2009 - Drury University Athletics
2009 - Drury University Athletics
2009 - Drury University Athletics
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<strong>2009</strong>
Andreas Maroldt<br />
Interim Head<br />
Coach<br />
Few jobs in intercollegiate tennis came<br />
with bigger shoes to fill than that<br />
inherited by Andreas Maroldt over<br />
the Christmas break of 2008.<br />
Maroldt, then in the middle of his second<br />
year as graduate assistant coach for <strong>Drury</strong><br />
men’s tennis, was temporarily handed the<br />
keys to one of the top NCAA Division<br />
II programs in the country when he was<br />
named interim head coach to replace Amine<br />
Boustani, the architect of the DU tennis<br />
powerhouse who left for the top assistant’s<br />
job at Virginia Commonwealth in mid-<br />
December. This after Boustani had guided<br />
the DU men’s tennis program to 12 straight<br />
NCAA tournament appearances and three<br />
consecutive Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
titles in three seasons as a league member.<br />
Maroldt came to <strong>Drury</strong> after working as an intern for the International<br />
Management Group and as a sales trainee for a German Direct marketing<br />
company. He graduated from the <strong>University</strong> of South Florida, where he was<br />
an ITA Scholar Athlete with an overall GPA of 3.51. As a student athlete he<br />
reached the semifinal of the Georgia Tech Invitational and had a top collegiate<br />
win over Franticek Babej of South Alabama who was ranked #7. “Andy” also<br />
had a perfect dual match record as a senior at USF. South Florida was ranked<br />
Stefan Borg<br />
Student<br />
Assistant Coach<br />
Few players in the history of the<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> tennis program have been<br />
as decorated as Stefan Borg, who is<br />
serving as a student assistant coach for the<br />
Panthers this season after completing his<br />
stellar career at DU last spring.<br />
Borg was ranked the No. 1 singles player<br />
in the country at times during his final two<br />
seasons with the Panthers, earning Great<br />
Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year<br />
honors as both a junior and a senior, helping<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> compile an amazing 102-0 record in<br />
games against league foes in the latter.<br />
The native of Sweden finished second in<br />
the ITA Nationals in 2007 and compiled<br />
his four-year career at DU with a 62-8<br />
singles mark, guiding the Panthers to Top<br />
Five national rankings all four seasons and a berth in the NCAA-II national<br />
semifinals as a senior.<br />
DRURY UNIVERSITY QUICK FACTS<br />
• Location: Springfield, MO<br />
• Enrollment: 1,550<br />
• President: Todd Parnell<br />
• VP For Athletic Affairs: Dr. Edsel Matthews<br />
• Director of <strong>Athletics</strong>: Pat Atwell<br />
• <strong>Athletics</strong> Office Phone: (417) 873-7265<br />
• Head Coach: Andreas Maroldt (First year, interim)<br />
• Phone number: (417) 873-7439<br />
www.drurypanthers.com<br />
as high as #19 in NCAA-I.<br />
As a professional, Maroldt was ranked 809 in ATP singles. He played several<br />
Future, Satellite, and Challenger Tournaments reaching the quarterfinals of the<br />
Italy Future and Egypt Satellite Masters Tournament. He also won a $10,000<br />
tournament in his native Germany as well as the Bavarian team title.<br />
• E-mail address: amaroldt@drury.edu<br />
• Last year’s records: 25-3 overall, 11-0 in GLVC<br />
• NCAA-II Tourney Appearances: 11 (1998-2008)<br />
• Home Facility: Cooper Tennis Complex<br />
• <strong>Athletics</strong> website: www.drurypanthers.com<br />
• Sports Information Contacts:<br />
Scott Puryear, SID (417) 873-4097)<br />
Eric Pannell, Asst. SID (417) 873-7374)
Anton Khadasevich<br />
Height: 6-4<br />
Class: Sophomore<br />
Hometown: Minsk, Belarus<br />
Major: International Business<br />
Fast Fact: Khadasevich posted<br />
records of 13-4 in singles and<br />
21-6 in doubles as a freshman<br />
for the Panthers as they reached<br />
the NCAA-II Final Four.<br />
Antonio Garcia Santos<br />
Height: 5-7<br />
Class: Junior<br />
Hometown: Barcelona, Spain<br />
Major: Marketing<br />
Fast Fact: “Tony” helped the<br />
Panthers to the NCAA-II<br />
semifinals last season by posting an<br />
18-5 singles mark after going 12-3<br />
as a freshman, earning All-GLVC<br />
honors each season.<br />
Nahom Serekeberhan<br />
Height: 6-2<br />
Class: Senior<br />
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden<br />
Major: Finance<br />
Fast Fact: After an All-America<br />
career at Tyler (Texas) Community<br />
College, Serekeberhan 11-5 in<br />
singles and 26-1 in doubles in his<br />
initial campaign last season with<br />
the Panthers.<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> has etched its name among a short list of NCAA Division<br />
II squads nationally that are considered annual championship<br />
contenders, and the Panthers don’t expect that designation to come<br />
to a halt in <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
Though Amine Boustani, the master behind the transformation of the DU<br />
program into a powerhouse, has departed this winter for an assistant coaching<br />
position at NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth, the pieces appear to<br />
still be in place for the Panthers to make a run at a fourth straight Great<br />
Lakes Valley Conference title and 13th consecutive berth in the NCAA-II<br />
tournament.<br />
While the Panthers must figure out a way to replace their anchor of the past<br />
two seasons, All-America selection and two-time GLVC Player of the Year<br />
Stefan Borg (now a student assistant coach for DU), <strong>Drury</strong> will rely on the<br />
experience of the middle of its lineup often in ’09. That includes senior Nahom<br />
Serekeberhan, junior Antonio Garcia Santos and sophomore Anton Khadasevich,<br />
Ivan Marevic<br />
Height: 6-5<br />
Class: Freshman<br />
Hometown: Rottweil, Germany<br />
Major: Psychology<br />
Fast Fact: Marevic comes to<br />
the Panthers after being ranked<br />
No. 546 in his native Germany,<br />
where he was one of the<br />
country’s top junior players.<br />
SEASON PREVIEW<br />
who all played integral parts in<br />
the Panthers’ run to the national<br />
semifinals in 2008.<br />
Throw in the addition of<br />
talented freshman Juan Ponce<br />
and Ivan Marevic and junior<br />
transfer Alex Kacamakis – last<br />
year’s MIAA Player of the Year<br />
while serving as the No. 1<br />
player for Southwest Baptist –<br />
and the Panthers believe they<br />
have the makings of another<br />
force to be reckoned with in<br />
NCAA-II tennis this spring.<br />
www.drurypanthers.com<br />
Alex Kacamakis<br />
Height: 5-11<br />
Class: Junior<br />
Hometown: Budapest, Hungary<br />
Major: Economics<br />
Fast Fact: Kacamakis transferred to<br />
<strong>Drury</strong> this season from Southwest<br />
Baptist, where he was the No. 1<br />
player for the Bearcats and earned<br />
MIAA Player of the Year honors<br />
as a sophomore after picking up<br />
the league’s Rookie of the Year<br />
distinction as a freshman.<br />
Jesus San Roman Garcia<br />
Height: 5-11<br />
Class: Freshman<br />
Hometown: Benavente, Spain<br />
Major: Business<br />
Fast Fact: A strong baseline player<br />
and one of the top juniors in Spain,<br />
Jesus will begin his eligibility with<br />
the Panthers in the spring of 2010.<br />
Juan Ponce<br />
Height: 5-11<br />
Class: Freshman<br />
Hometown: Guayaquil, Ecuador<br />
Major: Business Management<br />
Fast Fact: Ponce, who joined<br />
the Panthers at the semester,<br />
has been the national junior<br />
champion in his native Ecuador<br />
at the ages 12, 14 and 18 levels,<br />
achieving an overall ranking of<br />
325 in his country.
<strong>2009</strong> DRURY MEN’S TENNIS SCHEDULE<br />
February<br />
14, Sat. Washington <strong>University</strong> HOME 1 p.m.<br />
28, Sat. <strong>University</strong> of West Florida Arkadelphia, AR 9 a.m.<br />
March<br />
1, Sun. Ouachita Baptist <strong>University</strong> Arkadelphia, AR 1 p.m.<br />
7, Sat. Ouachita Baptist <strong>University</strong> HOME 10 a.m.<br />
14, Sat. Cameron <strong>University</strong> HOME 10 a.m.<br />
20, Fri. Northwest Missouri HOME 9 a.m.<br />
State <strong>University</strong><br />
20, Fri. <strong>University</strong> of Missouri HOME 2 p.m.<br />
St. Louis<br />
21, Sat. Quincy <strong>University</strong> HOME 10 a.m.<br />
23, Mon. Auburn-Montgomery <strong>University</strong> Montgomery, AL 1 p.m.<br />
24, Tues. <strong>University</strong> of West Florida Pensacola, FL 2 p.m.<br />
25, Wed. Georgia College & State Pensacola, FL 10 a.m.<br />
27, Fri. <strong>University</strong> of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN 3 p.m.<br />
28, Sat. Bellarmine <strong>University</strong> Louisville, KY 10 a.m.<br />
April<br />
3, Fri. Northern Kentucky <strong>University</strong> Highland Heights, KY 3 p.m.<br />
4, Sat. <strong>University</strong> of Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN 10 a.m.<br />
5, Sun. Northwood <strong>University</strong> Indianapolis, IN 10 a.m.<br />
7, Tues. Rockhurst <strong>University</strong> HOME 3 p.m.<br />
10, Fri. Saint Joseph’s College HOME 3 p.m.<br />
11, Sat. Lewis <strong>University</strong> HOME 10 a.m.<br />
14, Tues. Southwest Baptist <strong>University</strong> HOME 3 p.m.<br />
19, Sun. St. Edward’s <strong>University</strong> Kansas City, MO 11 a.m.<br />
24, Fri. Great Lakes Valley St. Louis, MO TBA<br />
Conference Championships<br />
25, Sat. Great Lakes Valley St. Louis, MO TBA<br />
Conference Championships<br />
May<br />
8, Fri. NCAA Midwest Regionals TBA TBA<br />
9, Sat. NCAA Midwest Regionals TBA TBA<br />
13, Wed. NCAA National Championships Orlando, FL TBA<br />
14, Th. NCAA National Championships Orlando, FL TBA<br />
15, Fri. NCAA National Championships Orlando, FL TBA<br />
16, Sat. NCAA National Championships Orlando, FL TBA<br />
2008-09 DRURY MEN’S TENNIS ROSTER<br />
Name Height Class Hometown/Previous School<br />
Antonio Garcia-Santos 5-7 Jr. Barcelona, Spain/<br />
Thos I Codina<br />
Alex Kacamakis 5-11 Jr. Budapest, Hungary/<br />
Tancsics Mihaly Gimnazium<br />
Anton Khadasevich 6-4 So. Minsk, Belarus/<br />
College of Olympic Reserve<br />
Ivan Marevic 6-5 Fr. Rottweil, Germany/<br />
Leibniz-Gymnazium Rottweil<br />
Jesus San Roman Garcia 5-11 Fr. Benavente, Spain/<br />
Antonio Tovar<br />
Juan Ponce 5-11 Fr. Guayaquil, Ecuador/<br />
Unidad Educativa Crear<br />
Nahom Serekeberhan 6-2 Sr. Stockholm, Sweden/<br />
Tyler Junior College<br />
Head Coach Andreas Maroldt<br />
Student Assistant Coach Stefan Borg<br />
DRURY RECORD BOOKS<br />
CONFERENCE<br />
CHAMPIONSHIPS<br />
2008 Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
2007 Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
2006 Great Lakes Valley Conference<br />
2005 Heartland Conference<br />
2004 Heartland Conference<br />
2003 Heartland Conference<br />
2002 Heartland Conference<br />
2001 Heartland Conference<br />
2000 Heartland Conference<br />
www.drurypanthers.com<br />
DRURY IN THE NCAA-II<br />
TOURNAMENT<br />
2008 Final Four<br />
2007 Sweet 16<br />
2006 Elite Eight<br />
2005 Elite Eight<br />
2004 Elite Eight<br />
2003 Elite Eight<br />
2002 National runner-up<br />
2001 Final Four<br />
2000 Sweet 16<br />
1999 Sweet 16<br />
1998 Round of 64
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