Kris Yee
Honors
• 2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2013 SEC Freshman Team
Career:
Highest Singles Ranking: No. 114
Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 41 w/ Pen Binet (1/2/14)
Senior (2015-16): Capped his Commodore career with an 81-51 record… Played primarily at No. 5 singles his senior season… Kris clinched VU’s 4-2 upset over No. 23 Mississippi State; 6-4, 6-4… Clinched the Commodore victories over Ball State, Murray State… Picked up a straight set win over LSU’s Andrew Korinek in the SEC tournament for final Vanderbilt win… Earned SEC regular season wins over Mississippi State, Tennessee and in the squad’s conference opener against South Carolina
Junior (2014-15): 21-16 overall in singles action on the year and 9-12 in dual… Played at Nos. 3 and four in the Commodore lineup… Went 2-5 in SEC league play with wins over Auburn and Alabama… Went on a six-match win streak from Nov. 7th – Jan. 18th… Went undefeated at VU’s Commodore Scramble, winning singles champion…Ohio Valley Regional Singles Quarterfinalist… Made it to consolation semifinals at SEC Classic… Went 5-3 overall in doubles… Played all eight doubles matches of the season with Jeff Offerdahl.
Sophomore (2013-14):Posted 19-12 mark overall, including going 13-6 in dual play … Named to the SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll … Was 3-0 at No. 2 singles and 5-4 at No. 3 singles … Defeated Columbia’s Dragos Ignat at No. 3 singles in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Beat Florida’s Maxx Lipman 7-6 (9-7), 7-6 (7-4) … Went 8-7 overall in doubles play, including 2-3 in dual competition.
Freshman (2012-13): Named to the 2013 SEC Freshman Team … Finished the season with a record of 24-5 … Went undefeated at No. 5 singles in conference play at a mark of 7-0 … Ranked as high as No. 114 by the ITA … Strung together a 16-match win streak, dating from 1/25 against Georgia though 3/24 against Tennessee … Defeated No. 119 Lukas Oilert of Auburn, in straight sets.
High School: Helped lead his tennis team to two state championships.
Personal: Kristofer Yee… Born December 2, 1993… Son of Adam and Gabriella Yee… Has two sisters: Kimberly and Alysha… Majoring in film studies… Favorites include “Inception” (Movie), YouTube (Internet Site) and Dancing (Activity away from the court).