Choate Tennis 1999 Roster

CHOATE TENNIS
1999 Varsity Team Roster

Doug Chang
Douglas T. Chang '99

Hometown: Downers Grove, Illinois

Birthdate: 3 October 1980

Favorite Academic Subjects: anatomy and physiology

Other Interscholastic Teams: JV cross country (fall); varsity diving (winter)

Choate Tennis Career: JV team 1997, varsity team 1998, 1999

Style of Play: right-handed, two-handed backhand; baseliner who can attack; talented doubles player

Favorite Surface: hard courts

Positions on 1999 Team: #3 singles and #2 doubles

1999 Varsity Results: 7-9 in singles; 7-9 in doubles

Best 1999 Match:

Team Nickname: "Little Worm"

Favorite Quotation: "The world is a physical manifestation of a metaphysical condition." - Edward McCatty

Stephen Fair
Stephen Oster Fair '00

Hometown: New Haven, Connecticut

Birthdate: 11 January 1982

Favorite Academic Subject: history

Other Interscholastic Teams: varsity cross country (fall); varsity squash (winter)

Choate Tennis Career: JV team 1997, 1998; varsity team 1999

Style of Play: left-handed, all-court player; mixes pace and spin; squash experience shows in touch

Favorite Surface: clay courts

Positions on 1999 Team: #4 singles, #3 doubles

1999 Varsity Results: 13-4 in singles; 8-9 in doubles

Favorite Quotation: "If you can fill the unforgiving minute/With sixty seconds worth of distance run/Yours is the earth and everything that's in it,/And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son." - Rudyard Kipling

Justin Karush
Justin Michael Karush '99
Co-Captain

Hometown: North Vassalboro, Maine

Birthdate: 6 March 1981

Favorite Academic Subjects: psychology and biology

Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 1997, 1998, 1999

Favorite Surface: hard courts

Style of Play: right-handed, two-handed backhand, attacking baseliner who knows how to win

Positions on 1999 Team: #1 singles, #1 doubles

1999 Varsity Results: 6-11 in singles; 10-10 in doubles

Best 1999 Match:

Team Nickname: "J-Dog"

Favorite Song: "Daisy, Daisy"

Charles Pasarell
Charles Omar Pasarell '99
Co-Captain

Hometown: Rancho Mirage, California

Birthdate: 16 October 1980

Favorite Academic Subject: physics

Other Interscholastic Teams: varsity squash (winter)

Choate Tennis Career: varsity team 1998, 1999

Style of Play: right-handed, all-court player with strong volleying skills; improved throughout the season

Favorite Surface: hard courts

Positions on 1999 Team: #2 singles, #1 doubles

1999 Varsity Results: 11-6 in singles; 9-8 in doubles

Best 1999 Match:

Team Nickname: "Chuckie"

Favorite Quotation: "You can disagree with me, you can say anything you want, but you'd still be wrong of course!" - Henry Rollins

Spring 1999 Tennis Awards

Upshur Moorhead '30 Cup
honoring the School Tennis Champion

Winner: Stephen O. Fair '99

Runner Up: Justin M. Karush '99

Benjamin G. Foster Award
for Excellence in Tennis

Winner: Justin M. Karush '99

Honorable Mention: Charles O. Pasarell '99

P. Gordon B. Stillman Award
for Devotion, Persistence, and Courage

Winner: Stephen O. Fair '99

Honorable Mention: Justin M. Karush '99

Torrence M. Hunt '40 Award
for Character, Sportsmanship, Spirit, and Improvement

Winner: Charles O. Pasarell '99

Honorable Mention: Stefan T. Patrikis '02

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