2018-19 Men's Tennis Roster
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Valenty, AJ
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AJ Valenty
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
- High School:
- Westlake
Bio
Honors at Rice
- C-USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2021)
- Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
- Rice Honor Athlete (2021)
- ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020)
2020-21 (Junior)
Doubles specialist who posted a career best 7-6 mark while playing at the second line, primarily with Jacob Eskeland... Came into the season with just two doubles decisions in his first two seasons. Fall: Combined with Wes Barnett to split a pair of doubles matches at the ITA Texas Regional before the team was called back to Houston due to contact tracing. Matches were the only action for the men's team in the fall.
2019-20 (Sophomore)
Fall: Saw action in one doubles match in the fall, dropping an opening-round doubles match with Adam Oscislawski at the ITA Texas Regional.
2018-19 (Freshman)
Spring: 1-0 in singles and doubles in his first season of collegiate dual action… Picked up a 6-3, 6-3 win over Zach Suico of Prairie View for his first career dual win… Teamed with Campbell Salmon for a 6-2 win over Suico and Kevin Ugarteche in doubles in the same match. Fall: Walk-on who joined the team in the fall and posted a 1-4 mark in singles and 2-4 record in doubles…. Earned his first collegiate win in singles with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Mateo Schmit of UTRGV at the Contender Crossfit Islander Open.
High School/Juniors
Earned four letters at Westlake High School in Austin, helping lead the Chaparral's to the UIL State Semifinals... Westlake was ranked 2nd in the state and finished 22-1 on the season... Three-time USTA Sportsmanship Award Recipient... Voted Westlake High School MVP 2017-2018 season... Voted Austin Tennis Academy CATA MVP 2017-2018 season... Was Top 15 in Texas in the Class of 2018.
Personal
Born on February 26 ... Son of Anthony and Kumi Valenty ... MIT Entrepreneurial Club Co-Founder... Westlake DECA Club Co-Founder...National Honor Society.
| Singles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 1-4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | |||||
| 2019-20 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||||||
| 2019-20 | 0-2 | 0-2 | ||||||
| 2020-21 | ||||||||
| 2021-2 | ||||||||
| TOTAL | 1-4 | 2-2 | 1-0 | 1-2 |
| Doubles | Tour | Dual | #1 | #2 | #3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 2-4 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 2019-20 | 0-1 | 1-0 | 1-0 | ||
| 2020-21 | 1-1 | 7-6 | 7-6 | ||
| 20210-22 | 6-2 | 8-11 | 2-1 | 1-8 | 5-2 |
| TOTAL | 9-8 | 17-17 | 2-1 | 9-14 | 6-2 |
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| McMurtry College |
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