Height: | 5-10 |
Weight: | 160 |
Year: | Sr. |
Hometown: | Rye Brook, NY |
High School: | Blind Brook |
Parents: | Andrew & Carol |
Career:
Closed out a four-year run in the program with a career singles record of 75-34, with his victory total tied for the No. 15 spot on the school's all-time chart ... Compiled 46 doubles victories.
Senior (2014-15):
Final campaign saw him finish with an overall singles ledger of 17-11 (12-9 dual) and a mark of 19-10 ... Ended the year as the No. 35-ranked singles players in the D-III ranks and was No. 8 in the Atlantic South Region ... Competed in the singles portion of the NCAA D-III Championships ... Played the majority of his dual singles contests at No. 2 where he registered a won-lost effort of 11-8 (1-1 at No. 1) ... First Team All-UAA at No. 2 singles where he totaled a 3-0 record ... Captured a come-from-behind decision over Chicago's Sven Kranz (6-7, 7-5, 6-4) at No. 2 singles that sealed the outcome of the team's 5-4 win in the semifinals of the UAA Championships ... Recorded a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 win over Washington University's Ross Putterman that gave the Eagles a 4-3 lead (eventual 5-4 victory) in the UAA semifinals ... Played in seven three-set singles matches and posted a 4-3 mark in those affairs ... His win at No. 1 singles came against Hawaii Hilo's Kainoa Rosa, 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 ... Won his first five matches and advanced to the singles final of the ITA South Region Championships where he fell to teammate Alex Ruderman ... Compiled a 14-13 slate in doubles ... Teamed up with Scott Rubinstein at No. 3 doubles and earned victories over tandems from Juniata College and North Carolina Wesleyan in the second and third rounds of the NCAA D-III Championships.
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 |
2014-15 | 17-11 | 1-2 | 11-8 | --- | --- | --- | 5-2 | 35 | 8 | |
Total | 75-34 | 7-10 | 23-14 | 4-1 | 8-1 | 11-1 | -- | 22-8 | ||
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 | --- | --- | |||
2014-15 | 14-13 | 1-1 | 8-9 | 2-2 | 3-1 | |||||
Total | 46-29 | 1-1 | 12-11 | 22-13 | 11-4 | |