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2024-25 MIT Men's Tennis Roster

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Kailas Kahler

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Pawtucket, R.I.
  • High School Moses Brown School

Biography

Accolades
  • 4x ITA Scholar-Athlete (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • 2x ITA All-American (Singles) (2024, 2025)
  • 2023 CSC Third Team Academic All-American
  • 2024 CSC First Team Academic All-American 
  • 2024 CSC Academic Team Member of the Year 
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024)
  • 2x NEWMAC Player of the Year (2023, 2024)
  • 2x NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (2023, 2024)
  • 2022 NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship 
  • 4x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
  • NEWMAC Singles Athlete of the Week (March 4, 2024)
  • 3x USTA Rhode Island Player of the Year (2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25)
2024-25:
  • Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA New England Regionals
  • Qualified for the NCAA Singles Championship where he advanced to the second round
  • Finished with an 8-5 record
2023-24:
  • Finished with a record of 11-4 in singles at the No. 1 position, including 4-0 in NEWMAC play
  • Went 14-5 in doubles, including 6-2 at the No. 2 position, and 4-0 in NEWMAC play
2022-23:
  • Posted a 12-9 singles record
  • Recorded a 5-0 NEWMAC record and lost just one set
  • Had a 9-7 record in No. 1 singles
  • Went 14-12 in doubles action
2021-22:
  • Posted a 7-7 record overall in singles with a 2-2 record in NEWMAC Play
  • Went 2-3 overall in doubles
  • Won both NEWMAC Tournament singles matches
2020-21:
  • Season Canceled due to COVID-19
Before MIT:
  • A 2020 graduate of Moses Brown School
  • Earned four varsity letters in tennis
  • Team captain
  • 3-time team MVP
  • Went undefeated in high school singles matches
  • Highest national recruiting ranking of #101
  • Captain of robotics team
  • 2018 Vex Robotics World Championship participant
  • Varsity math team
  • National Merit Scholar
  • Cum Laude
Personal:
  • Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science
  • ASIC Design Intern at Seagate
  • FPGA Test Platform Development at MIT Low-Energy Autonomy and Navigation research group
  • Music Meta Corpus Project: UROP affiliated with Digital Humanities Lab collating existing analysis of popular music into a single, accessible resource to aid research.
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • Traveling to various parts of the country and competing against a wide range of opponents
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
  • Winning NEWMAC's by beating a team that we lost to in the regular season, for the second year in a row.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    5'10" 0 lbs
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    5'10" 0 lbs