WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE Wolfpack Men s Tennis. No. 29 ITA Ranking 16-5 (0-4 ACC)

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1 WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE WOLFPACK IN THE HOUSE NC State Wolfpack Men s Tennis No. 29 ITA Ranking 16-5 (0-4 ACC) WOLFPACK SCHEDULE/RESULTS (BOLD denotes home match * denotes ACC match) Date Opponent Result/Time 1/21 High Point W, 7-0 1/21 Gardner-Webb W, 7-0 1/21 North Carolina A&T W, 7-0 1/28 American W, 7-0 1/28 UNC Greensboro W, 7-0 2/4 Yale W, 4-3 2/4 Campbell W, 7-0 2/11 No. 71 Old Dominion W, 5-2 2/17 No. 19 Kentucky W, 4-3 2/19 No. 34 Louisville L, 6-1 2/25 No. 31 South Carolina W, 5-2 3/3 Navy W, 7-0 3/3 UNC Wilmington W, 5-2 3/5 Elon W, 5-2 3/5 East Carolina W, 7-0 3/8 No. 4 *Duke L, 4-3 3/14 No. 31 *Wake Forest L, 5-2 3/18 Charlotte W, 6-1 3/18 Davidson W, 7-0 3/24 No. 56 *Virginia Tech L, 4-3 3/26 No. 11 *Virginia L, 6-1 3/29 Brown 2:30 pm 3/31 *Boston College 2:30 pm 4/2 *Maryland 10 am 4/5 *North Carolina 2:30 pm 4/7 *Georgia Tech 2:30 pm 4/9 *Clemson 1 pm 4/14 *Florida State 5 pm 4/16 *Miami 2 pm 4/20-23 ACC Championships All Day 5/12-14 NCAA Regionals All Day 5/18-29 NCAA Championships All Day POINTS FROM THE COURT: PACK WELCOMES BEARS: No. 29 NC State will host the Brown Bears on Wednesday, March 29, at the Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium on the NC State campus in a 2:30 p.m. match. The Pack enters the event with a 16-5 (0-4 ACC) record, while the Bears roam into town at 9-5. NC State has won two of its last four matches, while Brown has dropped four straight. Brown and NC State has faced off in each of the previous two seasons, splitting those contests. The Bears downed the red and white, 4-0, in 2004, while the Pack upset a No. 59 Brown squad one season ago, 4-3. NO. 29 IN ITA POLL: NC State sits at No. 29 nationally, four spots lower than its previous ranking, in the latest Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings released by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) on Tuesday, March 21. Last season the Pack finished the year ranked No. 46 after starting the season at No. 75. This year NC State started the season at No. 45, which stands as the highest season opening position for the team since the ITA began preseason distinctions in the late 1980s. CAVADAY CRACKS FILA SINGLES RANKINGS: Sophomore Nick Cavaday is currently ranked No. 43 nationally in singles according to the latest Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings released by the ITA. With an 8-8 record, Cavaday has anchored the No. 1 singles spot for the Pack during all but one match that he has participated in. Against ranked foes, Cavaday posts a 1-6 record, downing No. 48 Bruno Agonstinelli of Kentucky, 6-2, 6-3. Ending his freshman season at NC State with a No. 108 national ranking in singles, Cavaday posted a 14-9 solo mark last year, while going 5-5 in ACC competition. BANADA, SHAW GAIN RECOGNITION IN DOUBLES: Senior doubles combo Val Banada and Will Shaw are currently ranked No. 76 nationally in the combo poll. The duo boasts a 11-7 record, all at No. 1, and have downed two ranked opponents thus far WOLFPACK MEN S TENNIS ROSTER Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown Previous School Val Banada Sr. Miami, Fla. N. Miami Beach HS No. 43 Nick Cavaday So. Chislehurst, London, Eng. The Lays School/Cheam Andre Iriarte Jr. Rockville, Md. Laurel Springs HS William Noblitt Jr. Shelby, N.C. Shelby HS David Rozek So. Chardon, Ohio Chardon HS Mason Schermerhorn So. Colfax, N.C. SW Guilford HS Will Shaw Sr. Sevenoaks, England Sevenoaks School Jay Weinacker Fr. Birmingham, Ala. Mountain Brook HS Chris Welte Fr. Philadelphia, Pa. Strath Haven HS Ben Zink So. Elizabethtown, Pa. Elizabethtown Area HS GoPack.com The Official Website of NC State Wolfpack Athletics

2 WOLFIES STEADILY CLIMB RANKINGS: NC State has jumped 16 spots in the Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings since the first poll was released on Jan. 10. Of the nine polls so far, the Pack has improved upon its ranking six times. Here s a look at where the team has landed. NC STATE ITA/FILA RANKINGS DATE POSITION Jan. 10 No. 45 Jan. 31 No. 49 Feb. 7 No. 50 Feb. 14 No. 49 Feb. 22 No. 39 Feb. 28 No. 33 March 7 No. 25 March 14 No. 22 March 21 No EDITION AIMS FOR RECORD BOOKS: With 16 team victories already under it s belt, the 2006 Wolfpack men s tennis team has already eclipsed last season s win total (15), and is aiming to achieve one of the best seasons in school history. The 16 wins mark the first time an NC State squad has won that many matches since coach Henry Brandon s 1983 team. The most victories any Pack team has ever collected in one year came under legendary coach J.W. Isenhour, with the 1978 and 79 teams both earning 19 bragging rights. The 79 group collected the lone conference title in school history, while the 78 version earned the program s first NCAA bid. TOP WINNING WOLFPACK SEASONS CLASS W-L DOUBLES POINT IS THE KEY: Although the Pack has only surrendered points in 12 of its 21 matches this spring, the doubles point has been a critical part to the teams success. NC State has won doubles 16 times, dropping it at Kentucky, at Louisville and against Duke, Wake Forest and Virginia. Team duos currently hold a record in doubles play, with junior William Noblitt and sophomore Ben Zink standing at 15-2 with eight wins at the No. 2 spot. SPRING SINGLES RECORDS BY CLASS CLASS W-L % Freshmen Seniors Sophomores Juniors SOLID AT 5 & 6: NC State has cruised through play so far at the No.5 and No. 6 singles positions, posting a 17-4 record at No. 5, while going 19-2 at No. 6. Senior Will Shaw and freshman Jay Weinacker both have five wins at No. 5, with Weinacker holding six more at No. 6. WATCH OUT FOR WEINACKER: He might be a freshman, but he certainly doesn t play like one. Jay Weinacker currently leads the team in spring singles wins with an 17-2 record. In reality, Weinacker s success thus far might not be such a surprise considering that he enrolled at NC State after being ranked No. 1 in the USTA Southern Section at the end of his prep career. PACK VERSUS RANKED TEAMS...: When it comes to taking on ranked opponents, NC State seems comfortable with the challenge. So far this season, the Wolfpack have taken on eight nationally ranked teams, picking up victories in three of those contests. Against No. 71 Old Dominion, the Pack won two doubles and four singles bouts to take a 5-2 decision. At No. 19 Kentucky, NC State won four singles bouts to pull the upset, 4-3. The Pack, however, wasn t as fortunate at No. 34 Louisville, falling 6-1 while picking up just one singles and one doubles victory. On the road against No. 31 South Carolina, NC State collected all doubles and four singles matches to pick up the win, 5-2. The Pack dropped a heartbreaker at home to No. 4 Duke, 4-3, collecting three singles bouts, before losing to No. 31 Wake Forest, 5-2, on the road. NC State later fell at Virginia Tech, 4-3, and Virginia, AND RANKED INDIVIDUALS: So far this season five NC State players have battled nationally ranked competitors on playing an ACC team: playing North Carolina teams: 10-2 playing at home: playing indoors at home: playing outdoors at home: playing on opponents courts:. 3-4 playing on neutral courts: playing indoors: playing outdoors: playing a ranked team: playing a top-25 team: playing a higher-ranked team: 2-3 WOLFPACK RECORD WHEN... playing a lower-ranked team: winning the doubles point: losing the doubles point: the final score is 4-3: match is decided by 3-setters:. 0-0 the match is tied, 3-3: winning at No. 1 singles: winning at No. 2 singles: winning at No. 3 singles: winning at No. 4 singles: winning at No. 5 singles: winning at No. 6 singles: winning at No. 1 doubles: winning at No. 2 doubles: winning at No. 3 doubles: losing at No. 1 singles: losing at No. 2 singles: losing at No. 3 singles: losing at No. 4 singles: losing at No. 5 singles: losing at No. 6 singles: losing at No. 1 doubles: losing at No. 2 doubles: losing at No. 3 doubles:

3 the courts in singles play, posting a 4-12 record in those matches. Senior Val Banada, junior Andre Iriarte and sophomore Nick Cavaday all hold wins over ranked competition, with Iriarte first beating Kentucky s Nate Emge (No. 83), 6-3, 7-6 (6). Cavaday took down a Wildcat of his own, blowing by Bruno Agonstinelli (No. 48), 6-2, 6-3. Against Duke, Banada flew past No. 59 Peter Rodrigues, 6-3, 6-4. Banada later topped No. 77 Doug Stewart of Virginia, 7-5, 7-5. In doubles play, the Pack is 3-5 against ranked pairs. Cavaday and freshman Chris Welte knocked off Old Dominion s Henry Cancado and Eidy Igarashi (No. 33), 8-6. Seniors Val Banada and Will Shaw trumped Jeremy Clark and Jakob Gustafsson (No. 47) of Louisville, 9-8 (3), before downing South Carolina s Geraldo Knorr and Yevgeny Supeko (No. 47), 9-7. ACC IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN: In the latest Fila Collegiate Tennis Rankings revealed by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association on Tuesday, March 21, all but one of the 12 Atlantic Coast Conference teams were ranked in the top-68, with six landing in the top-25. Here s a breakdown of where the conference schools place. ACC TEAM ITA/FILA RANKINGS SCHOOL POSITION Duke No. 4 Clemson No. 10 Virginia No. 11 North Carolina No. 12 Miami No. 14 Florida State No. 24 Georgia Tech No. 27 NC State No. 29 Wake Forest No. 31 Virginia Tech No. 56 Maryland No. 68 opened the season by blanking High Point, Gardner-Webb and Davidson. American and UNC Greensboro were the next victims on Saturday, Jan. 28. The red and white squeezed past Yale, 4-3, on Saturday, Feb. 4, before running past Campbell. The Wolfpack blew by Navy, before besting UNCW, 5-2, on Friday, March 3, then beat Elon, 5-2, before routing ECU on Sunday, March 5. NC State will partake in one more doubleheader this season, this time on the road. On Saturday, March 18, the Pack flew by Charlotte, 6-1, before having its way with Davidson. NOBLITT GRABS ACC HONOR: Junior William Noblitt picked up Co-ACC Player of the Week honors for the week of January 23 after posting a combined 4-0 record in singles and doubles during the first week of the spring season. Noblitt helped the Pack get off to a 3-0 start with shutout wins over High Point, Gardner-Webb and North Carolina A&T on Saturday, Jan. 21. Against High Point, Noblitt took down Jake Notton at No. 3, 6-1, 6-1, after winning at No. 3 doubles with sophomore partner Ben Zink, 8-6, over Ben Deloume and Notton. Noblitt won again at No. 2 singles over Gardner-Webb s Kern Phillip, 6-0, 6-0, and later grabbed a fourth victory at No. 2 doubles with Zink, besting NC A&T s Jared and Jeremy Martin, 8-1. STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: Of the Pack s 91 singles wins this season, 85 (93.4%) have come in straight sets. Freshman Jay Weinacker currently leads the team with 17 quick decisions. SINGLES STRAIGHT SET WINS PLAYER WINS Jay Weinacker 17 Val Banada 11 William Noblitt 11 Will Shaw 10 Nick Cavaday 8 Andre Iriarte 8 Chris Welte 8 Ben Zink 5 David Rozek 4 Mason Schermerhorn 3 OUT OF CONFERENCE: The red and white are 16-1 against non-acc foes this spring. Now in the midst of ACC play, only one out of conference competitor awaits the Pack. NC State will host Brown on Wednesday, March 29. OVERTIME? NO PROBLEM: Despite the long hours at the tennis facility, the Pack s netters have won all 13 multiple-event day matches, nine by shutout. On Saturday, Jan. 21, NC State

4 WOLFPACK RESULTS 16-5 (0-4 ACC) NO. 29 NATIONAL RANKING SINGLES DOUBLES DATE OPPONENT RESULT SCORE ACC RANK Jan. 21 High Point W No. 45 W W W W W W W W W Jan. 21 Gardner-Webb W No. 45 W W W W W W W W W Jan. 21 Davidson W No. 45 W W W W W W W W W Jan. 28 American W No. 45 W W W W W W L W W Jan. 28 UNC Greensboro W No. 45 W W W W W W W W W Feb. 4 Yale W No. 49 L W L L W W W L W Feb. 4 Campbell W No. 49 W W W W W W W W W Feb. 11 No. 71 Old Dominion W No. 50 W L L W W W L W W Feb. 17 No. 19 Kentucky W No. 49 W W L L W W L L W Feb. 19 No. 34 Louisville L No. 49 L L L L W L W L L Feb. 25 No. 31 South Carolina W No. 39 L W W L W W W W W March 3 Navy W No. 33 W W W W W W W W W March 3 UNC Wilmington W No. 33 L W W W L W W W W March 5 Elon W No. 33 L W L W W W L W W March 5 East Carolina W No. 33 W W W W W W W W W March 8 No. 4 *Duke L No. 25 L L W L W W L L L March 14 No. 31 *Wake Forest L No. 22 L L L W L W L W L March 18 Charlotte W No. 22 L W W W W W W W W March 18 Davidson W No. 22 W W W W W W W W W March 24 No. 56 *Virginia Tech L No. 29 L L L W L W W W L March 26 No. 11 *Virginia L No. 29 L W L L L L L L L March 29 Brown March 31 *Boston College April 2 *Maryland April 5 *North Carolina April 7 *Georgia Tech April 9 *Clemson April 14 *Florida State April 16 *Miami April ACC Championships May NCAA Regionals May NCAA Championships Home matches in BOLD * ACC match $ ACC Championships SPRING DUAL SINGLES RECORDS PLAYER #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 TOTAL Banada No. 43 Cavaday Iriarte Noblitt Rozek Schermerhorn Shaw Weinacker Welte Zink TOTALS SPRING DUAL DOUBLES RECORDS PLAYER #1 #2 #3 TOTAL No. 76 Banada/Shaw Cavaday/Weinacker Cavaday/Welte Iriarte/Schermerhorn Iriarte/Weinacker Noblitt/Weinacker Noblitt/Zink Rozek/Weinacker Weinacker/Welte TOTALS FALL RECORDS (SINGLES/DOUBLES) PLAYER Val Banada 6-3 / 3-2 Nick Cavaday 7-3 / 3-2 Andre Iriarte 8-4 / 3-1 William Noblitt 4-4 / 4-2 David Rozek 8-3 / 2-1 Mason Schermerhorn 4-4 / 2-3 Will Shaw 7-5 / 4-3 Jay Weinacker 7-5 / 5-2 Chris Welte 7-3 / 2-3 Ben Zink 6-4 / 4-1 TOTALS / MEDIA RELATIONS CONTACT Asst. for Media Relations Brandon Yopp Office Phone: (919) Cell Phone: (919) brandon_yopp@ncsu.edu NC State Athletic Media Relations Website: gopack.com Main Office: (919) Fax: (919)

5 NC STATE VS. THE ACC Singles #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Total Banada No. 43 Cavaday Iriarte Noblitt Rozek Schermerhorn Shaw Weinacker Welte Zink TOTALS Doubles #1 #2 #3 Total No. 76 Banada/Shaw Cavaday/Weinacker Cavaday/Welte Noblitt/Zink Weinacker/Welte TOTALS HEAD COACH JON CHOBOY Choboy at NC State Years: Fourth Season Record: ACC Record As a Head Coach Years: th Season Record: Alma Mater: Canisius 89 Kneeling (left-to-right): Andre Iriarte, Val Banada, David Rozek, Nick Cavaday and Ben Zink Standing (left-to-right): William Noblitt, Mason Schermerhorn, Chris Welte, Jay Weinacker and Will Shaw

6 Val BANADA Senior Left Miami, Fla. North Miami Beach Senior HS : Took three wins at No. 2 singles, pushing his spring total to 8-5 in singles play... Teamed with four different team members in spring doubles for nine wins, including seven with Andre Iriarte... Went in singles and doubles throughout : Won six matches on the season, the third best mark in dual play Three of the six were in ACC play, with four overall wins coming at No. 2 Including fall tournaments, won 24 matches, 12 singles, 12 doubles His 4-2 mark in doubles with William Noblitt was the second best mark of any tandem Posted a 3-1 ACC mark at No. 3 doubles with Noblitt : Led the Wolfpack in overall singles victories with 10, which included a team-best 3-5 ACC record Two of his ACC wins were against top-50 teams nationally, March 9 against Florida State and April 12 against Wake Forest Posted a perfect 7-0 mark at No. 3 singles Posted win streaks of four and three matches in singles on the season, and won back-toback doubles matches twice. PREP: Competed at North Miami Beach Sr. HS for Irv Greenberg Miami Herald first-team Selected high school MVP Named high school athlete of the year in 2001 Won the Easter Bowl in 1998 Champion of the Clay Nationals in PERSONAL: Hobbies include basketball, football, music, art and working on cars Son of Cynthia and Salvador Banada Born 4/15/84 in Miami, Fla. Full name is Val Adelberg Banada Majoring in arts applications Totals Totals BANADA VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, R. Vasques (GW), 6-2, 6-1 1/28/ W, A. Singer (AU), 6-2, 6-2 2/4/ W, M. Gudzowski (Yale), 6-4, 6-1 2/4/ W, G. Delarue (Camp), 7-6, 6-4 2/11/ L, H. Cancado (ODU), 6-4, 6-1 2/25/ W, Y. Supeko (USC), 6-3, 6-4 3/3/ W, A. Lai (Navy), 6-1, 6-2 3/3/ W, D. Myers (UNCW), 7-5, 6-2 3/5/ L, S. Bredberg (Elon), 2-6, 7-6, 1-0 (7) 3/8/ W, No. 59 P. Rodrigues (DU), 6-3, 6-4 3/14/ L, C. Parr (WFU), 6-1, 7-5 3/18/ W, Z. Lantsberg (Char.), 6-1, 6-3 3/18/ W, S. Myers (DAV), 6-1, 6-0 3/24/ L, A. Larregola (VT), 6-3, 6-2 3/26/ W, No. 77 D. Stewart (UVa), 7-5, 7-5

7 Will SHAW Senior Left Sevenoaks, England Sevenoaks School : Saw much playing time, especially at No. 4 singles, during the spring... Went in spring singles, grabbing eight wins at the No. 4 slot... Won three conference singles bouts, fourth-best on the roster... Complied a team-best record in spring doubles with Nick Cavaday, including four ACC victories... Recorded a tally in total singles and doubles action through Selected to the ACC Honor Roll : Was dominant late, winning two of his last three matches Won six singles matches in the spring, and posted a 2-6 mark in the ACC, a two match improvement from his freshman campaign Won four of his matches at No. 3 singles, and overall he had 12 singles wins and 13 doubles wins Played No. 1 doubles in the ACC with senior Jon Davis, winning two matches, the second most wins by a tandem in the ACC for the Wolfpack His 25 overall wins rank him second on the team behind Conor Taylor s 38 Selected to the ACC Honor Roll : One of only three NC State players to win two or more singles matches at two different seeds during the year Was 2-4 at No. 2 singles and won two matches at No. 3 Posted a mark of 1-0 at No. 1 Narrowly lost to No. 96 Ludovic Walter of Duke 3-6, 6-4, 6-10 Won three of five matches in one stretch during March Won back-to-back singles matches twice on the season, during the ACC Indoor Championships, and against Appalachian State and the University of Richmond. PREP: Won the Kent Under-18 Championship in 2001 Participated in the British/English Nationals from Played rugby, soccer and cricket. PERSONAL: Is the son of Bob and Poh Heng Full name is William Lim-Soon Timothy Shaw... Majoring in business management Born 8/5/ Totals Totals SHAW VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, B. Brooke (HP), 6-4, 7-5 1/28/ W, J. Schnell (AU), 6-2, 6-1 1/28/ W, A. Wilty (UNCG), 6-2, 6-0 2/4/ W, R. Reynolds (Yale), 6-1, 6-2 2/4/ W, F. Wilpotte (Camp), 7-5, 1-6, 7-5 2/11/ W, N. Grover (ODU), 6-4, 6-0 2/17/ L, C. Rubin (UK), 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3 2/19/ L, J. Clark (UL), 6-2, 7-5 2/25/ W, T. Stoddard (USC), 7-5, 6-2 3/3/ W, H. Meloni (UNCW), 7-5, 6-0 3/5/ W, A. Fenn (Elon), 6-2, 6-0 3/5/ W, A. Kochetov (ECU), 6-0, 6-3 3/8/ W, N. Samuelson (DU), 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 3/14/ L, M. Adamski (WFU), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3 3/18/ W, J. Vencatachellum (Char.), 7-5, 6-2 3/24/ L, D. Rosenfeld (VT), 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 3/26/ L, No. 45 T. Huey (UVa), 7-5, 6-3

8 Andre IRIARTE Junior Right Rockville, Md. Laurel Springs HS : Served as a mid-lineup staple for the team in spring singles, spending time at spots No Posted a 14-7 spring singles record... Teamed with Val Banada for a 7-11 spring doubles record, second-best on the team... Tied Nick Cavaday for second-most team ACC singles wins, collecting five... Selected to the ACC Honor Roll : Joined the team in January and immediately made an impact, starting the spring dual singles season with a 9-3 mark Won his first four singles matches, and won four straight to start the month of March as well Won two singles matches in ACC play Winning record in singles and doubles on the season. PREP: Attended Laurel Springs High School in Rockville, Md. PERSONAL: Son of Raul Iriarte Enjoys card games, movies and fitness Enrolled in First-Year College Born on 4/11/ Totals Totals IRIARTE VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, C. Archer (HP), 6-3, 6-2 1/21/ W, Je. Martin (AT), 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 1/28/ W, J. Vasquez (AU), 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (14) 1/28/ W, J. Steinhorn (UNCG), 6-2, 6-1 2/4/ W, M. Sifre (Camp), 6-3, 6-0 2/11/ L, No. 90 E. Igarashi (ODU), 6-7, 7-6 (10-6) 2/17/ W, No. 83 N. Emge (UK), 6-3, 7-6 (6) 2/19/ L, D. Johnson (UL), 6-2, 6-1 2/25/ W, J. Cuellar (USC), 6-3, 6-2 3/3/ L, C. Piacentini (UNCW), 6-1, 6-0 3/5/ W, A. Dalodom (Elon), 6-3, 6-0 3/5/ W, H. Viana (ECU), 6-2, 6-4 3/8/ L, No 22 J. Stokke (DU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 3/14/ L, No. 76 A. Hamar (WFU), 6-2, 6-2 3/18/ L, No. 83 R. Sichel (Char.), 6-3, 6-0 3/18/ W, D. Bermeo (DAV), 6-1, 6-1 3/24/ L, A. Sergeev (VT), 6-1, 6-1

9 William NOBLITT Junior Right Shelby, N.C. Shelby HS : Named ACC Men s Tennis Co-Player of the Week for the week of January 23 after posting a 4-0 overall record in singles and doubles during the first week of spring play : Produced a solid 18-5 spring record in singles play... Led the team with a 7-3 mark in conference work... Went 28-9 overall during the year in singles action... Collected six doubles wins in ACC play with Mason Schermerhorn, tops on the team... Including doubles, was an impressive on the entire year : A key contributor in the lineup, he posted a 3-1 mark in ACC doubles and won seven of the 16 dual singles matches he played, including two ACC matches Won three of his first four matches in singles, and finished the year with a total of 16 singles wins on the season. PREP: A three-year captain and four-year letterwinner in tennis for coach David Allen at Shelby High School Posted a 19-1 singles record as a senior in 2003, repeating as conference, regional, and state champion after posting a 21-2 mark as a junior Shelby won three consecutive 2-A State championships from North Carolina 18 s champion in singles and doubles in the USTA and is the No. 3 player in the state and No. 25 player in the southern section Named the Regional MVP for three years ( ) Received the Charles Tischner award for the Outstanding Junior Player at Cleveland Country Club Won two letters in soccer, earning offensive MVP and all-region nods. PERSONAL: Son of Bill and Martha Noblitt Has two siblings, Sally and Kirby Born 1/25/85 in Shelby, N.C. Full name is William Covington Noblitt Majoring in communication Totals Totals NOBLITT VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, J. Notton (HP), 6-1, 6-1 1/21/ W, K. Phillip (GW), 6-0, 6-0 1/28/ W, M. Ladoucer (UNCG), 6-3, 6-3 2/4/ L, J. Dawon (Yale), 1-6, 7-5, 7-5 2/11/ W, A. Seleznev (ODU), 6-0, 6-1 2/17/ L, No. 61 A. Hume (UK), 6-4, 6-1 2/19/ L, J. Gustafsson (UL), 6-3, 6-4 2/25/ W, A. Adler (USC), 6-2, 6-1 3/3/ W, B. Carter (Navy), 6-0, 6-0 3/5/ W, S. Asplund (Elon), 6-3, 6-1 3/5/ W, R. Barone (ECU), 6-3, 6-2 3/8/ L, K. Dimitrov (DU), 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 3/14/ W, B. Ross (WFU), /18/ W, D. Host (Char.), 6-1, 6-3 3/18/ W, E. Jaffee (DAV), 6-3, 6-0 3/24/ W, N. Delgado (VT), 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 3/26/ L, No. 44 R. Rizza (UVa), 6-4, 6-3

10 Nick CAVADAY Sophomore Right Chislehurst, London, Eng. Leys School/Cheam : Finished the season ranked No. 108 nationally by the ITA... Went 14-9 in spring singles, posting an 11-5 mark at No. 2 and winning three matches at No Split ACC play with a 5-5 record and combined with Will Shaw to win four conference matches at No. 1 doubles... Tied Andre Iriarte for second-most team ACC singles wins, with five... Complied a team-best record in spring doubles with Will Shaw, including four ACC victories. PREP: Talented and seasoned junior player, who has a International Tennis Federation (ITF) ranking of 96 and has one ATP point after making the round of 16 at the ATP Bournemouth Futures event He defeated the former No. 7 junior player in the world, David Brewer, before falling to the world s No. 1 junior player, Gael Monfils Currently holds an ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) ranking of 1,441 in the world Defeated his first Top-500 ATP player at the Surbiton Trophy event Played No. 2 singles for the Kent County Junior cup team that won the national championship in 2004 Reached the quarterfinals at the Sutton and Oxford British Tour and won a doubles tournament in the Bangladeshi Grade 3 ITF event Made the semifinals of the singles draw in the Calcutta ITF Won the 18-under National Grand Prix and made it to the semifinals of the Grand Prix British Tour in Redbridge Played No. 1 at Cheam High School, winning the 2004 national schools championship Began playing short tennis at five, tennis at seven and he trained at the LTA Academy in Cambridge Chose NC State over Illinois and Virginia. PERSONAL: Is the son of Nigel and Celia Cavaday Enjoys watching and playing soccer Full name is Nicholas Simon Cavaday Majoring in psychology Born 5/14/ Totals Totals CAVADAY VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, M. Tolman (HP), 6-2, 6-2 1/21/ W, D. Martin (AT), 6-4, 6-3 1/28/ W, N. Frayssinoux (AU), 6-1, 7-5 2/4/ L, No. 33 B. Wai (Yale), 7-6, 7-6 2/11/ W, H. Srugo (ODU), 6-2, 6-4 2/17/ W, No. 48 B. Agonstinelli (UK), 6-2, 6-3 2/19/ L, S. Radman (UL), 6-3, 6-4 2/25/ L, T. Eklund (USC), 6-2, 6-2 3/3/ W, N. Nelms (Navy), 6-4, 6-2 3/5/ L, D. Gooch (Elon), 7-6, 6-2 3/8/ L, No. 5 L. Walter (DU), 6-4, 6-2 3/14/ L, No. 10 T. Paul (WFU), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 3/18/ W, R. Johnson (Char.), 6-3, 6-0 3/18/ W, F. Simihaian (DAV), 6-2, 6-2 3/24/ L, No. 105 A. Puranen (VT), 6-4, 6-2 3/26/ L, No. 9 S. Devvarman (UVa), 6-2, 2-6, 6-1

11 David ROZEK Sophomore Left Chardon, Ohio Chardon HS : Showed much improvement in spring singles, going 2-0 at the No. 5 spot... Went 10-4 in fall singles... Complied a 15-9 record in total singles and doubles action throughout the year... Selected to the ACC Honor Roll. PREP: Four-year letterwinner in tennis for coach Mary Bramstedt Played in the state tournament all four years, , placing third in 2003 Undefeated in regular season during his high school career Won sectionals and districts for Northeast Ohio his junior and senior year The 2003 and 2004 player of the year by both the Cleveland Plain Dealer and News Herald Four-time Cleveland Plain Dealer and News Herald player of the week Premier Athletic Conference MVP in 2003 and PERSONAL: Is the son of Thomas and Valerie Rozek Enjoys history and art National Honor Society class officer in 2004 Full name is David Anthony Rozek Majoring in design Born 2/26/ Totals Totals ROZEK VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, G. Viega (GW), 6-4, 6-2 1/21/ W, V. Hawley (AT), 6-0, 6-1 1/28/ W, J. Harris (AU), 6-1, 6-2 2/4/ W, S. Thesleff (Camp), 6-3, 6-2

12 Mason SCHERMERHORN Sophomore Right Coflax, N.C. S.W. Guilford HS : Impressed the coaching staff with a 10-3 slate in spring singles, securing seven wins at the No. 6 spot... Collected six doubles wins in ACC play with William Noblitt, tops on the team... Collected 11 singles and five doubles wins in fall competition... Compiled a record in total singles and doubles throughout the year. PREP: Four-time letterwinner for coach Denny Wesney Won the A state singles championship Three-time conference MVP in the Piedmont Triad Conference Was a member of the conference championship teams in 2001, 2002 and 2004 No. 5 in the southern section of the ITA for U-16 and U-18 Ranked in the top-125 nationally in the ITA 18 s, was ranked in the top-50 in 16 s as well. PERSONAL: Is the son of Bill and Christine Schermerhorn Full name is Robert Mason Schermerhorn Family was chosen as the United States Tennis Association s North Carolina Tennis Family of the Year and the USTA s Southern Section Tennis Family of the Year in 2003 Enrolled in First- Year College Born 5/23/ Totals Totals SCHERMERHORN VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, K. Ellis (GW), 7-6, 7-5 1/21/ W, Q. Hawley (AT), 6-0, 6-0 1/28/ W, I. Conchar (UNCG), 6-4, 7-5

13 Ben ZINK Sophomore Right Elizabethtown, Pa. Elizabethtown Area HS : Went 5-0 in spring singles, winning three matches at No. 4 and two at No Grabbed two spring doubles wins with David Rozek... Posted 8-5 records in both fall singles and doubles... Compiled a record in total singles and doubles throughout the year. PREP: Won five sectional titles during his junior career No. 1 player in the middle states section of the boy s 18 s in 2003 Won the 2003 Copper Bowl, a prestigious national tournament Won a national open in Wayland, Mass., in 2001 Won two letters in tennis Made it to the round of 16 in the Winter Supernationals in 2003 and in PERSONAL: Is the son of Frank and Teresa Zink Full name is Benjamin Andrew Zink Enrolled in first year college Born 6/15/ Totals Totals ZINK VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, B. Clinard (GW), 6-2, 6-4 1/21/ W, Ja. Martin (AT), 6-4, 6-2 1/28/ W, R. Lewis (UNCG), 6-1, 6-1 2/4/ W, R. Mills (Camp), 6-2, 6-1 3/3/ W, A. James (Navy), 6-1, 6-3 3/3/ L, G. Holland (UNCW), 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 3/5/ W, B. Steele (ECU), 7-6, 6-7, 1-0 (10-8) 3/26/ L, N. Meythaler (UVa), 6-4, 6-1

14 Jay WEINACKER Freshman Right Birmingham, Ala. Mountain Brook HS PREP: Ranked No. 1 in the USTA Southern Section at the end of his high school career... Lettered in tennis for four years at Mountain Brook High under coach Donna Robinett... Went undefeated during his senior season, losing only three sets en route to a state title... Collected state team championships during all four years... Won three doubles and two singles state championships... Holds the Alabama state high school record for most state championships held by an individual and fewest sets lost at the state tournament... Team MVP during junior and senior seasons... Captain of the team during senior year. PERSONAL: Is the son of Jimmy and Julie Weinacker... Full name is James Paul Weinacker, Jr.... Father, Jimmy, lettered in tennis and basketball at Springhill College in Mobile, Ala., and competed in national tournaments in doubles play... Hobbies include playing basketball and X-Box... Majoring in business management... Born 1/10/ Totals Totals WEINACKER VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, B. Deloume (HP), 6-4, 6-4 1/21/ W, T. Ferrier (GW), 6-0, 6-1 1/28/ W, M. Redelinghuys (UNCG), 6-1, 6-4 2/4/ W, R. Green (Yale), 6-2, 6-1 2/4/ W, A. Starkov (Camp), 6-4, 6-0 2/11/ W, M. Sands (ODU), 6-1, 6-3 2/17/ W, G. Johnstone (UK), 6-4, 6-1 2/19/ W, S. Naughton (UL), 6-4, 6-1 2/25/ L, G. Knorr (USC), 7-6 (3), 6-3 3/3/ W, S. Kahl (Navy), 6-2, 6-4 3/3/ W, G. Bertei (UNCW), 6-4, 7-6 (4) 3/5/ W, K. Colin (Elon), 6-0, 6-3 3/5/ W, N. Rose (ECU), 6-4, 6-3 3/8/ W, C. Brown (DU), 6-3, 6-1 3/14/ W, C. Sartor (WFU), 6-3, 7-5 3/18/ W, S. Lynas (Char.), 6-3, 6-2 3/18/ W, J. Chitty (DAV), 6-2, 6-0 3/24/ W, B. Wilkins (VT), 7-6, 7-6 3/26/ L, M. Miklo (UVa), 1-6, 7-5, 7-5

15 Chris WELTE Freshman Right Philadelphia, Pa. Strath Haven HS PREP: Ranked No. 1 in the USTA Middle-States Section at the end of his high school career... Earned his first professional points in doubles play on the USTA Pro Circuit... Competed in multiple futures events all over the United States during high school... Beat No. 1 seed Mykyta Kryvonos, a professional player on the USTA circuit, in the round of 64 at the 2005 USTA Clay Court Championships... Twice competed in the doubles championship at the USTA Clay Court Championships, winning the title in Won a team title at Strathaven High School during his freshman season... Lettered in tennis and basketball for two years during high school, plus one season of golf. PERSONAL: Is the son of Nancy Jo Welte... Full name is Christian Joseph Welte... Hobbies include bowling, playing frisbee, poker and horseshoes... Enrolled in First-Year College... Born 8/21/ Totals Totals WELTE VS SPRING OPPONENTS 1/21/ W, J. Trussler (HP), 6-2, 7-5 1/21/ W, P. Myrick (AT), 6-1, 6-1 1/28/ W, S. Proisy (AU), 6-1, 6-3 2/4/ L, M. Caldwell (Yale), 6-4, 6-4 2/17/ W, G. Anderson (UK), 7-6, 6-0 2/19/ L, J. Berrido (UL), 6-7, 6-4, 1-0 3/3/ W, J. Waters (Navy), 7-5, 6-2 3/3/ W, R. Rajkhewa (UNCW), 7-6 (9), 7-6 (8) 3/5/ W, B. Walters (ECU), 6-4, 6-4 3/18/ W, M. Hartman (DAV), 6-2, 7-6 (6)