2022-23 Men's Tennis Roster
Clark, William
William Clark
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Alexandria, Va.
- High School:
- St. Stephen's and St. Agnes
- Major:
- Mathematics
Bio
2022-23: Named a 2023 ITA Scholar Athlete... Earned Atlantic 10 Second Team All-Conference recognition and was named to the All-Academic Team... Ended his senior season 9-9 overall in singles play, including a 3-2 record against A-10 opponents... Earned College Sports Communicator's Academic All-District honor... Held a 7-4 record at No. 2, winning four-straight singles matches from Feb. 11 to Feb. 19... Earned two wins at No. 1 against UIC (6-2, 3-6, 11-9) and Fordham (4-6, 6-3, 6-4)... Defeated crosstown rival Charlotte on court two on March 11 (6-4, 6-4).. Won a three-set (6-3, 2-6, 6-2) battle against Dayton on senior day and in his final match at home.
2021-22: Earned All-Academic recognition from the Atlantic 10 in the postseason... Named to A-10's Commissioner's Honor Roll and an ITA Scholar-Athlete... Won the most doubles victories on the team for the 'Cats in his junior year... Went 10-6 overall with a 3-0 record in conference play while boasting winning records at No. 2 (4-2) and No. 3 (6-4), including a 6-3 win at Virginia Tech.
2020-21: Competed in 11 singles matches and 10 doubles matches... Picked up four singles wins, two from No. 4... Won two straight singles matches with wins over the Citadel and College of Charleston on back-to-back days... Grabbed three doubles wins over Campbell, NC A&T and Georgia Southern.
2019-20: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic ... saw action in five matches during freshman campaign ... named A-10 Rookie of the Week, Jan. 22 ... went 1-1 in singles play and 4-0 in doubles matches ... picked up an A-10 doubles win at Fordham ... all four doubles wins came at No. 3 ... earned first collegiate singles win with a 6-2, 6-3 decision at No. 6 vs. Winthrop ... also scored a doubles win in the match ... also had doubles wins of 6-3 (Fordham), 6-2 (N.C. A&T) and 6-1 (Radford) ... took part in three Fall events to begin college career ... had a strong weekend in first Fall event at the Davidson Invitational with three wins, two of them against Queens (6-2, 4-6, 10-6 and 6-2, 6-2) and the other coming against SMU at No. 6 by the score of 6-2, 6-3 ... led the way in singles play at the UNCG Invitational, winning all three matches against the UNCG Spartans, Elon Phoenix and N.C. A&T Aggies.
Prep and personal: Four-year letterwinner at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes under head coach Kinde Taye ... Alexandria Sportsman Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior ... VISAA Player of Year as a senior ... All-Met First Team as a senior ... Interstate Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior ... all-conference for IAC all four years ... first-team all state Virginia as a sophomore and junior ... second-team all state as a freshman ... went undefeated at No. 1 singles for senior season ... academic honors included Head of Dean's List throughout 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ... Most Outstanding Physics Student award as a freshman.
2021-22: Earned All-Academic recognition from the Atlantic 10 in the postseason... Named to A-10's Commissioner's Honor Roll and an ITA Scholar-Athlete... Won the most doubles victories on the team for the 'Cats in his junior year... Went 10-6 overall with a 3-0 record in conference play while boasting winning records at No. 2 (4-2) and No. 3 (6-4), including a 6-3 win at Virginia Tech.
2020-21: Competed in 11 singles matches and 10 doubles matches... Picked up four singles wins, two from No. 4... Won two straight singles matches with wins over the Citadel and College of Charleston on back-to-back days... Grabbed three doubles wins over Campbell, NC A&T and Georgia Southern.
2019-20: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic ... saw action in five matches during freshman campaign ... named A-10 Rookie of the Week, Jan. 22 ... went 1-1 in singles play and 4-0 in doubles matches ... picked up an A-10 doubles win at Fordham ... all four doubles wins came at No. 3 ... earned first collegiate singles win with a 6-2, 6-3 decision at No. 6 vs. Winthrop ... also scored a doubles win in the match ... also had doubles wins of 6-3 (Fordham), 6-2 (N.C. A&T) and 6-1 (Radford) ... took part in three Fall events to begin college career ... had a strong weekend in first Fall event at the Davidson Invitational with three wins, two of them against Queens (6-2, 4-6, 10-6 and 6-2, 6-2) and the other coming against SMU at No. 6 by the score of 6-2, 6-3 ... led the way in singles play at the UNCG Invitational, winning all three matches against the UNCG Spartans, Elon Phoenix and N.C. A&T Aggies.
Prep and personal: Four-year letterwinner at St. Stephen's and St. Agnes under head coach Kinde Taye ... Alexandria Sportsman Player of the Year as a sophomore and senior ... VISAA Player of Year as a senior ... All-Met First Team as a senior ... Interstate Athletic Conference Player of the Year as a senior ... all-conference for IAC all four years ... first-team all state Virginia as a sophomore and junior ... second-team all state as a freshman ... went undefeated at No. 1 singles for senior season ... academic honors included Head of Dean's List throughout 9th, 10th, and 11th grade ... Most Outstanding Physics Student award as a freshman.
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