Sam Edwards

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Suwanee, Ga.
High School:
Mount Pisgah HS

2014-15 (Freshman)

Earned the team's Most Improved Player Award ... tied for third on the team in singles wins with 15 ... added another eight victories in doubles ... went 8-2 in singles during the dual match season, including 4-0 at No. 4 and 2-0 at No. 5 ... won five of his final six singles that finished in straight sets ... clinched the doubles point for the Crimson Tide with teammate Andrew Goodwin with their 7-6(7) win over Wayne Montgomery and Paul Oosterbaan of No. 6 Georgia ... defeated Sam Swank of South Carolina in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3 ... defeated Oliver Landert of No. 18 Florida, 6-2, 6-3 ... won seven matches in singles and another five in doubles during the fall season ... secured a doubles victory with teammate Nikko Madregallejo against the duo of Evan Karatzas and Sam Meessen of Nicholls State, 8-5 at the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships ... earned a win against Blake Gregor of New Orleans at the USTA/ITA Southern Regional Championships, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 ... defeated James Ponwith and Romain Kalaydjian of San Diego at the Harvard Chowdah Fest, 8-5 ... earned two wins in the doubles draw at the Crimson Tide Four-in-the-Fall with teammate Hayes Brewer, defeating Iain Sneddon and Cedric Rutsaert of Tulane, 8-1, and Austin Akers and Fares Kilani of Samford, 8-5 ... defeated Cedric Rutsaert of Tulane in convincing fashion at the Crimson Tide Four-in-the-Fall, 6-1, 6-0, as well as Max Schmidt of Dartmouth, 6-2, 6-2.

Prep Highlights

Five-star recruit according to tennisrecruiting.net ... ranked in the top 50 nationally in 14s, 16s and 18s by tennisrecruiting.net ... No. 15 in the Southeast region and as high as No. 39 nationally by tennisrecruiting.net ... ranked in the top 50 in 16s and 18s by USTA ... won the Georgia qualifier 18s in 2014 and Southern Open doubles in 2013 ... named team MVP as a freshman at Mount Pisgah High School where he played No. 1 and went undefeated ... reached the round of 16 in doubles in Kalamazoo in 2014 ... advanced to the second round of the Futures main draw in Pensacola.