Height: | 5-9 |
Weight: | 170 |
Year: | Jr. |
Hometown: | Columbus, OH |
High School: | The Wellington School |
Parents: | Chris Wagner |
Career:
After three seasons of action, he ranks fourth on the
school's all-time list with a .831 winning percentage (69-14) in
singles play ... 69 singles victories ranks 16th all-time at Emory
... Holds donw the No. 15 spot on Emory's all-time chart with 63
doubles wins.
Junior (2013-14):
Ended the season tied with Eric Halpern for the most singles wins
on the squad, posting a 24-5 record with his victory total tying
for the No. 16 position on the program's seasonal chart ...
Concluded the year ranked as the No. 20 singles player in the
Atlantic South Region ... He and Alex Ruderman were the No.
6-ranked doubles team in the Atlantic South Region, compiling an
overall slate of 11-8 with all of those decisions coming at the No.
1 spot ... Registered a final mark of 18-11 in doubles ... Won 11
straight singles matches (Feb. 14- Mar. 15) playing in the Nos. 3,
4 and 5 spots during the streak ... Went 3-0 at No. 5 singles at
the ITA National Indoor Championships (Feb. 21-22), which included
straight-set wins over Erik Lim of Johns Hopkins and Colin Haas of
Kenyon ... Impressive singles play at the Stag-Hen Invitational
(Mar. 14-15) saw him go 3-0 at No. 5 ... Played 12 of his last 13
singles matches at No. 4 ... His 7-6, 6-1 victory over Kenyon's
Jacob Huber at No. 4 singles evened the match at 4-4 in an eventual
5-4 Emory triumph in the third round of the NCAA Championships (May
11) ... Helped the Eagles to a 5-4 decision over Kenyon (Mar. 30),
teamming with Ruderman for an 8-3 verdict vs. Sam Geier and Tim
Rosensteel in doubles, and then posting a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over
Rosensteel at No. 4 singles ... Won his first four singles outings
at the ITA Regionals in straight sets and advanced to the
semifinals where he dropped a three-set battle to teammate and
eventual champ Eric Halpern ... Played doubles with Rafe Mosetick
early in the early in the year with the pair finishing with a 5-3
record, 2-2 at the No. 1 post ... Recipient of the Sonny Carter
Scholarship, presented annually to an Emory College of
Arts and Sciences junior who demonstrates a commitment to
developing his or her full human potential, and who clearly strives
to use his or her intellectual, physical, and moral qualities for
the common good ... Capital One Academic All-District Men's
At-Large Team honoree.
Sophomore (2012-13):
Fine second year with the program that was highlighted
with All-America honors after he and Elliot Kahler became the first
duo in school history to claim the NCAA D-III Doubles title ...
Wagner and Kahler 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 Wagner/Kahler 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 ... Wagner/Kahler 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 ... Wagner and
Kahler 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) ... Fine performance in singles,
racking up an impressive mark of 21-5, including an 18-4
performance in dual competition ... Saw the bulk of his singles
action at the No. 3 spot whe he turned in a 13-2 effort ... His
.807 winning percentage in singles placed 27th on Emory's
single-season ladder (minimum 15 or more wins) ... Captured First
Team All-UAA honors at No. 3 singles after going 3-0 at the
conference championships ... Gave Emory a 4-2 advantage in an
eventual 5-4 decision over No. 24 NC Wesleyan (Apr. 23) with a 6-3,
6-3 win at No. 3 vs. Johan Ljungdahl ... Recorded the squad's lone
point vs. D-I member Furman (Mar. 21) with a win over the
Palladins' Alex Christ at No. 2 ... Posted a 6-1 record in
three-set matches.
Freshman (2011-12):
Solid rookie year with the Eagles as a key member of both
the singles and doubles contingents ... Totaled an impressive
overall singles record of 24-3 (21-3 dual) ... Compiled a won-lost
ledger of 21-6 in doubles that included a 20-5 effort in dual
matches with Elliot Kahler ... Saw the majority of his singles play
at the Nos. 3 and 4 positions ... Fashioned a perfect 8-0 record at
No. 4 singles and a 12-3 showing at No. 3 ... Played No. 3 singles
in the team's final five matches of the year ... Landed First Team
All-UAA honors at No. 4 singles after registering three
straight-set triumphs at the league championships ... Ended the
campaign as the No. 45-ranked D-III singles player in the nation
... Snapped a 4-4 deadlock and provided the clinching point in
Emory's 5-4 win over Williams in the national semifinals with a
dramatic 6-7, 6-2, 7-5 decision over Matt Micheli at No. 3 singles
... Earlier in that match vs. Williams, he and Kahler rallied from
a 2-5 deficit to chalk up an 8-6 triumph at No. 2 doubles that gave
the Eagles a 2-1 lead ... Came through with an impressive 6-1, 6-4,
win over C.J. Williams of Kenyon in the national championship
affair that knotted the match at 2-2 ... He and Kahler accounted
for the initial point of the match at No. 2 doubles vs. North
Carolina Wesleyan (May 13) in the third round of the NCAA
Tournament with an 8-4 win ... Named UAA Player of the Week (Apr.
23) after finishing with a 3-0 record in both singles and doubles,
claiming two of his singles victories at No. 4 before upending Alex
Cooper of Sewanee, 6-3, 6-0 at No. 3 ... Helped Emory to its
first-ever win over Auburn-Montgomery (Feb. 12) with a 6-7, 6-1,
6-2 come-from-behind outcome over Josh Reason at No. 3 singles ...
He and Kahler posted the match's first point at No. 2 doubles
against Washington and Lee (May 12) in the second round of the NCAA
Tourney, followed by a 6-3, 6-1 triumph vs. Jeremy Becht at No. 3
singles that upped the Eagles' advantage to 4-0 ... Won all three
of his doubles matches at the ITA National Indoor Championships
while picking up straight-set decisions at No. 3 singles against
foes from Kenyon and UC-Santa Cruz.
High School:
Four-year member of the tennis program at The Wellington School
... Was coached by Klint McHenry and Tom Haddow ... Four-time
qualifer in Ohio's Division II Singles Championship and advanced to
the title match his senior year ... Took home third place in the
Division II Singles Championship as a sophomore ... Division II
First Team All-State honoree as a freshman, sophomore and senior
and was a second-team choice his junior year ... Was ranked as the
No. 6-ranked player in the state of Ohio and 16th in the Great
Lakes Region ... Served as a team captain his senior year ...
Posted a 25-3 record at No. 1 singles his final campaign.
Personal:
Son of Chris Wagner ... Majors in physics and math.
Career Stats
SINGLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank |
2011-12 | 24-4 | --- | 1-0 | 12-2 | 8-0 | 0-1 | --- | 3-1 | 45 | 15 |
2012-13 | 21-5 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 13-2 | --- | --- | --- | 3-1 | NR | NR |
2013-14 | 24-5 | --- | --- | 1-1 | 10-3 | 9-0 | -- | 4-1 | NR | 20 |
Total | 69-14 | 1-1 | 5-1 | 26-5 | 18-3 | 9-1 | -- | 10-3 | ||
DOUBLES | TOTAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | Tour | Final Nat'l Rank | Final Reg. Rank | |||
2011-12 | 21-6 | 1-0 | 19-5 | --- | 1-1 | NR | NR | |||
2012-13 | 24-7 | 16-6 | --- | --- | 8-1 | 1 | 1 | |||
2013-14 | 18-11 | 15-10 | --- | --- | 3-1 | 19 | 6 | |||
Total | 63-24 | 32-16 | 19-5 | --- | 12-3 | |