2012 TENNIS MEDIA GUIDE - UTC Athletics

2013 Mocs tennis
student-athletes
GINO DELaVALLE
Fr.-HS • 5-9
Rosario, Argentina
PRIOR TO UTC: Joined the Mocs at the semester
break heading into the 2013 spring season ...
ranked No. 30 in Argentina and No. 90 in South America ... won
several national tournaments ... member of the Argentina Tennis
Association High Level team.
PERSONAL: Native of Rosario, Argentina ... born Feb. 19, 1992 ...
son of Jorge Delavalle and Saudra Trovato ... has two sisters, Carla
and Maleua ... majoring in Business.
john peacey
Fr.-HS • 6-3
Emerald, Australia
PRIOR TO UTC: Joined the Mocs prior to the 2013
spring season ... team captain and MVP of the premiership
winning team at the Brisbane Grammar School in Brisbane,
Queensland ... ranked in the top 200 in Australia ... won the
Fiji Oceania ITF Doubles title ... Kawana ITF doubles and singles
quarterfinalist ...
also played squash, rugby, volleyball and track & field.
PERSONAL: Native of Emerald, Australia ... full name is John Radnor
Peacey ... born May 27, 1994 ... son of Neil and Marita Peacey
... has two older brothers ... plans to major in Rehabilitation Science.
Luke Saunders
Fr.-HS • 6-0
Halifax, Nova Scotia
PRIOR TO UTC: Joined the team prior to the 2013
spring season ... 2012 Athlete of the Year at Kings
View Academy in Halifax, Nova Scotia ... 12-time Atlantic Junior
Champion ... 2012 NB Open Champion ... three-time East Coast
Open Champion ... top-6 in Ontario U16 Provincals ... top-16 Canadian
national ranking ... one of the top ranked in the Atlatnic Region
since U12 ... trained at ACE Tennis in Burlington, Ontario and Bob
Brett Tennis Academy in San Remo, Italy.
PERSONAL: Native of Halifax, Nova Scotia ... full name is Luke
Malicah Saunders ... born Nov. 17, 1993 ... son of Colleen Jones
and Scott Saunders ... has an older brother, Zach ... plans to major
in Communications ... Colleen was a two-time World Curling Champion.
jenna nurik
Sr.-3L • 5-4
Roswell, Ga. • Mill Springs Academy
CHATTANOOGA: Three-time All-SoCon ... three-time ITA Scholar-Athlete
... two-time Academic All-SoCon ... has a 68-41 career singles record ...
42-24 in her career at No. 1 ... 71-36 in doubles ... looking to become first
four-time All-SoCon player in school history ... ranked No. 58 in doubles in the preseason with
sophomore Kaylene Chadwell.
FALL 2012 - SENIOR SEASON: Teamed with Kaylene Chadwell to win the Flight 1 Doubles at
the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic ... 8-3 in doubles ... 5-6 in singles ... made the Dean’s List with
a perfect 4.0 g.p.a.
2011-12 - JUNIOR SEASON: Led the team with a 24-12 singles record ... First Team All-SoCon ...
played No. 1 in all duals with a 15-7 mark ... 24-13 in doubles ... 8-4 at No. 2 doubles ... ITA Scholar-
Athlete ... Academic All-SoCon ... won the Gold singles flight at the UTC Steve Baras Fall Classic
... teamed with Kaylene Chadwell to win the Baras Gold doubles flight ... competed in the singles
and doubles main draws at the ITA Regionals ... advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at the ITAs
with Kaylene Chadwell ... made the Dean’s List with a perfect 4.0 g.p.a. both semesters ... made the
SoCon Honor Roll and earned the SoCon Commissioner’s Medal.
2010-11 - SOPHOMORE SEASON: Led the team with an 18-14 singles record, playing mostly the
No. 1 position ... earned Second Team All-SoCon honors ... went 13-9 at No. 1 in dual matches ...
became the sixth Lady Moc to win the SoCon Sportsmanship Award ... teamed with Shaina Singh
to go 20-8 in doubles action, including a 7-3 mark in SoCon matches ... made the Dean’s List with a
perfect 4.0 g.p.a. both semesters ... Academic All-SoCon ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
2009-10 - FRESHMAN SEASON: Named the 2010 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year
... First Team All-Southern Conference selection ... lead the team with a 21-9 singles record ...
went 14-8 in dual action ... played every dual match at No. 1 ... went 5-5 in SoCon matches ... went
3-0 at the Belont Quad tournament in the fall ... posted a 7-1 singles mark in the fall ... 19-11 in
doubles action ... played No. 1 and No. 2 doubles ... teamed with Emily Hangstefer to win the Buck
Bouldin Fall Classic with a 3-0 mark ... also won the Chattanooga Doubles Flight at the UTC Steve
Baras Fall Classic with Hangstefer ... Mocs duo posted an 8-1 doubles record in the fall ... made the
Dean’s List both semesters ... ITA Scholar Athlete.
PRIOR TO UTC: 2009 Valedictorian at Millsprings Academy in Alpharetta, Ga...AAC singles champion
in 2006...voted the MVP of Universal Tennis Academy in 2009...four-star rating and the No.
46 recruit on the national list, No. 14 in the southeast and No. 3 in Georgia for the girl’s class of
2009 by TennisRecruiting.net...No. 6 in Georgia among the girl’s 18’s combined singles and doubles
players byt the USTA...ranked No. 21 in the Southern Division and No. 10 in Georgia in singles by
the USTA...academically she earned the Georgia Certificate of Merit as a junior, was the student
of the year as a freshman and junior and won the President’s Award for Excellence all four years
of high school.
PERSONAL: Born March 23, 1991...daughter of Rich and Judy Nurik...has one younger sister,
Chloe...father played soccer at Penn in 1972...majoring in Psychology...she considers herself a
‘master’ of movie quotes.
Nurik’s Singles Career Statistics
Year 1 2 3 4 5 Dual SoCon Tour. Tot.
2009-10 14-8 --- --- --- --- 14-8 5-5 7-1 21-9
2010-11 13-9 --- --- --- --- 13-9 5-5 5-5 18-14
2011-12 15-7 --- --- --- --- 15-7 5-5 9-5 24-12
2012-13 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 5-6 5-6
Totals 42-24 --- --- --- --- 42-24 15-15 26-17 68-41
Nurik’s Doubles Career Statistics
Year 1 2 3 Dual SoCon Tour. Tot.
2009-10 4-6 7-4 --- 11-10 5-5 8-1 19-11
2010-11 5-2 10-4 --- 15-6 7-3 5-3 20-9
2011-12 7-3 1-0 8-4 15-6 7-3 9-7 24-13
2012-13 --- --- --- --- --- 8-3 8-3
Totals 16-11 18-8 8-4 41-22 19-11 30-14 71-36
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