US College Signings and General College Chat 2023/24

Elegant Point · Satellite level

RE: US College Signings 2023/24

Strongbow · All-time great

Hope everbody is feeling a bit better

Elegant Point · Satellite level

Thanks for all the recent updates Strongbow and Lambda

The only name I recognise from the womens 2015-2016 is Elise van H as my son knows her. Elise had a great college career and concluded her Hawkeye career in the spring of 2021 as one of the most decorated womens tennis student-athletes in Iowa and Big Ten history. Wondering why she didnt try and go pro, my son says she was a decent player.

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-- Edited by Elegant Point on Friday 20th of October 2023 02:10:54 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

You need specsavers, EP

Maddie Brooks is on the list and she's playing at Shrewsbury this week

But, yes, I'm with you for Elise - I saw her a couple of times at Surbiton and really liked her game

Mia Smith rings a bell too. As does Brodie Walker.....

But I might be getting confused...

Strongbow · All-time great

Elise is now listed as Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell - sugguesting she has married. Might be a reason for not going pro.

Lambda · Challenger level

Thanks for the addition and corrections to the women's list.

Here is the men's list. I expected there to more men than the 85 I found so I suspect I've missed a few.

Freshman
Ben Hudson - South Florida
Alex Okonkwo - Tulsa
Kyran Magimay - Notre Dame
Luca Pow - Wake Forest
Louie Fletcher - Bellarmine
Joel Gibson - Kennesaw State
Louis Bowden - Baylor
James Sclater - Delaware
Will Burridge - Drexel
Yujiro Onuma - Dartmouth
Calum Jessett - Fairfield
Alexis Chastang - Stonehill
Matt Rankin - Kentucky
Oscar Jensen - Vanderbilt
Jack Deveney - Wofford
Abdulraheem Isa - Pairie View
Ethan Terry - North Dakota
Tom Dunlop - Gonzaga
Noah Wheen - Abilene

Sophomore
Sam Reeve - Memphis
Hugo Cochlin - Saint Bonaventure
Archie Graham - Saint Bonaventure
Connor Turner - Saint Bonaventure
Matthew Nice - Bellarmine
Anthony Weingarten - Kennesaw State
Jack Pinnington - Texas Christian
Adam Groves - Saint Johns
Max Relic - Montana State
Sam Nicholson - North Caroline at Asheville
Tobey Lock - Delaware
Euan Mackenzie - Delaware
Miles Groom - Dartmouth
Matthew Rutter - Pennsylvania
Melchior Delloye - Harvard
Roan Jones - Alabama
Billy Blaydes - Auburn
Etienne Marty - Texas A&M, Corpus Christie
Wil Jenkins - New Jersey IT
Raffaello Papajcik - Denver
Oliver Tarvet - San Diego

Junior
Luka Petrovic - Tulane
Jamie Connel - Florida State
Jack Batchelor - Bellarmine
Lui Maxted - Texas Christian
Luke Swan - Texas Christian
Josh Reynolds - Hofstra
Alex Knox-Jones - Dartmouth
Thomas Linley - Fairleigh Dickinson
Derrick Chen - California, Berkley
Max Basin - Stanford
Will Nolan - Auburn
Will Gray - Samford
J B Pickard - Samford
Max Graham - Wofford
Marcus Macaulay - Bryant
Haruki Omori-Cowie - Lamar

Senior
Charlie Penman - Jacksonville State
Harvey Conway - Kennesaw State (5th yr)
Deji Thomas-Smith - Liberty
Sam Bossem - Penn State
Joe Leather - California Tech
Daniel Martin - Elon
Alex de Sousa - Drexel
Daniel Flynn - Hampton
Ben Smith - Princeton
Alex Maggs - New Mexico
Arthur Fery - Stanford
Finn Murgett - Auburn (5th yr)
Johannnus Monday - Tennessee
Matthis Ross - Texas A&M
Callum Rendle - Vanderbilt (5th yr)
Samuel MacLeod - Mercer
Harry Collins - Nicolls
Kristofer Johnson - Alabama State
Charlie Miller - Denver
Jonathan Evans - Oral Roberts
Peter Alam - Pacific
Oscar Brown - Portland

Graduate Student
Harry Thursfield - Wake Forest
Oliver Okonkwo - Illinois
Rahul Dhokia - California, Irvine
Adam Hollerby - Momouth
Thomas Smart - Fairfield
Matthew Hollingworth - Gonzaga
George Davis - Pepperdine

Lambda · Challenger level

Strongbow wrote:

Elise is now listed as Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell - sugguesting she has married. Might be a reason for not going pro.

It's a combination of her parent's names.

Strongbow · All-time great

Lambda wrote:
Strongbow wrote:

Elise is now listed as Elise van Heuvelen Treadwell - sugguesting she has married. Might be a reason for not going pro.

It's a combination of her parent's names.

Drat - another wrong guesss - a lot of them in tennis biggrin

Lambda · Challenger level

The fall season culminates with the ITA National Fall Championships this week.

In the men's singles #26 ranked Jack Pinnington (TCU) has reached the QF after defeating #10 ranked Alexander Bernard (ATP722) in the Round of 16. Jack was awarded a WC after unfortunate circumstances affected his chances in 2 qualifying events for a direct place. He had to withdraw from the ITA All-American Championships with illness having reached the R16 and lost in the QF of the Texas Regionals after being compromised with a sprained ankle when serving for the match when leading 6-2 5-2.

In the doubles Lui Maxted (TCU) and new partner Duncan Chan playing their 3rd tournament together have also reached the QF. In the opening round of 32 they knocked out the top seeds and #6 ranked team of Heck and Ozolins in an epic battle 7-6(6) 6-7(9) [10-8]. They received a direct place here after finishing runners-up in the Texas Regionals, losing to another doubles team from TCU.

In the women's doubles Grace Piper (South California) and partner Parker Fry have also reached the QF. They face a tough match against the #4 seeds of Guzman and Shcherbinina. The Oklahoma pair came into this event unbeaten in 15 matches having won the ITA All-American Championships and Central Regional Champions. I believe Grace and Parker received a WC to these championships. They had reached the SF of the SouthWest regionals and Grace had also reached the SF of the singles in the SouthWest Regionals.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Brilliant. Thanks very much for this, Lambda

Good luck to Jack, Lui and Grace

Lambda · Challenger level

Jack Pinnington Jones defeated Pablo Masjuan 6-4 6-3. In the SF he is up against the only remaining unseeded player Jack Anthrop (Ohio State). He mentioned that the illness that forced him out of the All-Americans was covid (but he doesn't even know how he got tested) and that he is not fully recovered from rolling his ankle in the Regionals. He says he his more mentally fatigued after no ad game matches because of the extra concentration needed on deuce points and that he hated deuce points last season. But he has worked with his coaches, has a plan on how to play deuce points and is mentally stronger this season.

But doubles participation is at an end as Lui lost his match 4 & 1. Similarly, Grace & partner put up a good fight against the All American champions but lost 2 & 2.

To follow Jack's SF which is scheduled for 6pm UK time
Live scores are here
There's a choice of streaming options
Dedicated court stream without commentary or score at track tennis
Or the multi court coverage with commentary and interviews from Cracked Racquets

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Excellent from Jack PJ, missed this event and your posts this year, thanks for updating Lambda.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Looking at the other 3 semis players, Anthrop, Micah Braswell, JJ Tracy, Id say Jack PJ has the best record behind him in pros and juniors. Could stand a chance here. Keep us informed, Lambda!

Dannythomas · Lower Club Player

Selections for The National Fall Championships are largely based on performance in the Regionals. There are 2 players from each region who get in. That may sound logical but in fact there are some very strong regions where there should be more representation and some very weak ones where 2 spots is too many. In fact a lot of the top ranked players do not even play in the regionals. As a result there are only 5 top 20 men players and 5 top 20 women in the draw.

Compare this with the All American tournament where the majority of the top ranked players compete. As an example neither Millie Rajecki nor Angelica Blake played the event but both played All Americans.

Its still a competitive event with some very good players but probably it should be called Super Regionals rather than National Championships.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Dannythomas wrote:
Selections for The National Fall Championships are largely based on performance in the Regionals. There are 2 players from each region who get in. That may sound logical but in fact there are some very strong regions where there should be more representation and some very weak ones where 2 spots is too many. In fact a lot of the top ranked players do not even play in the regionals. As a result there are only 5 top 20 men players and 5 top 20 women in the draw.

Compare this with the All American tournament where the majority of the top ranked players compete. As an example neither Millie Rajecki nor Angelica Blake played the event but both played All Americans.

Its still a competitive event with some very good players but probably it should be called Super Regionals rather than National Championships.

Thanks Danny- good insight to those of us who dont follow college tennis too closely!