Wichita State Athletics

Career - through Spring 2019
Singles - 68-36
Doubles - 50-43

Honors and Awards
2x All-MVC - 2016, 17
1x MVC First Team Scholar Athlete - 2017
1x MVC Player of the Week - Feb. 27, 2017
AD Honor Roll - Fall'16, Spring '17, Fall '17, Spring '18, Fall '18, Spring '19
MVC Honor Roll - 2017
ITA Scholar-Athlete - 2017, 2018, 2019
Highest ITA Singles Ranking - 58 (2017)
Highest ITA Doubles Ranking - 22 (2016)

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2018-19 (Senior)
Fall: Competed in two fall events (ITA All-Americans and ITA Central Regional) along with two ITF Futures events in Niceville, Fla. and Birmingham, Ala.. Went 2-4 in fall play with wins over Jose Alonso of Arkansas and Alvaro Moreno of Nebraska...Reached the quarterfinals of Birmingham main draw, knocking off Georgia’s Jan Zielinski in the Round of 16..///Went 0-1 in doubles with Murkel Dellien
Spring: Recorded a team-best 12 dual match victories....Competed in flights one and two (5-4 in 1st, 7-1 in 2nd)...Collected wins over four ranked opponents...Knocked off No. 75 Scott Jones of Tennessee on Feb. 3 (6-4, 6-3)...Defeated No. 64 Tom Hands of Drake on March 1 in three sets...Helped Shockers to 4-2 win over Tulsa at American Athletic Conference Tournament in Orlando on April 10 with a 7-6(6), 6-2 win over Tulsa's No. 63 Majed Kilani in the first slot...Doubles/// Went 10-8 in doubles action with three different opponents...Ended the season on a five-match win streak...Went 4-2 with Stefan Latinovic in second and third slots...

2017-18 (Junior)
Fall: Began fall season ranked No. 58 in Oracle/ITA Fall Rankings...Competed in three ITF futures events (Laguna Niguel, Niceville and Harlingen) and at ITA All-Americans in Tulsa...reached finals of qualifying draw at Laguna Niguel Futures... advanced to main draw at both Niceville and Harlingen...knocked off Mikhail Sokolovskiy in main draw at Niceville...Went 1-1 at ITA All-Americans in Tulsa..defeated Northwestern's Antonioni Fasano (6-3, 7-6)///Doubles: Competed at ITA Central Regional with Eddie Stoica.. Knocked off No. 33 Gergely Madarasz and Stephan Koenigsfest.
Spring: In dual play, competed mostly in first flight...went 11-9 (5-8 in first flight, 6-1 in second flight)...ended the season winning six of nine matches...knocked off Ricky Hernandez (ITA, 103) Tong of No. 46 New Mexico...clinched the Rice Invitational with 6-2, 6-7(1), 6-4 win over Mohamed Abdel-Aziz...///Doubles: Compiled a 5-5 dual match record with Stoica, primarily in third flight...went 3-2 with Murkel Dellien..

2016-17 (Sophomore):
All-MVC selection...MVC First Team Scholar Athlete...Named MVC Men's Tennis Player of the Week for the week of Feb. 27, 2017...Led team in wins with a 23-11 overall record...Played exclusively in the first flight, going 11-6 in duals...Was 12-5 in tournament play...Earned the biggest victory of his career, defeating No. 11 Christian Sigsgaard (Texas) 6-2, 7-5 on Feb. 24...Defeated No. 31-ranked (Division II) Alejandro Plaza (Washburn) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 on April 9...Ranked as high as No. 71 in the Oracle/ITA national singles rankings...///// Doubles: Went 8-15 overall in doubles, with five different partners...Primarily played with Miroslav Herzan, going 6-8 (2-3 in the top flight).

2015-16 (Freshman):
Member of the MVC All-Conference team in his first season at WSU... Led the Shockers in singles with a record of 19-6, including a 16-3 mark in dual matches... Was 2-0 in MVC play... Split time between the Nos. 3-5 positions... Was a combined 11-0 when playing in the No. 3 and No. 4 spot... Finished the season on a 10 match winning streak... Defeated No. 19 Arkansas' Giammarco Micolani in the NCAA Tournament, 6-1, 6-4... Won in straight sets vs. Drake's Bayo Phillips in the MVC Championship to help the Shockers clinch the title...///// Doubles: Was a team-best 23-11 in doubles with Miroslav Herzan... Ranked as high as No. 34 in the ITA doubles rankings after a strong fall season... Finished the season at No. 79 in the ITA doubles rankings... Went 8-2 in the fall that included a doubles championship in his very first collegiate tournament, the Midland Fall Invitational... Registered three wins vs. ranked teams, including two top-30 wins at the Midland Fall Invitational... Defeated New Mexico's No. 29-ranked doubles team in the finals, 6-3.
 
Before he was a Shocker…
 
On the ITF Junior Circuit: Climbed as high as No. 266 in the ITA Junior World Rankings in the summer of 2014… Competed extensively on the circuit in 2012 and 2013 reaching three different tournament finals (once in singles, twice in doubles)… Was an eight-time semifinalist (three singles, five doubles)
 
In Japan: A 2015 graduate of Gokugeikan High School in Hachioji, Japan … Part of a championship team at the 2013 National Sports Festival… In the U18 singles division, reached the round of 16 in back-to-back years at the All-Japan Championship (2013, 2014)... Made the doubles semifinal and the round of 16 in the U16 division in 2012… Was one of the top youth players in Japan’s junior high division, reaching the singles and doubles quarterfinals of the 2011 All-Japan Championship… A three-time quarterfinalist in his age division in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 National Selection tournaments…
 
Personal: Born July 20, 1996 in Yokohama, Japan… Son of Koichi and Rika… Has one sister, Koto_...