 2/5 Georgia Southern 2/6 Samford 2/9 at Georgia Tech 2/12 Tennessee Tech 2/13 Chattanooga 2/13 North Georgia 2/19 at Winthrop 2/20 at Presbyterian 2/23 Kennesaw State 2/23 Georgia Southwestern 2/26 College of Charleston 2/26 Florida A&M 2/28 at Old Dominion 3/2 at VCU 3/11 Illinois State 3/12 at Gardner-Webb 3/13 UNC Asheville 3/20 UNCW 3/25 UAB 3/25 Morehouse

CAA Tournament 4/22 Delaware 4/23 UNCW

L L W W W W W L W W W W W W W W W W L L W W W W W W L

2012 (20-5, 2-0 CAA) Head Coach: Chase Hodges 1/20 Lipscomb W 1/21 Old Dominion* W 1/28 vs. Elon W 1/29 at South Carolina L 2/2 No. 64 ETSU W 2/8 at No. 29 Georgia Tech L 2/19 Austin Peay W

2-5 3-4 6-1 5-2 5-2 5-2 5-2 0-7 6-1 6-1 7-0 5-2 6-1 7-0 7-0 4-3 4-1 5-2 1-6 2-4 6-1 5-2 4-3 4-3 7-0

2/24 2/26 2/29 3/3 3/4 3/4 3/11 3/17 3/18 3/18 3/25 3/31 4/1 4/1 4/8 4/14

4/20 4/21

Winthrop at College of Charleston at South Carolina State Gardner-Webb UNC Asheville Ga. Southwestern State at Georgia Southern Southern Illinois at Morehouse No. 72 Florida A&M No. 58 Brown vs. Troy Middle Tennessee DePaul No. 37 UNCW at Troy CAA Championship vs. George Mason vs. UNCW

W W W W W W W W W W L W L W W W

4-0 5-2 4-3 6-1 7-0 7-0 7-0 6-0 7-0 6-1 3-4 4-1 3-4 4-3 5-2 6-1

W L

4-0 3-4

2013 (15-11, 6-2 SBC) Head Coach: Joerg Barthel 1/18 at Chattanooga W 1/21 Tennessee Tech W 1/25 No. 55 Arkansas L 1/26 No. 62 North Florida W 2/3 Samford W 2/9 Georgia Southern W 4-0 2/10 Nicholls W 2-4 2/15 at No. 74 ETSU L 2/16 vs. Nebraska L 2/23 College of Charleston W 2/24 No. 61 South Alabama L 2/24 George Washington L 2/28 at No. 67 Georgia Tech L 3/9 Louisiana W 3/13 at UAB L 3/20 at Florida Atlantic W 3/22 at No. 65 Miami L 3/30 vs. Illinois State W 3/30 vs. No. 72 Elon W 3/30 at No. 42 Middle Tennessee L 6-1 4/7 at No. 57 UNCW L 6-1 4/13 Troy W 6-1 Sun Belt Championship 1-6 4/18 vs. Troy W 5-2 4/19 vs. South Alabama W 1-6 4/20 vs. No 49 Middle Tennessee W 7-0 5/10 vs. No. 26 Illinois L

5-2 6-1 2-4 4-3 5-2 5-2 5-2 0-4 3-4 4-3 2-4 2-4 3-4 4-3 2-4 4-2 1-6 4-1 4-2 2-4 2-5 5-2 4-0 4-0 4-3

0-4

all-conference honors 2013 - All-Sun Belt

Victor Valente (First Team Singles, First Team Doubles) Lucas Santa Ana (First Team Doubles) Robert Schulze (Second Team Singles)

2012 - All-CAA

Victor Valente (First Team Singles, Second Team Doubles) Matias Hatem (First Team Singles, Second Team Doubles) Thomas Cook (Second Team Singles, Second Team Doubles) Juan Pablo Gutierrez (Second Team Doubles)

2011 - All-CAA

Victor Valente (First Team Singles) Thomas Cook (Second Team Singles) Cook and Valente (Third Team Doubles)

2001 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Carl Lumsden (First Team Singles)

2000 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Daniel Wajnberg (First Team Singles) Nicolas Brochu (First Team Singles)

1999 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Karl Lindberg (First Team Singles) Daniel Wajnberg (First Team Singles) Mitja Pavlinic (First Team Singles) Nicolas Brochu (First Team Singles)

1998 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

2010 - All-CAA

Karl Lindberg (First Team Singles) Marius Swart (First Team Singles)

2008 - All-CAA

Karl Lindberg (First Team Singles)

Victor Valente (Second Team Singles)

Nejc Podkrajsek (First Team Singles, Second Team Doubles) Anze Cevka (Second Team Doubles)

2007 - All-CAA

Martin Stiegwardt (First Team Singles and Doubles) Mattias Skold (Second Team Singles) Nejc Podkrajsek (Second Team) Anze Cevka (Second Team Doubles)

2006 - All-CAA

Martin Stiegwardt (First Team Singles and Doubles) Anze Cevka (First Team Doubles) Nejc Podkrajsek (Third Team Singles)

2005 All-Atlantic Sun

Martin Stiegwardt (First Team Singles) Anze Cevka (Freshman of Year/Second Team Singles) Frank Suro (All-Freshman)

2004 - All-Atlantic Sun

Jamie Rodriguez (First Team Singles) Albano Franco (Second Team Singles) Miha Lisac (Second Team Singles) Daniel Balog (All-Freshmen)

2003 - All-Atlantic Sun

Miha Lisac (First Team Singles) Matias Ormaza (First Team Singles) Albano Franco (Second Team Singles)

2002 - All-Atlantic Sun

Matias Ormaza (Player of Year/Freshman of Year/First Team Singles) Albano Franco (First Team Singles) Luka Bernard (First Team Singles)

1997 - All-Trans Athletic Conference 1993 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Mirko Bjelica (First Team SIngles)

1990 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Jake Martyn (First Team Singles) Steve Turnsek (First Team Singles)

1989 - All-Trans Athletic Conference

Jake Martyn (First Team Singles) Pete Peterson (First Team Singles) Martin Bray (First Team Singles) Jon Sperlin (First Team Singles) Carlos Burgos (First Team Singles)

honors

All-Academic Honors 2013- (Sun Belt)

Victor Valente

2012 - (CAA)

Lucas Santa Ana

2011 (CAA)

Lucas Santa Ana

2010 (CAA)

Lucas Santana Trenton Spinks Henri Mangin Victor Valente

2009 (CAA)

Nejc Podkrajsek Trenton Spinks Lucas Thomas Henri Mangin William Adeimy

Nejc Podkrajsek Martin Stiegwardt Jacek Twarowski

2005 (A-Sun)

Eduardo Gutierrez Jamie Rodriguez Jacek Twarowski

2004 (A-Sun)

Daniel Balog Albano Franco Miha Lisac Nicholas Lupica Jamie Rodriguez

2003 (A-Sun)

Miha Lisac Chris Magnone Matias Ormaza

2002 (A-Sun)

2008 (CAA)

Nejc Podkrajsek

2007 (CAA)

Daniel Blalog Nejc Podkrajsek Mattias Skold Martin Stiegwardt

2006 (CAA)

Albano Franco Miha Lisac Chris Magnone Matias Ormaza Pablo Perez Gras

2001 (TAAC)

Albano Franco Miha Lisac Nicolas Lupica Pablo Perez Gras

Daniel Balog Eduardo Gutierrez

Player of the Year

1999 (TAAC)

Nicolas Brochu Karl Lindberg Mitja Pavlinic Pablo Perez Gras Tadej Senk Denis Topic Michael Von Heynitz Daniel Wajnberg

1998 (TAAC)

Nicolas Brochu Carl Domonkos Karl Lindberg Marius Swart Mitja Pavlinic Tadej Senk

1997 (TAAC)

Karl Lindberg Mitja Pavlinic Tadej Senk Denis Topic

2000 (TAAC)

Yearly Honors

Nejc Podkrajsek (CAA, 2008) Matias Ormaza (A-Sun, 2002) Jake Martyn (TAAC, 1989, 90)

Nicolas Brochu Frank Huot Carl Lumsden Mitja Pavlinic Pablo Perez Gras Tadej Senk Daniel Wajnberg

Freshman/Rookie of the Year

Matias Hatem (CAA, 2012) Mattias Skold (CAA, 2007) Anze Cevka (CAA, 2005) Matias Ormaza (A-Sun, 2002)

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Coach of the Year

Joerg Barthel (Sun Belt, 2013) Chase Hodges (CAA, 2012, co-coach) Sten van Beurdan (A-Sun, 2002) Saad Ashraaf (TAAC, 1999, co-coach) Chuck McCuen (TAAC, 1989, 93, 97-99, co)

Victor Valente (CAA, 2012) Nejc Podkrajsek (CAA, 2008)

Sportsmanship Award

Lisa Teer (TAAC, 1991)

NCAA Elite 89 Award

Victor Valente (2013 )

Mattias Skold

Chase Hodges

all-time roster A

Ables, David (1978-81) Adeimy, William (2008-10) Aldell, Pontuss (1994) Algarra, Mario (1984) Anderson, Andy (1984) Aristizbal, Alfredo (1984) Ashraf, Saad (1994)

B

Backhaus, Kim (1995) Badger, Breon (2010-11) Balog, Daniel (2003-07) Banjo, O.A. (1984) Barronton, Neal (1959) Barter, Bob (1973) Batterson, Scott (1991) Baum, Eric (2013-pres.)

Bearden, Warren (1969-70) Beckman, Lars (1992) Berger, Michael (1984) Bernard, Luka (2002-03) Berry, Maichael (1978) Bierer, Randall (1978) Bjelica, Mirko, (1990-92) Black, Jerry (1966-67, 1970) Bodin, Rick (1975-78) Boone, Michael Bowman, Steve Boyd, Clarence (2003) Bradley, Bruce (1968-69) Brandt, Harm (1969-70) Brannen, Mitchell (1972-73) Bray, Martyn (1989-90) Brice, Tom (1982) Brochu, Nicolas (1997-2000) Brock, John (1980-81) Brooks, Steve (1970) Brown, Craig (1987) Brown, Reid (1941) Brown, Steve (1985) Burgos, Carlos (1988) Byerly, Tim (1984)

C

Campbell, Andy (1967) Castleberry, Todd (1985) Causey, Richard (1972-73) Cevka, Anze (2004-2008) Chevallier, Sofiane (2011-pres.)

Clark, Bob (1957-60) Cook, Thomas (2010-pres.)

Corley, Matt Couturiaux, Paris (1967-68) Cox, Cody (1973-75) Crane, Stan (1974) Crittenden, Theodore (1978) Crosland, Bob (1957) Crutchfield, Russ (1986)

D

Damus, Frenando (2000-01) Davis, David (1974-77) Denhardt, Ralph (1989-91) DeWolf, Matt (1996-97) Dietrich, Christian (1991-93) Dusschoten, Patrick Domonkos, Carl (1996-97)

E

Edington, Bill (1980) Eisenberg, Scott (1972) Enfinger, George (1968) Englebrecht, Stephen Elkins, Joe (1966-67) Eterovic, Nick (1994-96) Evans, Glenn (1978)

F

Farmakis, Jerry (1961) Feig, Danny (1974) Feininger, Peter (1972) Fenton, Andy (1984) Fischer, Howard (1980) Floyd, Don Frankell, Sam (1960) Franco, Albano (2000-04) Futch, Ronnie (1970)

G

Gal lman, Steve (1980) Gennaoui, George (1978) Gochnauer, Christian (2013-pres.)

Godrey, Julian (1988) Gordon, Todd (1984) Greenberg, Jeff (1986) Griffith, Al (1957-59) Gutierrez, Eduardo (2004-06) Gutierrez, Juan Pablo (2010-12) Guyton, Bill (1967)

H

Hall, Charles (1960-61, 1964) Hall, Dick (1961) Harkins, Greg Handa, Chinmay (2012-pres.)

Hankinson, Don (1958-59) Hanke, Stve (1980-81, 1984) Hart, Brett (1981-84) Hatem, Matias (2011-12) Hawkins, Torrey Hawthorne, Dean Hess, Lee (1972-74) Hill, Bob (1961) Hoffman, Richard (1980-81) Hood, Robert (1984) Hopper, Ross (2008-09) Houghton, Charles (1973-74) Horner, Jon (2003) Horvat, Valentin (2013-pres.)

Huesman, Bryce (1995) Hull, Tony (1990) Hutcheson, Dallas (1967) Hynes, Greg (1967)

I

Infante, Roberto (1984-86) Inglos, George (1972)

J

Jager, Raymond (1980) Jarrett, Charles (1977) Johnstone, Doug (1961-64) Jones, Roger (1957-60)

K

Karlsson, Thomas (1991-94) Keeler, Jeff (1985) Kemp, Calvin (2010-11) King, David (1969-70) Kirschner, Andy (1986) Koeke, Jannis (2013-pres.)

Krumbein, Herb (1958-59)

L

L’Herueux, Scott (1985-87) Lacy, Carl (1971) Lahlou, Ismael (2011-12) Larson, Joe (1978) Lattie, Tom (1986-87) Lawrence, Steve (1972-75) Lewellyn, Jerry (1978) Lewis, Darryl (1986-87) Lindberg, Karl (1995-98) Lindberg, Tom (1980-81)

Lisac, Miha (2000-04) Lloyd, Biff (1980-81) Lokasundaram, Murry (1992-93) Lumsden, Carl (1991-2001) Lunceford, Jim (1987) Lupica, Nicolas (2000-04)

M

Magnone, Chris (2002-03) Manley, Malcolm Mangin, Henri (2009-10) Markov, Mark Martyn, Jake (1986-89) Marxen, Bill (1970) May, John (1971) McArthur, Daniel (1980) McCuen, Mike (1985) McDaniel, Kirk (1967-68, 1970) McGee, George (1957) McGlon, Pat (1958-60) Meadors, Alan (1970) Mello, Dean Mirkut, Adam (1995) Mitton, Bliss Monk, Jon (2000-01) Moore, Jackson (2009-10) Moye, Andy (1967-68) Mushock, Mike (1985)

N

Nadeau, Jason (1991-94) Nash, Brad (1975-76) Nellis, Don (1985) Nicholas, David (1966-67) Nicholas, Tim (1967) Nilsson, Ola (1990) Nugent, Paul (1985)

O

O’Donnell, John (1976) Ormaza, Matias (2002-03) Ortiz, Jose (2011-12) Osborne, Greg Owen, Eddie (1976-78)

P

Paez, Carlos Pavlinic, Mitja (1996-99) Parrish, Jimmy (1977) Perey, Sebastian (1972-74) Perez Gras, Pablo (1998-2002) Peterson, Melvin Peterson, Pete II (1988) Phelps, Ray (1967-68) Podkrajsek, Nejc (2005-09) Pollam, Ray (1962) Pontus, Aldell Powell, John (1961) Prabhu, Sreeniwas (1997) Purdom, Jim

R

Rainey, Claude (1940) Raju, Prasanna (1990) Rebsamen, Peter (2000-01) Renders, Bram (1995) Ridley, John (1969) Robinson, Johnny (1960) Rogers, Maltie Rosenberg, Morris (1967)

S

Santa Ana, Lucas (2010-13) Schobenouer, Ingo (1991-93) Schuette, Paul (2012-13) Schulze, Robert (2013-pres.)

Schurig, Jan Senk, Tadej (1996-99) Shannon, Mike (1980-81) Smith, Brett (1991-94) Sosebee, Jerry (1966-67) Spain, Pete (1961) Sperling, Jean (1989) Spinks, Trenton (2008-11) Spyke, Randy (1977-80) Stephens, Randy (1976-78) Stiegwardt, Martin (2003-07) Straley, Wilt (1958-59) Strickland, Mark (1959-60) Stuart, George (1967) Sulin, Matija (2003) Suro, Frank (2004) Swart, Marius (1997) Swift, Bill (1969-70) Sylvester, Steve

T

Thomaz, Lucas (2009-10) Thompson, Tre (1976-77) Thurman, Glenn (1968-69) Tiller, Mike (1980) Topcic, Denis (1995-97) Touchon, Danny (1960) Townes, Gabriel (2010-11) Trexler, Bernard (1980) Troy, Wendell (1972-75) Tucker, Clack Turnsek, Steve (1989-90) Twarowski, Jacek (2004-06)

U

Underwood, Sid (1940-41)

V

Valente, Victor (2010-13) Vallejo, Michael (2011-2012) Van Dusschoten, Patrick (1990) Vaughn, David (1984) Velkoff, Mike (1968) Verpeaux, Vincent (2010-11) Von Heynitz, Michael Vydra, Jan

W

Wajnberg, David (1998-99) Wapensky, Alex (1970) Warklaw, Cavil (1980) Weiner, Bryl (1958) Weldon, Michael (1978) Weyand, Sergio (1984-85) Wheeler, Robert (1978) Wilderspin, Dane (1988)

Z

Zedde, Andrew (2012-13) Zeppa, John (1987) Zivony, Jon (1986)

*current athletes denoted in bold

rankings Team National Rankings 2002

2013 No. 63 - January 3, 2013 No. 62 - January 22, 2013 No. 59 - January 30, 2013 No. 60 - February 5, 2013 No. 60 - February 19, 2013 No. 61 - February 26, 2013 No. 75 - March 12, 2013 No. 71 - April 23, 2013 No. 64 - May 2, 2013 No. 61 - May 28, 2013

2012 No. 65 - January 3, 2012 No. 69 - January 24, 2012 No. 71 - February 7, 2012 No. 70 - February 22, 2012 No. 66 - March 20, 2012 No. 71 - March 27, 2012 No. 65 - April 3, 2012 No. 54 - April 10, 2012 No. 55 - April 17, 2012 No. 60 - April 24, 2012 No. 59 - April 30, 2012 No. 60 - May 29, 2012

No. 61 - May 2002

2001 No. 64 - June 2001

Regional Rankings 2013 No. 5 - June 5, 2013

2012

No. 5 - June 6, 2012

2000 No. 45 - June 2000

2011 No. 7 - June 8, 2011

1999 No. 57 - Final Rankings

2010 No. 10 - June 7, 2010

2011 No. 75 - March 22, 2011 No. 71 - March 29, 2011 No. 66 - April 5, 2011 No. 64 - April 12, 2011 No. 65 - April 19, 2011 No. 70 - April 26, 2011 No. 68 - May 2, 2011 No. 65 - May 30, 2011

2007 Team (Highest-Ranked team in School History at No. 37)

2010 No. 51 - January 5, 2010 (Preseason)

2009 No. 52 - April 7, 2009

2008 No. 57 - January 8, 2008 No. 57 - January 29, 2008 No. 67 - February 5, 2008 No. 72 - February 12, 2008 No. 73 - February 20, 2008 No. 70 - February 26, 2008

2007 No. 37 - June 1, 2007

2011 Team (Eight Consecutive Weeks in National Rankings)

rankings Singles & Doubles National Rankings Regional Rankings

2013 Singles No. 54 - Victor Valente (Jan. 3, 2013) No. 75 - Victor Valente (Feb. 12, 2013) No. 81 - Victor Valente (Feb. 26, 2013) No. 67 - Victor Valente (March 12, 2013) No. 107 - Victor Valente (March 26, 2013) No. 76 - Victor Valente (April 9, 2013) No. 89 - Victor Valente (April 16, 2013) No. 64 - Victor Valente (April 23, 2013) No. 63 - Victor Valente (May 2, 2013) No. 66 - Victor Valente (June 5, 2013) Doubles No. 38 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (March 12, 2013) No. 38 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (March 26, 2013) No. 44 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (April 9, 2013) No. 46 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (April 16, 2013) No. 58 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (April 23, 2013) No. 60 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (May 2, 2013) No. 41 - V. Valente/L. Santa Ana (June 5, 2013)

2013 Singles No. 7 - Victor Valente (Jan. 3, 2013) No. 13 - Lucas Santa Ana (Jan. 3, 2013) No. 17 - Sofiane Chevallier (Jan. 3, 2013) No. 5 - Victor Valente (June 4, 2013) Doubles No. 8 - Chevallier/Schulze (Jan. 3, 2013) No. 8 - Valente/Santa Ana (June 4, 2013)

Victor Valente

Singles No. 14 - Valente (Jan. 3, 2012) Doubles No. 8 - Lahlou/Verpeaux (Jan. 3, 2012)

2009

2009

Singles No. 20 - Nejc Podkrajsek (Jan. 6, 2009)

Singles No. 69 - Nejc Podkrajsek (Sept. 4, 2008) No. 95 - Nejc Podkrajsek (Jan. 6, 2009) No. 119 - Nejc Podkrajsek (Feb. 19, 2009) No. 108 - Nejc Podkrajsek (March 3, 2009)

2008

2012

2008

Anze Cevka

Singles No. 28 - Nejc Podkrajsek (May 30, 2008)

Singles No. 89 - Anze Cevka (Jan. 8, 2008) No. 125 - Nejc Podkrajsek (April 28, 2008) No. 122 - Nejc Podkrajsek (May 27, 2008)

2007 Singles No. 72 - Martin Stiegwardt (June 1, 2007)

2006 Doubles No. 55 - Stiegwardt/Cevka (June 2, 2006)

2003 Singles No. 106 - Matias Ormaza (May 3, 2003)

Victor Valente and Lucas Santa Ana

2013-14 Georgia State Men’s Tennis Team

ERIC BAUM

SOFIANE CHEVALLIER

THOMAS COOK

CHRISTIAN GOCHNAUER

CHINMAY HANDA Sophomore Delhi, India

VALENTIN HORVAT

Freshman Ljubljana, Slovenia

FELIPE JAWORSKI

JANNIS KOEKE

ROBERT SCHULZE

Freshman Heiligenhaus, Germany

Freshman Lawrenceville, Ga.

Freshman Buenos Aires, Argentina

Junior Paris, France

Freshman Villmar, Germany

Senior Lilburn, Ga.

Senior Frankfurt, Germany