CHOATE TENNIS
2003 Varsity Team Roster
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Hometown: Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania Birthdate: 13 January 1988 Favorite Academic Subjects: history, political science Other Interscholastic Teams: cross country (fall); squash (winter) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2003 Style of Play: baseliner transitioning to all-court game; right-handed Favorite Surface: hard Positions on 2003 Team: #5, #6, #7 singles; #3, #4 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 5-7 in singles; 7-1 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit." - Bill Clinton
Hometown: Boksburg, SOUTH AFRICA Birthdate: 11 February 1985 Favorite Academic Subjects: history, French Other Interscholastic Teams: varsity soccer (fall); varsity swimming (winter) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2002, 2003 Style of Play: heavy topspin groundstrokes, attacking net player; two-handed backhand; right-handed Favorite Surface: indoor hard courts Positions on 2003 Team: #2, #3, #4 singles; #1, #2 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 15-4 in singles; 14-4 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "What if I don't fail?" - Karl Blunden
Hometown: Chapel Hill, North Carolina Birthdate: 6 May 1986 Favorite Academic Subjects: history, English Other Interscholastic Teams: squash (winter) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2003 Style of Play: versatile all-court player; left-handed Favorite Surface: hard courts, or whatever I'm winning on Positions on 2003 Team: #4, #5, #6, #7 singles; #3, #4 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 11-3 in singles; 12-1 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "If you find me sleepin' in the shade then . . . Will you promise to bring me out the sweetness? . . . All my plans are hanging in the palms here . . . All my thoughts are lost in Pauly's entrance . . . Rock me gently waves are softly rollin' . . . Salt breeze is blowin' through the screen there . . . Pour me some of your old fashioned magic . . . I can hear you whisper in my ear . . . Don't try to offer me anything . . . What it comes right down to baby, Don't tempt me, I'm where I wanna be, Cause on the eighth day God made sweet tea . . . Certain things in life I like to see here . . . Watching clouds and waiting on the rain . . ." - "Sweet Tea" by Cravin' Melon
Hometown: Westport, Connecticut Birthdate: 27 April 1985 Favorite Academic Subjects: history, English Other Interscholastic Teams: varsity soccer (fall); varsity squash (winter)--co-captain Choate Tennis Career: JV team 2000; varsity team 2001, 2002, 2003 Style of Play: versatile all-court player; two-handed backhand; right-handed Favorite Surface: clay Positions on 2003 Team: #2, #3 singles; #1, #2 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 14-3 in singles; 11-5 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her. She was made to be wooed and won by youth." - Winston Churchill
Hometown: Hong Kong, CHINA Birthdate: 25 November 1987 Favorite Academic Subjects: English and mathematics Other Interscholastic Teams: soccer (fall); squash (winter) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2003 Style of Play: aggressive baseliner, comfortable attacking the net; two-handed backhand; right-handed Favorite Surface: red clay Positions on 2003 Team: #1, #4 singles; #1, #2 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 10-7 in singles; 15-4 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop/And an illustrated book about birds/You'll see a lot up there but don't be scared/Who needs action when you got words." - The Meat Puppets
Hometown: SINGAPORE Birthdate: 10 March 1987 Favorite Academic Subjects: Spanish, mathematics, English Other Interscholastic Teams: basketball (winter) Choate Tennis Career: JV team 2002; varsity team 2003 Style of Play: serve-and-volleyer; right-handed Favorite Surface: Har-Tru Positions on 2003 Team: #4, #5, #6 singles; #2, #3, #4 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 9-6 in singles; 11-2 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "I can dig it baby." - the Great Dane Casper
Hometown: Bogota, COLOMBIA Birthdate: 18 July 1986 Favorite Academic Subject: chemistry, French Other Interscholastic Teams: soccer (fall) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2001, 2002, 2003 Style of Play: hard-hitting, heavy topspin baseliner; two-handed backhand; right-handed Favorite Surface: clay Positions on 2003 Team: #1, #2 singles; #1, #2 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 12-6 in singles; 14-3 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "Se un zapatero, pero se el mejor. Se un carpintero, pero se el mejor. No importa lo que seas, solo se el mejor." ("Be a cobbler, but be the best. Be a carpenter, but be the best. It doesn't matter what you are, just be the best.") - my dad
Hometown: Caracas, VENEZUELA Birthdate: 14 January 1986 Favorite Academic Subjects: history, English Other Interscholastic Teams: soccer, squash Choate Tennis Career: manager, varsity team 2002, 2003 Favorite Surface: grass Favorite Quotation: "La vida es dibujar sin borador. (Life is drawing without an eraser.)" - D. Zuloaga
Hometown: Middlebury, Connecticut Birthdate: 23 April 1988 Favorite Academic Subject: science Other Interscholastic Teams: soccer (fall); basketball (winter) Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 2003 Style of Play: all-court player; two-handed backhand; right-handed Favorite Surface: hard Positions on 2003 Team: #7 singles; #3, #4 doubles 2003 Varsity Results: 0-1 in singles; 4-2 in doubles Favorite Quotation: "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan |
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