2017-18 Men's Tennis Roster
Roster
Kent Mukai
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
- High School:
- Palos Verdes
AS A JUNIOR (2016-17)
Fall: Went 3-0 in third doubles and 2-1 in singles play at the Army Invitational (9/16-18) … won his opening round singles match at Connecticut State Championship (9/23-25) … advanced to the main draw after winning both singles matches in the qualifying rounds of the ITA Northeast Regional (10/20-23) … won one singles match and one doubles match with Jeffrey Melvin at the Seahawk Invitational (11/4-6) ... Spring: Went 9-12 in singles matches … won both his singles and doubles match (with Aidan McNulty) against No. 15 Georgia Tech … won his final three doubles decisions of the season against Holy Cross (with Jeffrey Melvin), Clemson and in the ACC Championship opening round against Miami (both with Hank Workman) … also earned ACC singles victories against NC State and Clemson … also won his doubles match against UNLV (with McNulty).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015-16)
Fall: Went 3-0 in formal bracket play at the Princeton Invitation (10/9-11), advancing to the finals of the Pagoda bracket, but did not play a formal final … also went 2-1 in doubles at the Princeton event, teaming with Jeff Melvin … Spring: Was 7-12 overall in dual singles action, including a 4-6 mark in ACC matches … also went 7-14 in doubles dual play with Jeff Melvin, including a 1-10 mark in ACC play … singles wins came against Connecticut (2/27), Miami (3/18), No. 69 Duke (3/20), at Clemson (4/1), Southern New Hampshire (4/7), Brandies (4/9), at No. 22 Florida State (4/17) … in doubles, picked up victories against No. 32 Harvard (1/18), Yale (1/30), Monmouth (1/31), Hartford (2/21), at Brown (2/27), Connecticut (2/27), at Clemson (4/1) and Southern New Hampshire (4/7) ... also went 4-2 at the Pacific Coast Doubles tournament, advancing to the final of the consolation bracket with Melvin.
AS A FRESHMAN (2014-15)
Went 2-6 (0-6 ACC) in dual match doubles play and 6-13 (0-11 ACC) in dual match singles competitions ... played primarily on court No. 5 in singles and court No. 3 in doubles ... earned singles victories against Sacred Heart University (1/24), Bryant (2/7), Brown University (2/19), UC Irvine (3/1), Southern New Hampshire (3/20), NC Central (4/4) ... earned doubles victories against Sacred Heart University (1/24) and Assumption (3/22).
BEFORE BC:
Ranked 95th nationally on tennisrecruiting.net ... won the boys CIF doubles title as a senior ... was the Bay League District doubles champion as both a sophomore and junior, and the Bay League District singles finalist as a senior ... earned first-team all-league honors all four years of high school ... helped Palos Verdes advanced to the semifinals of the Division I CIF tournament his senior year.
PERSONAL:
Son of Toshi and Mika ... enrolled in the Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences … would like to practice medicine post-college.
