AL-AGBA BIASELLA BADART 2004 USC MEN S TENNIS JAMIL ADRIANO AARON. Freshman Camarillo, Calif. Laurel Springs HS

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1 JAMIL AL-AGBA Freshman Camarillo, Calif. Laurel Springs HS PERSONAL: Aaron Erich Badart was born on Sept. 17, 1982, in Arcadia, Calif.... The son of Egan Badart and Patra Wood, he has one sister, Tovah... His father, Egan, is a graduate of the USC School of Business... Also enjoys snowboarding, wakeboarding and rollerblading... Originally recruited by head coach Peter Smith to attend Pepperdine and followed Smith to USC... Would like to pursue a professional tennis career following graduation... His major is undeclared. BADART S CAREER STA TIS TICS 2003 R e d s h i r t S e a s o n THIS SEASON: Jamil Al-Agba enters his first season at USC... Joined the team in January of PREP EXPERIENCE: Al-Agba completed his high school course work through Laurel Springs High in Ojai, Calif.... As a prep, he was the USTA boys 18-and-under No. 1- ranked player in 2003 and the boys 16-and-under No. 1-ranked player in Ranked as high as No. 958 in ATP singles and No in ATP doubles in He won singles events such as the 2001 boys U18 Quicksilver, 2002 Mutterspaw and 2002 California Bowl Championships... Last year, he reached the finals at the 2003 USTA Super National Hard Courts in Kalamazoo, Mich., won two rounds at the U.S. Open Junior Boys Championship and advanced to the semifinals of the Star Island Tennis Classic before falling to eventual champion (and two-time NCAA champion) Matias Boeker. PERSONAL: Jamil Saad Al-Agba was born on June 19, 1985, in Bremerton, Wash.... The son of Saad and Barbara Al-Agba, he has one sister, Niran, and two brothers, Taria and Laith... His brother, Laith, played collegiate tennis at Purdue ( )... Chose USC because of the business school's strong reputation and because he wanted to stay in Los Angeles... Hopes to pursue a career playing professional tennis... A pre-business major. AARON BADART RS Freshman San Marino, Calif. Pendleton HS THIS SEASON: Aaron Badart enters his redshirt freshman season at USC... Did not compete in the fall. ADRIANO BIASELLA Senior Rome, Italy College of the Desert THIS SEASON: Adriano Biasella begins his first active season at USC... Transferred to USC in the fall of 2002 but was not declared eligible until this season... Did not compete in the fall. JC EXPERIENCE: Biasella spent one year ( ) at College of the Desert in Palm Desert, Calif.... Played No. 1 singles and doubles during the 2002 season... Captured the 2002 Community College Championship in singles... Also won the 2002 Ojai Valley Singles Tournament in the men's community college division... Helped his team to the CCCTA 2002 Community College State Championship and captured the CCCTCA Individual Singles and Doubles Championships. COLLEGIATE EXPERIENCE: Biasella spent one semester (2001) at Vincennes (Ind.) University and played No. 1 singles and doubles... Advanced to the singles and doubles finals at the 2001 NJCAA Division II Championships... Named the 2001 NJCAA Men's Tennis Player of the Year. PREP EXPERIENCE: Biasella is a 1998 graduate of IInd Liceo Artiztico in Rome... Achieved his highest ATP rankings in 2000, entering the polls at No. 844 singles and No. 721 doubles... Defeated six players ranked among the ATP's top 450 in various satellite tournaments. PERSONAL: Adriano Biasella was born on Sept. 1, 1980, in Rome, Italy... The son of Sandro and Aurora Biasella, he has one older brother, Mauro... Would like to play tennis professionally after graduation... An international relations major. 2003: Badart did not compete as a freshman due to back injuries. PREP EXPERIENCE: Badart is a 2001 graduate of Pendleton High in Bradenton, Fla.... He did not compete in high school tennis but attended the Bollettieri Tennis Academy for eight years ( )... Played junior tennis in Florida and was ranked among the top 10 under-16 singles players in the region... Was ranked 12th nationally in doubles in under-18s... Spent 2002 traveling on the futures circuit as an amateur and earned two ATP points at tournaments in Ecuador and Los Angeles. 7

2 PLAYER BIOS JOHAN BERG Junior Stokholm, Sweden Pepperdine THIS SEASON: Johan Berg enters his second season at USC... He played one season at Pepperdine before transferring in Posted a 6-3 singles record this fall... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the Icy Hot ITA Indoor Championships and the ITA West Regional... Ranked No. 35 in the ITA preseason singles poll. 2003: Berg played at the No. 2 singles position and alternated at No. 2 and 3 doubles in Was ranked among the top 125 singles play ers for much of the season, but dropped out of the polls on April Compiled a overall singles record, an mark in dual matches and went 1-6 in the Pac Posted a overall doubles record with partners Prakash Amritraj (0-1), Parker Collins (6-6), Jeff Kazarian (1-0), Daniel Langre (7-2), Daniel Tontz (0-1) and Ruben Torres (7-3)... Played most dual matches with Torres and the two went 5-1 at No. 3 and 2-2 at No Ranked 75th in the ITA preseason rankings... Posted an 11-3 singles record in fall tour na ments... Won six straight matches in the ITA Championship Pre-Qualifying and Qualifying rounds... Advanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Omni Regional Championships and the finals of the SCTA Championship... He and Daniel Langre posted a 6-1 doubles record in fall tournaments and advanced to the quarterfinals at the ITA Omni Regional Championships AT PEPPERDINE: After joining the team in January, Berg compiled a 20-7 singles dual match record and played primarily at the No. 4 position in Pepperdine s lineup... Compiled an overall singles mark of Helped lead the Waves to the NCAA Quarterfinals, a No. 5 final ranking and the West Coast Conference Championship in Partnered with Al Garland, the pair finished the season with a 23-3 overall doubles record and 23-2 record in dual matches... The duo posted a 17-0 mark at the No. 2 position and went 6-2 at No The two earned a No. 24 final ranking and All-WCC first team honors. JOHAN BERG PARKER COLLINS PARKER COLLINS RS Senior Newport Beach, Calif. Corona del Mar HS PREP EXPERIENCE: Berg is a 2001 graduate of Tretorn Tennis Academy in Sweden... Competed with the Swedish National Team for five years ( )... Ranked among the ITF top 20 doubles and top 30 singles during that time... Helped lead Sweden to the 1998 European Team Championship... Won the Swedish doubles championship on several occasions and reached the singles final three times... Played with the SALK tennis club for six years ( ), leading the team to the Swedish team championship in 1997, 1998 and PERSONAL: Johan Berg was born on April 20, 1982, in Stockholm, Sweden... The son of Anders and Anne Berg, he has one brother, Fredrik... A resident of Naoka, Sweden... Names the NHL s Peter Forsburg as his biggest sports hero... Lists the team and the sports atmosphere as his favorite part of USC... An economics major. BERG S CAREER STA TIS TICS at Pepperdine at USC Totals THIS SEASON: Parker Collins enters his redshirt senior season... Posted a 1-1 singles record in the fall and reached the doubles semifinal at the SCTA Championships with Daniel Langre. 2003: Collins played at No. 5 singles for much of the season, with the exception of five match es at No Posted a overall singles record and 9-16 dual match record... Played doubles with Prakash Amritraj (0-1), Johan Berg (6-6) and Daniel Langre (11-1), al ter nat ing at the No. 2 and 3 spots... Collins and Langre finished the season ranked No. 42 in the ITA doubles rankings after dropping only one match during the regular season... Struggled in singles throughout the season, but topped off the year by winning the Pac-10 Doubles Tournament with Langre in April... The pair became the first USC duo to win the event since Despite USC s team loss to UCLA in the NCAA Second Round, Collins and Langre finished their year with a upset-victory over the Bruins Tobias Clemens and Lassi Ketola at No. 2 doubles... The duo also won the final nine consecutive matches... Collins compiled a 5-4 singles record in fall tournaments... Advanced to the Round of 16 at Fresno State s Bulldog Classic, the consolation second round at the ITA Omni Regional Championships and the first round of the SCTA Championships by way of a qualifier. 8

3 2002: Collins redshirted the 2002 season. 2001: Collins finished the season with a overall singles record, mark in dual matches and a 2-7 record in conference matches... In the fall he earned two wins in the consolation round of the ITA Rolex Regionals... He won his first 5-of-7 dual matches but began to struggle as the team entered Pac-10 play... In doubles, Collins played the majority of his dual matches with partner Ruben Torres... The pair compiled a 13-9 overall record primarily at No He also played doubles matches with Daniel Langre (2-1), Scott Merryman (1-1), Andrew Park (0-1), Damien Spizzo (0-1) and Garrett Wong (0-1)... He lost in the first round of the Pac-10 Tournament in both singles and doubles with Torres. 2000: In his first collegiate season, Collins finished with a overall record and 8-20 mark in dual match play... Played the sixth spot in all but one match where he was moved to No. 5 when Ryan Moore became injured... At a spot higher, he de feat ed UCLA s Chris Sands and was one of only two Trojans to earn wins in a 5-2 team loss to the Bruins... In the last four matches of the regular season, Collins post ed a 2-2 record, earning big wins against Oregon and Cal... Displayed one of his best per for manc es at the 2000 Pac-10 Invitational where he ad vanced to the second round in sin gles and the quarterfinals in doubles... His im prove ment through out the year was most ev i dent in the second round of the NCAAs when he sparked a USC victory by upsetting Fresno State s Nick Fustar 6-2, 6-3 for the Tro jans third point... He and part ner An drew Park played at the No. 3 doubles spot and posted a record... He also played doubles matches with Scott Merryman (1-0) and Patrick Gottesleben (1-0). PREP EXPERIENCE: Collins is a 1999 graduate of Corona del Mar (Ca lif.) High... He was a four-year letterwinner on the ten nis team... He helped lead the team to the CIF Di vi sion I Championship as a se nior... The team also won the Sea View League Cham pi on ship in 1998 and Collins was an all-league first team se lec tion all four years... As a fresh man, he won the CIF dou bles cham pi on ship and gar nered the league cham pi on ship as a sophomore and junior. PERSONAL: Parker Ryan Collins was born on Sept. 21, 1980, in Pasadena, Calif.... The son of Larry and Nancy Collins, he has one sister, Sarah... A sociology major. COLLINS CAREER STA TIS TICS R e d s h i r t S e a s o n Totals DREW HOSKINS Sophomore Rossmoor, Calif. Texas / St. Stephen's HS AT TEXAS: Hoskins spent two seasons at Texas (2002 and 2003)... As a sophomore, Hoskins saw limited playing time in the singles dual match lineup, but compiled a 7-9 record overall... Played two dual matches at No. 3 and No. 4 and went In doubles, he paired with Roger Gubser for an 11-7 overall record, mainly in tournament play... Played three doubles dual matches for a 2-1 record and posted a 12-8 overall doubles mark for the year... As a freshman he compiled a 14-9 singles dual match record, including a 6-5 mark at the No. 5 position... He posted a overall singles record and overall doubles record... Compiled a 14-6 overall record and 10-5 dual match record with partner Will Clinton and was ranked as high as No. 42 in the ITA doubles rankings... Named to the Big XII's Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2002 and the Big XII All-Academic first team in PREP EXPERIENCE: Hoskins is a 2001 graduate of St. Stephen's Tennis Academy in Austin, Texas, where he attended as a junior and senior... He spent his freshman and sophomore years of high school at Los Alamitos (Calif.) High... Earned a top 20 USTA 18-and-under ranking in 2000 and Ranked as high as No. 2 in the USTA boys' 18-and-under doubles rankings in 2000 and Advanced to the singles round of 16 and doubles quarterfinals at the 2001 USTA Super National Hardcourt Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich.... Reached the finals of the boys' U18 doubles USTA National Spring and Winter Championships in 2000 and Ranked No. 1 in Southern California in 1999 among boys' 16-and-under... Awarded the Todd Morsilli Sportsmanship Award at the 1999 U16 National Indoor Championships... Ranked as high as No. 240 in singles and No. 288 in doubles in the ITF junior rankings... A two-time Orange County Register all-county first team selection and two time All-Sunset League pick (1999 and 1998). PERSONAL: Andrew Yung Hoskins was born on July 25, 1980, in Long Beach, Calif.... The son of Dave and Judy Hoskins, he is an only child... Lists his dad as his role model... Chose USC because he has been a lifelong Trojan fan and because his mom went to UCLA... Has served as a volunteer tennis instructor at various tennis camps and as a field assistant at the 1998 Special Olympics... Would like to play professional tennis after graduation... A business administration major. HOSKINS' CAREER STA TIS TICS at Texas Totals JEFF KAZARIAN RS Sophomore Rolling Hills Est., Calif. Peninsula HS THIS SEASON: Jeff Kazarian enters his redshirt sophomore season... Did not compete in the fall. THIS SEASON: Drew Hoskins begins his first season at USC and his third season of collegiate tennis after transferring from Texas in Enjoyed a successful fall season with the Trojans, compiling an 8-2 singles record... Advanced to the finals of the Bulldog Classic and the quarterfinals of the ITA West Regional... He and Ruben Torres reached the doubles semifinals at the Bulldog Classic... Ranked No. 59 in the ITA preseason singles poll. 2003: Kazarian played limited sin gles matches in 2003 while trying to rehabilitate var i ous back, shoulder and stomach injuries... Played 12 dual match es at No. 5 and 6 singles and compiled a 6-9 overall record, 4-8 mark in dual matches and 1-3 record in the Pac Found his great est suc cess playing doubles with Prakash Amritraj at the No. 1 position, where the duo went 9-5 over all and 4-1 against Pac-10 op po nents... The pair was ranked 9

4 PLAYER BIOS among the top 50 doubles for a portion of the season... Also played doubles with Johan Berg (1-0), Whit Livingston (1-0), Daniel Tontz (0-1) and Brian Wright (3-1)... Posted a 2-1 singles record in fall tour na ments and ad vanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Omni Regional Cham pi on ships. 2002: Kazarian redshirted the 2002 season due to a back injury. PREP EXPERIENCE: Kazarian is a 2001 graduate of Peninsula High in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.... He played four years of varsity tennis and earned All-Bay League first team honors all four years... Named the CIF Division I Doubles MVP in 2001 and former USC teammate Teige Sullivan... Won the Bay League singles championship as a sophomore and junior... Helped lead Peninsula to the CIF Division I Southern Section Championship in 1999 and the Bay League Championship all four years... He enjoyed his greatest success in 16-and-unders when he ranked among the top-10 in Southern California and was a finalist in singles and third-place finisher in doubles at the National Clay Courts... Advanced to the doubles quarterfinals in 2000 and 2001 at the National Hard Court Championships in Kalamazoo, Mich. PERSONAL: Jeffrey Benjamin Kazarian was born on Dec. 19, 1982, in Torrance, Calif.... The son of Kris and Julie Kazarian, he has one brother, Jonathan, and one sister, Kristen... The grandson of John Fleitz, who played tennis at USC in He enjoys riding motorcross and golfing when he s not playing tennis... A psychology major. KAZARIAN S CAREER STA TIS TICS 2002 R e d s h i r t S e a s o n DANIEL LANGRE RS Senior Mexico City, Mexico Secretaria de Educación Pública THIS SEASON: Daniel Langre enters his redshirt senior season at USC... Posted a 4-3 singles record in the fall, competing at the ITA West Regional and SCTA Championship... He and Parker Collins reached the doubles semifinals at the SCTA Championships. 2003: Langre played at No. 2 and 3 singles and No. 2 and 3 doubles in 2003 with various doubles partners... Named 2003 All-Pac-10 hon or able mention... Selected to com pete at the NCAA Doubles Cham pi on ships with Prakash Amritraj... Langre actually finished the year with two doubles rankings, finishing at No. 35 in the ITA dou bles rankings with Amritraj and No. 42 in the ITA doubles rankings with Parker Collins... Com piled a overall singles record, a 14-8 mark in dual matches and 3-4 record in the Pac Went overall in doubles, paired with Amritraj (8-5), Johan Berg (7-2), Collins (11-1) and Ruben Torres (4-3)... Finished with the team s best individual overall doubles record and win per cent age (.750)... With Amritraj, the pair captured the 2003 Sherwood Col le giate Cup dou bles title in Jan u ary... Collins and Langre dropped only one match during the regular season and topped off the year by winning the Pac-10 Doubles Tournament in April... The pair became the first USC duo to win the event since Despite USC s team loss to UCLA in the NCAA Second Round, Collins and Langre finished their year with a upset-victory over the Bruins Tobias Clemens and Lassi Ketola at No. 2 doubles... The duo also won their final nine consecutive matches... Compiled a 3-3 singles record in fall tournaments... Ad vanced to the Round of 16 at the ITA Omni Regional Championships... Named to the 2003 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention team... A 2003 Marks Scholar-Athlete. JEFF KAZARIAN DANIEL LANGRE 2002: Langre, along with his teammates, enjoyed much success in 2002 as he helped lead the Trojans to the NCAA Championship... Playing mainly at the No. 5 position, he compiled a overall record and a mark in dual matches... Langre went 14-7 at the No. 5 spot, 3-2 at No. 4 and 2-1 at No In the fall, he advanced to the quarterfinals of the SCTA Championship... With a singles record in the regular season, Langre was at his best in the postseason... He won all six of his NCAA Tournament matches en route to the Trojans title and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team at the No. 5 position... In doubles he collected a 16-4 record with Prakash Amritraj, a 5-6 mark with Damien Spizzo and a 1-0 record with Ruben Torres... Langre and Amritraj earned NCAA All-Tournament honors at No. 3 doubles after defeating Tennessee s Mark Dietrich and Andy Crews and Georgia s Nicolas Boeker and Lesley Joseph in the semifinals and finals... The pair finished with the team s best doubles winning percentage (.800). 2001: Langre redshirted during the 2001 season... Competed at the SCTA Championships and Rolex Regionals in the fall, advancing to the second round and quarterfinals, respectively... Underwent surgery on a torn ligament in his left knee on Jan : Langre joined the team in January and quickly proved to be a key player as a freshman for the Trojans... He finished the season with the team s best record, both overall (23-6) and in dual matches (21-4)... Throughout the spring, he also ac count ed for the Trojans longest win streak, claiming 11 straight from Feb. 8 through March He played mainly at the No. 4 and 5 positions, and spent two matches at No The weekend he was moved up in the lineup, he upset K.J. Hippensteel of Stanford and Hiro Nakamura of Cal... Despite USC s two losses in the Bay Area, he was the only one to sweep the series... At the Pac-10 Tournament, he was defeated in the first round by UCLA s Jong-Min Lee... He and part ner Patrick Gottesleben post ed the team s best dou bles record in dual match play with 18 wins and only six losses... He also played two matches with Nick Rainey (2-0) and two with Ryan Moore (1-1). 10

5 PREP EXPERIENCE: A 2000 graduate of Secretaria de Educación Pública in Mexico City... As a four-time Mexican national champion in the U12, U14, U16 and U18 divisions, he was ranked as high as No. 7 internationally as a member of Mexico s junior national team... In 1999, he competed on Mexico s Davis Cup team and reached the Wimbledon junior semifinals in doubles... He was the Mexican, Central American and Caribbean champion in the 14-under division. PERSONAL: Langre was born on March 7, 1981, in Mexico City... The son of Pedro and Cecilia Langre... Names Pete Sampras as his biggest sports hero... Chose to come to USC because of its strong heritage of Mexican players... Lists his favorite food as real Mexican food - made in Mexico... An international relations major at USC. medal at the 1967 Pan American Games, a silver medal at the 1967 World Championships and a silver medal at the 1972 Olympic Games... His father rowed at Harvard as an undergraduate... Would love to travel the world while playing tennis following graduation... His major is undeclared. LIVINGSTON S CA REER STA TIS TICS LANGRE S CA REER STA TIS TICS Redshirt Sea son Totals ADAM LOUCKS Freshman Irvine, Calif. Spirit Prep Academy WHIT LIVINGSTON Sophomore Sacramento, Calif. Jesuit HS THIS SEASON: Whit Livingston enters his second season at USC... Did not compete in the fall. 2003: Livingston played limited matches as a freshman as the No. 8 singles player on the roster... Played two dual singles matches against UCLA and Cal... Played doubles matches with Jeff Kazarian (1-0) and Daniel Tontz (0-1). PREP EXPERIENCE: Livingston is a 2002 graduate of Jesuit High in Sacramento, Calif.... Played four years of varsity tennis, including at the No. 2 spot as a junior and No. 1 as a senior... Served as team captain his senior season... Earned All-American honors in 2001 and Was awarded the Athletic Director s award in 2002 for his athletic and academic accomplishments... Named the team s MVP as a senior... Won the San Joaquin metro and sectional singles championships in 1999 and Helped lead team to the CIF and San Joaquin Metro championships each of his four years... Also played NorCal 16 and unders for one year, going undefeated in both singles and doubles... Won the Northern California Sportsmanship Award in 16s and 18s. THIS SEASON: Adam Loucks enters his first season at USC... Joined the team in January of PREP EXPERIENCE: Loucks is a 2003 graduate of Spirit Prepatory Tennis Academy in Tustin, Calif.... Earned his highest prep singles rankings in 2003 as the No. 14-ranked player in USTA's boys' 16-and-under... Ranked as high as No. 5 among Southern California's boys 16-and-under singles players in In 2003, he advanced to the singles finals at the USTA Copper Bowl and the singles quarterfinals of the U18 California Bowl... He also finished in fifth place at the SCTA Boys' Sectionals... In 2002, he was a 16-and-under doubles finalist at the USTA Super Hardcourt Championships and USTA National Open, as well as a quarterfinalist at the Nike Junior World Championships... Also advanced to the singles finals in such 16-and-under tournaments as the 2001 SCTA South Bay, 2001 USTA National Open and 2001 SCTA San Diego... Won the Quicksilver/Roxy Sportsmanship Award in PERSONAL: Adam Thomas Loucks was born on Jan. 17, 1986, in Redmond, Wash.... The son of Tom and Debbie Loucks, he has one brother, Matt... His father, Tom, played collegiate tennis at UCLA ( ) and played professionally... His brother, Matt, is a sophomore on the Texas A&M men's tennis team... His grandfather, Monty Roberts, was a collegiate rodeo champion at Cal Poly SLO and is the New York Times bestselling author of "The Man Who Listens To Horses"... A pre-business major. PERSONAL: Whit Cleve Livingston was born on Sept. 17, 1983, in Boston, Mass.... The son of Cleve and Virginia Livingston, he has one brother, Spencer... His father, Cleve, was a two-time U.S. Olympian in crew (1968-Mexico City, 1972-Munich) and won a gold 11

6 PLAYER BIOS SCOTT PATTERSON Senior La Canada, Calif. Glendale JC RUBEN TORRES Senior Cali, Colombia Colegio Alejandria THIS SEASON: Scott Patterson enters his second season at USC and his fourth collegiate season overall after transferring from Glendale Junior College in Compiled a 4-4 singles record during the fall, competing at the ITA West Regional and SCTA Championships... Ranked No. 99 in the ITA preseason singles poll. 2003: As the team s No. 7 player, Patterson stepped in at No. 6 (and one match at No. 4) for 12 dual matches... Compiled a 9-14 overall singles record, a 5-7 mark in dual matches and 1-3 record in the Pac Clinched USC s win over San Diego on April 2 with a final win at No Only played one doubles match with Daniel Tontz (0-1)... Posted a 4-3 record in fall tournaments... Advanced to the second round of the SCTA Championships and the second round of the ITA Omni Regional Championships. JUNIOR COLLEGE: Patterson played at Glendale (Calif.) Junior College in 2001 and Played No. 1 singles both years... Went 16-0 in singles in 2002 and was named team MVP... In the two years, he compiled at 27-4 overall record and 16-0 mark in Western Conference matches... Named to the Dean s List both years. PREP EXPERIENCE: Patterson is a 2000 graduate of La Canada (Calif.) High... A four-year member of the varsity tennis team... Played at No. 1 as a sophomore, junior and senior... A three-time team MVP ( ). SCOTT PATTERSON PERSONAL: Scott Thomas Patterson was born on March 31, 1982, in Glendale, Calif.... The son of James and Elaine Patterson, he has one brother, David, and two sisters, Stephanie and Diane... His dad and brother played tennis in college... His mom attended both UCLA and USC... Lists his greatest sports moment as having watched Pete Sampras win his 13th Grand Slam to break the record... Chose to attend USC because of the academics, the environment, the people and because his mom is a USC alumnus... An economics major. PATTERSON S CAREER STA TIS TICS THIS SEASON: Ruben Torres enters his senior season at USC... Posted an 8-3 record during the fall season, advancing to the semifinals of the Fresno State Bulldog Classic and the finals of the ITA West Regional... Fell to third-ranked Tobias Clemens in the ITA championship match, but still advanced to the ITA National Individual Championships... He and Drew Hoskins reached the doubles semifinals at the Bulldog Classic... Ranked No. 51 in the ITA preseason singles poll. 2003: Torres had a difficult junior season, undergoing shoulder sur gery in the fall and having to sit out select matches during the spring with a wrist injury... Played mainly at No. 4 singles and Nos. 2 and 3 doubles... Compiled an overall singles record, a mark in dual matches and a 2-2 record in the Pac Went 11-6 overall in doubles with Johan Berg (7-3) and Daniel Langre (4-3)... Found his greatest success play ing dou bles with Johan Berg at the No. 3 position... The also pair posted a 2-1 mark in Pac-10 play, including an upset victory over then-no. 27 K.C. Corkery and James Pade of Stanford on April 4... Went 6-4 in the fall, highlighted by a 5-2 record at the ITA Regional Championships where he dropped his first match but won five consecutive in the consolation round... Named to the 2003 Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention team... A 2003 Marks Schol ar-ath lete. 2002: Torres, along with his teammates, enjoyed much success in 2002 as he helped lead the Trojans to the NCAA Championship... Playing mainly at the No. 6 position, Torres posted the team s best record with a 32-8 (.800) overall singles mark... He went 22-5 in dual matches, 5-2 in Pac-10 play, 16-3 at the No. 6 position and 6-2 at the No. 5 spot... In the fall he advanced to the finals of the ITA Regional Consolation Championships and the second round of the SCTA Championship... Won a team-best 11-straight matches to end the 2002 season... Captured the Pac-10 Invitational Singles Championship during that span by defeating UCLA s Alberto Francis in the final... His streak took him into the NCAA Tournament where he won all six of his NCAA Tournament matches en route to the Trojans national title and was named to the NCAA All-Tournament team at the No. 6 position... In doubles he collected an record with Teige Sullivan and a 1-0 mark with Daniel Langre... Throughout the dual match season, he and Sullivan posted a 5-6 record at No. 2 and a 3-1 record at No In the NCAA Championship final, the pair captured a key victory over Georgia s Adam Seri and Brandon Wagner, 8-4, to clinch the Trojans doubles point en route to the title. 2001: After joining the team as a freshman in January, Ruben Torres played mainly at No. 5 and compiled a 16-9 overall record, 15-6 mark in dual matches and 3-4 record against Pac-10 opponents... Posted the team s longest win streak during the regular season after winning eight straight matches from Jan. 19 through Feb Missed two matches in early April due to a wrist injury... He won his first round match over Matt Hanlin of Washington in the Pac-10 Singles Tournament, but fell in the second round... He played doubles with Parker Collins and the pair went 13-9 overall at No He also played doubles matches with Ryan Moore (2-1) and the pair upset Stanford s sixth-ranked Scott Lipsky and David Martin... Collins and Torres fell in the first round of the Pac-10 Doubles Tournament. PREP EXPERIENCE: A 2000 graduate of Colegio Alejandria in Cali, Colombia... He was Colombia s 18- and 16-and-under national champion... Served as team captain on 18-andunder team which finished fourth at the 2000 World Junior Championships... Went undefeated in the South American 18-and-under singles (6-0) and doubles (4-0) championship... Played for the Colombian Davis Cup team in

7 PERSONAL: Ruben D. Torres was born on Feb. 23, 1981, in Villaricencio, Colombia... The son of Marco Torres and Nancy Duque, he has two brothers, Sebastian and Mateo... An international relations major who hopes to one day play Davis Cup again for his country. TORRES CAREER STA TIS TICS Totals BRIAN WRIGHT RS Sophomore Fresno, Calif. Pepperdine RUBEN TORRES BRIAN WRIGHT THIS SEASON: Brian Wright enters his second season at USC as a redshirt sophomore... Transferred from Pepperdine in Posted a 2-1 singles record in the fall, competeing at the Fresno State Bulldog Classic and playing at No. 5 in USC's exhibition at Notre Dame. 2003: Redshirted the 2003 season due to knee injuries... Played four doubles matches with Jeff Kazarian (3-1) in the fall AT PEPPERDINE: Wright played primarily doubles in his freshman season at Pepperdine... Along with partner Calle Hansen, he posted a 16-7 dual match record at the No. 3 position and a overall mark... He played two singles matches at No. 6 and won both... Was 8-8 in overall singles... Helped lead the Waves to the NCAA Quarterfinals, a No. 5 final ranking and the West Coast Conference Championship in In the fall he teamed with Steve Racioppi to defeat Joao Menano and Stephen Moros of Arizona State to win the Adidas Invitational. PREP EXPERIENCE: A 2001 graduate of Clovis West (Calif.) High... Played four years of varsity tennis... Earned All-American honors as a junior and senior... Named all-city and Clovis Independent MVP in 2000 and Named Clovis Independent s Athlete of the Year as a senior... Helped lead Clovis West to the Tri-River Athletic Conference championship and won the league singles championship in Went undefeated in both singles and doubles as a senior... A three-time team Most Valuable Player... Advanced to the semifinals of the 1999 Orange Bowl in under-16 doubles, the semifinals of the Easter Bowl in singles and the quarterfinals of the National Hardcourt Championships in singles... Graduated with a 3.8 grade point average and earned the Principal s Medallion for his academic achievements... A California Scholastic Federation member all four years. PERSONAL: Brian Eric Wright was born on March 1, 1983, in Fresno, Calif.... The son of Russ and Doris Wright, he has one sister, Jami... His father, Russ, and uncle, Ron, played collegiate tennis at San Jose State and Fresno State, respectively... Lists Stan Smith (USC 68) as the toughest competitor he has ever played against... A business major who would like to play professional tennis following graduation. WRIGHT S CAREER STA TIS TICS at Pepperdine at USC 2003* Totals *Redshirt Season 13