2015-16 Men's Tennis Roster
Evan Watkins
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 173
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
- High School:
- McCallie School
2015-16: Named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters ... teamed with fellow senior Alex Howard to form the Wildcats' No. 2 doubles team ... finished with a 5-7 record, including a 4-4 mark at No. 2 ... went 1-2 vs. A-10 foes ... ran off a personal-best four-match win streak with Howard, winning a 6-1 match at Saint Joseph's for second career league win ... saw action in two singles matches at No. 6 ... played in three Fall events ... played three three-set matches, coming away with one win on the weekend at the Wolfpack Invitational ... won the consolation side of the Memorial Singles bracket at the Winthrop ... reached the consolation final in the D2 Singles draw with a pair of wins at the Wake Forest Invite.
2014-15: Mainly a doubles specialist as a junior, playing in 10 total doubles matches, eight of them at No. 1 ... also saw action in a pair of singles matches ... teamed with freshman Jack Riazzi to go 2-8 at No. 1 and 2 doubles ... scored first win of the season with an 8-6 decision at No. 1 over Saint Joseph's at home ... won second match on the road against former SoCon-foe Appalachian State, 6-3 ... opened the season by playing No. 5 singles (L, 3-6, 1-6) and No. 1 doubles with Riazzi vs. No. 24 Clemson ... opened the Fall season by going a perfect 3-0 in singles action at the Davidson Invitational ... earned 11 points, ending the weekend with a 6-4, 7-5 victory against Charlotte ... also teamed with Jack Riazzi to earn an 8-2 doubles win against USCU ... netted a three-set win at the Wake Forest Invite in the D2 singles draw, downing a player from Navy by the score of 6-7, 6-1, 6-3 ... again partnered wtih Riazzi in doubles and took an 8-7 decision against VCU in the A1 bracket, winning the tie-breaker 9-7 ... in the USTA/ITA Regional Championship, reached the second round of the doubles main draw with Riazzi by scoring an 8-4 victory against N.C. Central ... run ended there, falling to a team from Wake Forest by the count of 8-3 ... rounded out Fall season with a singles win at the Winthrop Invitational on the consolation side and then teamed with Jordan Hart in doubles, dropping a pair of matches ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll for both the Fall and Spring semesters.
2013-14: A regular in the Wildcats rotation as a sophomore, playing 21 singles matches and 22 doubles matches ... saw action at No. 2 through 6 singles positions, going 5-16 overall ... went 3-4 at No. 5 singles, while getting single wins at No. 4 and 6 ... earned first collegiate win against No. 59 Yale, taking a 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 triumph at No. 4 ... picked up a three-set victory at Chattanooga by the score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 ... closed the season strong with a pair of singles wins against College of Charleston (6-4, 5-7, 1-0) at home and Chattanooga (6-3, 6-2) at the SoCon Tournament ... had an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win at home vs. The Citadel ... sported a 6-16 doubles record, going 4-6 in SoCon action ... won four of those matches with Ethan Kallick at both No. 1 and 2 position ... registered first career doubles win at home vs. Winthrop, 6-2, teaming with Ricky Saad ... later netted a 6-5 decision against Presbyterian with Saad ... had a successful road trip to Samford and Chattanooga, winning matches of 8-5 and 8-6 at No. 2 with Kallick ... cruised to an 8-1 win at home vs. The Citadel ... ended the season with a nice 8-5 doubles win in the first round of the SoCon Tournament against Chattanooga ... played in all four Fall events for Davidson ... started 2013 Fall season off with first career win behind a 7-5, 6-4 victory at the Jeff Frank Invitational ... also won a doubles match with Ricky Saad vs. Elon, 8-4, at the same invite ... reached the finals at the Wake Forest Invitational in the D1 singles with wins vs. Liberty (7-6, 6-3) and Charlotte (6-2, 6-4) ... earned a singles and doubles victory at the UNC Wilmington Invitational ... came back for a three-set win in singles action and teamed with Robert Lightbourn for an 8-3 doubles win vs. Richmond.
2013: Did not see any action his first year with the team.
Beyond the Baseline: Comes to Davidson from Chattanooga, Tenn., playing at McCallie School ... was a four-year letterwinner, playing No. 2 and 3 singles as well as the No. 2 and 3 spots in doubles ... senior year played No. 3 singles and No. 2 doubles position ... helped guide McCallie to state semifinals ... was a doubles state semifinalist ... Academic honors included: Honor Roll student, Headmaster's List, AP Scholar, graduated top five in classs, Faculty Scholar and carried a 4.17 GPA during prep career.
Career Year-by-Year Records
2013: 0-0 (0-0 SoCon) Singles, 0-0 (0-0 SoCon) Doubles
2014: 5-16 (3-5 SoCon) Singles, 4-8 (0-2 SoCon) Doubles (#1,3)
2015: 0-2 (0-0 A-10) Singles (#5,6), 2-8 (1-2 A-10) Doubles (#1,2)
2016: 0-2 (0-0 A-10) Singles (#6), 5-7 (1-2 A-10) Doubles (#1,2)
Overall Record: 5-20 (3-5 SoCon) Singles, 11-23 (0-2 SoCon, 2-4 A-10) Doubles
