George Harwell Season 2018-19
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Honors
• 2022 NCAA Singles Championship Qualifier
• Two-time All-SEC honors (First Team – 2022, Second Team – 2021)
• 2019 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Player to Watch
• 2018 All-SEC Freshman Team
• 2018 ITA Ohio Valley Regional Rookie of the Year
• SEC Freshman of the Week (2/28/18)
• Three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete (2019, 2020, 2021)
• Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021)
• 2017-18 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Rankings
• Highest Singles Ranking: No. 26 (2/9/22)
• Highest Doubles Ranking: No. 19 (with Max Freeman) (Preseason – 9/7/21)
Career Records (through 2021-22 season)
Singles: 100-67
Doubles: 71-74
Total: 171-141
As a Fifth Year (2021-22)
• Clinched three match victories this season – vs. Wisconsin (Jan. 29), vs. Lipscomb (Feb. 6) and vs. Cornell (Feb. 27)
• Clinched four doubles points this season – vs. Lipscomb (Feb. 6), vs. Virginia Tech (Feb. 13), vs. Tennessee State (March 20) and vs. Indiana (March 23)
• Posted five ranked singles wins this season – No. 14 Adam Walton (vs. Tennessee, April 10), No. 31 Andres Martin (Commodore Invite – vs. Georgia Tech, Oct 15-17), No. 34 Alafia Ayeni (vs. Cornell, Feb. 27), No. 83 Tyler Stice (vs. Auburn, March 20) and No. 94 Liam Draxl (vs. Kentucky, March 25)
• Posted two ranked doubles wins this season – No. 15 Yizhou Liu and Teodor Giusca (Auburn Invite – vs. Clemson, Sept. 17-19) and No. 47 Adrien Burdet and Melvin Manuel (vs. Arkansas, March 6)
• Became the first Commodore to compete in the NCAA Singles Championship since Cameron Klinger and Daniel Valent in 2018
• Reached 100 career singles wins after defeating No. 14 Adam Walton of Tennessee, in straight sets, 7-6 (6), 6-2, on the top court, on April 10
• Finished the season with a career-best ITA Ohio Valley Regional singles rankings at No. 5 on June 8
• Teamed up with Jeremie Casabon for the first time this season to clinch the doubles point on Court 2 and defeat Patrick Fletchall and Ilya Tiraspolsky of Indiana, 6-4, on March 23
• Paired with Joubert Klopper on Court 2, the duo won their first match together this season after defeating Alberto Colas and Davide Tortora of Mississippi State, 6-1, on April 15
As a Senior (2020-21)
• 13-16 overall record in singles play
• 11-18 overall record in doubles play
• Competed all season at No. 1 in singles and doubles
• Posted four victories over ranked foes
• Beat No. 11 Finn Reynolds of Ole Miss 7-5, 7-6 (3)
• Topped No. 20 Trent Bryde of Georgia 7-5, 6-3
• Posted a 6-4 doubles win over No. 16 Johannes Ingildsen and Will Grant of No. 1 Florida
• Ended the season ranked No. 63 in the ITA singles rankings
As a Junior (2019-20)
• 21-9 overall record in singles play with a 10-3 dual match record
• 10-14 overall record in doubles play
• Held a 10-match win streak
• Four ranked singles victories
• Round of 16 at ITA Regionals
• Competed primarily at No. 1
• Clinched match over Indiana at No. 1
• Remainder of season cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak on March 14
As a Sophomore (2018-19)
• 19-18 overall record in singles play
• 23-15 overall record in doubles play
• Four match win-streak
• Clinched first conference match over Ole Miss
• 2018 Commodore Scramble Singles Finalist
As a Freshman (2017-18)
• 27-8 overall record in singles play
• 14-12 overall record in doubles play
• Undefeated in nonconference singles play
• 17 dual match victories and only three losses in the regular season
• First ranked victory against Columbia’s No. 122 Timothy Wang
• Undefeated at Longhorn Invitational
• 11-match winning streak all won in straight sets
The Harwell File
• A two-time Vanderbilt graduate – Graduated Spring 2021 with a B.S. in Human & Organizational Development and Spring 2022 with an M.S. in Finance
• Attended Montgomery Bell Academy
• Prepped under head coach Mike Davidson
• Led MBA to a 2017 State Tennis Championship
• Three-time individual state champ
• Parents are Russell and Liz, siblings are Fred and Libby
• Lists his favorite athlete as Marcus Mariota
• Would like to attend the NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four