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19 CONSECUTIVE NCAA APPEARANCES 1 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL 4 NCAA FINAL FOURS
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GENERAL INFORMATION Location .............................................................................................................................................Oxford, Mississippi Founded......................................................................................................................................................Nov. 6, 1848 Enrollment .......................................................................................................................................................... 21,535 Nickname ..............................................................................................................................................................Rebels Colors ................................................................................................................................. Cardinal Red and Navy Blue Conference.................................................................................................................................................Southeastern Chancellor .......................................................................................................................................... Dr. Daniel W. Jones Athletics Director ........................................................................................................................................... Ross Bjork Executive Associate AD/SWA................................................................................................................Lynnette Johnson Home Courts......................................................................................................Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center (1,000)
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MEN’S TENNIS STAFF Head Coach .............................................................................................................................................. Billy Chadwick Alma Mater................................................................................................................................ Belhaven College, 1974 Record at Ole Miss (Men)/Years................................................................................................................. 524-239/29 Overall Record/Years .................................................................................................................................. 631-289/33 Associate Head Coach .............................................................................................................................. Toby Hansson Alma Mater.....................................................................................................................................................SMU, 2000 Year at Ole Miss ..................................................................................................................................................Seventh Graduate Athletic Trainer ................................................................................................................................ Ben Angle Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach .................................................................................................John Simmons Tennis Office Phone ............................................................................................................................. (662) 915-7532 Tennis FAX Number .............................................................................................................................. (662) 915-1271 Tennis Senior Staff Assistant .............................................................................................................. Barbara Hoggard Phone Number..................................................................................................................................... (662) 915-7628 2012-13 TEAM INFORMATION Letterwinners Returning/Lost ....................................................................................................................................5/2 Top Returnees ......................................................................................................................... Jonas Lutjen, Nik Scholtz Top Newcomers .................................................................................................................................... Stefan Lindmark 2012 SEC Finish ...........................................................................................................................................2nd in West 2012 NCAA Finish ..................................................................................................................................... Sweet Sixteen 2012 Final Ranking .................................................................................................................................................#14 ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS Assistant AD/Media and Public Relations .................................................................................................Kyle Campbell Associate Director (Men’s Tennis) .................................................................................................................... Kim Ling Office Number ......................................................................................................................................(662) 915-7522 Cell Number .........................................................................................................................................(662) 801-2578 FAX Number .........................................................................................................................................(662) 915-7006 Email .................................................................................................................................................kling@olemiss.edu Associate Director ........................................................................................................................................Bill Bunting Associate Director ......................................................................................................................................... Joey Jones Assistant Director ..................................................................................................................................Daniel Snowden Assistant Director .................................................................................................................................... Kristen Saibini Assistant Director .....................................................................................................................................Metz Camfield Student Interns ................................................................................................................ Mike Swartz, Hannah Whitten Senior Staff Assistant .......................................................................................................................... Ashley Mangrum Mailing Address ...........................................................................................................................................PO Box 217 University, MS 38677 Overnight Address ..................................................................................................................... 908 All-American Drive Oxford, MS 38655 Athletics Web Site......................................................................................................................www.OleMissSports.com University Web Site ..............................................................................................................................www.OleMiss.edu Athletics Twitter .......................................................................................................................................@OleMissNow Team Twitter ......................................................................................................................................@OleMissMTennis Coaches on Twitter ....................................................................................................................................@TennisToby Facebook ............................................................................................................... www.facebook.com/OleMissMTennis www.facebook.com/OleMissSports Blog .................................................................................................................................. www.OleMissSportsBlog.com 2 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
COACHES & SUPPORT STAFF 4-10 4-7 ....................................... Head Coach Billy Chadwick 8 ....................................Assistant Coach Toby Hansson 9 ...............................................................Support Staff 10 ............................................................Administration 2013 REBELS 11-21 11-13 ...................................................... 2012 Outlook 14-15 ..................................................... Senior Profiles 16-17 ...................................................... Junior Profiles 18 ...................................................Sophomore Profiles 19-21 ................................................Freshmen Profiles 2011 REVIEW 22-24 22 ..............................................................2011 Review 23 ............................................................. 2011 Results 24 .......................................2011 NCAA Championships HISTORY 25-43 25-29 .......................................................All-Americans 30-33 ....................................................... NCAA History 34-37 ..........................................................SEC History 38-39 ................................... National/Regional Honors 40-41 ..........................................................SEC Honors 42 .................................................. A Champion on Tour 43 .............................................................Letterwinners ATHLETICS SUPPORT 44-48 44 .......................................................Athletics Support 45 ...................................................... Athletics Facilities 46-47 ..................................Ole Miss Athletics Facilities 48-IBC.............................Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center
CREDITS Editor: Kim Ling Assistance By: Ignacio Murillo Photography: Intercollegiate Tennis Association, Kevin Bain, Joey Brent, Cindy Britton, Gabriel Chmielewski, Travis Danelly, Marilyn Davis, Glen Johnson, Joey Jones, Robert Jordan, Bill Kallenberg, Nathan Latil, Kim Ling, Josh McCoy, Bruce Newman, Langston Rogers, Matthew Sharpe, Michael Thompson and Tammy Wilson.
INTRODUCTION INTERVIEWS Anyone wishing to interview head coach Billy Chadwick must make arrangements through the Athletics Media Relations Office. He is usually available Monday through Friday mornings or before practice. The men’s tennis team practices daily between the hours of 2 and 5 p.m. Player interviews may be conducted before or after practice. Practice schedules may change at any time due to travel and class schedules. MEDIA SERVICES The latest results, updated statistics, game stories, notes, coach and player bios on the current season can be freely obtained through the official athletics web site at www.OleMissSports.com. Live statistics as well as a live blog for all home matches will also be available. Rebelvision, the web site’s premium content channel, offers live video and audio of select Ole Miss sporting events and features player and coaches interviews as well as archived footage of games and interviews with Rebel athletes and coaches. Visit OleMissSports.com or call 662-915-7557 for subscription information. Follow Ole Miss through social media at twitter.com/OleMissNow and OleMissMTennis, facebook.com/ OleMissSports and facebook.com/OleMissMTennis and our blog OleMissSportsBlog.com. GAMEDAY SERVICES The Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center media area is located in the press area by court No. 2. Credentials are not required for regular season matches. However, if you are planning to attend a home match and need a working space, please let Kim Ling of media relations know in advance. The Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center and the Gillom Sports Center are equipped with high speed wireless internet service. Following each match, a recap will be emailed to the media and posted on www.OleMissSports.com, the official Ole Miss athletics website. The website will also include updated statistics after each match. If you would like to be added to the email list, please contact Kim Ling in the Athletics Media Relations Office. POST-MATCH INTERVIEWS Head coach Billy Chadwick and requested players will be made available within 10 minutes after the conclusion of the match. All interviews will be conducted on the courts.
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2013 ROSTER NAME Johan Backstrom Adrian du Toit Adrian Forberg Skogeng Drew Galtney Vinod Gowda William Kallberg Stefan Lindmark Jonas Lutjen Joe Rogers Nik Scholtz Zach Wilder
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HOMETOWN/PREVIOUS SCHOOL Uppsala, Sweden (Celsiusskolan) Talbagh, South Africa (Stellenbosch Oslo, Norway (Wang Toppldrett) Houston, Texas (Episcopal) Bangalore, India (Cauvery College) Stockholm, Sweden (Enskilda Gymnasiet) Stockholm, Sweden (Idrottsgymnasium) Schessel, Germany (Humboltschule) Brighton, UK (Varndean College) Caledon, South Africa (Paarl Boys) Oxford, Miss. (Oxford)
Head Coach: Billy Chadwick Associate Head Coach: Toby Hansson Pronunciation Guide JOHAN Backstrom ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................YO-HAN Adriaan DU TOIT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Do-TOIT Adrian Forberg SKOGENG .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. SKOH-ging William KALLBERG ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................CALL-berg Jonas LUTJEN ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................LOOT-gin Nik SCHOLTZ ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................SH-ultz OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 3
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BILLY CHADWICK
HEAD COACH | 30th YEAR | BELHAVEN COLLEGE | 1974 2009 USPTA National College Coach of the Year Three-time SEC Coach of the Year Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame Billy Chadwick, who begins his 30th year with the Rebel men’s tennis program, ranks as one of the top collegiate head coaches and is recognized as one of the most successful head coaches in the history of Ole Miss sports. Chadwick was inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in July of 2006 for his contributions to the world of tennis as both a player and a coach. In January of 2011, Chadwick was inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame. With his fifth SEC Championship in 2009, Chadwick now trails only legendary Ole Miss football coach John Vaught in SEC titles won. Vaught won six conference titles in 1947, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1962 and 1963. A Mississippi native, Chadwick is one of only 10 active Division I men’s tennis coaches to have led a team to the NCAA Championship Finals. Furthermore, he is one of only five active Division I coaches to have taken his team to three or more NCAA Final Fours. In his tenure at Ole Miss, he has led the Rebels to the NCAA Championships 20 times, and the Rebels have become a mainstay among the elite teams in the national rankings. Chadwick began his coaching career at Ole Miss as the women’s tennis coach, laying the foundation for the excellent team they have today. In 1982, he led the Lady Rebels to the SEC finals, AIAW Nationals and the 4 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
program’s first top 20 national ranking. In 1983, he took over the men’s program, which at the time was last in the conference. In 29 years at the helm, the program has grown to unprecedented heights, winning SEC and NCAA Championships. In 2012, the Rebels earned the program’s 19th straight NCAA appearance, advanced to the Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time and finished the year ranked No. 14 in the nation. A record four players earned All-America honors and Nik Scholtz was named the SEC Freshman of the Year. Scholtz reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals, and twins Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann advanced to the Final Four in doubles. Marcel joined Scholtz on the All-SEC first team, while Jonas Lutjen made the second team. The 2011 season saw the Rebels earn the program’s 18th NCAA appearance. Marcel Thiemann reached the NCAA singles quarterfinals for the second year in a row and earned All-America honors. Tucker Vorster joined Thiemann on the All-SEC team again. Chadwick did perhaps his finest coaching job in 2010 as the Rebels lost four starters from the 2009 SEC Champion squad, including NCAA Champion Devin Britton. Furthermore, senior Kalle Norberg was lost for the year with an injury. The Rebels captured their ninth consecutive SEC West Championship, advanced to the semifinals of the
REBEL NUMBER ONES The Rebels have had seven players ranked No. 1 in the nation in either singles or doubles since 1995. SEC Tournament, made their 17th straight NCAA appearance and ended the year ranked No. 19 nationally. Individually, Marcel Thiemann became the 25th All-American reaching the NCAA singles quarterfinals. The 2009 season was a remarkable year for the Rebels on and off the hard courts. Ole Miss won the overall SEC Championship after going undefeated, repeated as SEC Tournament Champion and won its eighth straight SEC West title. The Rebels finished the year ranked No. 4 in the nation, advancing to the NCAA Elite Eight. Mississippi native Devin Britton became the youngest player ever and the first Ole Miss player to win the NCAA Singles Championship. Individual honors included three All-Americans and five All-SEC selections. Chadwick was named the USPTA National College Coach of the Year and earned his third SEC Coach of the Year honor. Off the court, Bram ten Berge was named the Boyd McWhorter SEC ScholarAthlete of the Year as the top male student-athlete in the entire conference. He also received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship.
COACHES & STAFF NCAA Final Four and repeated as SEC Champions. Ole Miss closed out the 20th century with an outstanding year in 1999, capturing the SEC regular season title, advancing to the NCAA Final Four for the third time, and ending the year ranked No. 3 in the nation. The 21st century has seen the Rebels maintain their excellence on the court. Chadwick marked his 20th year with the program in 2002, as the Rebels captured the SEC Western Division title and advanced to the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen.” The following year (2003), the Rebels repeated as SEC West Coach Chadwick gets a Gatorade bath after capturing his 600th career coaching victory with the Rebels’ win over Mississippi State April 17, 2010. Champions and advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight. In 2004, the Rebels captured the In 2008, the Rebels won the SEC West title and overall SEC Championship and won their third consecutive captured the SEC Tournament Championship. A record SEC Western Division title. five Rebels were named to the All-SEC team. Ole Miss The Rebels enjoyed one of the finest campaigns in advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the eighth time and the history of Ole Miss sports in 2005, advancing to the ended the year ranked No. 6 in the nation. Erling Tveit NCAA Final Four, capturing the overall SEC Championship and Jonas Berg teamed up to advance to the finals of for the second straight year as well as the SEC West title. the NCAA Doubles Championship, while teammates Bram The Rebels ended the year ranked No. 3 in the nation, ten Berge and Matthias Wellermann reached the semifi- marking the sixth top-five finish in 10 years. Catalin Gard nals. All four earned All-America honors. Off the court, spent 24 weeks at No.1 in the nation in singles and bethe Rebels received the ITA All-Academic Team Award came the second Rebel to earn All-America honors three (awarded to teams with a cumulative grade point average times, finishing with 112 career victories. Gard was joined of 3.2 or higher on a 4.0 scale) for the second year in a on the All-SEC team by Erling Tveit and Karim Alayli. row. Ole Miss was one of only two teams to finish the seaThe 2006 season saw the Rebels advance to the son ranked among the top 10 and receive this distinction. NCAA “Sweet Sixteen.” The team captured its fifth conIn 2007, the Rebels advanced to the NCAA Final 16 secutive SEC Western Division Championship, finished and ended the season ranked No. 7 in the nation. The second in the overall SEC standings and advanced to the team captured the SEC West title, finished second over- SEC Tournament final for the third time. Erling Tveit, an all in the conference standings and advanced to the SEC NCAA singles semifinalist, and Eric Claesson, earned AllTournament final. Erling Tveit, Eric Claesson and Robbye America as well as All-SEC first team honors. Bram ten Poole earned All-America honors. Tveit and Poole were Berge was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joined on the All-SEC team by Jonas Berg and Kalle Nor- and Juan Pablo Di Cesare was a recipient of an SEC Comberg. Off the court, the Rebels earned the prestigious munity Service Postgraduate Scholarship. Both ten Berge ITA All-Academic Team Award. The Rebels were the only and Di Cesare were named to the All-SEC second team. team in Division I men’s tennis to finish the 2007 season Chadwick received SEC Coach of the Year honors in ranked among the top 10 nationally and earn this distinc- 1996, 2004 and 2009, and was selected ITA Southeast tion. Furthermore, they were one of only two teams in the Region Coach of the Year in 2004 and 2008. He was also top 20 (along with Duke) to achieve this accomplishment. selected USPTA Southern Division Coach of the Year in Chadwick has taken the Rebels to one of the coun- 1995, 2002 and 2004 and Mississippi Tennis Association try’s top programs, and 1995 will be remembered as the Coach of the Year in 1994, 1995 and 1997. benchmark year for the Rebels when they advanced to the While Chadwick’s teams have ranked among the finals of the NCAA Team Championships and claimed the nation’s elite, they have been just as impressive off the NCAA Doubles Championship. court. The Rebels have been named an ITA All-Academic The Rebels built on the momentum, winning the pro- Team seven times, most recently in 2012. The Award is gram’s first ever SEC Championship in 1996. The 1997 given to teams with a 3.2 cumulative grade point average team became the second Rebel squad to advance to the or above on a 4.0 scale. In 2012, the Rebels won the Chancellor’s Cup for the ninth year in a row. The REBEL MEN’S COACHING RECORDS cup is awarded each year to the men’s and women’s YEAR HEAD COACH RECORD PCT. varsity sports with the 1947-56 Wobble Davidson 51-44-2 .537 highest cumulative grade 1957-71 John Cain 126-106-1 .543 point average. 1972-74 Mack Cameron 45-30 .600 Individually, the Reb1975-76 Junie Hovious 49-25 .662 els have had four national 1977-81 Russell Blair 88-77 .533 CoSIDA Academic All1983-Present Billy Chadwick 524-239 .687 Americans and numerous
BILLY CHADWICK PERSONAL • Married to the former Julie Carr • Has two sons, William Lyon, Jr., and Michael Carr • Overall coaching record of 631-289/33 Years • Rebel men’s coaching record of 524-239/29 Years EDUCATION • Belhaven College, 1974 • MBA - The University of Mississippi, 1981 PLAYING EXPERIENCE • Four-year letterwinner at Belhaven College • Participated in ITF/ATP Satellite events in the United States, Canada and Europe • Led team to a national ranking of No. 4 • Mississippi High School Singles Champion COACHING EXPERIENCE • 1979-86: Ole Miss Women’s Head Coach • 1983-Present: Ole Miss Men’s Head Coach COACHING HONORS • 2009 USPTA National College Coach of the Year • 1996, 2004, 2009 SEC Coach of the Year • 1996, 2008 ITA Southeast Region Coach of the Year • Inducted into Belhaven College Hall of Fame - 2000 • Inducted into Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame - 2006 • Inducted into Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame - 2011 COACHING MILESTONES • NCAA Team Championship Final • Four-time NCAA Team Final Four • Nine-time NCAA Elite Eight • 16-time NCAA Sweet Sixteen • 15 SEC team titles • Seven top five national finishes • 14 of the last 18 years top 10 national finish • Nationally ranked in the Top 25 24 of last 25 years • Seven No. 1 ranked players • NCAA Singles Champion in 2009 • NCAA Doubles Champions in 1995 • Recorded 600th overall career victory in 2010 • Notched 500th career victory with the Rebel men in 2011
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COACHES & STAFF ITA Scholar-Athletes. Bram ten Berge became the second Rebel to win an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, joining former All-American Alex Hartman, who received one in 2003. The Rebel mentor has coached 69 All-SEC picks, 94 Academic All-SEC honorees, 28 All-Americans and 25 Academic All-Americans. Chadwick served as tournament director for the Boys’ 18 National Interscholastic Championships, the only USTA national junior tournament held in Mississippi from 1993-97. He also served as tournament director for the 1993 and 1994 SkyTel National Collegiate Clay Court Championships, once part of the Collegiate Grand Slam and the largest ITA tournament that combined both men and women. He also served as Intersectional Coach for the Southern Tennis Association, leading his team to a National Championship in 1988. Chadwick holds a Masters in Business Administration (1981) from the University of Mississippi. He received his undergraduate degree in business from Belhaven College in 1974, where he was a four-year letterwinner in tennis. In 2000, Chadwick was inducted into the Belhaven Hall of Fame. In 1970, he was the Mississippi High School Singles Champion. Following graduation from college, Chadwick participated in ITF/ATP Satellite events in the United States, Canada and Europe. Head coach Billy Chadwick was inducted into the Mississippi Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011 along with Steve He is married to the former Julie Carr of Brookhaven, Miss. They have two Pennington (middle). Former ATP Tour professional MaliVai Washington was a special guest at the banquet. sons, William Lyon, Jr., and Michael Carr. Chadwick has served as an Elder for the First Presbyterian Church in Oxford.
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THE CHADWICK ERA Accomplishments at The University of Mississippi 1982 1984 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994
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First Ole Miss women’s team to be nationally ranked AIAW Nationals - Seventh place SEC Women’s Team Finals First Ole Miss men’s team to be nationally ranked SEC Singles Champion NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” National Sportsmanship Award winner National Team Indoor - Ninth place National Clay Court Champion NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” NCAA Singles Semifinalist SEC Doubles Champions MTA Coach-of-the-Year NCAA Team - Finalist NCAA Doubles Champions SEC Singles Champion MTA Coach-of-the-Year SEC Player-of-the-Year NCAA Team - Elite Eight SEC Team Champions NCAA Singles Semifinalist SEC Singles Champion SEC Player-of-the-Year SEC Coach-of-the-Year ITA Region III Coach-of-the-Year NCAA Team - Final Four NCAA Singles Semifinals SEC Team Champions SEC Tournament Champions Blue/Gray National Champions MTA Coach-of-the-Year ITA All-Academic Team Award GTE/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American NCAA - Elite Eight SEC Singles Champion GTE/CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American NCAA Team - Final Four SEC Regular Season Champions NCAA Team NCAA Doubles Semifinalists ITA All-Academic Team Award NCAA Team NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” SEC Western Division Champion ITA Scholar-Athletes NCAA Team - Elite Eight SEC Western Division Champions NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete Award finalist ITA Scholar-Athletes NCAA Team SEC Overall Champion SEC Western Division Champion SEC Player of the Year SEC Coach of the Year ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup
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NCAA Team - Final Four SEC Overall Champion SEC Western Division Champion ITA All-Academic Team Award ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” SEC Western Division Champion NCAA Singles Semifinalist SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team - “Sweet Sixteen” SEC Western Division Champion ITA All-Academic Team ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team - Elite Eight SEC Western Division Champions SEC Tournament Champions NCAA Doubles Finalist ITA All-Academic Team CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team - Elite Eight NCAA Singles Champion SEC Overall Champions SEC Tournament Champions SEC Western Divsion Champions Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American ITA Scholar-Athlete Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup NCAA Team - Sweet Sixteen NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist NCAA Doubles Semifinalists ITA Scholar-Athletes Chancellor’s Cup ******************************************** 28 All-Americans 69 All-SEC selections 70 NCAA qualifiers Six SEC individual champions Seven Players Ranked No. 1 in the nation Six ITA Collegiate All-Star Team members 94 Academic All-SEC selections 25 Academic All-Americans
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TOBY HANSSON
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH | 7th YEAR | SMU | 2000 2010 ITA Southern Region Assistant Coach of the Year Not only is Toby Hansson an accomplished player, reached the Final Four in doubles. All three were joined but he is one of the top young coaches in the United on the All-America team by Jonas Lutjen, as the Rebels led the nation with four All-Americans. States. In 2011, Hansson helped the Rebels earn their Now in his seventh year with the Rebels, Hansson was promoted to associate head coach prior to the sea- 18th NCAA appearance. Marcel Thiemann advanced to son. Hansson has helped the Rebels maintain their tradi- the NCAA quarterfinals for the second straight year and tion of excellence on the court and continue bringing in teamed with his brother, Chris, to end the year ranked No. 11 in doubles. top-notch talent to the program. Hansson helped coach Ole Miss to its ninth consecuSince his arrival in 2007, the Rebels have won an overall SEC Championship, two SEC Tournament Cham- tive SEC West title and 17th NCAA appearance in 2010. Marcel Thiemann advanced to the pionships and four SEC West NCAA singles quarterfinals and betitles. Individually, the Rebels have “Toby is simply one of came the 25th All-American in the boasted the 2009 NCAA Singles champion, the 2012 SEC Freshman the top tennis coaches in history of the program. Hansson coached the Thiemann brothers, to of the Year and produced 11 Allthe country.” a top 10 national doubles ranking Americans, the most in the country. and a 10-1 record in the SEC at No. The Rebels have had the most AllAmericans in the country in 2007, -- Head Coach 1. For his achievements, Hansson 2008, 2009 and 2012. Billy Chadwick was honored as the ITA Southern Region Assistant Coach of the Year. In addition to having the In 2009, Hansson helped direct 2009 NCAA Singles Champion, the Rebels have had a player reach at least the quarterfinals the Rebels to the SEC regular season championship, their in singles and or doubles at the NCAA Championships each second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship and their eighth straight SEC West title. The Rebels ended of Hansson’s six years. Last year, Hansson helped coach the Rebels to their the year ranked No. 4 in the nation. A finalist for the ITA 19th straight NCAA appearance and the Sweet Sixteen Southeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year, Hansson for the 16th time. Nik Scholtz earned SEC Freshman of coached NCAA Singles Champion Devin Britton, Jonas the Year honors and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals Berg and Bram ten Berge, who spent 14 weeks at No. 1 in singles, while Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann in the nation. 8 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
In his second season (2008), Hansson helped guide the Rebels to the SEC West title, the SEC Tournament Championship, the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 6. Hansson helped coach four Rebels to All-America honors and five players to All-SEC honors. He coached Erling Tveit and Jonas Berg, who advanced to the NCAA Doubles Championship Final as well as Semifinalists Bram ten Berge and Matthias Wellermann. In his first season with the Rebels (2007), Hansson helped guide the team to the SEC West title, the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” and a final national ranking of No. 7. He helped coach three players to All-America honors and four to All-SEC accolades. Hansson, a native of Bjärred, Sweden, was an assistant coach at Texas Tech in 2004-05, where he helped lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Final 16 and their best season ever. The team finished with a 25-4 record, and was ranked as high as No. 9 in the country at one point during the year. Prior to his stint at Texas Tech, Hansson played professionally on the ATP Tour in Europe, North and Central America and Asia. One of the top collegiate players during his career at SMU, Hansson earned All-America honors in singles and doubles. As captain of the team in 2000, he was named the Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year and first team all-conference for both singles and doubles. During his career, Hansson was ranked as high as
COACHES & STAFF No. 2 in the country in doubles and No. 13 in singles for the Mustangs. He led the Mustangs to two WAC championships, three consecutive NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” appearances and two top-15 national finishes. Hansson graduated from SMU in 2000 with a B.A. in International Studies. He received his masters in International Studies from Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden, in June of 2006.
TOBY HANSSON EDUCATION • SMU, 2000 • MA - Uppsala University (Uppsala, Sweden), 2006 PLAYING EXPERIENCE • 1997-2000, SMU • Played professionally on the ATP Tour in Europe, North and Central America and Asia COACHING EXPERIENCE • 2012-Present: Associate Head Coach, Ole Miss • 2007-2012: Assistant Coach, Ole Miss • 2005: Assistant Coach, Texas Tech COACHING HONORS • 2010 ITA Southern Region Assistant Coach of the Year PLAYING HONORS • All-American in singles and doubles • 2000 WAC Player of the Year • Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation in doubles and No. 13 in singles • Captain of the SMU team in 2000 • Led Mustangs to two WAC Championships • Led SMU to three straight NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearances • Led SMU to two top-15 national finishes
REBEL HIGHLIGHTS UNDER HANSSON 2007 •Team NCAA Sweet Sixteen •SEC West Champion •Final National Ranking: No. 7 •Three All-Americans •Four All-SEC Honorees •ITA All-Academic Team 2008 •Team NCAA Elite Eight •SEC Tournament Champion •SEC West Champion •Final National Ranking: No. 6
•Four All-Americans •Five All-SEC Honorees •NCAA Doubles Finalist •Two NCAA Doubles Semifinalists •ITA All-Academic Team 2009 •Team NCAA Elite Eight •SEC Overall Championship •SEC Tournament Champion •SEC West Champion •Final National Ranking: No. 4 •NCAA Singles Champion
•Three All-Americans •Five All-SEC Honorees 2010 •Team NCAA Second Round •SEC West Champion •NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist •ITA Southern Region Assistant Coach of the Year
2011 •Team NCAA Second Round •NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist •ITA All-Academic Team 2012 •Team NCAA Sweet Sixteen •Final National Ranking: No. 14 •NCAA Singles Quarterfinalist •NCAA Doubles Semifinalist •Four All-Americans •ITA All-Academic Team
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ADRIAN
FORBERG SKOGENG 6-1 | SR-3L | OSLO, NORWAY | WANG TOPPLDRETT ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL CHANCELLOR’S HONOR ROLL 2011-12 (JUNIOR) Helped lead the Rebels to their 16th NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance ... Posted a 10-9 overall record, 4-2 at No. 6 singles ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll in the fall and the Dean’s Honor Roll in the spring. 2010-11 (SOPHOMORE) Helped lead the Rebels to their 18th straight NCAA appearance ... Finished with a 13-13 overall record, 9-6 in dual matches ... Posted a 7-3 record in the SEC ... Wins include Ignacio Taboada (Georgia) and Julien Gauthier (LSU) ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll both semesters. 2009-10 (FRESHMAN) Helped lead the Rebels to their ninth consecutive SEC West Championship ... Helped the Rebels advance to the SEC Tournament semifinals for the eighth time in the last nine years ... Posted a 24-10 overall record, 13-7 in dual matches ... Went 6-3 in the SEC ... Clinched four wins including the Auburn and Mississippi State matches, which helped the Rebels claim the SEC West title ... Named an ITA Scholar-Athlete with a perfect 4.0 GPA for the year ... Named to the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll both semesters. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 1 in Norway in 18s ... Norwegian Junior champion in singles and doubles ... Won three ITF junior singles titles and one ITF junior doubles title ... Won doubles match as member of Norwegian Davis Cup team. PERSONAL Born August 9, 1990 ... Son of Froydis Forberg and Stein-Erik Skogeng ... Majoring in Business ... Enjoys cycling and soccer ... Athlete most admired is Roger Federer ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
CAREER RESULTS YEAR 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 TOTALS
OVERALL SINGLES 10-9 13-13 24-10 47-32
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DUAL SINGLES 4-2 9-6 13-7 26-15
OVERALL DOUBLES 1-3 4-8 12-7 17-58
DUAL DOUBLES 1-2 3-5 8-12 12-19
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JONAS LÜTJEN
6-2 | SR-3L | SCHESSEL, GERMANY | HUMBOLTSCHULE ALL-AMERICAN • ALL-SEC SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL DEAN’S HONOR ROLL 2011-12 (JUNIOR) All-American ... Named to the All-SEC second team ... NCAA participant in singles and doubles ... Ended the year ranked No. 44 in the nation in singles and No. 10 in doubles ... Helped lead the Rebels to their 19th straight NCAA appearance, including the Sweet Sixteen ... Went 3-0 in singles and doubles to help lead the Rebels to the Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time ... Posted a 24-13 overall record, 14-9 in dual matches ... Went 7-4 in the SEC at No. 3 singles ... Teamed with Nik Scholtz for an 18-6 overall record, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles ... SEC Indoor Championships singles semifinalist ... Captured the ITA Southern Regional Doubles title in the fall with Johan Backstrom to qualify for the ITA National Indoor ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll in the fall.
PERSONAL Born August 13, 1990 ... Son of Klaus and Regina Lütjen ... Majoring in Business ... Enjoys soccer, basketball and hanging out with friends ... Athletes most admired are Michael Jordan and Usain Bolt ... Favorite tennis player is Pete Sampras ... Has one brother, Eike and one sister, Nicola.
2010-11 (SOPHOMORE) Helped lead the Rebels to their 18th straight NCAA appearance ... Posted a 17-12 overall record, 10-9 in dual matches ... Went 6-4 at No. 3 singles ... Posted an 11-6 overall doubles record with Tucker Vorster including 7-3 at No. 2 doubles ... His win over Clay Thompson gave the Rebels a 3-1 lead against UCLA in the NCAA second round ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll in the spring. SPRING 2010 (FRESHMAN) Ended the year ranked No.42 in the nation in doubles with Tucker Vorster ... Played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles ... Helped lead the Rebels to their ninth consecutive SEC West title ... Clinched the win over South Carolina in the first round of the SEC Tournament ... Won a big match against Mississippi State to help the Rebels win their 25th in a row against the Bulldogs ... Finished with a 13-12 dual match record ... Teamed with Tucker Vorster for a 17-9 overall record, 7-1 at No. 2 ... The duo went 7-4 in the SEC ... Made the Dean’s Honor Roll. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Achieved a career high ranking of No. 4 in junior rankings in Germany and No. 80 in the German men’s rankings ... Winner of two ITF tournaments in doubles and one in singles ... Runner-up in singles in German Junior Championships in 2004 ... Under-16 Doubles Champion in 2006 ... Won several titles in North-German championships ... Member of the German National Team ... Reached the third round at the European Individual Championships in 2004 ... Two-time semifinalist at ITF Men’s Futures in doubles.
CAREER RESULTS YEAR 2011-12 2010-11 2009-10 TOTALS
OVERALL SINGLES 24-13 17-12 13-13 54-38
DUAL SINGLES 14-9 10-9 13-12 37-30
OVERALL DOUBLES 25-8 17-10 17-10 59-28
DUAL DOUBLES 18-4 13-7 17-9 48-22
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JOHAN
BACKSTROM 6-5| JR-2L | UPPSALA, SWEDEN | CELSIUSSKOLAN ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL CHANCELLOR’S HONOR ROLL 2011-12 (SOPHOMORE) Went 2-1 in the NCAA first and second rounds to help the Rebels reach the Final 16 for the 16th time ... Clinched the win over Michigan in the NCAA second round ... Posted a 21-11 overall record, 13-6 in dual matches ... Went 8-3 in the SEC ... Captured the ITA Southern Regional Doubles title in the fall with Jonas Lutjen to qualify for the ITA National Indoor ... ITA Scholar-Athlete ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll ... Made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll both semesters. SPRING 2011 (FRESHMAN) Joined the team in January ... Helped lead the Rebels to their 18th straight NCAA appearance ... Posted a 11-10 overall record, 9-9 in dual matches ... Went 7-4 at No. 5 singles ... Made the Chancellor’s Honor Roll. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 3 in juniors in Sweden ... Ranked No. 21 in men’s rankings in Sweden ... Finished third in the Swedish Outdoor summer tour in 2010 ... Won one tournament and reached five semifinals in 2010 ... Won qualifying and first round in Lithuania Future to earn first ATP point ... Outstanding student ... Finished with a 3.94 grade point average and earned a chemistry scholarship. PERSONAL Born May 1, 1991 ... Son of Per and Helene Backstrom ... Majoring in Managerial Finance ... Enjoys other sports, watching movies and TV shows and hanging out with friends ... Athlete most admired is Roger Federer ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
CAREER RESULTS YEAR 2011-12 2010-11 TOTALS
OVERALL SINGLES 21-11 11-10 32-21
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DUAL SINGLES 13-6 9-9 22-15
OVERALL DOUBLES 19-15 9-9 28-24
DUAL DOUBLES 11-11 8-8 19-19
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WILLIAM KALLBERG
6-3 | SO-1L | STOCKHOLM, SWE | ENSKILDA GYMNASIET UMAA HONOR ROLL SPRING 2012 (FRESHMAN) Helped lead the Rebels to their 19th straight NCAA appearance, including their 16th Sweet Sixteen berth ... Finished the year ranked No. 100 in the nation in singles ... Posted a 13-11 overall record, 10-10 at No. 4 singles ... Named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 3 ... SEC Indoor Championships Quarterfinalist ... Posted three wins against nationally ranked players, including Georgia’s No. 1 player ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked among top juniors in Sweden ... Reached quarterfinals of the Swedish National Championships ... Member of the team that won the 2011 Swedish Men’s Outdoor Team Championship. PERSONAL Born November 7, 1992 ... Son of Max and Eva Kallberg ... Majoring in Business Administration and Management ... Enjoys life and having fun ... Athlete most admired is Roger Federer ... Favorite tennis player is Andre Agassi.
CAREER RESULTS YEAR 2011-12
OVERALL SINGLES 13-11
DUAL SINGLES 10-10
OVERALL DOUBLES 12-14
DUAL DOUBLES 10-12
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NIK
SCHOLTZ 6-5 | SO-1L | CALEDON, SA | PAARL BOY’S HS ALL-AMERICAN SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR ITA SOUTHERN REGION ROOKIE OF THE YEAR ALL-SEC FIRST TEAM NCAA SINGLES QUARTERFINALIST UMAA HONOR ROLL SPRING 2012 (FRESHMAN) All-American in singles and doubles ... One of only nine players and the only freshman to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles ... SEC Freshman of the Year ... ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year ... NCAA Quarterfinalist in singles ... First Rebel to be named SEC Freshman of the Year ... Second highest ranked freshman in the country at No. 14 ... Also ended the year ranked No. 10 nationally in doubles ... Played No. 1 singles and doubles ... One of only two freshman on the All-SEC first team ... Helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time ... Posted a 21-9 overall record, 14-7 at No. 1 singles ... Teamed with Jonas Lutjen for an 18-6 record, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles ... Led the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Semifinals for the 15th time in school history ... Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team ... Named SEC Freshman of the Week on March 14 ... SEC Indoor Championships singles semifinalist ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll in the fall. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 1 in South Africa in 18-under ... Achieved a career-high ranking of No. 22 in the ITF World Junior Rankings ... Played in all four junior grand slams. PERSONAL Son of Calla and Lizahn Scholtz ... Born February 5, 1991 ... Majoring in General Studies ... Enjoys fishing, hunting and golf ... Athletes most admired are Muhammad Ali and Usain Bolt ... Favorite tennis player is Marat Safin ... Dad was a professional rugby player.
CAREER RESULTS YEAR 2011-12
OVERALL SINGLES 21-9
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DUAL SINGLES 14-7
OVERALL DOUBLES 19-6
DUAL DOUBLES 18-4
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JOE
ROGERS 6-6 | SO-SQ | BRIGHTON, UK | VARNDEAN COLLEGE SEC FIRST YEAR PLAYER ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL DEAN’S HONOR ROLL UMAA HONOR ROLL
... Career-high ranking of No. 7 in the UK U-18 rankings ... Trained at the Barcelona Total Tennis Academy under former Spanish Davis Cup captain Jordi Vilaro and current captain Francis Roig.
2011-12 (FRESHMAN) Did not play in any dual matches last year ... Applied for a medical redshirt ... Named to the SEC First Year Player Academic Honor Roll ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll in the fall and the Dean’s Honor Roll in the spring.
PERSONAL Son of Dr. David Rogers and Professor Lindsay Smith ... Born January 9, 1992 ... Majoring in History ... Enjoys soccer, golf, spending time with friends, playing poker, watching films, reading and music ... Athlete most admired is Rafael Nadal ... Favorite tennis player is Rafael Nadal ... Dad played football at SMU and is the head of Humanities at Kingston University ... Uncle, Howard Smith, was an international level 800 meter runner ... Mom is a professor at The University of Sussex ... Has one sister.
PRIOR TO OLE MISS Won an ITF junior event in Dublin, Ireland and was a semifinalist at an ITF event in Cyprus ... Quarterfinalist at the U-18 National Championships ... Won four English junior titles ... Five-time Sussex County (State) Junior Singles Champion
ZACH WILDER
6-0 | FR-RS | OXFORD, MISS. |OXFORD HS UMAA HONOR ROLL 2011-12 (FRESHMAN) Did not compete in any matches for the Rebels ... Redshirted ... Made the UMAA Honor Roll in the spring. PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 1 in Mississippi ... Four-year letterwinner at Oxford High School ... Helped lead Oxford to the State Championship all four years ... Four-time State Singles Champion ... Graduated with honors.
PERSONAL Son of Mark and Dede Wilder ... Born May 26, 1993 ... Majoring in Business ... Enjoys hanging out with his friends, listening to music, and watching The Inbetweeners ... Athlete most admired is Tiger Woods ... Favorite tennis player is Jo-Wilfried Tsonga ... Dad was an All-American tennis player at the University of Alabama and is the Dean of the Patterson School of Accountancy at Ole Miss.
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ADRIAAN DU TOIT
6-2 | FR-HS | TALBAGH, SA |STELLENBOSCH PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 2 in South African under-18 rankings ... Ranked No. 12 in South African men’s rankings ... Achieved an ATP Ranking of 1411 at the age of 16 ...In February 2012, represented South Africa in the African Cup, reaching the quarterfinals in singles ... Claimed ITF junior doubles titles in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia. PERSONAL Born June 29, 1994 ... Son of Pieter and Annelie du Toit ... Major - undecided ... Enjoys xbox, golf, hanging out with friends and water sports ... Athlete most admired and favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
DREW GALTNEY
6-2 | FR-HS | HOUSTON, TEXAS |EPISCOPAL PRIOR TO OLE MISS Played tennis at Episcopal High School in Houston, Texas ... Most Valuable Player of his high school team. PERSONAL Born Aug. 20, 1993 ... Son of Susanne Galtney and Will Galtney ... Majoring in Business ... Enjoys sports all the time, mainly following the Houston Texans, Houston Rockets and Houston Astros ... Loves Ole Miss football, traveling, eating good food, spending time with family and friends and playing FIFA on xbox ... Dad played tennis for the Rebels from 1972-74 and was a member of the first team (1974) to win 20 matches in a season.
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VINOD GOWDA
5-7 | FR-HS | BANGALORE, INDIA |CAUVERY COLLEGE PRIOR TO OLE MISS Ranked No. 3 in India in the 18-under ... Played junior Davis Cup for India ... Played for Cauvery College in the All-India high school tennis tournament and achieved a silver medal. PERSONAL Son of Lakshmi Narashimhe and Pushpa Gowda ... Born January 16, 1994 ... Majoring in Business Administration ... Enjoys cricket, soccer, video games, listening to music and movies ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
STEFAN LINDMARK
5-10 | FR-HS | STOCKHOLM, SWE |IDROTTSGYMNASIUM PRIOR TO OLE MISS A lefty ... Top-ranked junior in Sweden ... Ranked as high as No. 40 in the ITF Junior World Rankings ... Reached the round of 16 at the European Championships in 2011 ... Has played in the Australian Open, the French Open and Wimbledon ... Reached the finals and semifinals of several Grade A ITF tournaments in doubles. PERSONAL Born July 24, 1993 ... Son of Jonas and Flora Lindmark ... Majoring in Business ... Enjoys hanging out with friends, computer, music and movies ... Favorite tennis player is Roger Federer.
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HOW SWEET IT IS ...
Rebels Earn 16th NCAA Sweet Sixteen Appearance REBELS PUNCH TICKET TO NCAA SWEET 16 Ole Miss punched its ticket to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time in the history of the program in 2012. The Rebels downed Binghamton 4-0 and then defeated Michigan 4-2 to reach the round of 16. OLE MISS EARNS 21st NCAA BID Ole Miss made its 21st overall NCAA appearance and 19th straight. The Rebels first made the NCAA Championships in 1989 and then again in 1992. They began their climb to the top in 1994, with their third NCAA appearance and have been to the NCAAs every year since. REBELS SHINE IN NCAA INDIVIDUALS The Rebels shined in the NCAA Individual Championships with freshman Nik Scholtz making the quarterfinals in singles and twin seniors Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann capping their careers with a Final Four appearance in doubles. It marked the fourth year in a row for a Rebel to reach the Elite Eight in singles. EVERYBODY’S AN ALL-AMERICAN A record four All-Americans highlighted the 2012 season for the Rebels. Senior twins Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann, junior Jonas Lutjen and freshman Nik Scholtz earned All-America honors, bringing the total in the his18 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
tory of the program to 28. The Rebels led the SEC and tied NCAA runner-up Virginia for the most All-Americans in the country. This marks the fourth time in six years the Rebels have tied for the most All-Americans in the nation. In fact, since 2007, the Rebels have led the nation with 11 All-Americans. Scholtz became the second Rebel freshman to earn All-America honors and was the only freshman in the nation to earn All-America honors in both singles and doubles.
9-2 league record in doubles. Senior Marcel Thiemann earned All-SEC first team honors for the third year in a row. The Lehrte, Germany native posted a 10-1 record in the SEC at No. 2 singles. Thiemann became the third player in the history of the program to be named to the first team three years. Lutjen made the All-SEC second team, earning all-conference honors for the first time in his career. He went 7-4 in the SEC at No. 3 singles and 9-2 in doubles.
NATIONAL RANKINGS Ole Miss ended the 2012 season ranked No. 14 in the nation, marking the 17th time since 1994 for the Rebels to finish among the nation’s top 15. Nik Scholtz led the Rebels in the final individual rankings at No. 14 in singles and No. 10 in doubles. Marcel Thiemann ended his career ranked No. 22 in singles and No. 11 in doubles, with his brother, Chris Thiemann. Jonas Lutjen ended the year ranked No. 44 in the nation in singles and No. 10 in doubles with Scholtz.
SCHOLTZ MAKES ALL-TOURNEY TEAM Nik Scholtz was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team. Scholtz was one of six selected to the team. He finished with three wins on the weekend to help lead the Rebels to the semifinals for the 15th time in school history.
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR Nik Scholtz became the first player in the history of the program to earn SEC Freshman of the Year honors. The South Africa native, also named to the All-SEC first team and the All-Freshman Team, posted a 7-4 record in the SEC at No. 1 singles and teamed with Jonas Lutjen for a
SOUTHERN REGION TOP ROOKIE In addition to being named the SEC Freshman of the Year, Nik Scholtz earned ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year honors. He became the second player in the history of the program to earn this honor, joining 2009 NCAA Champion Devin Britton. TENNIS CENTER PLACE TO BE Ole Miss has been ranked among the nation’s leaders in attendance for the last several years, and in 2012 the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center received a significant
2012 REVIEW upgrade allowing even more fans the opportunity to cheer on the Rebels. In addition to renovating the existing building, two new wings were added on each side, with rooftop viewing for fans. One building houses the men’s team room and lockerroom, with the other for the women’s team room and lockerroom. TWO FOR TWO Ole Miss was one of 33 schools to have both its men’s and women’s tennis team in the NCAA Championships. Furthermore, the Rebels were one of 10 schools to have both teams hosting the first and second rounds. TWICE AS NICE Ole Miss was one of xx teams to have both its men’s and women’s teams ranked among the nation’s final top 25. The women’s team finished the year ranked No. 18.
TOPS IN THE CLASSROOM The Rebels continued their tradition of excellence in the classroom in 2012 earning the prestigious ITA All-Academic Team Award for the seventh time in the history of the program. This award honors teams with outstanding academic achievements, requiring a minimum overall 3.2 grade point average to be considered. The Rebels finished the year with a 3.40 GPA. The Rebels, who ended the year ranked No. 14 in the nation, were one of four teams (Duke, Stanford and Mississippi State being the others) to finish in the top 15 and earn this award.
ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Marcel Thiemann, Chris Thiemann and Adrian Forberg Skogeng were named Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) Scholar-Athletes for the 2010-11 academic year. Both the Thiemann’s posted a 3.80 GPA last year, including a perfect 4.0 in the spring to receive the honor for the second year in a row. Forberg Skogeng earned ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition for the third time with a 3.80 for the year. To be eligible for ITA Scholar-Athlete recognition student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.50 or higher for the year.
CHANCELLOR’S CUP For the ninth year in a row, the Rebels won the Chancellor’s Cup at the University of Mississippi. The cup is awarded each year to the men’s and women’s varsity sports with the highest cumulative grade point average.
THE GRADUATES In addition to helping lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, the senior twin duo of Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2012. The Thiemann’s earned degrees in Managerial Finance.
2012 RESULTS Home Record: 8-3 DATE Jan. 26 Jan. 29 Jan. 30 Feb. 9 Feb. 28 Mar. 2 Mar. 4 Mar. 7 Mar. 9 Mar. 11 Mar. 23 Mar. 23 Mar. 25 Mar. 30 Apr. 1 Apr. 6 Apr. 8 Apr. 8 Apr. 14 Apr. 19 Apr. 21 May 12 May 13 May 18
DUAL MATCH SOUTHERN MISS Oklahoma (35) ! at Tennessee (24) ! MS Cup vs. Mississippi State (14) MEMPHIS(32) AUBURN* (12) ALABAMA* (46) VIRGINIA (3) at Tennessee* (19) at Georgia* (6) at West Florida at South Carolina* (40) FLORIDA* (11) ARKANSAS* (39) LSU * (27) at Vanderbilt* (40) at Kentucky* (6) MISSISSIPPI STATE* (9) Arkansas (54) @ Florida (10) @ Kentucky (6) @ BINGHAMTON % MICHIGAN (21) % UCLA (4) #
Overall Record: 15-9 SEC Record: 7-4 Away Record: 4-3 SITE OXFORD Knoxville, Tenn. Knoxville, Tenn. Jackson, Miss. OXFORD OXFORD OXFORD OXFORD Knoxville, Tenn. Athens, Ga. Pensacola, Fla. Columbia, S.C. OXFORD OXFORD OXFORD Nashville, Tenn. Lexington, Ky. OXFORD Starkville, Miss. Starkville, Miss. Starkville, Miss. OXFORD OXFORD Athens, Ga.
TIME/RESULT W, 7-0 W, 4-0 L, 3-4 L, 2-4 W, 4-3 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 L, 3-4 W, 5-2 L 3-4 W, 4-0 W, 6-1 L, 2-5 W, 6-1 W, 5-2 W, 6-1 L, 2-5 L, 3-4 W, 4-0 W, 4-1 L, 0-4 W, 4-0 W, 4-2 L, 1-4
Neutral: 3-3 RECORD 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-2 5-3 6-3 6-4 7-4 8-4 8-5 9-5 10-5 11-5 11-6 11-7 12-7 13-7 13-8 14-8 15-8 15-9
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Ole Miss earned its 19th consecutive NCAA appearance in 2012, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen. The Rebels defeated Binghamton 4-0 in the first round followed by Michigan 4-2 in the second round before falling to No. 4 UCLA 4-1. The Rebels rebounded from the tough loss for a successful showing in the NCAA Individual Championships. Freshman Nik Scholtz reached the Elite Eight in singles and the senior twin duo of Marcel Thiemann and Chris Thiemann advanced to the Final Four in doubles. Scholtz marked the fourth consecutive cons co nsec ecut utiv ivee ye yyear ar ffor or the the Rebels Reb ebel elss to have hav avee a player p ayyer reach pl rea each ch at at least leas le astt the the quarterfinals q ar qu arte terfrfin inal alss in ssingles. ingl in g es gl es.
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JAMIE BOORAS 1988 A strong doubles player, Jamie Booras, nicknamed “Boom-Boom” for his powerful serve, became one of the school’s first tennis All-Americans in 1988. He earned the honors in doubles as a freshman. He and Dave Randall reached the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship in 1988 and were ranked in the top 10 in doubles for two years. In addition, Booras was named to the All-SEC Team in 1988. Booras is currently in private business in Dallas, Texas.
DAVE RANDALL 1988 Dave Randall put Ole Miss tennis in the national spotlight with a combination of stellar play and outstanding sportsmanship. For this, in 1989, he received the Rafael Osuna Sportsmanship Award, the NCAA’s yearly award presented to the most outstanding collegiate tennis player that demonstrates both great skill and exemplifies sportsmanship. The Mississippi native was a two-time All-Southeastern Conference selection and an All-America honoree in doubles. He teamed with Jamie Booras to earn a top 10 ranking two years and reach the quarterfinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships in 1988. He, joined Booras as the first tennis All-Americans at the University. He won three SEC titles in his career at Ole Miss: the 1988 #1 singles crown, the 1987 indoor #2 doubles and the 1986 #3 doubles. In addition, Randall earned Academic All-SEC honors in 1987 and 1988. Randall is the Head Pro at River Hills Club in Jackson, Miss.
NICK BARONE 1991 Nick Barone became the third All-America tennis player in Ole Miss history. He was ranked as high as No. 5 in the national rankings and earned runner-up honors in the National Clay Court Championships his senior year. In 1991, Barone represented the Rebels in the NCAA Tournament. In addition, he was selected to the All-SEC team. In 2006, he was inducted into the University of Mississippi Athletic Hall of Fame. Barone is a professional at the Country Club of Jackson.
MIKE KNOWLES 1992 The success of the 1992 Rebels NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” team centered on its outstanding doubles play. The Rebels went 25-3 in doubles matches in dual match play and Mike Knowles had a lot to do with that. He teamed with Ivan Trevino that year to post an impressive season that earned them a trip to the NCAA Doubles Tournament and a final national ranking of No. 4. During April they were selected Tennis Week’s collegiate doubles team of the month. He also was a member of the All-SEC team in doubles. Knowles is an advertising executive in Dallas, Texas.
MOHAMED RIDAOUI 1992 Mohamed Ridaoui changed the Rebels 1992 season from the outset. He blasted into the national spotlight as he claimed the 1991 National Intercollegiate Clay Court Championships, earning the program’s first ever Grand Slam victory. It was a remarkable accomplishment as he defeated the No. 1-ranked player in the country and defending champion Patricio Arnold of South Florida 6-1, 7-5 in the semifinals and No. 4 ranked Jose Luis Noriega of San Diego 6-4, 6-4 in the title match. Ridaoui represented the Rebels in all four collegiate grand slam events including the NCAA Championships. He was also selected to the All-SEC Team. Ridaoui is a teaching professional and entrepreneur in New York.
JOAKIM APPELQVIST 1994 Joakim Appelqvist led the Rebels to the NCAA Region III Championship and was the first player to reach the NCAA Final Four in singles. He was also named an ITA Academic All-American as well as being selected to the SEC Academic honor roll and the GTE Academic All District VI At-Large team. In addition to being an outstanding singles player, Appelqvist teamed with Ali Hamadeh to capture the Rolex Region III Doubles Championship and the SEC Doubles Championship. He earned All-SEC honors. Appelqvist is the Promotional/Product Director for Tretorn Sports in Sweden.
IVAN TREVINO 1992 Arguably one of the top collegiate doubles players of his time, Ivan Trevino teamed with Mike Knowles to finish No. 4 in the nation in the 1992 final doubles ranking. They were selected as Tennis Week’s collegiate doubles team of the month for April, 1992. Also, they became the second doubles team in Rebel tennis history to earn a bid to the NCAA Championships, advancing to the third round. In additon, Trevino earned All-SEC honors in doubles and was named to the AllSEC Academic team three years. In 1992, Trevino was the only player in the conference to be named to the All-SEC and Academic All-SEC teams. While playing for the Rebels, Trevino earned a Bachelor’s Degree in business and a Masters Degree in business administration. Trevino is currently working at MCI, Inc., in Miami, Fla., directing operations in Latin America. OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 21
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MAHESH BHUPATHI 1995 Mahesh Bhupathi blasted onto the scene as a freshman and left his mark on college tennis as one of the best singles and doubles players. He teamed with Ali Hamadeh to become the first Rebels to win an NCAA tennis title when they captured the nationally televised doubles championship in 1995. In addition to winning the NCAA Doubles Title, Bhupathi and Hamadeh became the first individuals in Mississippi history to be ranked No. 1 in the nation. Bhupathi was the 1995 SEC Singles Champion, SEC Player-of -the-Year and finished ranked No. 3 in the nation. In his first year, Bhupathi ended the season as the third-best freshman in college tennis and earned ITA/Tennis Match Magazine Rookie of the Year honors. He made the SEC All-Position Team as the No. 1 doubles team in the conference and earned All-SEC honors in singles, not only as a freshman but also as the only player who was not a senior. Bhupathi is currently a touring professional. In 1999 he and his partner Leander Paes won the French Open Doubles Championship and Wimbledon. They were the first doubles pair in the modern era to reach the finals of all four grand slams in a calendar year. The duo ended the year ranked No. 1 in the world doubles rankings. In 17 years on the tour, Bhupathi has won more than six million dollars in prize money and captured 51 doubles titles, including 11 grand slam titles. He won his 10th grand slam title in 2006, teaming with Martina Hingis to win the Australian Open Mixed Doubles title. In 2009, Bhupathi teamed up with Mark Knowles to win the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada. They also reached the finals at the Australian and U.S. Opens. In 2012, Bhupathi won the ATP Masters 1000 Paris with Rohan Bopanna, and was a finalist at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, his 5th year-end championship final showing. For his accomplishments in collegiate tennis and on the world stage, Bhupathi was inducted into the ITA Collegiate Hall of Fame in May of 2010.
REMI FENEON 1995 Ole Miss dominated the doubles competition at the 1995 NCAAs as Remi Feneon and Johan Landsberg reached the semifinals along with fellow Rebel NCAA Champions Mahesh Bhupathi and Ali Hamadeh. Feneon and Landsberg ended a stellar year as the 12th best doubles team in the nation. They posted a 29-6 record with 10 wins against nationally ranked opponents. In singles, Feneon clinched the match for the Rebels against Pepperdine and a trip to the semifinals at the NCAA Team Championships. He also captured the Princeton Invitational Singles and Doubles Titles. He presently resides in New Zealand, where he teaches tennis.
Player-of-the-Year honors. Off the court, Hede was named to the 1997 GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team and was a two-time ITA Academic All-American. He graduated with honors in International Business. One of Ole Miss’ greatest moments was Hede’s dramatic match at the 1995 NCAA Championships, defeating Georgia in front of a partisan packed home crowd, sending the Rebels to the NCAA Finals. Hede is currently a financial executive in Stockholm, Sweden.
ALI HAMADEH 1995, 1996 Ali Hamadeh, the highly regarded doubles player, made headlines in 1996 for his singles play. He participated in the NCAA Championships for the third year in a row, as one of the nation’s top singles players. Hamadeh ended the year ranked No. 6 in the nation with a 26-9 record and earned All-SEC First-Team honors. In 1995 Hamadeh captured the NCAA Doubles Championship with Mahesh Bhupathi, defeating three nationally ranked teams to get to the final. The duo completed the season as the No. 1 doubles team in the nation in the Rolex Rankings and were named to the All-SEC First Team in doubles as well as the Rolex All-Star Team. Hamadeh teamed with Joakim Appelqvist to win the Rolex Region III doubles title and then went on to win the doubles title at the SEC Indoor Championships making him the SEC Doubles Champion for 1994. Hamadeh is an investment advisor with Merrill Lynch.
JOHAN LANDSBERG 1995, 1997 Johan Landsberg concluded an outstanding career with his best season ever in 1997. He was recognized as one of the most improved players in the nation, reaching a top ranking of No. 3 in singles. Landsberg posted a 38-8 overall record and an impressive 23-1 dual match record on his way to earning All-America and All-SEC First Team honors. He qualified for the NCAA Championships in singles and doubles. A two-time All-American, two-time All-SEC selection and two-time ITA Academic All-America, Landsberg graduated with a degree in International Business. In 1995, Landsberg reached the Semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championships with Remi Feneon. The two ended a stellar year in doubles, ranking as the 12th best team in the nation. Landsberg retired from the ATP Circuit in 2006. He finished 14th in the 2000 ATP Doubles Race and was a semifinalist at the World Doubles Championships in 2000. He won two ATP doubles titles. Landsberg is currently living in Stockholm, Sweden and is an ATP tennis coach.
JOHAN HEDE 1995, 1996, 1997 Johan Hede enjoyed a brilliant career at Ole Miss ending as the winningest singles player in Ole Miss history with a 135-41 record. He became the first player in Ole Miss history to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships all four years of his career. Hede was a three-time All-American, three-time All-SEC selection, 1996 NCAA Semifinalist, 1996 SEC Singles Champion and 1996 SEC Playerof-the-Year. In 1996, Hede posted a 11-0 record in the SEC on his way to earning SEC 22 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
OLE MISS TENNIS FACT Johan Hede became the first Rebel tennis player to earn All-America honors three years as he received this distinction in 1995, 1996 and 1997. He finished a brilliant career as the all-time winningest singles player in Ole Miss history with a record of 135-41. Hede was the 1996 SEC Singles Champion, SEC Player-of-the-Year and an NCAA Semifinalist in singles. In addition, Hede is the first player to be named to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America First Team.
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SEBASTIEN DECHAUNAC 1997, 1998 Sebastien DeChaunac enjoyed a phenomenal career at Ole Miss. He advanced to the 1997 NCAA Semifinals in singles and earned SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors in leading the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Championship and a second consecutive SEC title. DeChaunac ended that year as the nation’s No. 2 player with a 52-9 record that included 32 wins over nationally-ranked players. In 1998, DeChaunac became the fourth Rebel to be ranked No. 1 during a season and was the SEC Singles Champion. A two-time All-SEC First Team selection, DeChaunac clinched the match against Boise State that put the Rebels in the NCAA Semifinals in 1997. Off the court, DeChaunac was an outstanding student earning GTE/CoSIDA Academic All-America National First Team honors in 1998. He had a perfect 4.0 grade point average and also earned Academic All-SEC honors. DeChaunac played professional tennis until recently. In 2009, he qualified for the Australian Open for the second time and achieved a season-high ranking No. 130 in the ATP Rankings. At the 2002 French Open Championships, DeChaunac defeated past French Open Champion Michael Chang.
VIKRANT CHADHA 2000 Vikrant Chadha made a major contribution to the Rebels during his four years. He teamed with James Shortall to advance to the 2000 NCAA Doubles Final Four in Athens, Ga. The pair ended the year ranked No. 12 in the nation. Chadha was instrumental in the Rebels’ reaching the NCAA Final Four in 1997 and 1999. In 1997, he clinched the win over UC-Santa Barbara that put Ole Miss in the Final Four. In addition, Chadha was a huge key in the Rebels’ SEC Championship run in 1997. He won the clinching match over Georgia that gave the Rebels their first SEC Tournament Championship. During his career, Chadha won 80 singles and 61 doubles matches. A member of the UMAA Honor Roll and the Chancellor’s Honor Roll, Chadha received his degree from the University of Mississippi in May of 2001. Chadha currently lives in Houston, Texas.
JAMES SHORTALL 2000 James Shortall, ended his four-year career as one of the premier players in singles and perhaps one of the best doubles players in the country. He proved his prowess in doubles, teaming up with Vikrant Chadha to reach the 2000 NCAA Doubles Championships Final Four. In 2001, Shortall ended the year ranked No. 35 in singles and No. 14 in doubles. He earned All-SEC honors in singles and doubles, while posting a 24-8 record, 12-4 at No. 2 singles. Shortall ended the 2000 campaign ranked No. 51 in the nation in singles and No. 12 in doubles. He earned All-SEC honors and became the 14th All-American in the history of the program. Off the court, Shortall was named to the 2000 GTE/CoSIDA District VI Academic All-America At-Large Second Team and was a three-time member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll. He made one of the University’s three honor rolls every semester of his career, and graduated in May 2001 with a degree in Managerial Finance. Shortall resides in New Zealand with his wife and works in investment banking. He is also a spokesperson for Rural Farming in New Zealand.
ALEX HARTMAN 2001, 2003 Alex Hartman completed a stellar career in 2003 by earning All-America honors for the second time in his career. He finished the year ranked No. 7 in the nation in singles and became just the second Rebel ever to record 100 wins in his career. Hartman finished his illustrious career with 106 wins and only 57 losses. He became the first Rebel ever to earn All-SEC honors all four years of his career. Hartman qualified for the NCAA Championships all four years and was one of only three freshmen to make it in 2000. A two-time finalist at the SEC Indoor Championships, led the Rebels to back-to-back SEC Western Division titles in 2002 and 2003 and to the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” his junior year and the NCAA Elite Eight his senior year. Off the court, Hartman was an outstanding student-athlete. He received an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2003 and was a finalist for the SEC Boyd McWhorter Scholarship. During his career, he was named to the Verizon/CoSIDA District VI Academic All-America team, an ITA Scholar-Athlete and made the SEC Academic Honor Roll three times. A regular on the University Honor Roll, Hartman graduated from the University of Mississippi in May of 2003 with a degree in Managerial Finance. He completed his masters in Finance from the Stockholm School of Economics and is now working at Goldman-Sachs in Sweden.
CATALIN GARD 2003, 2004, 2005 Catalin Gard became one of the best to ever play at Ole Miss, finishing with 112 career wins and leading the Rebels to consecutive SEC Championships in 2004 and 2005 as well as the NCAA Final Four in 2005. He was also instrumental in the Rebels’ winning four straight SEC Western Division titles. During his senior year, Gard spent 24 weeks as the No. 1 nationally ranked player in collegiate tennis. He earned All-America honors becoming the second player ever to earn the distinction three years. Gard finished with a 33-6 overall record in 2005. Catalin Gard had a stellar junior season, earning SEC Player of the Year honors after going 10-1 at No.1 singles against the nation’s toughest league. He earned AllAmerica honors for the second year in a row and finished the season ranked No. 4 in the nation. Gard helped the Rebels capture the overall SEC Championship and their third straight SEC West title. In 2003, Gard became the 17th All-American in the history of the program after finishing his second season ranked No. 19 in the nation. Gard posted an impressive 30-11 overall record, 17-5 at No. 2 singles and helped the Rebels win their second consecutive SEC West title. At the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” in Athens, Ga., Gard won a crucial three-set match against Duke that helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA Elite Eight. Gard burst onto the scene in 2002 as a freshman, keying the Rebels’ first SEC Western Division Championship. He posted an 18-4 overall record, 17-4 at No. 3 singles and went 8-3 in the SEC in singles. He clinched key wins over Alabama, Tennessee and Mississippi State. Off the court, Gard was named to one of the University’s three honor rolls every semester. In 2004, Gard was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America District VI At-Large second team. Upon completing his eligibility, Gard won two USTA Futures Tournaments during the summer of 2005. He returned to campus to finish his degree, and graduated from the University of Mississippi in May of 2006. Gard is currently a touring professional. In the summer of 2007, he won several futures and qualified for the Romanian Open, his first ever ATP Tour event. He was named the ITF Player of the Month for June. Gard finished the year ranked second in wins behind Rafael Nadal and led all touring professionals with 95 matches played.
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ERIC CLAESSON 2006, 2007 Eric Claesson concluded an excellent career with the Rebels in 2007, by earning All-America honors for the second time. He teamed up with Erling Tveit to reach the quarterfinals at the NCAA Doubles Championships and ended the year ranked No. 10 in doubles. Claesson, who finished ranked No. 80 nationally in singles, helped the Rebels capture the SEC Western Division Championship for the fourth time in his career as well as reach the finals of the SEC Tournament for the third time in his four years and advance to the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen.” In 2006, Claesson became the 18th All-American in the history of the program. Claesson ended the year ranked No. 53 in the nation in singles and No. 7 in doubles. He went 4-0 in singles and doubles in the NCAA Regionals to lead the Rebels to the “Sweet Sixteen.” An All-SEC first team selection, Claesson helped lead the Rebels to their fifth consecutive SEC Western Division Championship and the SEC Tournament final for the third time in the history of the program. He finished with a 36-13 overall record, 16-5 at No. 2 singles. Claesson teamed with Erling Tveit for a 22-8 overall record, 19-5 at No. 1 doubles, including 9-2 in the SEC. The duo earned a No. 5-8 seed in the NCAA Doubles Championships. His first two years (2004, 2005), Claesson contributed to the Rebels winning back-to-back overall SEC Championships and advancing to the NCAA Final Four in 2005. In 2005, Claesson teamed with fellow All-American Catalin Gard for a No. 13 ranking in doubles. He finished with a 22-16 overall record, and won a pivotal match against Mississippi State as the Rebels clinched the SEC overall Championship with a 4-3 win. Claesson currently resides in Sweden.
ERLING TVEIT 2006, 2007, 2008 As a senior in 2008, Erling Tveit became the third three-time All-American in the history of the program. He teamed with Jonas Berg to advance to the finals at the NCAA Doubles Championship, cementing his place as one of the top doubles players ever to play at Ole Miss. The pair teamed up together for the first time at the beginning of the fall of 2007 and ended the year ranked No. 3 in the nation. Tveit and Berg were also named to the ITA Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team. Tveit helped lead the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Championship, their seventh straight SEC West title, the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 6. Individually, Tveit became the second Rebel to earn All-SEC honors all fours years of his career and the fourth to record 100 wins in a career, finishing with 107. In 2007, Tveit became the first Ole Miss tennis player to earn All-America honors multiple times in singles and doubles, earning the honor for the second year in a row. He ended the year ranked No. 16 in the nation in singles and No. 10 in doubles. Tveit teamed with Eric Claesson to advance to the quarterfinals at the NCAA Doubles Championship. He earned All-SEC first team honors in helping lead the Rebels to their sixth consecutive SEC Western Division Championship and the SEC Tournament final for the third time in four years and second year in a row. Erling Tveit firmly implanted his name among the best players in the nation while becoming the 19th All-American in the history of Ole Miss men’s tennis in 2006. In his first season at No. 1 singles, Tveit guided the Rebels to their fifth consecutive SEC West title, the SEC Tournament final and the NCAA “Sweet Sixteen.” He went 18-4 at the top spot, including clinching the win over Mississippi State for the SEC West crown. Tveit went 3-0 in singles and doubles to lead the Rebels to the NCAA Final 16 and then continued his excellent play, advancing to the Semifinals at the NCAA Singles Championship. He became the fourth Rebel to reach the singles semifinals and only 24 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
the second to do so as a sophomore. As a freshman in 2005, Tveit went 6-1 in doubles and singles in his first NCAA Championships to help Ole Miss advance to the NCAA Final Four for the fourth time. He played a major role in the Rebels’ capturing their second consecutive overall SEC Championship and their fourth straight SEC West title. Tveit recorded a 21-2 mark in dual matches, including 9-2 in the SEC at No. 3 singles. Off the court, Tveit received a $5,000 Postgraduate Scholarship as a finalist for the SEC Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In addition, he was a three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete, a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll and a regular on the University honor roll. Tveit earned his degree in December of 2008 and works for Ernst & Young in Norway.
ROBBYE POOLE 2007 Robbye Poole concluded his career in 2008 by helping lead Ole Miss to the SEC Tournament Championship, their seventh consecutive SEC West title, the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 6. He qualified for the NCAA Championships in singles for the second year in a row and earned All-SEC second team honors. Poole was named the Most Valuable Player at the ITA National Team Indoor as the Rebels reached the semifinals for the fifth time. He also earned SEC Player of the Week honors twice. Poole enjoyed his best season as a Rebel in 2007, earning All-America honors. He ended the year ranked No. 33 in the nation in singles and reached the round of 16 in his first NCAA Singles Championship appearance. Poole went 4-1 in the NCAA Team Championships in helping the Rebels reach the “Sweet Sixteen.” He earned All-SEC first team honors after going 8-2 in the SEC. Poole finished with a team-leading 3511 overall record, including a 19-5 dual match record, 10-1 at No. 3 singles. He was instrumental in the Rebels capturing their sixth consecutive SEC West title and reaching the SEC Tournament final. Poole was named the SEC Player of the Week for the week of March 5 for going 4-0 in singles and doubles in leading the Rebels to wins over Florida and South Carolina. Poole finished his business degree in December of 2008 and is playing on the ATP Tour.
JONAS BERG 2008, 2009 Jonas Berg became a two-time All-American in 2009 ending the year ranked No. 3 in the nation in doubles and No. 23 in singles. The All-SEC first team selection spent 14 weeks ranked No. 1 in the nation in doubles. As a team captain, Berg helped the Rebels advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the ninth time and earn a final national ranking of No. 4. He helped lead the Rebels to the SEC regular season championship with an undefeated league record, the SEC Tournament Championship and their eighth straight SEC West title. In addition, Berg teamed up with Bram ten Berge to capture the ITA All-American Doubles Championship in the fall of 2008. In 2008, Berg teamed with Erling Tveit to advance to the NCAA Doubles Final, earning All-America honors. The pair teamed up together for the first time at the beginning of the fall of 2007 and ended the year ranked No. 3 in the nation. Berg and Tveit were also named to the Rolex Collegiate All-Star Team. Berg helped lead the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Championship, the SEC West title, the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 6. Individually, Berg earned All-SEC first team honors and was named the SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player after going 4-0 in singles and doubles to pace the Rebels to the title. In his first season (2007) with the Rebels, Berg earned All-SEC honors. He went 20-1 in dual matches, going undefeated until his last match of the season. He helped
ALL-AMERICANS the Rebels advance to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen and win the SEC West title. Berg became the third Rebel in the history of the program to go undefeated (11-0) in the SEC. Berg graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2009 and is currently working in banking in Helsingborg, Sweden.
BRAM TEN BERGE 2008, 2009 2009 was a banner year for Bram ten Berge capped by winning the Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award as the top male student-athlete in the entire league. The two-time All-American ended the year ranked No. 3 in the nation in doubles and spent 14 weeks ranked No. 1 in the nation. The All-SEC first team selection and team captain helped the Rebels advance to the NCAA Elite Eight for the ninth time and earn a final national ranking of No. 4. Ten Berge also helped lead the Rebels to the SEC regular season championship with an undefeated league record, their second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship and their eighth straight SEC West title. In addition, he teamed with Jonas Berg to capture the ITA All-American Championship in doubles in the fall of 2008. In 2008, ten Berge paired with Matthias Wellermann to reach the semifinals at the NCAA Doubles Championships, earning All-America honors. The duo just missed out on making it an all Ole Miss final and assuring the Rebels of the title. Despite missing nine matches during the season due to injury, ten Berge helped the Rebels win the SEC West Title and advance to the NCAA Elite Eight. In his first action since March, ten Berge, won both his matches in the NCAA first and second rounds to help propel the Rebels to their 14th “Sweet Sixteen” berth. In 2006, ten Berge earned All-SEC honors and helped Ole Miss win the SEC West and reach the NCAA Final 16. He finished with a 13-8 record at No. 3 singles, which included clinching the win against Florida State in the second round of the NCAAs. As a freshman in 2005, ten Berge played a huge role in the Rebels’ advancing to the NCAA Final Four. He rallied from down 1-5 in the third set against Georgia at No. 5 singles to clinch the win and the team’s fourth semifinal appearance. He helped the Rebels capture the overall SEC Championship as well as the SEC West title. Additional academic honors include an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2009, induction into the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society in 2008. Ten Berge was also a four-time ITA Scholar-Athlete and the 2006 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for men’s tennis. After graduating from the University of Mississippi with honors in Classics, ten Berge is presently pursuing his PhD. in Classical Studies at the University of Michigan.
MATTHIAS WELLERMANN 2008 Matthias Wellermann teamed with Bram ten Berge to reach the NCAA Doubles Semifinals in 2008, earning AllAmerica honors. The duo just missed out on making it an all Ole Miss final and assuring the Rebels of the title. Wellermann helped lead the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Championship, their seventh straight SEC West title, the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 6. An All-SEC first team honoree, Wellermann went 15-3 at No. 2 doubles with two different partners and helped the Rebels go through the SEC Tournament without a loss in doubles. In his first season (2007) with the Rebels, Wellermann helped lead the Rebels to the SEC Western Division Championship and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. Off the court, Wellermann was named to the 2008 ESPN the Magazine CoSIDA At-Large Academic All-America Third Team and was a two-time ITA Scholar-Athlete. Wellermann completed his master’s degree in accounting and is working for KPMG in New York.
DEVIN BRITTON 2009 Devin Britton made his debut in spectacular fashion, becoming the youngest NCAA Singles Champion ever and just the third freshman to win it, which includes John McEnroe. In addition, Britton became the first Rebel to win the NCAA Singles title and the first freshman in the history of the program to earn All-America honors. The ITA Southeast Region Rookie of the Year ended the year ranked No. 19 in the nation in singles, earned All-SEC honors and was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team. As a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week, Britton helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Elite Eight and a final national ranking of No. 4. He also played a huge role in the Rebels claiming the SEC regular season title with an undefeated record, and clinched the win over Tennessee to give the Rebels their second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. Britton also clinched the win over LSU to send the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen. He posted a 26-9 overall record, 19-8 in dual matches, and went 15-4 at No. 2 singles. Playing in the top half of the lineup, Britton posted a 7-4 record in the SEC. The SEC Indoor Singles Semifinalist ended the year winning 11 in a row. Britton is presently playing on the ATP Tour.
MARCEL THIEMANN 2010, 2011, 2012 In 2012, Marcel Thiemann became the fourth player in Ole Miss men’s tennis history to earn All-America honors three times. Thiemann also became the third player to earn All-SEC first team honors three years. Thiemann helped lead the Rebels to their 19th consecutive NCAA appearance and the program’s 16th Sweet Sixteen showing. He ended his career ranked No. 22 in singles and No. 11 in doubles, with his brother Chris Thiemann. The duo the made the finals of the 2011 ITA National Indoor, won the 2012 SEC Indoor Championship, and capped a great career reaching the NCAA Final Four in doubles. In 2011, Thiemann helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Championships and earned All-SEC first team honors. He finished the year ranked No. 29 in the nation in singles and No. 11 in doubles with his brother, Chris Thiemann. For the second year in a row, Marcel was one of only nine Division I players to earn All-America honors and be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete. Thiemann became the 25th All-American in the history of the program in 2010 reaching the NCAA Singles Quarterfinals. He also participated in the NCAA Doubles Championship with his brother. Thiemann ended the year ranked No. 19 in the nation in singles and No. 24 in doubles. Thiemann earned All-SEC first team honors helping lead the Rebels to their ninth consecutive SEC West Championship and the SEC Tournament semifinals. He was named to the first ever SEC All-Tournament Team. Playing No. 1 singles, Thiemann posted a 15-8 record including five top 25 wins. He teamed with his brother for a 10-1 record in the SEC at No. 1 doubles. Thiemann was one of just five players in the nation to earn All-America honors and be named an ITA Scholar-Athlete. In 2009, Thiemann helped lead the Rebels to the SEC regular season title and an undefeated league record. He went 3-0 to help lead the Rebels to their second consecutive SEC Tournament Championship. Thiemann was named the SEC Freshman of the Week twice as the Rebels won their eighth straight SEC West title. Marcel graduated from the University of Mississippi in 2012 with a degree in Managerial Finance, and is currently working on his MBA at Ole Miss.
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JONAS LUTJEN 2012 Jonas Lutjen became the 28th All-American in the history of the program becoming one of the improved players in the SEC in 2012. Lutjen ended the year ranked No. 44 in the nation in singles and No. 10 in doubles with Nik Scholtz. He reached the singles semifinals at the SEC Indoor to start the spring and earned All-SEC honors for the first time in his career. Lutjen helped lead the Rebels to their 19th straight NCAA appearance in 2012 and went 3-0 in singles and doubles to help lead the Rebels to the Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time. With a 24-13 overall record, 14-9 in dual matches, Lutjen finished 7-4 in the SEC at No. 3 singles. He teamed with Nik Scholtz for an 18-6 overall record, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. Off the court, Lutjen made the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
NIK SCHOLTZ 2012 Nik Scholtz became the 26th All-American in the history of the program and the only freshman in the nation in 2012 to be named All-American in singles and doubles. Scholtz also became the second Rebel freshman to earn AllAmerica honors. In his first season, Scholtz was named the SEC Freshman of the Year, the ITA Southern Region Rookie of the Year and reached the NCAA Elite Eight in singles. He became the first Rebel to be named the league’s top rookie. Scholtz ended the year as the second highest ranked freshman in the country at No. 14 in singles. He also ended the year at No. 10 in doubles with Jonas Lutjen. Playing No. 1 singles and doubles, Scholtz was one of only two freshmen on the All-SEC first team. He helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time. Scholtz posted a 21-9 overall record, 14-7 at No. 1 singles and teamed with Jonas Lutjen for an 18-6 record, 8-3 at No. 1 doubles. He led the Rebels to the SEC Tournament Semifinals for the 15th time in school history and was named to the SEC All-Tournament Team. Scholtz burst onto the scene in 2012, reaching the semifinals at the SEC Indoor Championships.
OLE MISS TENNIS FACT Jonas Lutjen and Nik Scholtz (left) were among a record four All-Americans for the Rebels in 2012. In fact, it marked the fourth time in six years for the Rebels to tie or lead for the most All-Americans in the nation. Even more impressive, the Rebels have the most All-Americans in the country since 2007 with 11.
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CHRIS THIEMANN 2012 Chris Thiemann became the 27th All-American in the history of the program, teaming with his brother, Marcel Thiemann, to advance to the NCAA Final Four in doubles. He ended the year ranked No. 11 nationally in doubles and helped lead the Rebels to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the 16th time. Teamed with his brother to clinch the doubles point against Michigan which proved huge in the Rebels’ 4-2 win to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. Chris posted an 11-11 overall singles record and went 19-7 in doubles with his brother, Marcel, including 6-1 at No. 2 doubles. The duo captured the SEC Indoor Doubles Championship. Off the court, Chris was named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll three times, an ITA Scholar-Athlete twice and a member of the University Honor Roll every semester. He graduated from the University of Mississippi in May of 2012 with a degree in Managerial Finance, and is currently working on his MBA at Ole Miss.
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YOUNGEST NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION IN HISTORY DEVIN BRITTON Devin Britton became the first Ole Miss player to win the NCAA Singles Championship, joining the Rebel duo of Mahesh Bhupathi and Ali Hamadeh (Doubles) as NCAA Champions in Ole Miss men’s tennis history. In addition, Britton became the first American-born player to win the NCAA singles title since 2000. He is also the first freshman since 1996 to win the national title and first non-seeded player since 1997. He is the youngest of the three alltime freshmen to win the singles title which includes 19-year-old John McEnroe of Stanford in 1978. Britton defeated three seeded players en route to his national title.
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20 NCAA Team Appearances 1 Team Championship Final Four-time NCAA Final Four Nine-time NCAA Quarterfinalist 16-time NCAA “Sweet Sixteen” NCAA Singles Champion NCAA Doubles Champion NCAA Doubles Finalist Five NCAA Doubles Semifinalists Five NCAA Singles Semifinalists
2012 NCAA TEAM SWEET SIXTEEN
L to R: Johan Backstrom, William Kallberg, Joe Rogers, Marcel Thiemann, Jonas Lutjen, Chris Thiemann, Nik Scholtz, Adrian Forberg Skogeng, Zach Wilder.
2009 NCAA TEAM ELITE EIGHT
Back Row L to R: Otto Sauer, Bram ten Berge, student assistant Matthias Wellermann, Tucker Vorster and graduate athletic trainer Blake Hines. Front Row L to R: Jonas Berg, Marcel Thiemann, assistant coach Toby Hansson, head coach Billy Chadwick, Kalle Norberg, Chris Thiemann and Devin Britton.
Devin Britton 2009 NCAA Singles Champion
2008 NCAA TEAM ELITE EIGHT
L to R: Assistant coach Toby Hansson, Jakob Klaeson, Bram ten Berge, Kalle Norberg, Erling Tveit, Jonas Berg, Matthias Wellermann, Tucker Vorster, graduate athletic trainer Travis Warmouth, Robbye Poole, head coach Billy Chadwick and volunteer coach Alex Hartman.
2007 NCAA TEAM SWEET SIXTEEN
L to R: Athletic trainer Yuji Katsuta, head coach Billy Chadwick, Fredrik Aarum, Robbye Poole, Erling Tveit, manager Lyon Chadwick, Jonas Berg, assistant coach Toby Hansson, Kalle Norberg, Jakob Klaeson, Matthias Wellermann, Bram ten Berge, Chris Rea and Eric Claesson. 28 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
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2006 NCAA TEAM SWEET SIXTEEN Back row L to R: Assistant coach Jeff Clark, Chris Rea, Erling Tveit, Bram ten Berge, Eric Claesson, head coach Billy Chadwick. Front row L to R: Jakob Klaeson, Robbye Poole, Ahmed El Tabakh and Juan Pablo Di Cesare.
2005 NCAA TEAM FINAL FOUR
Back row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, Karim Alayli, Fredrik Aarum, volunteer coach Bo Gard, Bram ten Berge, Erling Tveit, manager Lyon Chadwick, Eric Claesson and assistant coach Jeff Clark. Front row L to R: Buddy McKay, Juan Pablo DiCesare, Catalin Gard, Jakob Klaeson and David Donaldson.
2003 NCAA TEAM ELITE EIGHT
L to R: Manager Chris Morgan, athletic trainer Sarah Lynn Johnson, volunteer coach Buddy McKay, David Donaldson, Catalin Gard, Patrick Chucri, Alex Hartman, Paul Ciorascu, Claes Lindholm, Karim Alayli, administrative assistant Kristofer Stahlberg, assistant coach Jeff Clark and head coach Billy Chadwick.
2002 NCAA TEAM SWEET SIXTEEN
Back row L to R: Alex Hartman, head coach Billy Chadwick, David Donaldson, Mason Cousins, assistant coach Chris Groer, Martin Selin, Paul Ciorascu. Front row L to R: Kristofer Stahlberg, Catalin Gard, Claes Lindholm, Patrick Chucri and manager Buddy McKay.
1998 NCAA TEAM ELITE EIGHT
1999 NCAA TEAM FINAL FOUR Back row L to R: Assistant coach Mark Beyers, Anders Stenman, Vikrant Chadha, Kristofer Stahlberg, Martin Selin, Martin Sjoqvist, David Blackburn, Bo Petro, James Shortall and Ben Cousins.
Front row L to R: Barry Hassell, Ben Cousins, David Blackburn. Middle row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, manager Scott Burklow, Martin Sjoqvist, Sebastien DeChaunac, Martin Lundin, assistant coach Mark Beyers. Back row L to R: Sebastien Lami, Anders Stenman, James Shortall and Vikrant Chadha.
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1997 NCAA TEAM FINAL FOUR
L to R: Sebastien DeChaunac, head coach Billy Chadwick, manager Justin Northam, Barry Hassell, assistant coach Mark Beyers, Vikrant Chadha, Johan Hede, Johan Landsberg, Robert Abendroth, Martin Sjoqvist and Ben Cousins.
1996 NCAA TEAM ELITE EIGHT
Back row L to R: Assistant coach Mark Beyers, Charly Rasheed, Remi Feneon, Ali Hamadeh, Michael Pritchard. Front Row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, Barry Hassell, Johan Hede, Ben Cousins, Sebastien DeChaunac, Johan Landsberg.
1995 NCAA TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP FINALIST Back row L to R: Mahesh Bhupathi, Michael Pritchard, Ali Hamadeh, Remi Feneon, athletics director Pete Boone. Front Row L to R: Van vanLingen, assistant coach Pete Davis, Johan Landsberg, head coach Billy Chadwick, Brett Lesley, Johan Hede.
Ali Hamadeh and Mahesh Bhupathi 1995 NCAA Doubles Champions
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SEC HISTORY
17 SEC team titles Six SEC individual champions 69 All-SEC selections Three SEC Players-of-the-Year SEC Coach of the Year (3 times) SEC Tournament MVP (3 times) Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Men’s Tennis SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2010 SEC WEST CHAMPIONS
Front Row L to R: Marcel Thiemann, Harry Fowler, Chris Thiemann, Kalle Norberg. Back Row L to R: Tucker Vorster, Jaime Vazquez Catoira, Jonas Lutjen, Adrian Forberg Skogeng.
2009 SEC CHAMPIONS SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Back Row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, Marcel Thiemann, Devin Britton, Tucker Vorster, Kalle Norberg, graduate athletic trainer Blake Hines. Front Row L to R: Jonas Berg, Bram ten Berge, Chris Thiemann, Otto Sauer, student assistant coach Jakob Klaeson and assistant coach Toby Hansson.
2008 SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS SEC WEST CHAMPIONS
Back Row L to R: Graduate athletic trainer, Bram ten Berge, Matthias Wellermann, Tucker Vorster, volunteer coach Alex Hartman, and head coach Billy Chadwick. Front Row L to R: Kalle Norberg, Jakob Klaeson, Erling Tveit, Robbye Poole and Jonas Berg. OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 31
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2007 SEC WEST CHAMPIONS
Front Row L to R: Kalle Norberg, Chris Rea, athletic trainer Yuji Katsuta. Middle Row L to R: Robbye Poole, Eric Claesson, Jakob Klaeson, Jonas Berg. Back Row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, Matthias Wellermann, Bram ten Berge, Erling Tveit, Fredrik Aarum, assistant coach Toby Hansson.
2006 SEC WEST CHAMPIONS
L to R: Athletic Trainer Yuji Katsuta, strength and conditioning coach Jami Clinton, Jakob Klaeson, Ahmed El Tabakh, head coach Billy Chadwick, assistant coach Jeff Clark, Juan Pablo Di Cesare Matthias Wellermann, Robbye Poole, Bram ten Berge, Eric Claesson, Erling Tveit and Chris Rea.
2005 SEC CHAMPIONS
L to R: Athletic trainer Matt Laing, assistant coach Jeff Clark, Eric Claesson, Fredrik Aarum, Juan Pablo Di Cesare, Bram ten Berge, Catalin Gard, Erling Tveit, Karim Alayli, volunteer assistant Bo Gard, Jakob Klaeson, David Donaldson and head coach Billy Chadwick.
2004 SEC CHAMPIONS
L to R: Manager Buddy McKay, Ben Carlotti, Karim Alayli, Eric Claesson, Paul Ciorascu, Catalin Gard, Fredrik Aarum, Claes Lindholm, David Donaldson, Juan Pablo Di Cesare and head coach Billy Chadwick. Not pictured: Assistant coach Jeff Clark. 32 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
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2003 SEC WEST CHAMPIONS
Juan Pablo Di Cesare, Paul Ciorascu, graduate athletic trainer Sarah Lynn Johnson, volunteer coach Buddy McKay, manager Chris Morgan, Catalin Gard, Alex Hartman, Patrick Chucri, Karim Alayli Claes Lindholm, David Donaldson, assistant coach Jeff Clark and head coach Billy Chadwick.
2002 SEC WEST CHAMPIONS Back row L to R: Mason Cousins, Patrick Chucri, manager Buddy McKay, Alex Hartman, Claes Lindholm, assistant coach Chris Groer, Paul Ciorascu, David Donaldson. Front row L to R: Catalin Gard, Kristofer Stahlberg, head coach Billy Chadwick and Martin Selin.
1999 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPIONS
Back row L to R: Assistant coach Mark Beyers, Anders Stenman, Martin Selin, James Shortall, Vikrant Chadha. Front row L to R: David Blackburn, Kristofer Stahlberg, Bo Petro, Ben Cousins, Martin Sjoqvist and head coach Billy Chadwick.
1997 SEC CHAMPIONS
L to R: Barry Hassell, Johan Hede, head coach Billy Chadwick, assistant coach Mark Beyers, Johan Landsberg, Ben Cousins, Robert Abendroth, Vikrant Chadha, manager Justin Northam, Sebastien DeChaunac and Martin Sjoqvist.
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1996 SEC CHAMPIONS
Back row L to R: Assistant coach Mark Beyers, Charly Rasheed, Remi Feneon, Ali Hamadeh, and Michael Pritchard. Front Row L to R: Head coach Billy Chadwick, Barry Hassell, Johan Hede, Ben Cousins, Sebastien DeChaunac and Johan Landsberg.
SEC PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
MAHESH BHUPATHI 1995
JOHAN HEDE 1996
CATALIN GARD 2004
SEC TOURNAMENT MVPs
SEBASTIEN DECHAUNAC 1997
JONAS BERG 2008
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR
BILLY CHADWICK 1996, 2004, 2009 34 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
KALLE NORBERG 2009
BOYD McWHORTER SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
NATIONAL & REGIONAL HONORS 1988 1991 1992 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
2009 2010 2011 2012
ALL-AMERICANS Jamie Booras Dave Randall Nick Barone Ivan Trevino Mike Knowles Mohamed Ridaoui Joakim Appelqvist Mahesh Bhupathi Remi Feneon Johan Hede Ali Hamadeh Johan Landsberg Ali Hamadeh Johan Hede Johan Hede Johan Landsberg Sebastien DeChaunac Sebastien DeChaunac Vikrant Chadha James Shortall Alex Hartman Catalin Gard Alex Hartman Catalin Gard Catalin Gard Eric Claesson Erling Tveit Eric Claesson Erling Tveit Robbye Poole Jonas Berg Erling Tveit Bram ten Berge Matthias Wellermann Jonas Berg Devin Britton Bram ten Berge Marcel Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Jonas Lutjen Nik Scholtz Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann
2000
2001
2002 2003
1994 NCAA Singles Semifinalist 1994 SEC Doubles Champion
2005 2009
NCAA SINGLES CHAMPION Devin Britton
2006
1995
NCAA DOUBLES CHAMPION Mahesh Bhupathi/Ali Hamadeh
2007
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1998 DAVE RANDALL First Men’s Tennis All-American 1988 SEC Singles Champion 1989 Rafael Osuna National Sportsmanship Award Winner
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JOAKIM APPELQVIST
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NCAA TOURNAMENT Wayne Hearn Randall/Booras NCAA Team Dave Randall Randall/Booras Nick Barone NCAA Team Mohamed Ridaoui Trevino-Knowles NCAA Team Joakim Appelqvist Mahesh Bhupathi Johan Hede Remi Feneon Appelqvist-Hamadeh Bhupathi-Trevino NCAA Team Mahesh Bhupathi Johan Hede Bhupathi-Hamadeh Feneon-Landsberg NCAA Team Johan Hede Ali Hamadeh Johan Landsberg NCAA Team Johan Hede Sebastien DeChaunac Johan Landsberg Landsberg/Sjoqvist NCAA Team Sebastien DeChaunac Martin Sjoqvist NCAA Team James Shortall Martin Sjoqvist
Singles Doubles Sweet 16 Singles Doubles Singles Sweet 16 Singles Doubles Sweet 16 Singles Singles Singles Singles Doubles Doubles Finals Singles Singles Doubles Doubles Quarters Singles Singles Singles Final Four Singles Singles Singles Doubles Quarters Singles Singles Final Four Singles Singles
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Shortall-Sjoqvist NCAA Team James Shortall Shortall-Chadha Alex Hartman NCAA Team Alex Hartman James Shortall Kristofer Stahlberg Shortall-Stahlberg NCAA Team Alex Hartman NCAA Team Paul Ciorascu Catalin Gard Alex Hartman Hartman-Lindholm NCAA Team Catalin Gard Paul Ciorascu Claes Lindholm NCAA Team Catalin Gard NCAA Team Eric Claesson Erling Tveit NCAA Team Eric Claesson Robbye Poole Erling Tveit NCAA Team Jonas Berg Robbye Poole Erling Tveit Bram ten Berge Matthias Wellermann NCAA Team Jonas Berg Devin Britton Kalle Norberg Bram ten Berge NCAA Team Marcel Thiemann Chris Thiemann NCAA Team Marcel Thiemann Chris Thiemann
Doubles 2nd round Singles Doubles Singles 2nd round Singles Singles Singles Doubles Sweet 16 Singles Quarters Singles Singles Singles Doubles 2nd round Singles/Doubles Doubles Singles Final Four Singles Sweet 16 Singles/Doubles Singles/Doubles Sweet 16 Doubles Singles Singles/Doubles Elite Eight Doubles Singles Singles/Doubles Doubles Singles/Doubles Elite Eight Singles/Doubles Singles Singles Doubles 2nd round Singles/Doubles Doubles 2nd round Singles/Doubles Doubles
DEVIN BRITTON 2009 NCAA Singles Champion First Men’s Tennis Freshman All-American OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 35
NATIONAL & REGIONAL HONORS 2012
NCAA Team Nik Scholtz Jonas Lutjen Marcel Thiemann Chris Thiemann
Sweet Sixteen Singles/Doubles Singles/Doubles Singles/Doubles Doubles
1994 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011
ALEX HARTMAN 2003
BRAM TEN BERGE 2009
1991
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN Joakim Appelqvist - District VI Johan Hede - 1st Team Johan Landsberg - District VI Sebastien DeChaunac - 1st Team James Shortall - District VI Alex Hartman - District VI Catalin Gard -District VI Juan Pablo Di Cesare - District VI Bram ten Berge - District VI Erling Tveit - District VI Matthias Wellermann - 3rd Team Bram ten Berge - 2nd Team Adrian Forberg Skogeng - District VI NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CLAY COURT CHAMPION Mohammed Ridaoui
1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
ITA SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Tommy Alfano Tommy Alfano Joakim Appelqvist Johan Hede Johan Landsberg Johan Hede Johan Landsberg Sebastien DeChaunac Ben Cousins David Blackburn Alex Hartman David Donaldson Claes Lindholm Fredrik Aarum David Donaldson Claes Lindholm Fredrik Aarum Juan Pablo Di Cesare David Donaldson Bram ten Berge Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Matthias Wellermann Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Matthias Wellermann Bram ten Berge Adrian Forberg Skogeng Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Adrian Forberg Skogeng Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Johan Backstrom Adrian Forberg Skogeng
ITA ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM AWARD 1997, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 *Teams must have at least a cumulative 3.2 GPA or above on 4.0 scale. 36 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
ITA COLLEGIATE ALL-STAR TEAM Mahesh Bhupathi/Ali Hamadeh Sebastien DeChaunac Jonas Berg/Erling Tveit Devin Britton
1989
ITA/RAPHAEL OSUNA NATIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Dave Randall
1994
ITA NATIONAL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR Mahesh Bhupathi
1989 2011
ITA ARTHUR ASHE REGIONAL SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD Dave Randall Tucker Vorster
ITA SOUTHEAST REGION SENIOR OF THE YEAR 2003 Alex Hartman
NCAA POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP 2003 Alex Hartman 2009 Bram ten Berge 1990 1991 1994 1996
1995 1998 2008 2009
ITA SOUTHEAST REGION ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2009 Devin Britton ITA SOUTHEAST REGION PLAYER TO WATCH 2000 Alex Hartman 2006 Erling Tveit ITA SOUTHEAST REGION COACH OF THE YEAR Billy Chadwick: 2004, 2008
1997 2006 Mohammed Ridaoui became the first Rebel to win a national title when he won the National Clay Court Championships in 1991.
2002 2011
WHO’S WHO AMONG AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES Alex Hartman Marcel Thiemann
D’NOVO/ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 2004 Catalin Gard (Singles) 2008 Jonas Berg/Bram ten Berge (Doubles)
1996 1997 2004 2005 2008
NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP Final Four Final Four Final Four Final Four Final Four
NATIONAL TEAM INDOOR SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD 2008 Erling Tveit BLUE/GRAY NATIONAL COLLEGIATE CLASSIC 1997 Champions 2010
ITA COLLEGIATE HALL OF FAME Mahesh Bhupathi
ITA SOUTHEAST REGION ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR Mark Beyers Jeff Clark
ITA SOUTHERN REGION ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 2012 Nik Scholtz ITA SOUTHERN REGION PLAYER TO WATCH 2011 Marcel Thiemann
2010
ITA SOUTHERN REGION ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR Toby Hansson
2009
USPTA NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR Billy Chadwick
USPTA SOUTHERN DIVISION COACH OF THE YEAR Billy Chadwick: 1995, 2002, 2004, 2010 Current players in BOLD
SEC HONORS 2006
2007
2008
2009
SEBASTIEN DECHAUNAC 1998 SEC Singles Champion 1997 SEC Tournament MVP 1997 NCAA Singles Semifinalist
2010 2011
1977 1981 1983 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
2004 2005
ALL-SEC TEAM Bruce Bollman Wayne Hearn Chuck Sobers Dave Randall Jamie Booras Dave Randall Keith Evans Nick Barone Mike Knowles Ivan Trevino Mohammed Ridaoui Joakim Appelqvist Ali Hamadeh Mahesh Bhupathi Mahesh Bhupathi Johan Hede Ali Hamadeh Johan Hede Ali Hamadeh Johan Landsberg Johan Hede Sebastien DeChaunac Johan Landsberg Sebastien DeChaunac Martin Sjoqvist James Shortall Martin Sjoqvist Alex Hartman James Shortall Alex Hartman James Shortall Kristofer Stahlberg Alex Hartman Kristofer Stahlberg Paul Ciorascu Catalin Gard Alex Hartman Claes Lindholm Catalin Gard Paul Ciorascu Claes Lindholm Catalin Gard Erling Tveit Karim Alayli
2012
Eric Claesson Juan Pablo Di Cesare Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Jonas Berg Kalle Norberg Robbye Poole Erling Tveit Jonas Berg Kalle Norberg Robbye Poole Erling Tveit Matthias Wellermann Jonas Berg Bram ten Berge Devin Britton Kalle Norberg Otto Sauer Marcel Thiemann Tucker Vorster Marcel Thiemann Tucker Vorster Jonas Lutjen Nik Scholtz Marcel Thiemann SEC CHAMPIONS
2012
Nik Scholtz
1997 2008 2009
SEC TOURNAMENT MVP Sebastien DeChaunac Jonas Berg Kalle Norberg BOYD McWHORTER SEC
Commissioner Mike Slive presents Bram ten Berge with the 2009 Boyd McWhorter SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award as the top male student-athlete in the entire conference.
2009
SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Bram ten Berge
BOYD McWHORTER SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR FINALIST 2003 Alex Hartman 2008 Erling Tveit 2012 Marcel Thiemann
2006 1987
JOHAN HEDE 1996 SEC Singles Champion 1996 SEC Player-of-the-Year 1996 NCAA Singles Semifinalist All-Time winningest singles player in Ole Miss history with 135-41 record
1978 1983 1986 1987 1988 1994 1995 1996 1998
Bruce Bollman Chuck Sobers Randall/Eudy Randall/Barrick Dave Randall Hamadeh/Appelqvist Mahesh Bhupathi Johan Hede Sebastien DeChaunac
1995 1996 2004
SEC PLAYER OF THE YEAR Mahesh Bhupathi Johan Hede Catalin Gard
1988
1989
SEC MEN’S TENNIS SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR Bram ten Berge SEC ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL David Baxter Joey Johnson Wade Petty Dave Randall David Baxter Wade Petty Dave Randall Richard Rolfe Stephen Alfano
#5 singles #3 singles #3 doubles #2 doubles #1 singles Doubles Singles Singles Singles
SEC FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
CATALIN GARD 2004 SEC Player of the Year 2004 ITA All-American Champion Ranked No.1 in nation for 24 weeks during 2004-05 season Second in Ole Miss history with 112 wins OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 37
SEC HONORS 1991
1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
Tommy Alfano Tommy Alfano Ivan Trevino Josh Bronson Dave Randall Ivan Trevino Josh Bronson Charles Meadowcroft Ivan Trevino Josh Bronson Charles Meadowcroft Joakim Appelqvist Ivan Trevino Johan Hede Johan Hede Johan Landsberg Johan Hede Sebastien DeChaunac Johan Landsberg Ben Cousins Sebastien DeChaunac Barry Hassell David Blackburn Ben Cousins Martin Sjoqvist David Blackburn Ben Cousins James Shortall Martin Sjoqvist David Blackburn Martin Selin Kristofer Stahlberg James Shortall David Blackburn Alex Hartman Jim Jacobs Martin Selin
2002
2003 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009 2010 2011
Kristofer Stalhberg James Shortall David Blackburn Mason Cousins Alex Hartman Jim Jacobs Kristofer Stahlberg James Shortall Alex Hartman Fredrik Aarum David Donaldson Catalin Gard Claes Lindholm Fredrik Aarum Eric Claesson Juan Pablo Di Cesare David Donaldson Catalin Gard Fredrik Aarum Juan Pablo Di Cesare Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Fredrik Aarum Chris Rea Bram ten Berge Erling Tveit Matthias Wellermann Jakob Klaeson Erling Tveit Bram ten Berge Matthias Wellermann Jonas Berg Bram ten Berge Adrian Forberg Skogeng Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Adrian Forberg Skogeng
2012
2000 2001 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2009
Jonas Lutjen Kalle Norberg Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann Johan Backstrom Adrian Forberg Skogeng Jonas Lutjen Chris Thiemann Marcel Thiemann SEC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK James Shortall (3/7) Kristofer Stahlberg (3/20) Alex Hartman (3/31) Catalin Gard (2/21) Eric Claesson (4/18) Erling Tveit (4/17) Eric Claesson (2/20) Robbye Poole (3/6) Robbye Poole (2/12, 4/8) Jonas Berg (4/7) Marcel Thiemann (3/23) SEC FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK Devin Britton (2/17, 4/1) Otto Sauer (3/17) Chris Thiemann (4/14) Marcel Thiemann (3/11, 4/7) William Kallberg (4/3) Nik Scholtz (3/14)
SEC COACH OF THE YEAR Billy Chadwick: 1996, 2004, 2009 Current players in BOLD
BACK TO BACK SEC TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Ole Miss won back-to-back SEC Tournament Championships in 2008 and 2009. In 2008, it was senior Erling Tveit (above) who clinched the title, and in 2009, freshman Devin Britton (left) sealed the championship for the Rebels. 38 | @OLEMISSNOW | @OLEMISSMTENNIS
CHAMPION ON TOUR
MAHESH BHUPATHI 11-Time Grand Slam Champion Mahesh Bhupathi, a former NCAA Doubles Champion at Ole Miss, has confirmed his place in tennis history. Bhupathi began a two-year stint on the ATP Player Council in 2012. He also teamed with countryman Rohan Bopanna to compile a 34-22 match record. They closed the season strongly by reaching 3 finals in 4 tournaments includnig the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, his 5th year-end championship final showing In 2011, Bhupathi teamed back up with countryman Leander Paes. The two made a successful return to the courts, winning their home country title in Chennai and falling just short of the one grand slam doubles title that eludes the pair, the Australiian Open. On their way to the finals, Bhupathi won his 600th career match since turning pro in 1995. Only 16 other players in the Open Era have reached the milestone. In 2009, Bhupathi paired with fellow Indian Sania Mirza to capture the Mixed Doubles Championship at the Australian Open for his 11th grand slam title. He and fellow doubles partner, Mark Knowles, ended the year ranked No. 3 in the ATP Rankings. The duo teamed up to reach the finals at the Australian and U.S. Opens and won the title at Barcelona, after winning four titles in their first year together in 2008. Bhupathi finished in the Top 30 individually in the Stanford ATP Doubles Rankings in 2007 for the seventh consecutive year and 11th overall as well as earning his 40th career doubles title. Bhupathi teamed with Martina Hingis in 2006 to capture the Australian Open Mixed Doubles title, bringing his total to 10 career grand slams. In 2005, he teamed with Mary Pierce to claim the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon and then won his fifth mixed doubles title when he and Daniela Hantuchova captured the U.S. Open Championships. In 2004, Bhupathi finished the season ranked in the Top 10 (No. 5 in the ATP Doubles Race with Russia’s Max Mirnyi and No. 7 individually) for the fourth consecutive year and sixth time in seven years. In addition, he won five doubles titles and more than 50 matches for the third year in a row. His five titles came with four different partners. Bhupathi earned a spot in the Tennis Masters Cup in Houston (with Mirnyi). Bhupathi also teamed with Mirnyi to reach the quarterfinals at the 2004 Australian Open and the semifinals at the French Open. He also teamed up with former partner and fellow countryman, Leander Paes, to win the Master Series Toronto and reach the semifinals at the Olympics in Athens, Greece. Bhupathi teamed with Mirnyi in 2003 to win five of an ATP-high nine finals and finished No. 2 in the ATP Team Race standings. The two reached the finals at Wimbledon. In 2002, Bhupathi added two more grand slam titles to his impressive resume. He teamed with Russia’s Elena Likhovtseva to win the Mixed Doubles title at Wimbledon and two months later, he and doubles partner Max Mirnyi won the U.S. Open Championship. In 1999, Bhupathi and his partner, Leander Paes, became the first doubles duo in the modern era to reach the finals of all four grand slam events in a calendar year. The pair won the French Open Championships and one month later captured the most prestigious of the grand slams, Wimbledon. In addition to winning two doubles grand slam titles in 1999, Bhupathi also captured the U.S. Open Mixed Doubles Championship.
After not playing together much in 2000 due to injuries, Bhupathi and Paes returned to the courts together in 2001 and captured their third grand slam title and second French Open Championship. In 15 years on the tour, Bhupathi has won more than six million dollars in prize money and captured 51 doubles titles. Bhupathi became the first player in the history of India to win an ATP Grand Slam title when he won the Mixed Doubles title at the French Open Championships in the summer of 1997. While at Ole Miss, Bhupathi led the Rebels to the NCAA team finals. He became the first Rebel tennis player to win an NCAA title when he teamed with Ali Hamadeh to capture the Doubles Championship in 1995 and ended the year as the No. 1 doubles team in the nation. In addition, Bhupathi was an All-American, 1995 SEC Singles Champion and SEC Player of the Year. Bhupathi credits his success to his college days at Ole Miss. “Although I had good results in junior tennis, I was not ready for the pros physically and mentally,” Bhupathi said. “I credit coach Chadwick for much of my success. I really enjoyed my time at Ole Miss and I still stay in touch with my former teammates.” In 2010, Bhupathi became the first Ole Miss player to be inducted into the ITA Collegiate Tennis Hall of Fame.
Mahesh Bhupathi and Rebel head coach Billy Chadwick at the 1997 U.S. Open.
11-TIME GRAND SLAM CHAMPION YEAR 1997 1999 1999 2001 2002 2002 2005 2005 2006 2009
GRAND SLAM French Open French Open Wimbledon French Open Wimbledon U.S. Open Wimbledon U.S. Open Australian Open Australian Open
EVENT Mixed Doubles Doubles, Mixed Doubles Doubles Doubles Mixed Doubles Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles Mixed Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi teamed up with fellow Indian Sania Mirza to win the Mixed Doubles Championship at the Australian Open in 2009. The win marked his 11th career grand slam and seventh mixed doubles title. OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 39
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Poole, Robbye.......................................................... 2006-07-08 Price, Milburn ................................................................1958-59 Pritchard, Michael..........................................................1995-96 Propst, Jake ............................................................. 1940-41-42 Randall, Dave ..................................................... 1986-87-88-89 Rasheed, Charly, ..................................................................1996 Rea, Chris.............................................................................2007 Ridaoui, Mohamed .........................................................1991-92 Robertson, Steven Bryant ...................................................1978 Rosenbaum, Neil ............................................................1951-52 Ruffin, Ed .............................................................................1967 S ... S ... S Safian, Brian W. ....................................................................1969 Sales, John .....................................................................1988-89 Salloum, Joe ............................................................. 1961-62-63 Salloum, Mitchell, Jr. .......................................................1952-53 Sandifer, Fred.................................................................1963-64 Sauer, Otto ...........................................................................2009 Scholtz, Nik .............................................................. 2012 Schwing, Eric...................................................... 1987-88-90-91 Selin, Martin....................................................... 1999-00-01-02 Shillinglaw, Andrew, C...........................................................1979 Sims, Dennis ..................................................................1972-73 Sims, Sid ........................................................................1972-73 Singleton, Paul Lester, Jr. .....................................................1981 Shelton, Gill ....................................................................1937-38 Shepard, David Moore .........................................................1982 Sherman, Thurston.................................................. 1949-50-51 Shipley, Lester, Jr. ...........................................................1950-51 Shortall, James .................................................. 1998-99-00-01 Smallwood, Harvey Myers ...................................................1963 Smith, Sidney .......................................................................1963 Sobers, Chuck ......................................................................1987 Sjoqvist, Martin ........................................................ 1997-98-99 Stahlberg, Kristofer............................................ 1999-00-01-02 Stapp, Neal ..........................................................................1986 Stenman, Anders ..................................................... 1998-99-00 T ... 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Ferrell Jr.........................................................1961-63 Vorster, Tucker................................................... 2008-09-10-11 W ... W and Y ... Y Walker, Donald Lewis ............................................... 1961-62-63 Walker, Michael.....................................................................1992 Watson, Bill ....................................................................1957-58 Wellermann, Matthias.....................................................2007-08 Wells, Erskine .......................................................................1968 Wiggins, Phillip .....................................................................1974 Wilkinson, Jack .....................................................................1972 Wilkinson, Richard ................................................................1938 Williams, Charles E. ........................................................1932-33 Williams, Jim ............................................................. 1986-87-89 Williams, M. 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LYNNETTE JOHNSON
Executive Associate Athletics Director Lynnette Johnson is in her 23rd year overall with Ole Miss Athletics. Currently, she is in her 14th year as a Sport Administrator and Senior Woman Administrator. She is the Sport Administrator for eight intercollegiate programs, which include: soccer, volleyball, rifle, women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf and tennis. She also handles multiple internal and external operations involving all sports programs and several departments. During her first nine years, Johnson was a member of the Sports Medicine staff. She became the first female head athletic trainer in the Southeastern Conference in 1997. During her 14 years as a sport administrator, the programs that she has worked with have been very successful. Collectively, they have won three SEC Regular Season titles, 14 Western Division titles, three SEC Tournament titles and made over 30 NCAA tournament appearances; which include several Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight and Final Four appearances. Individual student-athlete accomplishments have been just as impressive with multiple All-America honors,
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Kim Ling Associate Media Relations Director
SEC Champions, NCAA Champions and two Olympians. Johnson is also responsible for coordinating and bidding all NCAA and SEC postseason events held on campus. Ole Miss has hosted SEC men’s and women’s tennis, track and field, cross country, softball and soccer and is scheduled to host the SEC Women’s Tennis Championship in April 2012. The NCAA has also found a home at Ole Miss, hosting men’s and women’s tennis regionals, five baseball regionals and three baseball super regionals. Academically, the teams are excelling in the classroom as well; putting up high graduation rates, multiple Academic All-America honors and Taylor Medalists, as well as the first athlete to be inducted into the school’s Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society chapter. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native is a 1988 graduate of East Carolina University and a 1990 graduate of Ole Miss with a master’s degree in Education. She is married to Tal Johnson and the couple has two daughters, Alexandria and Samantha.
John Simmons Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Barbara Hoggard Senior Staff Assistant
Alicia Meredith Event Management Coordinator
ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the University of Mississippi Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is to advance the University’s role as a major comprehensive institution of higher learning dedicated to teaching, research, and service. The Department will produce competitive and entertaining athletic teams, by recruiting qualified student-athletes, coaches and staff from diverse backgrounds, providing equal opportunities regardless of ethnicity or gender. The Department will prepare student-athletes to be productive members of society by assisting in their development of academic, athletic, social, and leadership skills within an environment which fosters integrity, sportsmanship, and emotional, physical, and mental well being. Operating within the principles of sound fiscal management, the Department will sponsor athletic teams which reflect the interest of the citizens of Mississippi and promote enthusiasm, financial support, cohesiveness, and loyalty within the University community. Demonstrating leadership in all decisions which impact the University, the Southeastern Conference, and the National Collegiate Athletics Association, the Department will conduct itself in an ethical and honest manner. OLEMISSSPORTS.COM 41
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DR. DANIEL W. JONES | CHANCELLOR From an early age, Dr. Daniel W. Jones knew his career aspirations revolved around medicine and leadership. And while a physician leading a comprehensive university isn’t a common arrangement, Jones’ appointment as the 16th chancellor of the University of Mississippi is no surprise to anyone familiar with his record of leadership and achievements at the UM Medical Center in Jackson and the American Heart Association. Jones became chancellor on July 1, 2009, and oversees the campuses in Oxford, Jackson, Southaven, Tupelo and Grenada. Vice chancellor for health affairs and dean of the School of Medicine since 2003, Jones served as the Medical Center’s chief executive officer, overseeing five schools and the health system. Under his leadership, UMMC restructured its clinical enterprise to create a more agile, market-responsive organization focused on quality, efficiency and clinical leadership. The work resulted in a turnaround in financial performance and selection as one
of the Thomson Top 100 Hospitals in America. Jones’ leadership team also expanded the Medical Center’s commitment to minority scholarships, rural medicine and the elimination of health disparities. Enrollment of underrepresented medical students increased 80 percent in five years. They also led a campaign that raised $53 million, expanded the medical school’s class size from 100 students to 120 students per class and reorganized the medical faculty clinical practice plan from 17 individual practice groups to a single, unified one, facilitating more efficient management and improved patient care. Under his watch, the Medical Center’s research enterprise has been reinvigorated with completion of the Arthur C. Guyton Research Center, acquisition of funding for a research park and increased research funding. A native Mississippian, Jones graduated from Mississippi College in 1971, earned his M.D. in 1975 at UMMC and completed his residency in internal medicine there in 1978. He had a private practice in Laurel, then went to Korea as a medical missionary in 1985. He returned to the UM Medical Center as a faculty member in 1992 and was named the school’s Herbert G.
Langford Professor of Medicine in 1998. He directed the hypertension division and led many clinical studies funded by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of health. He played a crucial role in the acquisition of funding from NHLBI to create the Jackson Heart Study and was its first principal investigator. As the only large scale study of cardiovascular risk factors in African-Americans, Jones had to overcome the understandable reluctance of African Americans to participate in research and to build consensus among the three participating institutions - Jackson State University, Tougaloo College and UMMC. Neither had ever collaborated in such a massive undertaking. The chancellor began volunteering for the American Heart Association 20 years ago and became its national president in 2007-2008. He was one of the early voices in AHA leadership to call attention to the growing problem of childhood obesity and heart disease in women. He was AHA’s national spokesperson on high blood pressure. Jones is married to Lydia Channell Jones, also a Mississippi College graduate. They have two children, Jennifer Jones Flechas of Oxford and Jason Jones of Clinton.
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Dr. Ron Rychlak Chairman
William Berry University Faculty
Larry H. Bryan Alumni President-Elect
Kimbrely Dandridge ASB President
Dr. J. David Duncan Medical School
Tim Ellis M-Club Representative
Rose J. Flenorl At-Large Member
Mark Garneau University Staff
T. Michael Glenn Alumni Representative
Dr. Laurel Lambert University Faculty
Sam Lane Alumni Representative
Richard Noble Alumni President
Dr. Brice Noonan University Faculty
Dr. Jason Ritchie University Faculty
Lee Tyner University Attorney
Dr. Ethel Young-Minor University Faculty
PAST ATHLETICS COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
Judge William Hemingway 1920s-37
Dr. T.A. Bickerstaff 1937-72
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Dr. Richard Keye 1972-77
Dr. Parham Williams 1978-83
Dr. Max Williams 1983-97
Dr. Robert Weems 1997-2007
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ROSS BJORK | ATHLETICS DIRECTOR Ross Bjork was announced on March 21, 2012 as the seventh full-time Director of Athletics at Ole Miss. Bjork, 40, arrived in Oxford as the youngest AD among BCS schools and comes off a successful stint in that post at Western Kentucky University. Bjork has set the tone early in his Ole Miss tenure, hiring one of the country’s top rising coaches in his sport in Brian O’Neal (track and field) in just his second month on the job. He also appointed three executive level administrators for external relations, academic support and facilities/game operations. The external relations post was a new umbrella position at the center of Bjork’s reorganization of that area of Ole Miss Athletics, including the UMAA Foundation, ticket operations, marketing and communications and the relationship with Ole Miss Sports Properties. He also created the unit for Health and Sports Performance, which combined sports medicine, strength and conditioning, nutrition and counseling services and added a local orthopedic sports medicine component that will provide primary sports medicine care for all student-athletes. Bjork’s vision in facilities has resulted in a development plan for the Indoor Practice Facility. New projects have begun and include a full service dining facility, football team meeting room, player lounge and visuals throughout the complex. Bjork’s first full week at the post was spent on the Rebel Road Trip, a six-day, 16-stop tour of the region that served to unite the Rebel fanbase. He carried that momentum into the launch of a major sales campaign for football season tickets, which included television and radio advertising, billboards, internet marketing and a new outbound telemarketing call center. Exciting things are happening around Ole Miss Athletics including first-year head football coach Hugh Freeze guiding the Rebels to a bowl game for the first time in three years and the Rebels reclaiming the Egg Bowl trophy.
At WKU, Bjork spent significant time with all head coaches to evaluate and understand the necessary ingredients it takes for each sport to reach their maximum potential athletically and academically. He oversaw an extensive search process that resulted in Matt Myers being named WKU’s new head baseball coach in July of 2011, and groundbreaking is anticipated in the summer of 2012 for major facility upgrades for WKU’s tennis and track and field programs. After Bjork made a midseason coaching change, the Hilltopper men’s basketball team went on to capture the 2012 Sun Belt Conference Tournament title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Women’s Volleyball won the conference regular season and tournament in 2011 and reached the NCAA tournament each of the last two years, while men’s and women’s cross country each won conference team titles in 2011. Women’s swimmer Claire Donahue finished second in the nation in the 100 yard butterfly, the highest finish in the program’s history, and then won a pair of gold medals at the 2011 Pan American Games to become the only WKU athlete to ever claim Pan Am gold. WKU’s football program posted the greatest one-season improvement in conference wins in the history of the Sun Belt in posting a 7-1 league mark and second-place conference finish. WKU football also signed the conference’s top recruiting class each of the last two seasons. WKU’s soccer program also reached the Sun Belt Conference tournament championship game in 2011 before falling in overtime in their bid to achieve the program’s first ever NCAA Tournament berth. Operating at full speed immediately after being hired at WKU, Bjork immediately created full time coaching positions for both men’s and women’s golf, implemented a strategic budgeting process, started a master facility plan, restructured several key administrative units and created a new mission statement and core values to guide the athletics program. He also led the “Toppers on Tour” caravan each summer, in which coaches and administrators from the WKU athletic department visit six cities outside of the Bowling Green area in a 19-day span covering over 1,000 total miles. His team also launched
the Power of One membership campaign to accelerate growth for the Hilltopper Athletic Foundation and a new telemarketing program for ticket sales also saw immediate success in new customers for WKU Athletics. Bjork placed a high priority on academic success at WKU and led the creation of a comprehensive academic retention plan for the athletics department, which is geared to proactively impact all incoming student-athletes. Each of WKU’s men’s and women’s athletic teams exceeded the NCAA required 925 Academic Progress Report Rate (APR), and WKU had more individuals honored for their academic achievements by the Sun Belt Conference than any other institution in 2011-12. For the first time in program history, the overall cumulative average GPA was over 3.0 for all 391 student-athletes and 228 maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Ten of the university’s 15 athletic programs posted a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or better. The youngest athletics director of the 120 NCAA FBS programs when hired at WKU, Bjork has an extensive career in intercollegiate athletics with two decades of experience as an administrator and student-athlete, having worked on the senior staffs at UCLA, the University of Miami and the University of Missouri. He began his administrative career at WKU as an Assistant Development Coordinator in 1996-97. Bjork has also served as Campus Recreation Graduate Assistant and Athletic Department Volunteer at Western Illinois University, Marketing Intern for the University of Tulsa, Front Office Intern for the Albuquerque Dukes, and Student Volunteer for Athletics at Emporia State University. Bjork is a native of Dodge City, Kan., and received his bachelor’s degree in recreation administration from Emporia State University in 1995 where he was a twoyear starter at fullback. He earned a master’s degree in athletic administration from Western Illinois University in December 1996. Bjork is respected nationally by his peers and is Past-President of the National Association of Athletic Development Directors (NAADD). He and his wife, Sonya, have two boys: Payton (6) and Paxton (2).
ATHLETICS LEADERSHIP
Stephen Ponder Senior Executive Associate AD for External Relations
Lynnette Johnson Executive Associate AD/ Senior Woman Administrator
Angela Robinson Associate AD for Financial Operations
Matt Ball Senior Associate AD for Compliance
Joe Swingle Associate AD for Facilities & Game Operations
Derek Cowherd Senior Associate AD for Academic Support
Joey Brent Assistant AD for Information Technology
Shannon Singletary Senior Associate AD for Health & Sports Performance
Kyle Campbell Assistant AD for Media & Public Relations
Michael Thompson Senior Associate AD for Communications & Marketing
Jamil Northcutt Assistant AD for Internal Operations
Keith Carter Associate AD for Development/ Executive Director UMAA Foundation
Wesley Owen Assistant AD for Ticket Operations
Julie Owen Associate AD for Compliance
Micah Ginn Director of Creative Services
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PALMER/SALLOUM TENNIS CENTER
HOME OF THE 2013 SEC MEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
The University of Mississippi’s Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center ranks as one of the nation’s finest collegiate facilities. The tennis center was completed in 1990 and has served as host to the SEC Championships, Women’s ITA South Regional Championships, the USTA National Interscholastic Championships and NCAA Men’s and Women’s Regionals. This year, it will host the SEC Men’s Tennis Tournament. Located in the heart of campus, the tennis center is surrounded by towering magnolia trees and is regarded as perhaps the most beautiful in the country. The tennis center received a major upgrade in 2012 adding to an already stunning facility. The $3 million expansion including additional seating renovations to the coaches/player areas; including the locker rooms, study area, and coaches’ offices. Each team now has their own team lounge to study and hang out complete with locker rooms and flat screen tvs. The complex combines the Greek revival architecture that is predominant on the Oxford campus, housing a 500-seat stadium with courtside pavilions providing additional seating for 300. With the expansion, spectator viewing is now available on top of the buildings to the left and right, allowing for more fans to enjoy what has become an exciting atmosphere. The facility has nine championship courts all with lighting, as well as a computerized scoreboard and message center. Both head men’s and women’s tennis coaches Bily Chadwick and Mark Beyers are excited about the additions to the tennis facility. “When Palmer/Salloum was built, the objective of creating a state-of-the-art tennis center was met,” Chadwick said. “The expansion compliments the existing space and advances our fa-
cilities even further.” “We are thrilled with the additions to the tennis center,” Beyers said. “It will enable us to continue attracting the top players in the nation and around the world as we strive to compete for more championships.” The primary benefactor of the tennis center is John N. Palmer, a 1956 alumnus of Ole Miss, who is currently the U.S. Ambassador to Portugal. He was joined in this effort by Mitchell Salloum Jr., a businessman from Gulfport, who is a 1955 alumnus of the University. The center honors the late Mitchell Salloum, Sr., a 1926 law graduate and a 1960-61 President of the Ole Miss Alumni Association. Additional funds were provided by donations to the Drive for Athletics at Ole Miss. Donors who made significant gifts toward other parts of the stadium include Louis Brandt, Jack Dunbar and William Galtney. Galtney contributed $1 million to the renovation/expansion, and in recognition of his generous donation, the courts were named the William F. Galtney, Jr., Tennis Courts. The Ole Miss tennis programs also benefit from the Gillom Sports Center, which opened in 1997. The facility contains three indoor tennis courts, allowing both tennis teams to play all their matches in Oxford. The outstanding tennis facilities echo the success of the tennis programs and helps them continue their quest for championships. It shows the commitment and dedication the University has made toward these sports. “We are fortunate to have the support of our athletic department,” Chadwick said. “This total team effort is what has placed our tennis programs at the top of the collegiate world.”
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AMONG NATION’S ATTENDANCE LEADERS The Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center underwent a major renovation/expansion which was completed prior to the 2012 season.
Ole Miss regularly ranks among the best in the nation in attendance. The Rebels finished the 2011 season fifth in the annual ITA Attendance Race standings for regular season home matches. The Rebels drew 4,798 fans to its matches at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center and Gillom Sports Center. They also ranked second in average attendance with 533 fans, just one shy of Texas A&M. Ole Miss averaged 919 fans during the month of April.
Longtime athletics supporter and former Rebel tennis player, Will Galtney, contributed $1million to the expansion/renovation of the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center. In recognition of his gift, the courts at the Palmer/Salloum Tennis Center were named the William F. Galtney, Jr., Courts.
2013 SCHEDULE ITA KICKOFF WEEKEND JAN. 25 VS. COLUMBIA JAN. 26 LOUISVILLE/NC STATE Feb. 7 vs. Mississippi State-River Hills MS Cup Feb. 15-18 ITA National Team Indoor FEB. 26 VS. MEMPHIS Mar. 1 at Alabama Mar. 3 at Auburn MAR. 8 VS. GEORGIA MAR. 10 VS. TENNESSEE MAR. 14 VS. BAYLOR MAR. 15 VS. KENTUCKY MAR. 17 VS. VANDERBILT Mar. 22 at LSU Mar. 24 at Arkansas Mar. 29 at Mississippi State APR. 5 VS. FLORIDA APR. 7 VS. SOUTH CAROLINA Apr. 14 at Texas A&M Apr. 17-21 SEC Tournament (Oxford, MS) May 10-11 NCAA 1st & 2nd Rounds May 16-21 NCAA Final 16 May 22-27 NCAA Individual Championships ALL TIMES CENTRAL - HOME MATCHES IN BOLD
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