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NIKOLA MEKTIC
Tennis Player
Nikola Mektić is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2021 Wimbledon Championships in men's doubles partnering compatriot Mate Pavić, and the 2020 Australian Open with Barbora Krejčíková in mixed doubles. Mektić also finished runner-up at the 2020 US Open with Wesley Koolhof in men's doubles, and the 2018 US Open with Alicja Rosolska in mixed doubles.
He became world No. 1 in men's doubles in October 2021, the second Croatian to reach this ranking. Mektić has won 16 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including six at Masters 1000 level with four different partners.
He also won the 2020 ATP Finals with Koolhof. In singles, he reached his highest ranking of world No. 213 in May 2013.
Mektić was part of the Croatian team which won the 2018 Davis Cup, and won men's doubles gold at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Pavić.
MATE PAVIC
Tennis Player
Mate Pavić is a Croatian professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won three titles in men's doubles: the 2018 Australian Open with Oliver Marach, the 2020 US Open with Bruno Soares, and the 2021 Wimbledon Championships with Nikola Mektić.
Pavić also won mixed doubles titles at the 2016 US Open with Laura Siegemund, and the 2018 Australian Open with Gabriela Dabrowski. He finished runner-up at the 2017 Wimbledon Championships, the 2018 French Open and the 2020 French Open in men's doubles, and at the 2018 and 2019 French Opens in mixed doubles.
Pavić has won 31 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including five at Masters 1000 level. In May 2018, he became world No. 1 in doubles, making him the 52nd player history to hold the top ranking. He was the youngest doubles No. 1 since Todd Woodbridge in 1996, and the first player from Croatia, male or female, to be world No. 1 in singles or doubles. Pavić was part of the winning Croatian team at the 2018 Davis Cup, and also won Olympic gold in men's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics alongside Mektić. In singles, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 295 in May 2013.
PEDRO MARTINEZ
Tennis Player
Pedro Martínez is a Spanish professional tennis player.
During his junior career, he won the junior Davis Cup 2013.
Martínez has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 40 achieved on 9 May 2022.
He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 53 achieved on 9 May 2022.
CARLOS TABERNER
Tennis Player
Carlos Taberner is a Spanish professional tennis player.
Taberner has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 85 achieved on 23 May 2022.
He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 337 achieved on 18 September 2017.
He has reached 16 career singles finals, with a record of 7 wins and 9 losses which includes four ATP Challenger singles titles: the 2020 Iași Open, the 2021 Antalya Challenger II, the 2021 Open du Pays d'Aix and the 2021 Lošinj Open.
Additionally, he has reached 7 career doubles finals with a record of 4 wins and 3 losses which includes one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2017 San Benedetto Tennis Cup.
TOMAS ETCHEVERRY
Tennis Player
Tomás Etcheverry is an Argentine tennis player.
He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 88, achieved on 23 May 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 241, achieved on 28 February 2022.
Etcheverry has captured three ATP Challenger and five ITF titles in singles as well as six ITF and one ATP Challenger title in doubles.
RON HARPER JR
Basketball Player
Ronald Harper Jr. is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the Big Ten Conference.
Ron did sign a two-way deal with the Toronto Raptors shortly after the draft concluded
He is the son of former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Ron Harper.
HORIA TECAU
Tennis Player
Horia Tecău is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Rojer in men's doubles, as well as the 2012 Australian Open with Bethanie Mattek-Sands in mixed doubles. Tecău also reached five further Grand Slam finals:
at the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Wimbledon Championships with Robert Lindstedt in men's doubles, and at the 2014 and 2016 Australian Opens in mixed doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in November 2015, shortly before winning the 2015 ATP Finals with Rojer. Tecău won 38 doubles and one mixed doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including three at Masters 1000 level.
He also won the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, alongside compatriot Florin Mergea.
KEVIN KRAWIETZ
Tennis Player
Kevin Krawietz is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies.
The pair were also semifinalists at the 2019 US Open. Krawietz reached the mixed doubles semifinals at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships and 2022 French Open, partnering Květa Peschke and Nicole Melichar-Martinez respectively, and has qualified for the ATP Finals on three occasions.
He achieved his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 in November 2019, and has won eight doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at ATP Tour 500 level.
He has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games in both men's and mixed doubles.
JULIAN KNOWLE
Tennis Player / Coach
Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player and coach.
Being a born left-hander, Knowle was one of the few on the ATP Tour who played his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed.
He was Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching world no. 6 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2008, before being matched by Jürgen Melzer, who reached no. 6 in September 2010, and overtaken by Alexander Peya, who reached no. 3 in August 2013.
Knowle was a successful player on the ATP Challenger Series, winning the Challenger tournaments in Kyoto (1999), Caracas (2001), Graz (2001)n and Andrezieux (2002) and reaching the finals in Yokohama (2000), Bristol (2000), Besançon (2000)n and Graz (2003).
He also won several Futures tournaments. Knowle's best ATP singles ranking was world no. 86 in July 2002. His final appearance in the main draw of a singles tournament was in the Graz Challenger in 2005 where he reached the quarterfinals.
PABLO ANDUJAR
Tennis Player
Pablo Andújar is a Spanish professional tennis player. Andujar has won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 32 in July 2015.
His best results are reaching the fourth round of the 2019 US Open and the 2021 French Open doubles semifinals.
CALVIN KATTAR
Professional MMA
Calvin Kattar is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
A professional competitor since 2007, Kattar formerly competed for EliteXC. As of June 20, 2022, he is #5 in the UFC featherweight rankings.
Kattar won eight consecutive bouts and was unbeaten in over seven years competing on the regional circuit primarily in his native New England prior to his UFC career.
ROB FONT
Professional MMA
Robert Font is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
A professional competitor since 2011, Font formerly competed for CES MMA, where he was the Featherweight Champion. As of May 2, 2022, he is ranked #7 in the UFC bantamweight rankings.
DEAN REIBER
Basketball Player
Dean Reiber is an American college basketball player for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the Big Ten Conference. Made Rutgers debut in season-opening win over Sacred Heart (Nov. 25)
Breakout game versus Nebraska, with career-highs in points (10), rebounds (4), three-pointers (2) and minutes played (17)
Scored 12 points in 10 minutes play in win over No. 13 Michigan State
DAN EVANS
Tennis Player
Daniel Evans is a British professional tennis player from England.
He has been ranked as high as world No. 22 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 September 2021, and is the current British No. 2 in singles.
He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 52 in doubles on 26 April 2021. In 2015, he formed part of the winning British Davis Cup team.
In Grand Slam events, Evans reached the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open and of the 2021 US Open. Evans has made seven third-round major appearances at the 2013 US Open, at Wimbledon 2016, at the 2016 US Open, at Wimbledon 2019, at the 2019 US Open, at Wimbledon 2021, and at the 2022 Australian Open.
Evans's three ATP Tour finals to date have been the 2017 Apia International Sydney (losing to Gilles Müller), Delray Beach Open (losing to Radu Albot), and the 2021 Murray River Open, where he beat Felix Auger-Aliassime to win his first title.
Evans made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain against Poland in September 2009. Evans twice won deciding fifth rubbers, against Slovakia and Russia respectively, helping Great Britain progress to the Davis Cup World Group.
Evans also played in the semifinal against Australia, losing both of his rubbers, and was a substitute for the Final against Belgium, with Great Britain winning the Davis Cup in 2015, the nation's first success in the tournament for 79 years.
The Davis Cup team was awarded the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.
JASON JUNG
Tennis Player
Jason Jung is an American-born professional tennis player who represents Taiwan.
He is a University of Michigan alumnus who has cracked the Top 150 in the ATP rankings and also won four ATP Challenger events.
As a tennis player, he was the National and Midwest Regional winner of the ITA/Arthur Ashe Award for Leadership & Sportsmanship in 2010, made the All Big Ten team as a junior and senior, and is 4th all-time in Michigan history in career doubles wins.
MARSHA FRESE
Basketball Coach
Marsha Frese is an American college basketball coach, most recently working as an assistant coach for Boston College.
She had previously been the head women's basketball coach at UMKC.
Frese played basketball at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
She was the leading scorer in the state in both 1989 and 1990. In 1988 she helped lead the team to the Iowa state title. Based on her accomplishments she was named Miss Iowa basketball in 1990 by USA Today and the Gatorade Circle of Champions.
In 2017, she was named an assistant coach for Boston College but resigned in the summer, citing personal reasons.
RYAN KRIENER
Basketball Player
Ryan Kriener is an American professional basketball player for the Ehime Orange Vikings of the Japanese B.League.
On August 8, 2020, Kriener signed his first professional contract with the Helios Suns of the Slovenian League and the ABA League Second Division. However he did not play for the team.
In January 2021, Kriener signed with the Leuven Bears of the Pro Basketball League. He averaged 19 points and 7 rebounds per game and was one of the finalists for league MVP.
On July 13, 2021, Kriener signed with the Ehime Orange Vikings of the Japanese B.League.
TAYLOR MIKESELL
Basketball Player
Taylor Mikesell is a college basketball player. Her height is 5-foot-11 and playing in the position of guard for Ohio State after playing at Oregon and Maryland.
Coming out of high school, Taylor was the nation's No. 32 overall player and No. 9 point guard.
Career Honors at Ohio State;
One of five finalists for the Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award (2022).
Regional finalist for the WBCA Coaches’ All-America Team (2022)
All-Big Ten First Team (2022, media and coaches)
Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll: Jan. 10, Jan. 24, Feb. 14, 2022
AKIEAN FREDERICK
Basketball Player
Akiean Frederick is a professional American basketball player. His height is 6-9 with 231 lbs. He was the leader of Kent State University.
He is a power forward / center who most recently played for Tromso Storm in Norway - BLNO.
JANEE BATES
Basketball Player
Janee is a three-time captain for Haskell Athletics women’s basketball.
Three-time honoree of the Champion of Character Award
School records for points (39) and assists (13) in a single game.
CALEB GREEN
Basketball Player
Caleb Green is a professional American basketball player. His height is 5-10 with 175 lbs. He is the leader of Fairfield Stags.
BRIAN BANKS
Football Player
Brian Banks is a former American football player. He signed with the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL) on April 3, 2013.
Banks signed as an undrafted free agent with the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League in 2012.
Banks was a standout high school football star at Polytechnic High School (Poly) in Long Beach, California.
In 2002, his Junior year, Banks verbally committed to USC. After being falsely accused of rape by classmate Wanetta Gibson, he spent close to six years imprisoned and five years on parole.
In 2012, his conviction was overturned when his accuser confessed that she had fabricated the entire story.
Following his exoneration, Banks sought to resume his football career, playing for the now-defunct United Football League (UFL), attending mini-camps for several NFL teams, and later signing with the Atlanta Falcons.
GEO BAKER
Basketball Player
Geo Baker is an American college basketball player for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights of the Big Ten Conference.
In Baker's senior season debut on November 25, 2020, he sprained his ankle in a win over Sacred Heart and was ruled out for several games. Baker was named to the Third Team All-Big Ten by the coaches.
JESUS CRUZ
Basketball Player
Jesus Cruz is a basketball player with a height of six foot five (1m95 / 6-5).
He is a shooting guard who most recently played for Gigantes de Carolina in Puerto Rico - BSN.
COURTNEY CLEMENTS
Basketball Player
Courtney Clements is a professional basketball player.
She played college basketball at the University of Arizona and San Diego State University.
She played in the WNBA for the Chicago Sky however, she got waived in 2015.
PHILIPP OSWALD
Tennis Player
Philipp Oswald is an Austrian professional tennis player who primarily plays doubles events on the ATP Tour.
On 7 December 2009, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 206, and his highest doubles ranking of No. 31 was reached on 21 June 2021.
In 2021, he participated in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics partnering with Oliver Marach.
JORDAN BOHANNON
Basketball Player
Jordan Bohannon is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the Iowa Hawkeyes for six seasons.
On November 18, 2021, Bohannon set the Big Ten record for career three-point field goals when he hit his 375th in a game against Alabama State. Bohannon passed Ohio State's Jon Diebler.
On March 12, 2022, he scored 12 points and hit the game-winning three-pointer in an 80-77 win against Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament. Bohannon was named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten.
MIKEY HOWELL
Basketball Player
Mikey Howell is a basketball player with a height of six foot three (1m90 / 6-3).
He is a point guard who most recently played for Bradley Braves.
Became the all-time program leader in assists (502) in UCSD men's basketball history in UC San Diego.
MYRA GORDON
Basketball Player
Made her collegiate debut in the season opener against Samford (11/25)
Scored the first basket of her Alabama career in the win over Houston (11/29)
Played in 32 games, making one start
Recorded 43 points, 74 rebounds, 16 steals and 12 assists on the season
Scored a career-high tying eight points in Alabama's win at Chattanooga (12/5)
Began the SEC schedule by grabbing a career-high eight rebounds at Tennessee (12/30)
Forced a career-high four steals against Florida (1/16)
Made her first start of the season against Arkansas (1/20), playing for 20 minutes, scoring two points, dishing out one assist and grabbing four rebounds
MIKAYLA BOYKIN
Basketball Player
Mikayla started all 30 games for Charlotte 49ers averaging 13.2 points/game, second-most on the team, shooting 40% from the field and 5.5 rebounds/game.
She ended the season with nine points and seven boards in NCAA Tournament First Round at Indiana on 3/19, double-digit scoring in 25-of-30 played, shot a team-best 83% from the charity stripe, pulled down 166 rebounds, second-most on the team, with 396 points scored on the year.
KELLIE WELLS-BRINKLEY
100m Hurdles
Kellie Wells-Brinkley is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the 100 metres hurdles.
She won an Olympic bronze medal at the London 2012, setting a personal best in the process.
She is an alumna of Hampton University.
JASPER JERRELL BRINKLEY
American Footballer
Jasper Brinkley is a former American football middle linebacker.
He played college football for the University of South Carolina. He was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in the fifth round of 2009 NFL Draft.
He has also played for the Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants.
DANIEL BAILEY JR.
Professional Boxer
Daniel Bailey Jr. was a 4-time U.S. Army champion rated as high as No. 1 in the country as an amateur boxer.
He was stationed at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs (CO), where Daniel was enrolled in the special soldier-athlete program there, World Class Athlete Program (WCAP).
MARCELO AREVALO
Tennis Player
Marcelo Arévalo is a Salvadoran professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 8 in doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved in July 2022.
Arévalo is the highest-ranked player, male or female, across both disciplines in Salvadoran tennis history.
He has won five career ATP Tour doubles titles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open with partner Jean-Julien Rojer.
With the win, he became the first player from Central America to claim a men's doubles major title. He had previously reached one other Grand Slam final, having lost at the 2021 US Open in the mixed doubles tournament with partner Giuliana Olmos.
As a junior, Arévalo was ranked as high as No. 8 in the world and won seven singles and doubles titles on the ITF Junior Circuit. As a professional, he emerged into the top 100 of the doubles rankings in February 2018. He won his first ATP title six months later at the Los Cabos Open, a victory that propelled him into the top 50.
After several years with intermittent partners, Arévalo formed a new partnership with Rojer in 2022 that took them to four additional tour finals, three of which they won, and helped him debut in the top 10.
JOHN PEERS
Tennis Player
John Peers is an Australian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open, where he and Henri Kontinen won the men's doubles event. Peers also finished runner up at the Wimbledon Championships and US Open in 2015 alongside Jamie Murray, and at the 2019 Australian Open with Kontinen. He is also a three-time Grand Slam semifinalist in mixed doubles.
Peers reached his career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017. Peers has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2016 and 2017 ATP Finals as well as four at Masters 1000 level.
He has represented Australia in the Davis Cup since 2016, and also competed at the Olympic Games in 2016 and 2020, winning the bronze medal in mixed doubles at the latter alongside Ashleigh Barty.
LEONIE KUNG
Tennis Player
Leonie Küng is a Swiss tennis player. As a qualifier, she reached the singles final at the Junior Wimbledon Championships in 2018.
Küng has career-high WTA rankings of 144 in singles, achieved on 14 September 2020, and 220 in doubles, reached on 26 July 2021. To date, she has won one doubles WTA Challenger title with five singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Küng played first ITF events in Greece in 2014, and won her first $15k events in singles and doubles at the age of 17, in November 2017 in Oslo. She was the 2021 Swiss National Singles Champion, and she also won the national doubles title, partnering Ylena In-Albon.
Küng made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne in the doubles draw partnering Ylena In-Albon.
Küng reached her maiden WTA Tour singles final at the 2020 Thailand Open by defeating three top-100 players en-route to the final.
HUNTER REYNOLDS
Football Player
Hunter Reynolds has spent four years at Michigan (2017-20) and appeared in 20 career games as he recorded 22 tackles (12-solo, 10-assist), which included 2.0 tackles for loss.
Played in all 14 games, making 12 starts. Finished the season second on the team with 83 tackles (48-solo, 35-assist), which included 1.0 sacks and 4.0 tackles for loss, to go along with three pass breakups, one interception and one fumble recovery.
Had two double-digit tackle outings during the season as he had 10 stops against Wyoming (11/20) and 10 stops at No. 19 San Diego State (12/4) in the Mountain West Championship Game.
Had nine tackles, including 0.5 tackles for loss, against North Dakota (9/10).
Had nine tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, to go along with one pass breakup against No. 13 BYU (10/1).
Had seven tackles, including 1.0 sacks, at UNLV (10/16)… Had five tackles, including 1.0 tackles for loss, to go along with his first-career fumble recovery at New Mexico (11/26).
Intercepted his first-career pass against Oregon State (12/18) in the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl.
ABBY LOWE
Basketball Player
Abby is a professional basketball player who capped by Great Britain at U-16, 18 and 20 level.
Ranking Points 15,745
World Ranking 1,121st
Nationality: Great Britain 9th
Country: Great Britain 9th
Category: Open Women 225th
Played Durham University for this season and a great capture for the Club.
KIKI BERTENS
Tennis Player
Kiki Bertens is a Dutch former professional tennis player. Her career-high WTA singles ranking was world No. 4, which she reached on 13 May 2019, becoming the highest ranked Dutch female player ever.
Her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 16 was achieved in April 2018. She won ten singles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour including 2018 Cincinnati Open and 2019 Madrid Open.
Bertens was widely regarded as a clay court specialist, but also was successful on hardcourt.
RAYJAY BERMUDEZ
Professional Boxer
RayJay “The Destroyer” Bermudez is an American professional boxer in the super lightweight division.
He is undefeated in his professional career with a record of 15-0 with 11 KOs. He is a Northeast Regional Champion at 132 pounds.
Bermudez fights out of Albany, New York and is signed and managed by Fighter Locker.
LEONEL DE LOS SANTOS
Professional Boxer
Leonel de los Santos Nunez is a boxer from the Dominican Republic.
He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's flyweight event, in which he was eliminated in the round of 32 by Yoel Finol. He represented the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics
FILIP POLASEK
Tennis Player
Filip Polášek is a Slovak professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He was forced to retire in 2013 due to health issues, but returned in 2018 and began the most successful phase of his career. Polášek won his first Grand Slam title at the 2021 Australian Open alongside Ivan Dodig, and also won the 2019 Cincinnati Masters and 2021 Indian Wells Masters, with Dodig and John Peers respectively.
Polášek was the first Slovak man to reach, or win, a major doubles final, and also reached the semifinals at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships, 2020 Australian Open and 2021 US Open.
He reached his highest doubles ranking of world No. 7 in February 2020, and has won 17 titles on the ATP Tour, qualifying for the ATP Finals in both 2019 and 2021.
Polášek has represented Slovakia in the Davis Cup since 2008, and also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics partnering Lukáš Klein.
TIM PUTZ
Tennis Player
Tim Pütz is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 9 on 21 March 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2021 Paris Masters alongside Michael Venus.
Pütz has also reached three Grand Slam quarterfinals in doubles.
Pütz has represented Germany in the Davis Cup since 2017, most notably reaching the semifinals in 2021. He also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Kevin Krawietz.
RAJEEV RAM
Tennis Player
Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Ram is a four-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open and 2021 US Open in men's doubles with Joe Salisbury, as well as Australian Open mixed doubles titles in 2019 and 2021 alongside Barbora Krejčíková.
Ram also won a mixed doubles silver medal with Venus Williams at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and finished runner-up in men's doubles at the 2021 Australian Open, and in mixed doubles at the 2016 US Open.
He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2 in April 2022, and has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including four at Masters 1000 level.
Ram has qualified for the ATP Finals on five occasions, finishing runner-up in both 2016 and 2021.
Prior to his retirement from singles in 2017, Ram reached a career-high ranking of world No. 56 in April 2016, and won two ATP singles titles, at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in both 2009 and 2015.
He made his Davis Cup debut for the United States in 2021, and competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
NAJÉ MURRAY
Basketball Player
Murray was a standout for San Diego State as a freshman and sophomore.
A sharpshooter from long range, set the school record for most three-pointers in a single season (81) in 2019, leading all players in the Mountain West Conference.
She started all 28 games for Syracuse, she was named team captain prior to the start of the season, averaged 11.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game.
Shot 35.4 percent from the field and 30.4 percent from three-point range. Named to the Athletic Director’s Fall 2021 Honor Roll.
DUSAN LAJOVIC
Tennis Player
Dušan Lajović is a Serbian professional tennis player
Lajović has won one singles and two doubles titles on the ATP Tour.
On 29 April 2019, Lajović reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 23.
On 8 June 2015, he peaked at No. 104 in the doubles rankings. He is best known for his clay-court game, powerful serve and strong flowing groundstrokes, especially his one-handed backhand.
In recent years, he has played for the Serbian Davis Cup team, contributing to their achieving one final, one semifinal, and three quarterfinals.
He won his first tournament at the 2019 Croatia Open and reached his first Masters 1000 final at the 2019 Monte-Carlo Masters.
MICHAEL VENUS
Tennis Player
Michael Venus is a New Zealander professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 8, first gained in August 2019.
Venus won the 2017 French Open men's doubles partnering Ryan Harrison, and followed with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles partnering Chan Hao-ching.
Venus and Harrison qualified for the year-end championships ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals.
In 2018 Venus made the men's doubles final at Wimbledon with Raven Klaasen, losing to Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, and was a semifinalist in the mixed doubles there as well with Katarina Srebotnik.
He and Klaasen qualified for the ATP Finals, but won only one round-robin match. They also qualified in 2019, finishing runners-up.
In the meantime Venus and Chan Hao-ching again finished runners-up in the US Open mixed doubles. Venus and John Peers qualified for the 2020 ATP Finals, but lost very close contests in all three of their round-robin matches.
Venus won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside Marcus Daniell.
LUCA MARGAROLI
Tennis Player
Luca Margaroli is a Swiss tennis player.
Margaroli has a career high ATP singles ranking of 692, achieved on 23 October 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 128 achieved on 6 June 2019.
Margaroli made his ATP main draw doubles debut at the 2015 Geneva Open where he partnered Henri Laaksonen receiving a wildcard. At the 2015 Swiss Open Gstaad, Margaroli was also given a wildcard into the doubles event partnering Laaksonen.
The pair defeated Santiago Giraldo and Feliciano López in the first round.
LAILA MCLEOD
Basketball Player
Laila McLeod is playing for the GCU as the 10th-ranked player in Texas for the class of 2022.
Originally from Detroit, the 5-foot-10 shooting guard is playing her last year of high school ball serving as captain at Bella Vista Prep after attending Duncanville High School, where she helped the Panthers win the Texas 6A state championship in 2020.
MATWE MIDDELKOOP
Tennis Player
Matwé Middelkoop is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He has won 12 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2022 Rotterdam Open alongside Robin Haase, and reached a career high doubles ranking of world No. 25 on 27 June 2022. Middelkoop has reached the 2022 French Open semifinal in doubles and the 2019 Wimbledon Championships semifinal in mixed doubles, two Grand Slam quarterfinals in men's doubles, at the 2017 US Open and at the 2021 Australian Open.
In singles, Middelkoop reached his highest ranking of world No. 197 in November 2008. He has represented the Netherlands in the Davis Cup since 2009, and holds a 3–1 record.
COTIE MCMAHON
Basketball Player
McMahon is ranked as the ninth-best wing and No. 42 overall prospect in the 2022 class, according to ESPN.
She is also ranked as the No. 6 prospect in the class out of the state of Ohio.
CJ MASSINBURG
Basketball Player
Christian Jalon Massinburg is an American professional basketball player for Pallacanestro Brescia of Lega Basket Serie A.
He played college basketball for the Buffalo Bulls. He was named the 2019 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year.
He previously played for the Long Island Nets of the NBA G League and Limoges CSP of the LNB Pro A.
CHRIS HOWELL
Basketball Player
Chris Howell plays for SAINT MARY'S as a guard. Starred for Torrey Pines High in San Diego, same high school as former Gael great Joe Rahon during his senior season, helped the Falcons go 30-1, win the CIF San Diego Open Division Championship, and finish runner-up in the CIF Southern California Open Division.
He was named 2021 CIF San Diego Section Player of the Year and All-Coastal League Player of the Year . He listed as a four-star recruit by Verbal Commits, 16th best recruit in California by ESPN, and 54th best point guard recruit in the nation by 247sports.com.
JASMINE SHAVERS
Basketball Player
Jasmine Shavers played her high school ball at Horn in Mesquite, Texas where she was a four-star prospect according to ESPNW.
In four seasons at the school, Shavers was All-District every season and was the Offensive Player of the Year her junior season and MVP her senior year.
After averaging 18.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 3.3 assists per game in 2018-19, Shavers came out last year and put up 26.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.0 steals and 2.2 assists.
VIKTOR PETRENKO
Figure Skater
Viktor Petrenko is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Ukraine during his career.
He is the 1992 Olympic Champion for the Unified Team. Petrenko became the first flagbearer for Ukraine.
Petrenko lives in the United States and works as an ISU Technical Specialist, tours professionally, and coaches figure skating.
MAKALYA ELMORE
Basketball Player
Makalya Elmore is a basketball player with the height of 6-3 playing for Clemson Tigers.
Ranked the #18 forward by ESPN, Scored over 2000 points in her high school career. Three-time First Team All-Ohio. Three-time 1st team District 6 and District 6 Player of the Year as a sophomore.
MYAH TAYLOR
Basketball Player
Myah Taylor l is a basketball player with the height of 5-7 playing for Mississippi State University.
Boasts a career assist/turnover ratio of 2.33. Led the SEC and ranked eighth in assist/turnover ratio (2.80) in 2019-20.
Her 2.36 assist/turnover ratio ranked fourth in the SEC and 29th in Division I in 2020-21.
ADMON GILDER
Basketball Player
Admon Gilder Jr. is an American basketball player for Spójnia Stargard of the Polish Basketball League (PLK).
He played college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies and the Gonzaga Bulldogs.
Listed at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg), he plays the shooting guard position.
ANDREW MUKUBA
Football Player
Andrew Mukuba is an American football player with the height of 6-1 at Clemson Tigers football.
KA'TIA SEYMOUR
Track and Field Athlete
Ka'Tia Seymour is one of the most decorated track and field athletes in ACC history.
Her accolades include:
2021 Outdoor T&F All-American – 4x100m
2021 Indoor T&F All-ACC 2nd Team – 60m, 200m
2021 Outdoor T&F All-ACC 1st Team – 4x100m
2021 Outdoor T&F All-ACC 2nd Team – 100m, 200m
2021 Outdoor 4x100m ACC Champion
2021 Indoor T&F Academic All-ACC Team
2021 Outdoor T&F Academic All-ACC Team
KASAUN JAMES
Track and Field Athlete
Kasaun James is a graduate student at USC who specializes in spriting.
In 2021 at Florida State he the season strong finishing first (6.57) in the 60 M Gamecock Opener. He also finished first in the 200 M (20.72) and second in the 100 M (10.17) at the ACC Outdoor championships.
Kasaun was the second leg on the FSU 4x100m relay that ultimately finished 3rd at the Outdoor National Championships.
BRITTNEY SYKES
Basketball Player
Brittney Sykes is an American professional basketball player with the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
She was drafted with the seventh overall pick in the 2017 WNBA draft.
BRANDON JOSEPH
Football Player
Brandon Joseph is an American football safety for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.
Joseph redshirted his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman and was named first-team All-Big Ten Conference and the conference Freshman of the Year. He was rated the nation's best strong safety by Pro Football Focus.
LYN-J DIXON
Football Player
Lyn-J Dixon Played three years for coach Dabo Swinney at Clemson.
Redshirted in 2021 after only playing in three games.
Had 10 carries for 48 yards with a long of 16 yards and two catches for 7 yards and a touchdown in 2021.
Gained 27 yards on four carries and scored the first receiving touchdown of his career on a 14-yard touchdown pass vs. South Carolina State
PATRICK MCCAFFERY
Basketball Player
Patrick McCaffery is a redshirt sophomore for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes which are 14-5 on the season so far.
He is the second leading scorer on the team (10.8 PPG) and is also averaging 3.3 RPG.
In high school he was Iowa City West High School’s all-time leading scorer and also a finalist for 2019 Des Moines Register’s All-Iowa Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year.
YUBERJEN TREMENDO
Professional Boxer
Yurberjen Herney Martínez Rivas is a Colombian boxer. He won a silver medal in the light flyweight division at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
In June 2021, he qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but he decided that to be his last Olympiad in his career
ALIYAH MAZYCK
Basketball Player
Aliyah Mazyck is a professional basketball player in the position of point guard playing for Fjolnir-Reykjavik in Iceland-Subway League.
Mazyck turned to be Fjolnir's top player in her first season with the team. Top in points (3rd best: 22.2 ppg), rebounds (9th best: 8.8 rpg), assists (2nd best :6.3 apg) and average solid 4.2 spg.
CHRISLYN CARR
Basketball Player
Chrislyn Carr is a 5-5 guard playing for Syracuse as a captain.
Played two and a half seasons at Texas Tech where she was named Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2019 and was a contender for National Freshman of the Year.
Earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention and First Team Academic All-Big 12 as a sophomore.
KENYATTIA
HACKWORTH
Track and Field Athlete
Kenyattia was the First-Team All-America (2015 Indoor Long Jump), and got SEC Silver Medal (2015 Indoor Long Jump).
She was selected to be the Second-Team All-America (2014 Indoor 4x400M Relay) and Six-Time Honorable Mention All-America (Five at UK, One at La. Tech)
TOM EGBERINK
Paralympic Tennis Player
Tom Egberink is a Paralympic tennis player from Hardenberg, Netherlands who won the 2012 Wimbledon title.
On the 2012 Wimbledon Championships he was playing doubles with Michael Jeremiasz of France against two-time Wimbledon champions Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink both of which were from the Netherlands as well.
The match started with a 5–2 lead which ended with 6–4 due to the opponents constant errors. The second set brought even more victory for Egberink and Jeremiasz with the score of 2–1.
Unfortunately, the rain got in a way when they were 40–0 in the fourth game. After the game resumed an hour later Egberink and Jeremiasz won the first point but the opponents got the point next as well.
In the second set the Dutch duo was unable to control forehands resulting in 6–2 win for Tom and Michael in the second set
ADAM EL MIHDAWY
Tennis Player
Adam El Mihdawy is an American tennis player. El Mihdawy has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 281 achieved on April 27, 2015.
He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 330 achieved on August 26, 2013.
At the height of his career, Adam was sponsored by Loriet Sports and coached by its founder and former Moroccan tennis player, Mehdy Karbid.
El Mihdawy made his ATP main draw debut at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis held on hard courts in New Haven, Connecticut when he was given a wild card direct entry ino the doubles draw partnering Jesse Levine. The pair would go on to be defeated by Brazilian duo Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa in straight sets 1–6, 4–6.
El Mihdawy has reached 30 career singles finals, with a record of 14 wins and 16 losses all coming on the ITF Futures tour. Additionally, he has reached 23 career doubles finals with a record of 12 wins and 11 losses, which includes an 0–1 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.
WESLEY KOOLHOF
Tennis Player
Wesley Koolhof is a Dutch professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 French Open alongside Ena Shibahara in mixed doubles, having previously reached the men's doubles final at the 2020 US Open with Nikola Mektić.
Koolhof has also reached three further major semifinals across the two disciplines. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 5, achieved in November 2020, and has won 11 titles on the ATP Tour, most notably the 2020 ATP Finals with Mektić and the 2022 Madrid Masters partnering Neal Skupski. He has finished runner-up at a further 18 ATP tournaments, including four at Masters 1000 level.
Koolhof made his Davis Cup debut for the Netherlands in 2019, and also competed at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Jean-Julien Rojer.
BRANDON PEREZ
Tennis Player
Brandon Pérez is a Venezuelan tennis player who has a career high ATP singles ranking of 1662, achieved on 3 February 2020.
He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 827, achieved on 6 May 2019.
Pérez represents Venezuela at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 0–3.
IRINA BARA
Tennis Player
Irina Bara is a professional tennis player from Romania. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 104, achieved on 18 April 2022.
On 13 May 2019, she peaked at No. 56 in the WTA doubles rankings. She won her maiden WTA Tour doubles title at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Ekaterine Gorgodze.
She has also won four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour and nine singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit, most of them on clay.
She is better known for her performances in doubles, in which she also was inside the top 100.
Her most significant result so far is her quarterfinal-entry at the 2018 French Open, partnering with Mihaela Buzărnescu.
In 2019, she reached the quarterfinals of the Madrid Open, again with Buzărnescu.
TAYLOR CRABB
American volleyball player
Taylor Crabb is an American beach volleyball player who plays as a left-side defender with his partner Taylor Sander. He has won eight tournaments on the AVP Pro Tour, as well as one gold medal on the FIVB World Tour.
He was a standout college indoor volleyball player for the Long Beach State 49ers, and was the 2013 collegiate National Player of the Year. Upon graduating in 2014, he spent one season playing in the Pro A indoor volleyball league before leaving to focus on beach volleyball.
For the next two years, he had limited success playing with his brother Trevor on the domestic AVP Pro Tour and the international FIVB World Tour. He split from Trevor to team up with Gibb at the end of 2016. In their third season together, Crabb and Gibb won their first World Tour title and entered the top ten of the world rankings. Crabb and Gibb were one of two United States men's beach volleyball teams that qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
He was the 2018 and 2019 AVP most valuable player.
ELLEN PEREZ
Tennis Player
Ellen Perez is a tennis player from Australia who has won 4 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, 1 doubles title on the WTA Challenger Tour, as well as 2 singles and 16 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
Her career-high rankings in singles and doubles are 162 and 40, respectively, achieved in August 2019 and August 2020.
She made her first singles Grand Slam appearance at the 2016 US Open after winning the Australian Wildcard Playoff.
MARCUS THORNTON
Basketball Player
Marcus Thornton is an American professional basketball player for Medi Bayreuth of the Basketball Bundesliga.
He was drafted by the Boston Celtics with the 45th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. Thornton completed his collegiate career at the College of William & Mary (W&M) in 2015 and was named the 2014–15 Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year.
On February 25, 2015, Thornton surpassed 2,052 career points to overtake Chet Giermak's long-standing school record. Giermak's mark stood for 65 years – the longest-lasting NCAA Division I school record in the nation at the time it was broken.
NICOLE MELICHAR-MARTINEZ
Tennis Player
Nicole Melichar-Martinez is an American tennis player who specializes in doubles.
She has won ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title as well as two singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. In May 2021, she peaked at No. 9 in the doubles rankings.
Melichar has won one Grand Slam title, winning the mixed-doubles crown at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Austrian partner Alexander Peya.
She is also a two-time Grand Slam finalist in women's doubles, finishing runner-up at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships with Květa Peschke and the 2020 US Open with Xu Yifan.
EKATERINE GORGODZE
Tennis Player
Ekaterine Gorgodze is a Georgian tennis player who has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, at the 2021 Transylvania Open, partnering Irina Bara.
She has also won four doubles titles on the WTA Challenger Tour as well as 17 singles titles and 29 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit.
On 7 March 2022, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 120. On the same date, she peaked at No. 53 in the doubles rankings.
Since her debut for Georgia Fed Cup team in 2007, Gorgodze has accumulated a win–loss record of 18–20.
KEYONTE GEORGE
Basketball Player
Keyonte George is an American basketball player who attends IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Committed to Baylor, Keyonte is one of the top players in the 2022 class and he is potentially a top 5 NBA Draft pick in 2023.
He is a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2022 class.
In 3x3 basketball, He represented the United States at the 2021 FIBA 3x3 Under-18 World Cup in Hungary.
He was named MVP after averaging a tournament-high 8.2 points per game and leading his team to a gold medal.
TAYLOR SANDER
American volleyball player
Taylor Sander is an American beach volleyball player and former indoor volleyball player.
As a member of the US national team, he won the bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 World Championship.
2014 World League and 2015 World Cup winner.
LYDIA WARREN
MMA Fighter
Lydia Warren is officially 1-0 as a professional.
Lydia made her pro debut in Jun 2022 for the iKON FC promotion, which was run by UFC fan favorite Jorge Masvidal where she defeated Sydney Smith by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
She hopes to be a UFC champion in the 115-pound division one day. She knows she has to stay active and stay undefeated to reach that goal.
RIVALDO FAIRWEATHER
American Football Player
Rivaldo Fairweather is an American Football Player currently playing for Florida International Panthers
2022 All-CUSA Preseason First Team (Athlon)
2022 John Mackey Award Watch List
CAREER HIGHS
- Receptions: 7 vs. FAU (11/13/20)
- Receiving Yards: 116 vs. FAU (11/13/20)
- Receiving Touchdowns: 1 2X last vs. Texas State (9/11/21)
- Receiving Long: 67 vs. FAU (11/13/20)
GILBERT FRIERSON
American Football Player
Gilbert Frierson is an American Football Player currently playing for University of Miami.
Started the season off in the opener against Bethune-Cookman (Sept. 3), finishing with two tackles, including one solo, and recording his first interception of the season for a 32-yard pick-six
ABBY PROHASKA
Basketball Player
Abby Prohaska is a 5' 9" Guard from Liberty Township currently playing for San Diego State Aztecs.
2019 USA U19 World Cup Team trials participant.
Bronze medal: 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship.
Named to the 2018 USA Basketball U18 National Team.
Named to the 2016 USA Women's U17 World Championship Team.
McDonald’s All-American (2018).
USA Today All-Ohio second team (2018).
As a freshman in 2018-19, started three of 26 games played as Notre Dame compiled a 35-4 record, earned a share of the Atlantic Coast Conference regular season title, won the ACC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament championship game.
TAKA HALL
Basketball Player
Taka Hall is a professional basketball player from San Diego, California who will be playing for AE Karystos in Greece. Taka is an alumni of UNLV’s Runnin Rebel basketball program and graduated in May 2022 with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology.
Taka said : "I tend to favor the underdogs because that is what I was my whole life. From no offers out of high school, to no offers out of juco, but I still made it to the Division 1 level and currently am playing professionally. Do not let anyone limit your dreams.
CHRIS CAMOZZI
MMA Fighter
Chris Camozzi is an American professional Glory kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Light heavyweight division.
A professional MMA competitor since 2006.
Camozzi has formerly competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, MFC, Shark Fights, HDNet Fights, and was also a contestant on Spike TV's 11th season of The Ultimate Fighter in 2010.
ISRAEL ABANIKANDA
American Football Player
Israel Abanikanda is an American Football Player currently playing for Pittsburgh Panthers
Played in 13 games in 2021.
Led Pitt in rushing yards (651) and rushing touchdowns (seven) on 123 carries (5.3 avg)
The Panthers’ top receiver out of the backfield with 24 catches for 197 yards (8.2 avg.)
He finished third on the team in scoring with 54 points on nine total touchdowns
He had a 98-yard kickoff return touchdown against Virginia—Pitt’s first kick return TD since 2018—and was named the ACC Specialist of the Week.
JADON CANADY
American Football Player
Jadon Canady is an American Football Player who is currently playing for Tulane University and established himself as one of the team’s top defensive backs in 12 appearances in 2021.
He finished fourth on the team in total tackles with 55.
Started the season with six tackles and an interception versus Oklahoma (Sept. 4).
Had a season-best eight tackles on the road at ECU (Oct. 2)
Had his second interception of the season versus Tulsa (Nov. 13).
RAQUEL PENNINGTON
MMA Fighter
Raquel Pennington is an American mixed martial artist who competes in Ultimate Fighting Championship women's featherweight division. She has previously fought for Invicta Fighting Championships.
As of January 17, 2023, she is #2 in the UFC women's bantamweight rankings and #13 in the UFC women's pound-for-pound rankings.