Sr. - RH - Baltimore, md (calvert hall/ohio state)

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1 Sr. - RH - Baltimore, md (calvert hall/ohio state) Fall 2006: Went 7-4 in fall singles action, winning his last four of five matches was 1-1 versus ranked opponents posted three wins to reach the ITA Regional quarterfinals after falling in the main draw of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, picked up two wins in consolation play combined with David Goulet to go 7-2 in doubles play... the two defeated three consecutive ranked opponents at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships to reach the championship match, where they fell to the ninth-ranked doubles team in the nation, 8-2 reached the quarterfinals of ITA Regional action with Goulet, going 3-1 to end the fall season... received a preseason national ranking of No. 16 with Peter Rodrigues : All-America selection in doubles after advancing to the quarterfinal round with Jonathan Stokke at the NCAA Championships teamed up with Stokke to upset the topranked duo of Scott Green and Ross Wilson in the first round of the NCAA Tournament 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 named ACC Player of the Week on Feb. 13 after posting a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles in wins over No. 20 Texas and No. 24 Texas A&M finished the year ranked No. 10 in the final ITA doubles rankings with Stokke ranked as high as No. 9 in doubles for two straight listings on Jan. 10 and Feb. 22 posted an record in singles and mark in doubles on the season played most of the dual season in the fourth slot, compiling a ledger of 13-7 while going 2-1 at the No. 3 position tallied a record of 7-3 in the ACC with a 6-3 mark at No. 4 partnered with Stokke in doubles at the No. 1 position, going 14-9 in dual matches and 8-3 in conference play teamed with Ludovic Walter to post a 2-1 record in the second slot of doubles clinched matches against No. 24 Texas A&M, No. 12 North Carolina and Winthrop in the first round of the NCAA Tournament defeated five ranked opponents in singles and claimed eight wins over ranked doubles squads top victory in singles came against No. 62 Ryan Heller of Michigan at the Hidden Dual Tournament in Miami teamed up with Stokke to defeat No. 6 Raian Luchici and Brad Pomeroy of North Carolina, 8-4 ITA Scholar Athlete All-ACC Academic team ACC Honor Roll ranked 29th in the preseason ITA singles rankings and 40th in doubles with Jonathan Stokke posted a record of 2-4 in singles with a win in the 2005 Wilson ITA Mideast Regionals and in the consolation draw of the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tournament three of his four losses came against players ranked in the preseason ITA rankings combined with Jonathan Stokke for a record of 11-3 in doubles won the doubles championship at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships with five wins defeated No. 9 David North and Marko Rajevac of Georgia Tech, 8-4, in the semifinals of the Southern Intercollegiates lost 9-8 (6) to the No. 4 Schoeck and Shields team of Boise State in the round of 32 at the All-American Tournament won five matches at the Mideast Regionals before losing in the finals (at Ohio State): All-Big Ten team selection went in singles, including a mark of 9-1 at the No. 3 spot won all three of his matches at the Big Ten Tournament went in doubles play with an 11-3 mark in Big Ten action... named Big Ten Athlete of the Week on March 4 after winning matches against No. 11 Arnaud Lecloerec of VCU and No. 46 Luigi D'Agord of Alabama began the season ranked 97th in singles and 36th in doubles achieved his highest ranking of the year on March 8, listed at No. 35 highest doubles ranking came on Jan. 28, listed at No. 28 ended the season ranked 64th in singles and 44th in doubles ITA scholar athlete Academic All-Big Ten selection OSU Scholar Athlete : Named Big Ten Freshman of the Year, the first in Ohio State program history... named Midwest Region IV Rookie of the Year... first team All-Big Ten pick... was ranked No. 50 in the ITA Division I Singles poll Feb ranked 15th in the final Midwest Region IV singles poll... the only freshman Buckeye to receive a national singles ranking... defeated two top-ranked opponents on the year... had a singles record with 14 wins while playing the No. 2 spot... holds the record at Ohio State for season doubles wins with 31 victories... surpassed former Buckeyes Richard Berry (1996) and Derek DeFalco (2000, 01) who held the season doubles record with 30 wins... claimed the doubles consolation title with Jeremy Wurtzman at the ITA All-American Championships... selected to the NCAA doubles championship with Wurtzman and advanced to the second round... was ranked as high as No. 25 in the ITA Division I Doubles poll with Wurtzman... finished the season ranked No. 29 in national doubles and No. 2 in the Midwest Region IV poll with Wurtzman... went overall in doubles action... posted 17 wins at the No. 1 doubles spot... OSU Scholar Athlete. Prep: Went undefeated during his high school career with 22 victories... a two-year starter at the No. 1 position... captured two individual championships... named MVP his senior year... ranked as high as No. 1 in the Mid-Atlantic Under-18 singles division... claimed the doubles title at the 2002 International Chandra Rubin Tournament in South Carolina... advanced to the doubles semifinals at the 2001 Orange Bowl... finished No. 6 at the 2001 National Hard Courts in the U-16 division... was a Top-20 national recruit. Personal: Born Joseph Michael Atas on Feb. 17, 1985, in Baltimore, Md.... son of Marc and Sarah Atas... has one older brother Erik, was a member of Calvert Hall's National Honor Society... enjoys playing the drums in his spare time... majoring in sociology. Year Singles ACC/Big Ten Doubles ACClBig Ten Totals / /

2 Sr. - LH - Estoril, portugal (carlucci American school) Fall 2006: Went 7-6 in fall singles play, winning five of his last seven matches went 2-1 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, falling to the 13th-ranked player in the country after falling in the main draw of the All-American Championships, posted two wins in consolation action including a victory over the 32ndranked player in the country, before falling to the No. 21 player reached the ITA Regional quarterfinals, where he fell to the No. 18-ranked player in the nation combined with three teammates to go 3-4 in doubles play, going 1-2 with Joey Atas, 2-1 with Dylan Arnould and 0-1 with Alex Stone... received a preseason national singles ranking of No. 44 and was listed in the doubles rankings at No. 16 with Joey Atas : Named to the ACC All-Conference team ITA Scholar Athlete pick selected to the ACC All-Academic team ACC Honor Roll choice had a remarkable spring season with a 23-5 record in singles and mark in doubles during dual meet action finished the year ranked No. 68 in the final ITA singles rankings ranked in all but one FILA ITA singles rankings and climbed as high as No. 56 on March 7 compiled an overall record of in singles and in doubles posted a 20-5 ledger at the No. 3 position, while ending 1-0 in the second slot and 2-0 at the fourth position tallied the best record on the team in ACC play with a 9-2 mark teamed with Stephen Amritraj to post a 10-1 doubles record in ACC competition and 16-8 mark in dual meets selected as ACC Player of the Week on March 27 after leading Duke to conference wins over No. 27 Georgia Tech on March 25 and No. 10 Clemson on March 26 posted 2-0 records in singles and doubles, including the match-clincher against the Yellow Jackets also clinched Duke's season opening victory over Old Dominion on Jan. 29 recorded a 7-2 mark against ranked opponents in singles with his top victory coming over Baylor's 31st-ranked Michal Kokta in the first round of the USTA-ITA National Team Indoor Championships on Feb. 17 entered the postseason with a singles record of 21-2 in dual matches, which included a streak of 13 straight victories from March 12 - April 14 received a ranking of 88th in the preseason ITA singles rankings and 46th in doubles with Ludovic Walter finished the fall with a record of 4-5 in singles and 5-3 in doubles defeated two opponents to advance to the round of 16 at the 2005 Wilson ITA Mideast Regionals picked up three wins in doubles at the Mideast Regionals with Ludovic Walter as his partner to advance to the quarterfinals also won two doubles matches with Walter at the Polo Ralph Lauren All-American Tournament : Named an ITA Scholar Athlete finished second on the team with 24 wins in singles play posted a 24-7 record on the year including a 19-4 mark in dual meets and a 7-2 record in conference matches was a perfect 8-0 playing in the Mo. 5 spot and finished 7-2 at No. 4 and 4-2 at No. 3 recorded a 9-5 overall record in doubles competition cracked the national rankings at No. 80 on March 22 began the spring ranked 15th in doubles with Jonathan Stokke in the region he was ranked second in doubles and 26th in singles defeated No. 34 Bryan and Hazley of LSU on Feb. 17 went 3-4 in the fall in singles action with two wins coming at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships... was 9-4 with Jonathan Stokke in doubles with a run in the Mideast Regional championship round : Enjoyed his rookie campaign by registering a overall singles record... ACC Player of the Week honoree on March 15 after defeating 95th-ranked Alberto Francis of UCLA and 53rd-ranked Jamil Al-Agba of Southern California in a pair of Duke victories... went 8-5 at the No. 3 slot in the lineup, and finished the year with a team-high 20 dual match victories... was 4-4 in ACC action... also picked up 31 doubles wins against 12 defeats... doubles victory total ranked second on the team behind Jonathan Stokke's 37 wins... paired with Stokke to produce a 14-2 doubles mark... at the ITA Region II Indoor Championships, defeated Sean Kelleher of William & Mary, Tom Eklund of South Carolina and Jose Muguruza of Georgia Tech before suffering a three-set defeat to teammate and eventual tournament champion Ludovic Walter... with Stokke, advanced to the semifinals of the ITA Region II Indoor Championships on the strength of six consecutive victories. Prep: Four-time national champion in Portugal, winning titles for the under 12's, under 14's and under 16's (twice)... helped Portugal to a fourth place finish at the World Youth Cup, playing at the No. 1 singles slot... runner-up at the Portugal men's national championships... ranked as high as 24th in Europe (16's) and 13th in Portugal (men's). Personal: Son of Carlos and Maria Rodrigues... born Peter Alexander Batista Rodrigues on November 4, has one brother, Phillip (25)... majoring in political science with a minor in economics. Year Singles ACC Doubles ACC Totals

3 Jr. - RH - QUebec, Canada (Sport-Etude de moragne school/tulane) Fall 2006: Went 4-4 in fall singles action faced three ranked opponents, defeating one won two matches at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships before falling in three sets in his third match combined with Joey Atas to go 7-2 in doubles play... the two defeated three consecutive ranked opponents at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships to reach the championship match, where they would fall to the ninth-ranked doubles team in the nation, 8-2 reached the quarterfinals of ITA Regional action with Atas, going 3-1 to end the fall season : Transferred to Duke due to discontinuation of the men s tennis program at Tulane : Named Conference USA Freshman of the Year third team all-conference selection posted a 12-8 mark in singles, including 9-4 at No. 4 his singles victory at No. 4 clinched the C-USA title for the Green Wave also named First Team All-Louisiana tallied a team-best 21-2 record in doubles, including 17-2 with partner Michael Kogan that duo closed the season with the No. 19 ranking in the nation after playing in the NCAA Doubles Championship recorded a singles 4-6 record in the fall, including a pair of wins at Tulane's Beau Holton Memorial Invitational. Prep: A dominant junior player in Canada won the Canadian Championship in 18-and-under doubles and advanced to the singles finals in the same age group voted the top junior player for 2002 by the Quebec Tennis Federation also participated in numerous international tournaments won the Canadian Under-18 Doubles Championship in the summer of Personal: Born David Jean Goulet on April 2, 1986, in Greenfield Park, Quebec son of Serge Goulet and Andree Dionne has one sister, Cynthya (22) and one brother, Steven (21) sister, Cynthya, played tennis at the University of Illinois and graduated in 2006 graduate of the Sport-Etudes De Mortagne School speaks French, English and Spanish majoring in economics also enjoys wakeboarding and golf. Year Singles C-USA Doubles C-USA Totals

4 JR. - LH - Belmont, mass. (Milton academy) Fall 2006: Posted a fall singles record of 1-2 combined with Kiril Dimitrov to go 2-1 in doubles action the duo defeated the 52nd-ranked team in the country in ITA Regional action to reach the round of : All-ACC Academic team choice ACC Honor Roll mainstay at the No. 3 doubles position, compiling a record of 16-9 in dual matches finished the year with an overall mark of in doubles and 4-11 in singles posted a 1-1 record at the No. 4 position in singles and was 0-5 in the sixth slot his singles victory in the dual season came in straight sets against Sam Wagner of Boston College, 6-1, 6-1 teamed with Ludovic Walter to go 15-7 in doubles during the dual match season and 8-3 in ACC action started the dual season with Peter Rodrigues, winning each of his first two doubles matches Samuelson and Walter clinched the doubles point against No. 24 Texas A&M on Feb. 12, No. 25 N.C. State on March 8 and No. 19 Florida State on April 23 in the ACC Semifinals finished with a record of 2-3 in singles play won two consolation matches at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships went 0-2 in two doubles matches : Completed the season with a 15-7 overall record including a 7-2 mark in dual meets and a perfect 4-0 in the ACC played mostly at No. 6, with a 6-1 overall record and 3-0 ledger in the conference went 1-2 overall in doubles action carded an 8-5 ledger in singles action in the fall, winning three times at both the Southern Intercollegiates and the Mideast Region Championships... three of his losses came to players ranked in the ITA preseason rankings - Virginia's Marko Miklo (63), Pepperdine's Scott Doerner (88) and Duke's Stephen Amritraj (106)... was 3-2 overall in doubles play with partner Alex Stone, earning two wins at the Mideast Regional Championships. Prep: 2004 graduate of Milton Academy... six-time all-league selection and twotime All-America choice... two time MVP of the Independent School League and three-time ISL champion... reached the semifinals of the 2003 National Clay Court Championships. Personal: Son of William and Susan Samuelson... born Ned Samuelson on April 29, 1986, in Belmont, Mass.... has one brother, Couper, and one sister, Maisy... father William played football and basketball at Harvard... hobbies include reading... majoring in sociology. Year Singles ACC Doubles ACC Totals

5 SO. - RH - Bronx, n.y. (professional children s school) Fall 2006: Went 3-10 in fall singles play, picking up wins at the UNC Invitational and in ITA Regional qualifying action, while receiving a default in UVA Invitational consolation play went 1-3 in threeset matches, including a thrilling 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) comeback victory in ITA Regional play went 4-3 in doubles play, teaming up with Aaron Carpenter to go 1-1 at ITA Regionals... combined with Peter Rodrigues to go 0-1 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships... paired with Kiril Dimitrov to go 3-1, a record that included a consolation bracket championships at the UVA Invitational : Selected as an ITA Scholar Athlete ACC Honor Roll pick tallied a 6-4 record in singles for the year played two ACC matches at the No. 6 position defeating Michael Reiser of Boston College in three sets and falling to No. 27 Georgia Tech's Scott Blackmon in three sets recorded a mark of 2-3 in doubles claimed three victories in the consolation bracket at the UNC Fall Invitational Sept defeated Wofford's Andrew Stubbs 3-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8) in the consolation finals won two matches at the Hidden Dual Tournament in Miami Jan won in straight sets against Michigan's Mike DePietro, 6-3, 6-2, and downed Vivek Subramanian of Miami, 6-3, 6-3 also teamed with Christopher Brown to defeat Michigan's DePietro and Scott Bruckmann at the Hidden Dual Tournament combined with Peter Rodrigues for an 8-5 win in doubles against Hesham Kenawy and Mustafa Ulukan of UC-Irvine on March : Named an ITA Scholar Athlete posted a 5-3 overall record in singles and a 2-0 mark in doubles won his only singles match of the spring with a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Josh Brauser of Maryland posted a record of 4-3 in the fall for singles... went 3-2 in doubles with Ned Samuelson. Prep: 2004 graduate of Professional Children's School... played freshman and sophomore years for Fieldston School, compiling a 22-1 record at No. 1 singles... two-time New York Daily News All-Star First team (2001 & 2002)... youngest-ever finalist at N.Y. City Mayor's Cup Championships - nation's largest scholastic tennis competition... in 2003, ranked No. 1 in Eastern Section 16s and 18s and No. 22 in USTA National 18s... won the singles title at the 2004 ITA National Summer Claycourt Championships in Pittsburgh... reached the semifinals of the 2004 USTA Men's National Open Indoor Championships... in April of 2004, was a doubles winner and singles semifinalist in two ITF junior events... finished fifth at 2003 USTA Claycourt Supernationals... winner of six Eastern Sectional Closed Championships. Personal: Son of Susan Ades and Jeffrey Stone... born Alexander Doran Stone on May 9, 1986, in New York, N.Y.... has one brother, Benjamin (16) and one sister, Sylvia (18)... hobbies include golf... selected to the Dean's List in all three of college semesters... majoring in public policy. Year Singles ACC Doubles ACC Totals

6 SO. - RH - sofia, bulgaria (first private english language School) Fall 2006: Went 8-6 in fall singles play met six ranked opponents, defeating two started the season on a four-match win streak, reaching the semifinals of the Southern Intercollegiate Championships where he was defeated by the No. 13 player in the country after falling in the main draw at the UVA Invitational, posted two wins in consolation play reached the round 16 of ITA Regional action, falling to teammate Joey Atas in three sets lost just two doubles matches, combining with three teammates went 2-1 with Ned Samuelson to reach the round of 16 of ITA Regional action was 2-0 when teaming with Aaron Carpenter at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships won the consolation draw championships at the UVA Invitational, going 3-1 overall at the UVA Invitational : Joined the Duke program in January of 2006 and compiled a singles record of 17-9, including a 15-8 mark in dual matches played three doubles matches, earning one victory with Ned Samuelson competed in the four, five and six slots for Duke played 16 matches at the fifth position with a 9-7 record went 2-0 at No. 4 and 4-1 at No. 6 posted a record of 7-3 in ACC play recorded his first career victory over a ranked opponent on Feb. 17 in the first round of the USTA- ITA National Men's Team Indoor Championships when he clinched Duke's 4-3 win over No. 8 Baylor with a come-from-behind three set win against No. 94 Vladimir Portnov a clutch performer with five match-clinching victories clinched back-to-back matches at the team indoor championships against Baylor on Feb. 17 and No. 1 Florida on Feb. 18 also clinched a 4-3 win at No. 13 Miami on March 31 defeated Chris Westerhof of No. 19 Florida State to send the Blue Devils to the ACC Championship match against Virginia sealed a 4-2 victory against No. 26 Boise State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, rallying for a three-set win ranked as high as No. 98 in singles on March 7 and was also ranked on April 4 in the 111th spot All-ACC Academic team pick. Prep: Attended the First Private English Language School in Sofia, Bulgaria semifinalist in the Orange Bowl 16 & under semifinalist in the Serbia and Monte Negro futures F6 two-time quarterfinalist in the Bulgarian satellite tournament nine-time singles champion in the Bulgarian juniors competition recorded 10 doubles championships in the Bulgarian juniors competition ranked No. 3 in the Bulgaria men's national rankings achieved six ATP points finalist of the European masters 14 & under winner of the Young Champions Cup in Belgium 14 & under. Personal: Born Kiril Penchev Dimitrov on August 13, 1987, in Sofia, Bulgaria... son of Pencho Dimitrov and Mariana Kirilova... has one brother, Dimitar (21). Year Singles ACC Doubles ACC Totals

7 fr. - RH - northampton, mass. (cambridge academy) Fall 2006: Compiled a singles record of 4-4 in his first collegiate fall season was ranked 111th in the ITA preseason rankings defeated the 43rd-ranked player in the country for a win at the UVA Invitational, eventually posting a 2-1 record at that tournament to begin the season reached the round of 16 at ITA Regionals, posting two wins before falling to the 15th-ranked player in the country three of his four losses came at the hands of nationally ranked opponents went 2-2 in doubles play, combining with Peter Rodrigues to go 2-1 in ITA Regional action, and David Goulet to go 0-1. Prep: Attended the Cambridge Academy in Ocala, Fla. competed nationally and internationally on the men's pro and junior circuits worked with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Personal: Born Dylan Daniel Arnould on April 23, 1988, in Northampton, Mass.... son of Josef and Vicki Arnould... has three sisters, Meghan (26), Holly (23) and Caitlin (20) sister, Caitlin, is a junior on the Boston College women's tennis team former nationally ranked chess player by the U.S. Chess Federation. Singles Doubles Year Dual ACC Overall Dual ACC Overall First Collegiate Season Totals

8 fr. - RH - houston, texas (james e. taylor) Fall 2006: Posted a singles record of 9-4 in his first collegiate fall campaign, winning four of his last five matches opened the season on a three-match win streak, eventually going 3-1 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships after falling in the main draw of the UVA Invitational, posted three wins in the back draw won two matches to qualify for ITA Regionals, and reached the round of 32 of the main draw before falling to the 22nd-ranked player in the country combined with three teammates to go 4-2 in doubles play, posting a record of 1-1 with both David Lue and Alex Stone and going a perfect 2-0 with Kiril Dimitrov. Prep: Helped lead James E. Taylor High School to the 2002 state championship guided the team back to the finals as a senior in 2006 two-time MVP as a junior and senior team captain as a senior National Open Champion in 2004 ranked as high as No. 12 nationally graduated with honors. Personal: Born Aaron Neil Carpenter on June 26, 1987, in Katy, Texas... son of Neil and Karen Carpenter... has one sister, Jessica (22) father, Neil, played two years of tennis at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from grandfather coached college football at St. Norbert's University in De Pere, Wisc. Singles Doubles Year Dual ACC Overall Dual ACC Overall First Collegiate Season Totals

9 fr. - RH - houston, texas (cypress creek) Fall 2006: Posted a singles record of 2-4 in his first collegiate fall campaign went 1-1 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships, picking up a win in the consolation bracket picked up another win in consolation action at the UVA Invitational combined with Aaron Carpenter to go 1-1 in doubles play. Prep: Two-time team MVP as a junior and senior attended Cypress Creek High School two-time team captain in 2005 and 2006 ranked as high as ninth in Texas and No. 170 nationally valedictorian of his class a State Farm Scholar Athlete of the Week selection earned the Presiden'ts Education Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence and the University Interscholastic League Scholar Award member of the National Honor Society. Personal: Born David Benjamin Lue on January 8, 1988, in Houston, Texas... son of Roswell and Sophia Lue... has one sister, Stephanie (22) sister, Stephanie, played golf at Stanford and graduated in 2006 plans to major in electrical computer engineering. Singles Doubles Year Dual ACC Overall Dual ACC Overall First Collegiate Season Totals