2008-09 Men's Tennis Roster
Biography
Spring 2009: One of three returners and only senior...Ranked No. 69 in ITA pre-season poll...Posted a 4-6 mark in singles at the No. 1 spot...Was 3-6 overall in doubles and 3-4 with partner Martin Shishkov...Was ranked as high as No. 95 by the ITA...Grabbed two huge wins over No. 125 Jordi Ballester (Jacksonville) and No. 51 Jorge Vazquez (Memphis)...Named to the Dean’s List and the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
Fall 2008: Posted a 7-5 record during the fall campaign...Placed second and collected four wins at the Georgia Tech Invitational, which included wins over Auburn’s Lukas Marsoun and UGA’s Drake Bernstein.
Spring 2008:
Fall 2007: Finished the fall season with an 11-5 mark...Earned a fifth place finish at the Thomasville Invitational...Reached the round of 16 at the Southern Intercollegiates...Reached the semifinals at the GT Invitational defeating opponents from Louisville and Kentucky to finish the tournament with a 3-1 mark...Partnered with Nejc Podkrajsek in doubles and finished with a 7-5 mark with victories over Mississippi State and Illinois.
Spring 2007: Second-team All-CAA in singles ...
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Spring 2006:
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Personal:
Son of Bojan and Damjana Podkrajsek...Has one brother, Rok...Enjoys movies and music...Favorite athlete is Michael Schumacher...Inspired by Rafael Nadal.
Top 50 in ITF junior world rankings...Finished second in Slovenia National Junior rankings.Nejc had an outstanding dual match season for State...He had a 16-5 singles record including 15-5 at the No. 2 spot and 1-0 at the No. 1...Nejc garnered All-CAA singles third team honors for his performance...Nejc had a 11-7 doubles record in dual match play for the Panthers...His schoolwork earned him a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll...Nejc earned a Commissioner’s Academic Award.he only player to compete in every event this season...Posted a 10-8 singles mark overall...Partnered with Mattias Skold with a 4-3 record...Won the Thomasville Invitational doubles championship with Martin Stiegwardt with a perfect 3-0 mark...A Dean’s List and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll honoree.Played all matches at the No. 2 spot...Was 15-4 in singles and 23-9 in doubles...Had a nine-game match winning streak including an undefeated month of March...Won 11 of last 13 completed matches...Earned CAA Singles Player of the Week honors on April 3...Defeated two ranked opponents (#70 Clancy Shields of Boise State and #100 Eric Molnar of Georgia Tech)...Had three doubles partners: Mattias Skold (7-4), Anze Cevka (5-1), Augusto Alvarado (2-0)...Earned Faculty Scholar, Dean’s List, and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll...Received CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award.Named CAA Player of the Year and CAA Scholar Athlete of the Year...Finished the spring campaign with an 8-6 mark at the No. 1 position and ranked No. 125 in the nation...Was 3-0 against top conference opponents William & Mary, VCU, and Old Dominion...Earned first-team All-CAA honors in singles and second-team All-CAA honors in doubles with partner Anze Cevka at the No. 1 position...Finished the regular season on a five-match winning streak in doubles.
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