Men's Tennis Signs Gabriel Porras for 2024-25 Season
12/11/2023 12:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis
HOUSTON, Texas — Rice men's tennis head coach Efe Ustundag announced on Monday the signing of Gabriel Porras to the 2024-25 roster.
Porras joins the Owls out of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Porras was ranked as high as 329th in the World ITF junior rankings. He compiled an 18-10 record in ITF junior matches and represented Guatemala at the Central American and Caribbean games. Porras was also selected for the nation's Davis Cup team. Porras reached the finals of J30 Guatemala tournament and was a semi-finalist at the J60 Guatemala tournament, both in 2023. In 2022, Porras won both the singles and doubles tournaments at the Trinity Cup J4 in Trinidad and Tobago.
"I am excited to have Gabriel join our squad for fall 2024," Ustundag said. "He has all the qualities we are looking for in a young man. He has a big game, he is a hard worker and he really wanted to be a Rice Owl. His passion for the game and Rice will make him a contributor right off the bat in both singles and doubles."
Porras was also the organizer behind a large donation to Tennis for Guatemala, a community initiative aimed at supplying tennis equipment to kids in need.