Ryan Preston Season 2007-08
2007-08 (Senior): First team All-SEC selection … Only the fourth player in school history to be a three-time All-SEC selection … Second team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV selection … Vanderbilt[apos]s male recipient of the SEC H. Boyd McWhorter Postgraduate Scholarship … Vanderbilt[apos]s No. 1 singles player for third year in a row … Team captain … Participated in the NCAA Singles Championship for the third straight year … Fell in the first round to top-seeded and eventual national champion Somdev Devvarman of Virginia … SEC Player of the Week on Feb. 19, becoming VU[apos]s first recipient of the award since 2003 … Defeated five ranked opponents, including No. 2 Greg Ouellette of Florida … Team representative on Student-Athlete Advisory Committee … Finished season with a 15-16 record, including 11-12 mark in dual play … 5-6 in the SEC, but only two of his losses were in straight sets … Clinched Vanderbilt[apos]s wins over No. 23 Alabama and No. 61 Middle Tennessee State … Defeated No. 39 Moritz Baumann of Wisconsin, No. 85 Saketh Myneni of Alabama, No. 16 Matthias Wellermann of Ole Miss and No. 96 Kaden Hensel of Tennessee … Finished 13-16 in doubles play … Teamed with Vijay Paul to defeat Georgia[apos]s 26th-ranked doubles team of Hunt and Schnugg … Paired with Alex Zotov to defeat Ole Miss[apos] fifth-ranked doubles team of Berg and Tveit.
2006-07 (Junior):
First team All-SEC selection for second straight season … Closed season ranked No. 44 by ITA … Advanced to NCAA Singles Championship for second straight season … The Commodores[apos] No. 1 player … Finished 15-17 overall in singles play and 5-12 in dual play … Also finished with 3-8 singles record in SEC play … Finished 10-4 in singles competition in the fall … Earned five victories over ranked opponents … Top victory was a 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-3 win over No. 15 Erling Tveit of Ole Miss … Won five of first six singles matches to open fall season … Finished 7-19 in doubles play … Posted 4-13 doubles record in dual play.
2005-06 (Sophomore): First Team All-SEC… Led the team at No. 1 singles, posting a 12-7 record… team captain… finished the season at No. 44 on ITA rankings… represented [apos]Dores at NCAA Singles Championships, advancing to the second round… defeated 18th ranked Adrian Zguns at the SEC tournament.
2004-05 (Freshman): Boasted 18-5 overall record in singles, playing predominantly in the No. 4 and No. 5 slots…played 7-3 in the SEC, including an impressive victory against No. 12 ranked Kentucky[apos]s Matt Emery (6-4, 6-2) at the final regular season match… won Midwest Regional of the of Intercollegiate Tennis Association[apos]s summer circuit in July of 2005.
Prep/Juniors: Helped New Trier to two team state championships and one runner up position … Two- time captain and massed over 100 high school wins … Was chosen for first team All-State three times in 2002-04 … earned four letters in tennis … National honor society member … won ITA National summer doubles championships.
Personal: Ryan Preston born on August 23, 1985 to parents Rob and Gail Preston … Born in Evanston, Illi., raised in Northbrook, Illi. … Majoring in economics … Siblings: sister Carrie.