Height: | 5-10 |
Weight: | 160 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Rye Brook, NY |
High School: | Blind Brook |
Parents: | Andrew & Carol |
Career:
After three seasons in the program, he is tied for 25th
place on the Eagles' all-time list with 58 wins.
Junior (2013-14):
Tied with Ian Wagner for the team lead with 24 singles
victories (24-10), with that total tying for 16th place on the
school's seasonal chart ... Finished with a 12-6 won-lost effort at
No. 2 singles and was 3-1 at the No. 3 spot ... Earned All-America
honors after winning the ITA Regional Singles Championship,
rallying for a 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 decision over teammate Rafe Mosetick
in the title match ... His performance at the ITA Regionals
advanced him to the singles competition at the ITA Small College
Championships (Oct. 10-13) ... Concluded the year as the No.
15-ranked singles player in the D-III ranks and was slotted No. 4
in the Atlantic South Region ... Selected to compete in the NCAA
D-III Singles Championships where he defeated Steven Wu of NYU,
6-4, 6-3, and Whittier College's David Konstantinov, 3-6, 7-6, 6-1,
before falling in the quarterfinals to the eventual national
winner, Joey Fritz of Amherst ... Posted a fine record of 9-3 in
five-set matches ... Hard-fought 7-6 (7-0), 7-6 (8-6) win over Sam
Geier at No. 2 singles evened the match score at 3-3 in an eventual
5-3 triumph over Kenyon College (May 11) in the third round of the
NCAA Championships ... Picked up the squad's final point in a 7-2
victory over No. 5 Johns Hopkins (Apr. 5), battling to a 4-6, 6-1,
6-3, decision at No. 2 singles over Ben Hwang ... In a 5-4 win
against No. 10 Middlebury (Mar. 29), he bested Palmer Campbell at
No. 2 singles, 7-5, 6-0, after earlier teamming with Brandon Lee
for a 9-7 verdict over Ari Smolyar and Peter Heidrich at No. 3
doubles ... Solid contibutor in doubles, registering a final ledger
of 19-10 that included a 15-9 effort at No. 3 ... Joined up with
Simon Lavoie-Perusse to win four straight doubles matches in
advancing to the championship round at the ITA Regionals ... Played
12 matches with Brandon Lee at No. 3 doubles with the duo compiling
a 7-5 record ... Teamed up again with Lavoie-Perusse during the
postseason with the pair earning wins against opponents from NC
Wesleyan and Kenyon College ... He and Ayush Bajoria captured two
of three matches at No. 3 doubles during the UAA Championships that
resulted in the duo winning second-team all-league acclaim -- one
of their doubles wins at UAAs accounted for Emory's first point in
a 5-4 triumph over Case Western in the third-place
match.
Sophomore (2012-13):
Earned All-America honors in singles after finishing the
year ranked among the top 15 players in D-III ... Competed in the
singles portion of the NCAA Championships ... Finished the year
with an overall singles slate of 10-10 ... Held down the No. 1
singles spot in the lineup, compiling a won-lost ledger of 6-8 ...
Won his opening four matches at the ITA Regionals and advanced to
the semifinals ... Was victorious in all three of his No. 1 singles
matches at the ITA Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-24) including
three-set verdicts over Aaron Skinner of Trinity and Paul Burgin of
Kenyon ... Turned in a final mark of 11-5 in doubles action ...
Joined up with Simon Lavoie-Perusse to go 3-0 during the NCAAs at
the No. 3 double position.
Freshman (2011-12):
Another in the talented group of first-year players who
helped the Eagles to the D-III national title, making his mark in
singles play ... Turned in a final overall singles ledger of 24-3
(20-2 dual) ... Totaled an 8-1 mark at No. 4 singles along with an
11-1 performance at the No. 5 spot ... Highlight of the year was a
7-5, 7-5 decision at No. 5 singles over Kenyon's Tim Rosensteel
that clinched the match for Emory in the NCAA D-III National
Championship contest ... Dropped his opening singles match of
the spring season in the Auburn-Montgomery affair but then
regrouped to rattle off 19 consecutive victories ... Snapped a 4-4
deadlock in the NCAA D-III quarterfinals vs. Johns Hopkins (May 21)
with a dramatic 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 decision over Warren Elgort at
No. 5 singles, rallying from a 0-3 deficit in the deciding set ...
First Team All-UAA at No. 5 singles after going 3-0 at the league
championships ... Dropped just six sets in his first two matches at
the UAAs before topping Washington University's Parker Chang,
6-3,7-5 in the title showdown ... Helped Emory to the ITA National
Indoor Championship with three straight-set victories at No. 4
singles, including a 6-4, 6-4 verdict over Erik Rosner of UC-Santa
Cruz in the final match ... Advanced to the semifinals of the ITA
Regional Singles Championship before losing to eventual first-place
finisher Dillon Pottish ... Recorded a 5-1 effort in three-set
matches ... Helped the Eagles to an 8-1 triumph over No. 20 Cal
Lutheran (Mar. 14) with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win vs. Connor Treacy at
No. 4 singles.
High School:
Enjoyed a fine career at Blind Brook High School where he was
coached by Adam Libretella ... Served as his team's captain his
senior year ... Played No. 1 singles for three seasons and compiled
a 37-1 record ... Took home third place at the New York State
Singles Championship his senior season ... Nation's 110th-ranked
player and 11th-ranked player in the state of New York.
Personal:
Son of Carol and Andrew Halpern ... Majors in finance.
Career Stats
SINGLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank |
2011-12 | 24-3 | --- | --- | 1-0 | 8-1 | 11-1 | -- | 4-1 | --- | --- |
2012-13 | 10-10 | 6-8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 4-2 | 15 | 5 |
2013-14 | 24-10 | --- | 12-6 | 3-1 | -- | -- | -- | 9-3 | 15 | 4 |
Total | 58-23 | 6-8 | 12-6 | 4-1 | 8-1 | 11-1 | -- | 17-6 | ||
DOUBLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank | |||
2011-12 | 2-1 | --- | --- | --- | 2-1 | --- | --- | |||
2012-13 | 11-5 | --- | 4-2 | 5-2 | 2-1 | --- | --- | |||
2013-14 | 19-10 | --- | --- | 15-9 | 4-1 | --- | --- | |||
Total | 32-16 | --- | 4-2 | 20-11 | 8-3 | |