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2020-21 MIT Men's Tennis Roster

Michael Zhao

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Princeton Junction, N.J.
  • High School The Lawrenceville School
  • Major Economics

Biography

2020-21:
- Season Canceled due to COVID-19
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team
- ITA Scholar-Athlete

2019-20: [SEASON STATS]
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- At the ITA New England Championship, defeated Kevin Ma of Amherst College 6-3, 2-6, 7-5
- In the spring, went 3-1 in doubles play with wins alongside Victor Cheng over the No. 3 teams from Holy Cross, Colby Sawyer and Colby

2018-19: [SEASON STATS]
- ITA Scholar-Athlete
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Went 12-2 in singles play and 9-10 in doubles matches
- Picked up four singles wins against student-athletes from nationally-ranked teams
- In the NEWMAC Tournament earned wins against Wheaton's No. 4 player and Babson's No. 5 player
- Guided MIT to its 21st straight NEWMAC title and its ninth appearance in the NCAA regional final

2017-18: [SEASON STATS]
- ITA Scholar-Athlete 
- NEWMAC Doubles Team of the Week (April 9)
- Began his collegiate career with an 8-5 record in singles and a 10-11 record in doubles
- In NEWMAC matches he was a perfect 3-0 in singles and 3-1 in doubles
- In the NEWMAC Championship match against Babson, defeated Cameron Gruss, 6-1, 6-0 to help the Engineers win their 20th straight league title 
- Made his NCAA Division III Tournament debut in doubles with an 8-1 win along with Albert Go over Victor Paetow and Nick Falcone of Cabrini

Off the Court at MIT:
- Majoring in economics
- Minoring in finance and literature
- Corporate Development Analyst at HCL Technologies
- Vice President for Sloan Business Club
- Interned at MayTech Global Investments and at Methuselah Advisors
- intern at Blackstone
- Corporate Relations Chair for MIT Poker Club
- Global Platinum Securities
- MIT Consulting Group
- Camp Kesem counselor

High School:
- A 2017 graduate of The Lawrenceville School
- Three-time varsity letterwinner in tennis
- Tennis captain
- Also played soccer in high schoo
- Reached #1 in the country in age division for doubles and #10 in singles 
- Editor-in-Chief of school newspaper
- Honor Representative
- Cum laude
- National Merit Scholarship winner
- Presidential Scholarship nominee
- Won school's Phi Beta Kappa award

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    5'9"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2019-20Junior

    5'9"
  • 2020-21Senior

    5'9"