Height: | 6-3 |
Weight: | 190 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Carrollton, GA |
High School: | Saddlebrook Prep |
Previous College: | Kennesaw State |
Parents: | Stephen & Caroline |
Senior (2012-13):
Memorable senior season saw him earn All-America honors
after he and Ian Wagner became Emory's first doubles team ever to
win the NCAA D-III Championships ... Kahler and Wagner
defeated the Cal Lutheran tandem of Nick Ballou and Raymond Worley,
7-5, 7-5, in the semifinals before topping Robert Kjellberg and
Artsiom Prostak of North Carolina Wesleyan, 7-6, 6-1 in the
championship encounter ... The Kahler/Wagner team finished with an
overall doubles ledger of 24-7 (16-6 at the No. 1 spot) with the
victory total tying the school's seventh-highest seasonal effort
... Kahler/Wagner accounted for the Eagles' first point in a 7-2
NCAA third-round win against No. 17 Texas-Tyler with an 8-6 verdict
over Daniel Brown and Ryan Ybarra ... Kahler and Wagner rattled off
seven straight wins during the spring portion of the schedule (Feb.
19 - Mar. 5) including a 9-8 (7-3) outcome over Kenyon College's CJ
Williams and Tim Rosensteel at the National Indoor Championships
(Feb. 24) ... Key member of the Eagles' singles unit, finishing
with an overall mark of 17-8 (13-7 dual) ... Recorded an 8-2 slate
at No. 4 singles and chalked up a 3-2 effort at the No. 5 slot ...
Won five of his opening six singles matches (all at No. 4) during
the spring season including a 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Nicolas Moreno
of No. 9 Trinity University in Emory's 7-2 triumph in the
semifinals of the ITA National Indoor Championships (Feb. 23) ...
His marathon 6-7, 7-5, 6-1 win over Marcus Pola snapped a 4-4 tie
and gave the Eagles a victory over No. 23 North Carolina Wesleyan
(Apr. 23) ... Came away with a 6-3, 6-7, 6-3 singles verdict over
Chris Lord in helping the team to a 6-3 victory over No. 5 Bowdoin
(Mar. 15) ... Won his first four singles matches in advancing to
the semifinals of the ITA Regional Championships (Sept. 28-30) ...
Moved up to the No. 3 singles spot and earned a 6-4, 6-2 triumph
over Preston Poon in the Eagles' 8-1 decision over No. 27
Swarthmore (Mar. 15).
Junior (2011-12):
First year in the program saw him emerge as a key
performer for the Eagles as a doubles player, finishing with an
overall record of 23-6 ... Held down the No. 2 doubles slot with
Ian Wagner with the pair combining for a won-lost ledger of 19-5
(20-5 overall) ... Kahler and Wagner posted an 8-6 victory at
second doubles over Felix Sun and Matt Micheli of Williams College
that gave the Eagles a 2-1 lead in an eventual 5-4 triumph in the
national semifinals ... Kahler and Wagner started the spring season
by winning their opening nine doubles matches including all three
at the National Indoor Championships, one of which was and 8-5
outcome vs. Eli Scandalis and Devin Nerenberg of UC-Santa Cruz in
the finals ... Captured two of three doubles matches at the UAA
Championships including an 8-4 win over Washington University's
Parker Chang and Kareem Farah in the title match ... Earned the
team's first point of the match in the NCAA second-round contest
vs. Washington and Lee (May 12) with an 8-2 triumph at No. 2
doubles ... The next day, the Kahler/Wagner tandem came away with
an 8-4 decision vs. North Carolina Wesleyan that started the team
to an eventual 5-1 victory ... Finished the year with a 2-1 singles
record.
Prior To Emory:
Played the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons at nearby Division I
Kennesaw State University ... As a freshman, he compiled a dual
mark of 10-9, splitting the majority of his time at the Nos. 5
(5-3) and 6 (5-5) positions ... His 10 singles wins topped the
squad ... In 2010-11, he finished with an overall singles
slate of 10-11 including a 5-1 record at the No. 3 post ...
Registered 15 wins in doubles action ... Played 13 doubles matches
at No. 1 (7-6) andfive at No. 2 (5-0).
High School:
Played No. 1 singles for two seasons at Carrollton High School
before moving to Florida where he played for two years at the
Saddlebrook Tennis Academy ... While in Georgia, Kahler was
ranked in the Top 15 in the Georgia U-16's and competed in two
International Tennis Federation events in Atlanta and El Paso.
Personal: Born Dec. 14, 1990 ... Majors in
History.
Career Stats
SINGLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank |
2011-12 | 2-1 |
-- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
-- | 2-1 | NR | NR |
2012-13 | 17-8 | -- | -- | 2-3 | 8-2 | 3-2 | -- | 4-1 | ||
Total | 19-9 | -- | -- | 2-3 | 8-2 | 3-2 |
-- | 6-2 | ||
DOUBLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank | |||
2011-12 | 23-6 | 1-0 | 19-5 | -- | 3-1 | |||||
2012-13 | 24-8 |
16-7 |
-- | -- | 8-1 |
1 | 1 | |||
Total | 47-14 | 17-7 |
19-5 |
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11-2 |
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